# 1889–90 FA Cup qualifying rounds

This was the second season where the FA Cup, or the Football Association Challenge Cup, used a series of qualifying rounds in order to determine qualifiers for the actual Cup competition itself.
See 1889–90 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round onwards.

## First qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 5 October 1889 |||
| Boston | 0–2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Birtley | 3–1 | Bishop Auckland |
| Bishop Auckland Church Institute | 0–9 | Stockton |
| Chatham | 4–5 | Crusaders |
| Chesham | 0–1 | Maidenhead |
| Chester | 2–0 | Over Wanderers |
| Chester St Oswald's | 4–0 | Druids |
| Clapton | W–W | London Caledonians |
| Darlington St Augustines | 5–0 | Darlington |
| Denton | 1–5 | Gorton Villa |
| Derby Junction | 4–2 | Matlock Town |
| Dulwich | 0–9 | Old St Paul's |
| Gateshead NER | 1–0 | Elswick Rangers |
| Halliwell | 5–0 | Clitheroe |
| Heanor Town | 7–1 | Long Eaton Midland |
| Jardines | 4–1 | Notts Swifts |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–4 | Hartford & Davenham United |
| Middlesbrough | 3–4 | South Bank |
| Millwall Athletic | 0–4 | Schorne College |
| Newcastle East End | 4–0 | Shankhouse |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Newcastle West End | 9–1 | Port Clarence |
| Old Brightonians | 4–0 | Marlow |
| Old Harrovians | 2–4 | Thorpe |
| Old St Mark's | 5–5 | Norwich CEYMS |
| Old Wykehamists | 3–4 | Rochester |
| Owlerton | 1–9 | Rotherham Swifts |
| Redcar | 1–0 | Clifton |
| Rotherham Town | 2–1 | Doncaster Rovers |
| Royal Arsenal | 11–0 | Lyndhurst |
| Scarborough | 1–6 | Sheffield United |
| Shrewsbury Town | 3–2 | Nantwich |
| South Shore | W–W | Workington |
| Whitburn | 7–1 | Morpeth Harriers |
| Walsall Town Swifts | 3–0 | Wellington St George's |
| Watford Rovers | 5–3 | Swindon Town |
| Wednesbury Old Athletic | 1–0 | Leek |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 12 October 1889 |||
| Old St Mark's | 2-1 | Norwich CEYMS |
| Whitby | 6–0 | Attercliffe |

## Second qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 26 October 1889 |||
| Chester | 1–0 | Burslem Port Vale |
| Clapton | 3–0 | Rochester |
| South Bank | 3–0 | Whitburn |
| Reading | 3–4 | Old St Paul's |
| Sheffield | 2–0 | Sheffield Walkley |
| Maidenhead | 1–2 | Luton Town |
| Old Etonians | 3–3 | Old Brightonians |
| Northwich Victoria | 3–1 | Wrexham |
| South Shore | 3–1 | Witton |
| Redcar | 1–8 | Rotherham Town |
| Long Eaton Rangers | 1–3 | Staveley |
| Derby Junction | 6–1 | Belper Town |
| Notts Rangers | 3–2 | Beeston |
| Casuals | 3–8 | Swifts |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | Notts Olympic |
| Higher Walton | W–W | Blackburn Park Road |
| Burton Swifts | 5–3 | Great Bridge Unity |
| Burton Wanderers | 2–3 | Wednesbury Old Athletic |
| Gainsborough Trinity | W–W | Kettering |
| Crusaders | 2–0 | Old St Mark's |
| Distillery | (Bye) |
| Warwick County | 1–1 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Chester St Oswald's | 6–1 | Shrewsbury Town |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Liverpool Stanley | 0–2 | Halliwell |
| Oldbury Town | 1–3 | Small Heath |
| Birtley | 1–2 | Newcastle West End |
| Stockton | 5–0 | Gateshead NER |
| Belfast YMCA | (Bye) |
| Gorton Villa | 2–7 | Darwen |
| Whitby | 1–5 | Rotherham Swifts |
| Schorne College | 1–2 | Watford Rovers |
| Beeston St John's | 1–3 | Jardines |
| Linfield Athletic | 4–0 | Cliftonville |
| Loughborough | 2–1 | Derby St Luke |
| Sheffield United | 1–0 | Sheffield Heeley |
| Heanor Town | 2–7 | Derby Midland |
| Hartford & Davenham United | 0–4 | Crewe Alexandra |
| Thorpe | 2–2 | Royal Arsenal |
| North End Athletic | (Bye) |
| Darlington St Augustines | 2–1 | Newcastle East End |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 2 November 1889 |||
| Old Brightonians | 4–1 | Old Etonians |
| Walsall Town Swifts | 2–0 | Warwick County |
| Derby St Luke | 2–0 | Loughborough |
| Royal Arsenal | W–W | Thorpe |

## Third qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 16 November 1889 |||
| Clapton | W–W | Old Brightonians |
| Darwen | 4–1 | Halliwell |
| Staveley | 2–0 | Derby Junction |
| Wednesbury Old Athletic | 1–5 | Small Heath |
| South Shore | 6–2 | Higher Walton |
| Crewe Alexandra | 9–0 | Northwich Victoria |
| Derby St Luke | 0–1 | Derby Midland |
| Notts Rangers | 2–7 | Lincoln City |
| Burton Swifts | 1–6 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Watford Rovers | 2–5 | Swifts |
| Newcastle West End | 5–2 | South Bank |
| Distillery | W–W | Belfast YMCA |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Jardines | 2–2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Chester St Oswald's | 0–3 | Chester |
| Stockton | 3–1 | Darlington St Augustines |
| Linfield Athletic | W–W | North End Athletic |
| Rotherham Swifts | 0–0 | Rotherham Town |
| Sheffield United | 3–0 | Sheffield |
| Royal Arsenal | 5–2 | Crusaders |
| Old St Paul's | 4–0 | Luton Town |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 18 November 1889/Monday 2 December 1889 |||
| Rotherham Town | 3–1 | Rotherham Swifts |
| Saturday 25 November 1889 |||
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–1 | Jardines |

## Fourth qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 7 December 1889 |||
| Chester | 2–1 | Crewe Alexandra |
| South Shore | 2–0 | Darwen |
| Rotherham Town | 2–2 | Sheffield United |
| Derby Midland | 6–0 | Staveley |
| Lincoln City | 5–3 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Distillery | 3–3 | Linfield Athletic |
| Stockton | 0–1 | Newcastle West End |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Small Heath | 4–0 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Royal Arsenal | 1–5 | Swifts |
| Old St Paul's | 0–6 | Clapton |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 21 December 1889 |||
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | Rotherham Town |
| Linfield Athletic | 3–5 | Distillery |