# 1889–90 Scottish Cup

The 1889–90 Scottish Cup was the 17th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park defeated rivals Vale of Leven 2–1 in a replayed final.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs |
| Round | First match date | Original | Byes | Replays | Clubs |
| First Round | 31 August 1889 | | | | → |
| Second Round | 28 September 1889 | | | | → |
| Third Round | 19 October 1889 | | | | → |
| Fourth Round | 9 November 1889 | | | | → |
| Fifth Round | 30 November 1889 | | | | → |
| Quarter-finals | 21 December 1889 | | | | → |
| Semi-finals | 18 January 1890 | | | | → 2 |
| Final | 22 February 1890 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Teams

All 158 teams entered the competition in the first round.
| Ayrshire | East of Scotland | Glasgow and District | Glasgow and District | Lanarkshire | Renfrewshire | Stirlingshire |
| Annbank Ayr Ayr Athletic Beith Dalry Hurlford Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Mauchline Newmilns Stevenston Thistle Stewarton Cunninghame | Adventurers Armadale Bathgate Rovers Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Champfleurie Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Leith Athletic Mossend Swifts Norton Park St Bernard's West Calder | Battlefield Carrington Celtic Clyde Cowlairs Fairfield Glasgow Hibernian Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Maryhill Northern Partick Thistle | Queen's Park Rangers Shettleston Southern Athletic Summerton Athletic Temperance Athletic Thistle United Abstainers Victoria Whitefield 3rd Lanark RV | Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang St Bride's Clydesdale Carfin Shamrock Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Uddingston Whifflet Shamrock Wishaw Thistle | Abercorn Arthurlie Bute Rangers Carlton Dykebar Greenock Abstainers Johnstone Harp Kilbarchan Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Pollokshaws Pollokshaws Harp Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank 1st Renfrew RV | Alloa Athletic Alva Camelon Campsie Denny Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Stenhousemuir Slamannan Tillicoultry Vale of Bannock |
| Argyll | Dunbartonshire | Fife | Forfarshire | Northern Counties | Perthshire | Southern Counties |
| Lochgilphead Oban Oban Rangers | Bowling Clydebank Dumbarton Dumbarton Union Duntocher Harp Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Methlan Park Old Kilpatrick Renton Smithstone Hibs Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Wanderers | Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Wanderers Lassodie Raith Rovers | Arbroath Brechin Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Our Boys Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Strathmore Wanderers | Aberdeen Orion Portland Lybster Victoria United | Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone Vale of Atholl | Dumfries Dumfries Harp Mid-Annandale Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Queen of the South Wanderers 5th Kircudbrightshire RV |

## First round
### Matches
#### Ayrshire district

Lanemark received a bye to the second round.

#### Dunbartonshire district

Kirkintilloch Athletic received a bye to the second round.

#### East of Scotland

Edinburgh University received a bye to the second round.

#### Fife district

Dunfermline received a bye to the second round.

#### Glasgow and District

Clyde received a bye to the second round.

#### Stirlingshire district

Camelon received a bye to the second round.

#### Argyll district

Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.

#### Southern Counties

Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.

### Replays
#### Glasgow and District
##### Notes

* ^ A-Clydebank forfeited the tie on the basis that it was four players short, but won a resulting friendly 3–1.
* ^ B-Match abandoned after 75 minutes. The result was allowed to stand.
* ^ C-Both teams advanced to the second round.
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## Second round

Ayr Athletic, Champfleurie, Edinburgh University, Kilsyth Wanderers, Pollokshaws and Wishaw Thistle received a bye to the third round.

### Replays

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## Third round

Cowdenbeath received a bye to the fourth round.

### Replays
#### Notes

* ^ C-Both teams advanced to the fourth round.
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## Fourth round
### Replays

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## Fifth round

Hibernian, Kilbirnie, Leith Athletic and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the quarter-finals.

### Replay
## Quarter-finals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| Abercorn | Hibernian | 6–2 |
| Queen's Park | Leith Athletic | 1–0 |
| Kilbirnie | Third Lanark | 1–4 |
| Vale of Leven | East End | 4–0 |

## Semi-finals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| Vale of Leven | Third Lanark | 3–0 |
| Queen's Park | Abercorn | 2–0 |

## Final
### Teams

Queen's Park: :
| GK | George Gillespie |
| RB | Walter Arnott |
| LB | Bob Smellie |
| RH | James McAra |
| CH | Allan Stewart |
| LH | Tom Robertson |
| OR | William Berry |
| IR | William Gulliland |
| CF | James Hamilton |
| IL | David Allan |
| OL | William Sellar |
Vale of Leven: :
| GK | James Wilson |
| RB | Andrew Whitelaw |
| LB | John Murray |
| RH | Archie Osborne |
| CH | John McNicol |
| LH | James Sharp |
| OR | Jimmy McLachlan |
| IR | Gilbert Rankin |
| CF | Jim Paton |
| IL | Daniel Bruce |
| OL | James McMillan |
* Teams were unchanged for the replay.