The FA Cup, from this season onwards, began to incorporate a series of qualifying rounds in order to determine qualifiers for the actual Cup competition itself. The qualifying rounds were made up of amateur teams, semi-professional teams, and professional sides not yet associated with the Football League, such as Nottingham Forest. The only game to be played on Christmas Day took place, Linfield Athletic beating Cliftonville 7–0. Everton became the first Football League team to withdraw from the Cup after drawing Ulster in the first qualifying round.
See 1888–89 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round onwards.
First Qualifying Round
- Ashington 0–4 Elswick Rangers
- Chester 2–2 Macclesfield Town – Home team Disqualified
- Dulwich 0–13 London Caledonians
- Kettering 3–4 Newark
- Stoke 1–2 Warwick County
- Maidenhead 4–0 Old Etonians
- Rochester 2–4 Old Harrovians
- Old Wykehamists 1–2 Chatham
- Notts County 4–1 Eckington Works
- Old Foresters 2–0 Schorne College
- Blackburn Olympic W-W Fleetwood Rangers – Walkover Home
- Sheffield Heeley 6–1 Redcar
- Grimsby Town 1–1 Lincoln City
- Clitheroe 3–2 Blackburn Park Road
- Irwell Springs 4–5 Southport Central
- Hurst 0–0 Bolton Wanderers
- Middlesbrough 0–1 Ecclesfield
- Hartford St John's 1–7 Nantwich
- Old Brightonians W-W Hendon (1) – Walkover Home
- Rawtenstall 3–4 Rossendale
- Casuals W-W Hitchin – Walkover Home
- Burton Swifts 1–3 Leek
- Luton Town 4–0 Reading
- Burton Wanderers 3–0 Wednesbury Old Ath.
- Lancing Old Boys 4–0 Millwall Rovers
- Horncastle 2–1 Grantham
- Chesham 4–2 Lyndhurst
- Basford Rovers 3–1 Belper Town (1)
- Crusaders 5–1 Royal Engineers
- Wellington St George's 1–1 Shrewsbury Town
- Newcastle West End 7–2 Bishop Auckland Church Inst.
- Morpeth Harriers 5–0 Whitburn
- Over Wanderers 1–5 Chester St Oswald's – Home team Disqualified
- Great Bridge Unity 0–1 Aston Shakespeare
- Scarborough 2–0 Whitby (1)
- Newcastle East End 3–1 Port Clarence
- Park Grange 1–0 Rotherham Swifts
- Liverpool Stanley 3–0 Workington (1)
- Heywood Central 2–3 Astley Bridge
- Birtley 2–0 Darlington
- Sunderland Albion 8–2 Shankhouse
- Ulster W-W Everton – Walkover Home
- Gorton Villa 2–6 West Manchester
- Beeston St John's 2–0 Notts Olympic
- Doncaster Rovers 1–9 Rotherham Town
- Wrexham 3–0 Davenham
Replay
- Bolton Wanderers W-W Hurst – Walkover Home
- Lincoln City 1–1 Grimsby Town
- Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Wellington St George's
- South Bank 4–0 Sheffield
2nd Replay
- Grimsby Town 3–1 Lincoln City
References
1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA