FA Cup 1888-89

FA Cup
Sæson	1889-90
Mester	Preston North End FC (1. titel)
Andenplads	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Kampe spillet	157
FA Cup
1887-88 1889-90

Football Association Challenge Cup 1888–89 var den 18. udgave af Football Association Challenge Cup, nutildags bedre kendt som FA Cup. Turneringen blev afviklet som en cupturnering med deltagelse af 149 klubber. De første kampe blev spillet den 6. oktober 1888, og finalen blev afviklet den 30. marts 1889 på Kennington Oval i London, hvor Preston North End FC besejrede Wolverhampton Wanderers FC med 3-0. Det var første gang, at Preston North End vandt FA Cup'en, og holdet havde for første gang nået finalen i den foregående sæson.

Samme sæson afvikledes den første sæson i The Football League, som Preston North End FC også vandt og dermed hjemførte den første The Double nogensinde.

Runde	Dato	Kamp	Res.
Første runde	2.2.	Bootle FC – Preston North End FC	0–3
Anden runde	16.2.	Grimsby Town FC – Preston North End FC	0–2
Kvartfinale	2.3.	Preston North End FC – Birmingham St George's FC	2–0
Semifinale	16.3.	Preston North End FC – West Bromwich Albion FC	1–0
Finale	30.3.	Preston North End FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	3–0

Første kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 94 hold, der spillede om 47 ledige pladser i anden kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 6.10. Ashington FC – Elswick Rangers FC 0–4 Basford Rovers FC – Belper Town FC 3–1 Beeston St John's FC – Notts Olympic FC 2–0 Birtley FC – Darlington FC 2–0 Burton Swifts FC – Leek FC 1–3 Burton Wanderers FC  – Wednesbury Old Athletic FC 3–0 Chesham FC – Lyndhurst FC 4–2 Chester FC – Macclesfield Town FC 2–2 Clitheroe FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 3–2 Crusaders FC – Royal Engineers AFC 5–1 Doncaster Rovers FC – Rotherham Town FC 1–9 Dulwich FC – London Caledonians FC 00–13 Gorton Villa FC – West Manchester FC 2–6 Great Bridge Unity FC – Aston Shakespeare FC 0–1 Grimsby Town FC – Lincoln City FC 1–1 Hartford St John's FC – Nantwich FC 1–7 Heywood Central FC – Astley Bridge FC 2–3 Horncastle FC – Grantham Town FC 2–1 Hurst FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 0–0 Irwell Springs FC – Southport Central FC 4–5 Kettering Town FC – Newark FC 3–4 Lancing Old Boys FC – Millwall Rovers FC 4–0 Liverpool Stanley FC – Workington FC 3–0 Luton Town FC – Reading FC 4–0 Maidenhead FC – Old Etonians FC 4–0 Middlesbrough FC – Ecclesfield FC 0–1 Morpeth Harriers FC – Whitburn FC 5–0 Newcastle East End FC – Port Clarence FC 3–1

Dato Kamp Res. 6.10. Newcastle West End FC  – Bishop Auckland Church Institute FC 7–2 Notts County FC – Eckington Works FC 4–1 Old Foresters FC – Schorne College FC 2–0 Old Wykehamists FC – Chatham FC 1–2 Over Wanderers FC – Chester St Oswald's FC 1–5 Park Grange FC – Rotherham Swifts FC 1–0 Rawtenstall FC – Rossendale FC 3–4 Rochester FC – Old Harrovian AFC 2–4 Scarborough FC – Whitby FC 2–0 Sheffield FC – South Bank FC [0]3–2[1] Sheffield Heeley FC – Redcar FC 6–1 Stoke City FC – Warwick County FC 1–2 Sunderland Albion FC – Shankhouse FC 8–2 Wellington St George's FC – Shrewsbury Town FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC – Davenham FC 3–0 – Blackburn Olympic FC – Fleetwood Rangers FC w.o. Casuals FC – Hitchin FC w.o. Old Brightonians FC – Hendon FC w.o. Ulster FC – Everton FC w.o. Omkampe 13.10. Lincoln City FC – Grimsby Town FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town FC  – Wellington St George's FC 2–1 20.10. South Bank FC – Sheffield FC 4–0 – Bolton Wanderers FC – Hurst FC w.o. Anden omkamp 24.10. Grimsby Town FC – Lincoln City FC 3–1

Anden kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 80 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i tredje kvalifikationsrunde. 47 af holdene var vindere fra første kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende 33 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i anden kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 27.10. Basford Rovers FC – Mellors FC 0–1 Belfast YMCA – Cliftonville FC 0–5 Blackburn Olympic FC  – Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC 1–3 Burton Wanderers FC – Shrewsbury Town FC 4–0 Casuals FC – Clapton FC 1–3 Chatham FC – London Caledonians FC 4–0 Chesham FC – Luton Town FC 3–3 Chester FC – Over Wanderers FC 5–1 Chirk AAA FC – Nantwich FC 12–00 Clitheroe FC – Higher Walton FC 0–7 Derby Midland FC – Derby St Luke's FC 2–1 Horncastle FC – Boston FC 0–1 Jardines FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 0–4 Leek FC – Oldbury Town FC 4–0 Liverpool Stanley FC – Astley Bridge FC 3–0 Llangollen FC – Oswestry FC 6–3 Maidenhead FC – Old Brightonians FC 1–2 Morpeth Harriers FC – Birtley FC [0]3–1[1] Newark FC – Grimsby Town FC 4–4 Newcastle East End FC – Stockton FC 2–1 Newcastle West End FC  – Sunderland Albion FC 1–2 Notts County FC – Beeston St John's FC 4–2 Old Harrovian AFC – Crusaders FC 0–1

Dato Kamp Res. 27.10. Old St Mark's FC – Lancing Old Boys FC 3–1 Owlerton FC – Rotherham Town FC 3–2 Park Grange FC – Attercliffe FC [0]2–1[1] Rossendale FC – Darwen FC 4–3 Scarborough FC – Ecclesfield FC 2–4 Sheffield Heeley FC – South Bank FC 2–1 Small Heath FC – Burslem Port Vale FC 3–2 South Shore FC – Southport Central FC 7–1 Staveley FC – Matlock Town FC 4–0 Sunderland AFC – Elswick Rangers FC 5–3 Swindon Town FC – Marlow FC 2–5 Ulster FC – Linfield AC 1–7 Warwick County FC – Aston Shakespeare FC 4–2 Watford Rovers FC – Old Foresters FC 6–0 West Manchester FC – Bolton Wanderers FC [0]1–0[1] Wrexham AFC – Northwich Victoria FC 3–2 – Cleethorpes Town FC – Netherfield FC w.o. Omkampe 31.10. Bolton Wanderers FC – West Manchester FC 9–0 3.11. Grimsby Town FC – Newark FC 9–0 Luton Town FC – Chesham FC 10–20 10.11. Birtley FC – Morpeth Harriers FC 1–0 Park Grange FC – Attercliffe FC 4–1

Tredje kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 40 hold, der spillede om 20 ledige pladser i fjerde kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 10.11. Sunderland AFC – Newcastle East End 2–0 17.11. Birtley FC – Sunderland Albion FC 2–5 Burton Wanderers FC – Warwick County FC 5–1 Chester FC – Llangollen FC 5–1 Clapton FC – Chatham FC 0–1 Crusaders FC – Old St Mark's FC 1–0 Gainsborough Trinity FC – Boston FC 5–3 Grimsby Town FC – Cleethorpes Town FC 5–0 Linfield AC – Bolton Wanderers FC 4–0 Notts County FC – Derby Midland FC 2–1

Dato Kamp Res. 17.11. Old Brightonians FC – Luton Town FC 3–1 Owlerton FC – Ecclesfield FC 3–2 Rossendale FC – Higher Walton FC 2–3 Sheffield Heeley FC – Park Grange FC 3–1 Small Heath FC – Leek FC 4–0 South Shore FC – Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC 4–0 Staveley FC – Mellors FC 5–0 Watford Rovers FC – Marlow FC 0–2 Wrexham AFC – Chirk AAA FC 2–1 – Cliftonville FC – Liverpool Stanley FC w.o.

Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 20 hold, der spillede om 10 ledige pladser i første runde.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
8.12.	Chatham FC – Crusaders FC	0–0
	Chester FC – Wrexham AFC	2–3
	Cliftonville FC – Linfield AC	3–3
	Old Brightonians FC – Marlow FC	5–2
	Sheffield Heeley FC – Owlerton FC	5–1
	Small Heath FC – Burton Wanderers FC	9–0
	South Shore FC – Higher Walton FC	5–0
	Staveley FC – Notts County FC	1–3
–	Grimsby Town FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC	w.o.
	Sunderland Albion FC – Sunderland AFC	w.o.
Omkampe
15.12.	Crusaders FC – Chatham FC	2–3
	Linfield AC – Cliftonville FC	3–3
Anden omkamp
17.12.	Linfield AC – Cliftonville FC	7–0

Første runde havde deltagelse 32 hold. 10 af holdene havde spillet sig igennem kvalifikationsrunderne, mens 22 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første runde.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
2.2.	Accrington FC – Blackburn Rovers FC	1–1
	Aston Villa FC – Witton FC	3–2
	Birmingham St George's FC  – Long Eaton Rangers FC	3–2
	Bootle FC – Preston North End FC	0–3
	Burnley FC – Old Westminsters FC	4–3
	Chatham FC – South Shore FC	2–1
	Derby County FC – Derby Junction FC	1–0
	Grimsby Town FC – Sunderland Albion FC	3–1
	Halliwell FC – Crewe Alexandra FC	2–2
	Nottingham Forest FC – Linfield AC	2–2
	Notts County FC – Old Brightonians FC	2–0
	Notts Rangers FC – The Wednesday FC	1–1
	Small Heath FC – West Bromwich Albion FC	2–3
	Swifts FC – Wrexham AFC	3–1
	Walsall Town Swifts FC – Sheffield Heeley FC	5–1
	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC  – Old Carthusians FC	4–3
Omkamp
9.2.	Blackburn Rovers FC – Accrington FC	5–0
	Crewe Alexandra FC – Halliwell FC	1–5
	The Wednesday FC – Notts Rangers FC	3–0
–	Nottingham Forest FC – Linfield AC	w.o.

Anden runde havde deltagelse af de 16 hold, der gik videre fra første runde, og holdene spillede om otte ledige pladser i kvartfinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
16.2.	Aston Villa FC – Derby County FC	5–3
	Chatham FC – Nottingham Forest FC	1–1
	Grimsby Town FC – Preston North End FC	0–2
	Halliwell FC – Birmingham St George's FC	2–3
	The Wednesday FC – Notts County FC	3–2
	West Bromwich Albion FC – Burnley FC	5–1
	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC  – Walsall Town Swifts FC	6–1
–	Blackburn Rovers FC – Swifts FC	w.o.
Omkamp
23.2.	Nottingham Forest FC – Chatham FC	2–2
28.2.	Chatham FC – Nottingham Forest FC	3–2

Kvartfinalerne havde deltagelse af de otte hold, der gik videre fra anden runde, og holdene spillede om fire ledige pladser i semifinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
2.3.	Blackburn Rovers FC – Aston Villa FC	8–1
	Chatham FC – West Bromwich Albion FC	01–10
	Preston North End FC – Birmingham St George's FC	2–0
	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – The Wednesday FC	3–0

Semifinalerne havde deltagelse af de fire hold, der gik videre fra kvartfinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.	Spillested
16.3.	Preston North End FC – West Bromwich Albion FC	1–0	Sheffield
	Blackburn Rovers FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1–1	Crewe
Omkamp
23.3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – Blackburn Rovers FC	3–1	Crewe

Dato	Kamp	Res.	Tilskuere	Spillested
30.3.	Preston North End FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	3–0		Kennington Oval, London

• RSSSF – 1888–89 FA Cup Arkiveret 3. april 2012 hos Wayback Machine (engelsk)
• The FA – FA Cup – Past results Arkiveret 2. februar 2012 hos Wayback Machine (engelsk)