1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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. The only game to be played on Christmas Day took place, Linfield Athletic beating Cliftonville 7–0.^[1] Everton became the first Football League team to withdraw from the Cup after drawing Ulster in the first qualifying round.^[2]

1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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See 1888–89 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round onwards.

First qualifying round

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 6 October 1889 Ashington 0–4 Elswick Rangers Chester City 2–2 Macclesfield Town – Home team Disqualified Dulwich 0–13 London Caledonians Kettering 3–4 Newark Stoke 1–2 Warwick County^[3] 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 Heeley 6–1 Redcar Sheffield 3–2 South Bank - match declared void 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 – Walkover Home Rawtenstall 3–4 Rossendale Casuals W-W Hitchin – Walkover Home Burton Swifts 1–3 Leek

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Burton Wanderers 3–0 Wednesbury Old Athletic Lancing Old Boys 4–0 Millwall Rovers Horncastle 2–1 Grantham Chesham 4–2 Lyndhurst Luton Town 4–0 Reading Basford Rovers 3–1 Belper Town Crusaders 5–1 Royal Engineers Wellington St George's 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Newcastle West End 7–2 Bishop Auckland Church Institute Morpeth Harriers 5–0 Whitburn Over Wanderers 1–5 Chester St Oswalds – Home team Disqualified Great Bridge Unity 0–1 Aston Shakespeare Scarborough 2–0 Whitby Newcastle East End 3–1 Port Clarence Park Grange 1–0 Rotherham Swifts Liverpool Stanley 3–0 Workington 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

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Replay: Saturday 12 October 1889 Bolton Wanderers W-W Hurst – Walkover Home Lincoln City 1–1 Grimsby Town Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Wellington St George's Replay: Saturday 20 October 1889 South Bank 4–0 Sheffield 2nd replay: Wednesday 24 October 1889 Grimsby Town 3–1 Lincoln City Second qualifying round Home Club Score Away Club Date Chester 5–1 Over Wanderers 27 October 1888 Maidenhead 1–2 Old Brightonians 27 October 1888 Old Harrovians 0–1 Crusaders 27 October 1888 Notts County 4–2 Beeston St John's 27 October 1888 Blackburn Olympic 1–3 Oswaldtwistle Rovers 27 October 1888 Staveley 4–0 Matlock 27 October 1888 Heeley 2–1 South Bank 27 October 1888 Chatham 4–0 London Caledonians 27 October 1888 Clitheroe 0–7 Higher Walton 27 October 1888 South Shore 7–1 Southport Central 27 October 1888 Rossendale 4–3 Darwen 27 October 1888 Derby Midland 2–1 Derby St Luke's 27 October 1888 Leek 4–0 Oldbury Town 27 October 1888 Newark 4–4 Grimsby Town 27 October 1888 Sunderland 5–3 Elswick Rangers 27 October 1888 Casuals 1–3 Clapton 27 October 1888 Chirk 12–0 Nantwich 27 October 1888 Burton Wanderers 4–0 Shrewsbury Town 27 October 1888 Horncastle 0–1 Boston 27 October 1888 Chesham 3–3 Luton Town 27 October 1888 Basford Rovers 0–1 Mellors 27 October 1888 Watford Rovers 6–0 Old Foresters 27 October 1888 Cleethorpes Town Walkover Netherfield Newcastle West End 1–2 Sunderland Albion 27 October 1888 Swindon Town 2–5 Marlow 27 October 1888 Old St Mark's 3–1 Lancing Old Boys 27 October 1888 Morpeth Harriers 3–1 Match void Birtley 27 October 1888 Owlerton 3–2 Rotherham Town 27 October 1888 Scarborough 2–4 Ecclesfield 27 October 1888 Newcastle East End 2–1 Stockton 27 October 1888 Warwick County 4–2 Aston Shakespeare 27 October 1888 West Manchester 1–0 Match void Bolton Wanderers 27 October 1888 Jardines 0–4 Gainsborough Trinity 27 October 1888 Park Grange 2–1 Match void Attercliffe 27 October 1888 Llangollen 6–3 Oswestry 27 October 1888 Liverpool Stanley 3–0 Astley Bridge 27 October 1888 YMCA 0–5 Cliftonville 27 October 1888 Ulster 1–7 Linfield Athletic 27 October 1888 Small Heath 3–2 Burslem Port Vale 27 October 1888 Wrexham 3–2 Northwich Victoria 27 October 1888 Replays Home Club Score Away Club Date Grimsby Town 9–0 Newark 3 November 1888 Luton Town 10–2 Chesham 3 November 1888 Birtley 1–0 Morpeth Harriers 3 November 1888 Bolton Wanderers 9–0 West Manchester 3 November 1888 Park Grange 4–1 Attercliffe 3 November 1888 Third qualifying round Home Club Score Away Club Date Chester 5–1 Llangollen 17 November 1888 Clapton 0–1 Chatham 17 November 1888 Notts County 2–1 Derby Midland 17 November 1888 Staveley 5–0 Mellors 17 November 1888 Sheffield Heeley 3–1 Park Grange 17 November 1888 Grimsby Town 5–0 Cleethorpes Town 17 November 1888 South Shore 4–0 Oswaldtwistle Rovers 17 November 1888 Rossendale 2–3 Higher Walton 17 November 1888 Sunderland 2–0 Newcastle East End 10 November 1888 Old Brightonians 3–1 Luton Town 17 November 1888 Burton Wanderers 5–1 Warwick County 17 November 1888 Gainsborough Trinity 5–3 Boston 17 November 1888 Crusaders 1–0 Old St Mark's 17 November 1888 Watford Rovers 0–2 Marlow 17 November 1888 Cliftonville Walkover Liverpool Stanley Owlerton 3–2 Ecclesfield 17 November 1888 Birtley 2–5 Sunderland Albion 17 November 1888 Small Heath 4–0 Leek 17 November 1888 Linfield Athletic 4–0 Bolton Wanderers 17 November 1888 Wrexham 2–1 Chirk 17 November 1888 Fourth qualifying round Home Club Score Away Club Date Chester 2–3 Wrexham 8 December 1888 Staveley 1–3 Notts County 8 December 1888 Sheffield Heeley 5–1 Owlerton 8 December 1888 Chatham 0–0 Crusaders 8 December 1888 Grimsby Town Walkover Gainsborough Trinity South Shore 5–0 Higher Walton 8 December 1888 Old Brightonians 5–2 Marlow 8 December 1888 Cliftonville 3–3 Linfield Athletic 8 December 1888 Sunderland Albion Walkover Sunderland Small Heath 9–0 Burton Wanderers 8 December 1888 Replays Home Club Score Away Club Date Crusaders 2–3 Chatham 15 December 1888 Linfield Athletic 3–3 Cliftonville 15 December 1888 Second replay Home Club Score Away Club Date Linfield Athletic 7–0 Cliftonville 25 December 1888^[1] References Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 878. ISBN 1-899807-19-5. Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 783. ISBN 1-899807-19-5. First instance of a non-League team beating a Football League team External links FA Cup Results Archive