# 1890–91 FA Cup qualifying rounds

This was the third 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 and the first season that a preliminary round was used.
See 1890–91 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round onwards.

## Preliminary round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 27 September 1890 |||
| Crusaders | 5–0 | Rochester |

## First qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 4 October 1890 |||
| 93rd Highland Regiment | 7–0 | Luton Town |
| Ardwick | 12–0 | Liverpool Stanley |
| Bishop Auckland | 3–0 | Rendel |
| Boston | 2–2 | Eckington Works |
| Carlisle | 1–6 | Bootle |
| Chatham | 1–2 | Crusaders |
| Chesham | 1–2 | Watford Rovers |
| Chester St Oswalds | 0–6 | Chester |
| City Ramblers | W–W | Crystal Palace School of Engineering |
| Clifton | 1–7 | Wednesbury Old Athletic |
| Cliftonville | 4–3 | Macclesfield Town |
| Clinton | 3–7 | Jardines |
| Darlington St Augustine's | 3–2 | Barnard Castle Athletic |
| Darlington West End | 3–2 | Darlington St Hilda's |
| Derby Junction | 0–1 | Sheffield United |
| Derby Midland | 2–3 | Loughborough |
| Ecclesfield | 8–2 | Grimsby Town |
| Elswick Rangers | 2–5 | Newcastle West End |
| Folkestone | 2–1 | Old Wykehamists |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–3 | Lincoln City |
| Gateshead N.E.R. | 2–8 | Sunderland Albion |
| Gorton Villa | 4–1 | Denton |
| Gravesend | 4–1 | Old Harrovians |
| Hunts County | 3–1 | Norwich CEYMS |
| Hurworth | 0–14 | Stockton |
| Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Reading |
| Kidderminster | 4–1 | Bath City |
| Langley Green Victoria | 5–0 | Kettering Town |
| Leicester Fosse | 0–4 | Burton Wanderers |
| Long Eaton Rangers | W–W | Heeley |
| Matlock | W–W | Leys Recreation |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Middlesbrough | 11–0 | Scarborough |
| Millwall Athletic | 2–3 | Ilford |
| Morpeth Harriers | 0–2 | Whitburn |
| Nantwich | 5–4 | Linfield Athletic |
| Newark | 4–0 | Notts Olympic |
| Newton Heath | 2–0 | Higher Walton |
| Northwich Victoria | 3–2 | Chirk |
| Old Brightonians | 3–4 | Old Carthusians |
| Old Etonians | 4–1 | Swifts |
| Old St Mark's | 2–3 | London Caledonians |
| Oldbury Town | 3–1 | Wellington St George's |
| Over Wanderers | 2–3 | Druids |
| Port Clarence | 4–1 | Whitby |
| Rhosllanerchrugog | W–W | Shrewsbury Town |
| Rotherham Swifts | 5–2 | Attercliffe |
| Rotherham Town | 13–0 | Sheffield |
| Shankhouse | 5–4 | Birtley |
| Small Heath | 8–0 | Hednesford Town |
| Southwick | 6–0 | Bishop Auckland Church Institute |
| Staveley | 19–0 | Sheffield Walkley |
| Swindon Town | 9–0 | Maidenhead |
| Warmley | 0–12 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Warwick County | 1–3 | Burslem Port Vale |
| Windsor Phoenix Athletic | 6–1 | Schorne College |
| Witton | 1–4 | Heywood Central |
| Wolverton | 0–4 | Marlow |
| Workington | W–W | Clitheroe |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 18 October 1890 |||
| Shankhouse | 5–1 | Birtley |

## Second qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 25 October 1890 |||
| 93rd Highland Regiment | 3–2 | Watford Rovers |
| Belper Town | 4–2 | Leeds Albion |
| Bishop Auckland | 1–2 | Newcastle East End |
| Bootle | 1–0 | Newton Heath |
| Burslem Port Vale | 2–3 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Burton Swifts | 2–1 | Sheffield United |
| Chester | 2–0 | Northwich Victoria |
| City Ramblers | 0–8 | Old Carthusians |
| Cliftonville | W–W | Rhosllanerchrugog |
| Crusaders | 6–1 | Folkestone |
| Darlington | W–W | Darlington West End |
| Darlington St Augustine's | 1–4 | Middlesbrough |
| Doncaster Rovers | 4–5 | Kilnhurst |
| Ecclesfield | W–W | Grantham Rovers |
| Heywood Central | 9–0 | Gorton Villa |
| Ilford | 2–0 | Gravesend |
| Kidderminster | 4–0 | Oldbury Town |
| Langley Green Victoria | 2–1 | Great Bridge Unity |
| Halliwell | W–W | Ardwick |
| Leek | 2–0 | Druids |
| Lincoln City | 9–0 | Boston |
| London Caledonians | 6–3 | Old Etonians |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Long Eaton Rangers | 7–3 | Heanor Town |
| Loughborough | 8–1 | Burton Wanderers |
| Mansfield Town | 0–4 | Staveley |
| Matlock Town | 1–0 | Derby St Luke |
| Newark (Disqualified) | 3–1 | Beeston |
| Newcastle West End | 8–1 | Southwick |
| Thorpe | 0–4 | Ipswich Town |
| Owlerton | 1–4 | Rotherham Town |
| Rotherham Swifts | 3–4 | Jardines |
| Shankhouse | 2–0 | Ashington |
| South Bank | 7–2 | Port Clarence |
| South Shore | 10–0 | Workington |
| Stockton | 1–2 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis |
| Sunderland Albion | W–W | Whitburn |
| Swindon Town | 2–0 | Marlow |
| Windsor Phoenix Athletic | 1–2 | Hunts County |
| Wrexham | 2–3 | Nantwich |
| Wednesbury Old Athletic | 0–2 | Small Heath (disqualified) |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 11 November 1890 |||
| Great Bridge Unity | 4–2 | Langley Green Victoria |

## Third qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 15 November 1890 |||
| 93rd Highland Regiment | 6–0 | Swindon Town |
| Belper Town | 2–6 | Loughborough |
| Great Bridge Unity | 1–0 | Kidderminster |
| Halliwell | 4–3 | Bootle |
| Heywood Central | 5–0 | South Shore |
| Ilford | 0–7 | Crusaders |
| Ipswich Town | 5–2 | Hunts County |
| Leek | 1–2 | Cliftonville |
| Lincoln City | 3–0 | Ecclesfield |
| London Caledonians | 2–0 | Old Carthusians |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Long Eaton Rangers | 4–1 | Jardines |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | Darlington |
| Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 6–1 | South Bank |
| Nantwich | 4–5 | Chester |
| Newcastle East End | 5–0 | Shankhouse |
| Newcastle West End | 0–3 | Sunderland Albion |
| Rotherham Town | 6–1 | Beeston |
| Sheffield United | 3–0 | Matlock Town |
| Staveley | 6–2 | Kilnhurst |
| Walsall Town Swifts | 5–3 | Wednesbury Old Athletic F.C. |

## Fourth qualifying round

| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Saturday 12 December 1890 |||
| Chester | W–W | Cliftonville |
| Crusaders | 4–2 | London Caledonians |
| Halliwell | 2–1 | Heywood Central |
| Ipswich Town | 1–4 | 93rd Highland Regiment |
| Kidderminster | 3–0 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Lincoln City | 4–1 | Staveley |
| Long Eaton Rangers | 2–1 | Rotherham Town |
| Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 6–0 | Darlington |
| Newcastle East End | 2–2 | Sunderland Albion |
| Sheffield United | 6–1 | Loughborough |
| Replays |||
| Saturday 20 December 1890 |||
| Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 3–0 | Darlington |
| Newcastle East End | 0–2 | Sunderland Albion |