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1888–89 FA Cup

FieldValue
title1888–89 FA Cup
countryEngland
Wales
Ireland
defending_championsWest Bromwich Albion
winnersPreston North End
(1st title)
secondWolverhampton Wanderers
prev_season[1887–88](1887-88-fa-cup)
next_season[1889–90](1889-90-fa-cup)

Wales Ireland (1st title) The 1888–89 FA Cup was the 18th edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.

Qualifying rounds

The new format for the FA Cup saw 22 teams - the four semi-finalists from the previous season (Preston North End, Crewe Alexandra, West Bromwich Albion and Derby Junction) along with eighteen teams invited by the FA - receiving automatic exemption to the first round proper.

The clubs invited did not include Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Notts County and Stoke from the Football League and so those clubs were entered at the first qualifying round stage. Everton withdrew from the competition after being drawn to meet Ulster in Belfast in their first match, while Stoke became the first League club to be eliminated by non-League opponents when they fell to Warwick County at the Victoria Ground also in the first qualifying round. Ultimately only Notts County successfully progressed to the competition proper after Bolton Wanderers lost to Linfield Athletic in Belfast in the third qualifying round.

The nine non-League clubs progressing from the qualifying rounds were Wrexham, Sheffield Heeley, Chatham, Grimsby Town, South Shore, Old Brightonians, Linfield Athletic, Sunderland Albion and Small Heath. Additionally, the twelve non-league clubs receiving exemption to the first round by invitation were Old Westminsters, Witton, Bootle, Swifts, Nottingham Forest, Halliwell, The Wednesday, Birmingham St George's, Walsall Town Swifts, Old Carthusians, Notts Rangers and Long Eaton Rangers.

For information on all matches played from the first qualifying round to the fourth qualifying round, see 1888–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds.

First round proper

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Burnley4–3Old Westminsters2 February 1889
Swifts3–1Wrexham2 February 1889
Notts County2–0Old Brightonians2 February 1889
Nottingham Forest2–2Linfield Athletic2 February 1889
Aston Villa3–2Witton2 February 1889
Bootle0–3Preston North End2 February 1889
Accrington1–1Blackburn Rovers2 February 1889
Chatham2–1South Shore2 February 1889
Grimsby Town3–1Sunderland Albion2 February 1889
Crewe Alexandra2–2Halliwell2 February 1889
Wolverhampton Wanderers4–3Old Carthusians2 February 1889
Derby County1–0Derby Junction2 February 1889
Notts Rangers1–1The Wednesday2 February 1889
Birmingham St George's3–2Long Eaton Rangers2 February 1889
Small Heath2–3West Bromwich Albion2 February 1889
Walsall Town Swifts5–1Sheffield Heeley2 February 1889

Replays

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Nottingham Forest*Walkover*Linfield Athletic
Blackburn Rovers5–0Accrington9 February 1889
Crewe Alexandra1–5Halliwell9 February 1889
The Wednesday3–0Notts Rangers9 February 1889

Second round proper

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Blackburn Rovers*Walkover*Swifts
Aston Villa5–3Derby County16 February 1889
The Wednesday3–2Notts County16 February 1889
Chatham1–1Nottingham Forest16 February 1889
Grimsby Town0–2Preston North End16 February 1889
Halliwell2–3Birmingham St George's16 February 1889
Wolverhampton Wanderers6–1Walsall Town Swifts16 February 1889
West Bromwich Albion5–1Burnley16 February 1889

Replay

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Nottingham Forest2–2Chatham23 February 1889

Second replay

ScoreDateVenue
Chatham3–2Nottingham Forest

Third round proper

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Preston North End2–0Birmingham St George's2 March 1889
Blackburn Rovers8–1Aston Villa2 March 1889
Chatham1–10West Bromwich Albion2 March 1889
Wolverhampton Wanderers3–0The Wednesday2 March 1889

Semi-finals

ScoreDateVenue
Preston North End1–0West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers1–1Blackburn Rovers

Replay

ScoreDateVenue
Blackburn Rovers1–3Wolverhampton Wanderers

Final

ScoreDateVenue
Preston North End[3–0](1889-fa-cup-final)Wolverhampton Wanderers

References

References

  1. (11 February 1889). "Football Association Challenge Cup". Sheffield Independent.
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