# 1888–89 Scottish Cup

The 1888–89 Scottish Cup was the 16th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. 3rd Lanark RV beat Glasgow rivals Celtic (making their Cup début) 2–1 in a replayed final. The original match was won 3–0 by 3rd Lanark RV but the SFA ordered a replay due to the playing conditions.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs |
| Round | First match date | Original | Byes | Replays | Clubs |
| First Round | 1 September 1888 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 166 → 85 |
| Second Round | 22 September 1888 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 85 → 46 |
| Third Round | 13 October 1888 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 46 → 26 |
| Fourth Round | 3 November 1888 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 26 → 13 |
| Fifth Round | 24 November 1888 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 December 1888 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 12 January 1889 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 2 February 1889 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Teams

All 166 teams entered the competition in the first round.
| Ayrshire | Edinburghshire | Glasgow | Renfrewshire | Lanarkshire | Stirlingshire |
| Annbank Ayr Ayr Thistle Beith Dalry Darnconner Britannia Hurlford Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Thistle Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Rosebank Stevenston Thistle Stewarton Cunninghame 2nd Ayrshire RV | Adventurers Armadale Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Broxburn Shamrock Champfleurie Erin Rovers (Bathgate) Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Leith Athletic Leith Harp Linlithgow Athletic Mossend Swifts Norton Park St Bernard's West Calder | Battlefield Celtic Clyde Cowlairs Glasgow University Govan Athletic Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Maryhill Northern Partick Thistle Pollokshields Athletic Queen's Park Rangers Shettleston Southern Athletic Temperance Athletic Thistle United Abstainers Athletic Whitefield 3rd Lanark RV | Abercorn Arthurlie Carlton Dykebar Greenock Rangers Johnstone Harp Kilbarchan Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Paisley Athletic Pollokshaws Pollokshaws Harp Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank Woodvale 1st Renfrew RV | Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Bellshill Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Coatbridge Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Uddingston Whifflet Shamrock Wishaw Thistle | Alloa Athletic Alva Camelon Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Redding Athletic Slamannan Stenhousemuir Vale of Bannock |
| Argyll | Dunbartonshire | Fife | Northern Counties | Perthshire | Southern Counties |
| Balaclava Rangers Campbeltown Athletic Lochgilphead Oban | Bowling Clydebank Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Dumbarton Union Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Kirkintilloch Central Methlan Park Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Hibernian Vale of Leven Wanderers | Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Wanderers Lassodie Townhill | Aberdeen Aberdeen Rovers Arbroath Brechin Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Orion Strathmore Wanderers | Bridgend Athletic Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers (Perth) Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone Vale of Atholl | Mid-Annandale Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale of Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV |

## First round
### Matches
#### Renfrewshire district

1st Renfrew RV received a bye to the second round.

#### Dunbartonshire district

Vale of Leven received a bye to the second round.

#### Edinburghshire district

Broxburn received a bye to the second round.

#### Lanarkshire district

Uddingston received a bye to the second round.

#### Northern Counties

Broughty received a bye to the second round.

#### Glasgow and District

Glasgow University received a bye to the second round.

### Second replay
#### Edinburghshire district
##### Notes

* ^ A-Match declared void after the referee failed to appear.
* ^ B-Match abandoned after 80 minutes. A replay was ordered.
* ^ C-Shamrock Park was unusable so Broxburn Shamrock had made arrangements to play their replayed tie with West Calder at Uphall. However, West Calder refused to play the tie away from Broxburn and protested to the SFA. It was decided to play the tie over at West Calder.
* ^ D-Both teams qualified for the second round.
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## Second round
### Matches
#### Ayrshire district

Irvine received a bye to the third round.

#### Lanarkshire district

Cambuslang Hibernian received a bye to the third round.

#### Glasgow and District

Glasgow University received a bye to the third round.

#### Edinburghshire district

Armadale received a bye to the third round.

#### Fife district

Kirkaldy Wanderers received a bye to the third round.

#### Dunbartonshire district

Dumbarton received a bye to the third round.

#### Perthshire district

Dunblane received a bye to the third round.

#### Southern Counties
### Second replay
#### Ayrshire district
##### Notes

* ^ E-A protest by Hurlford was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ F-Played at Thornliebank as Woodvale had lost its ground. 1st Renfrew RV protested that this was against the rules. The protest was upheld and a replay was ordered.
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## Third round
### Matches
#### Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire district

Methlan Park received a bye to the fourth round.

#### East of Scotland and Fife

Dunfermline Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

#### Stirlingshire and Argyll district

Oban received a bye to the fourth round.

#### Northern Counties

Fair City Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

### Replays
#### Northern Counties
##### Notes

* ^ G-A protest by Queen's Park was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ H-Both teams qualified for the fourth round.
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## Fourth round
### Replay

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## Fifth round

Campsie, Dumbarton Athletic and East Stirlingshire each received a bye to the quarter-finals.

### Third replay
#### Notes

* ^ I-A protest by Abercorn was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ J-A protest by Celtic was upheld and a replay was ordered.
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## Quarter-finals
### Second replay

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## Semi-finals
### Matches

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