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1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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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

  • 6 October 1888
    1. Ashington 0–4 Elswick Rangers
    2. Chester 2–2 Macclesfield Town – Home team Disqualified
    3. Dulwich 0–13 London Caledonians
    4. Kettering 3–4 Newark
    5. Stoke 1–2 Warwick County
    6. Maidenhead 4–0 Old Etonians
    7. Rochester 2–4 Old Harrovians
    8. Old Wykehamists 1–2 Chatham
    9. Notts County 4–1 Eckington Works
    10. Old Foresters 2–0 Schorne College
    11. Blackburn Olympic W-W Fleetwood Rangers – Walkover Home
    12. Sheffield Heeley 6–1 Redcar
    13. Grimsby Town 1–1 Lincoln City
    14. Clitheroe 3–2 Blackburn Park Road
    15. Irwell Springs 4–5 Southport Central
    16. Hurst 0–0 Bolton Wanderers
    17. Middlesbrough 0–1 Ecclesfield
    18. Hartford St John's 1–7 Nantwich
    19. Old Brightonians W-W Hendon (1) – Walkover Home
    20. Rawtenstall 3–4 Rossendale
    21. Casuals W-W Hitchin – Walkover Home
    22. Burton Swifts 1–3 Leek
    23. Luton Town 4–0 Reading
    24. Burton Wanderers 3–0 Wednesbury Old Ath.
    25. Lancing Old Boys 4–0 Millwall Rovers
    26. Horncastle 2–1 Grantham
    27. Chesham 4–2 Lyndhurst
    28. Basford Rovers 3–1 Belper Town (1)
    29. Crusaders 5–1 Royal Engineers
    30. Wellington St George's 1–1 Shrewsbury Town
    31. Newcastle West End 7–2 Bishop Auckland Church Inst.
    32. Morpeth Harriers 5–0 Whitburn
    33. Over Wanderers 1–5 Chester St Oswald's – Home team Disqualified
    34. Great Bridge Unity 0–1 Aston Shakespeare
    35. Scarborough 2–0 Whitby (1)
    36. Newcastle East End 3–1 Port Clarence
    37. Park Grange 1–0 Rotherham Swifts
    38. Liverpool Stanley 3–0 Workington (1)
    39. Heywood Central 2–3 Astley Bridge
    40. Birtley 2–0 Darlington
    41. Sunderland Albion 8–2 Shankhouse
    42. Ulster W-W Everton – Walkover Home
    43. Gorton Villa 2–6 West Manchester
    44. Beeston St John's 2–0 Notts Olympic
    45. Doncaster Rovers 1–9 Rotherham Town
    46. Wrexham 3–0 Davenham

    Replay

  • 13 October 1888
    1. Bolton Wanderers W-W Hurst – Walkover Home
    2. Lincoln City 1–1 Grimsby Town
    3. Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Wellington St George's
  • 20 October 1888
    1. South Bank 4–0 Sheffield

    2nd Replay

  • 24 October 1888
    1. Grimsby Town 3–1 Lincoln City

    References

    1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds Wikipedia