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1888–89 Scottish Cup

Field	Value
title	Scottish Cup
image	Scottish cup.jpg
caption	The Scottish Cup trophy
country	Scotland
num_teams	166
defending_champions	Renton
winners	3rd Lanark RV
(first title)
second	Celtic
matches	171
goals	1125
prev_season	1887–88
next_season	1889–90

(first title) 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	Clubs	Original	Byes
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	Argyll	Dunbartonshire	Fife	Northern Counties	Perthshire	Southern Counties

First round

Matches

Ayrshire district

Lyle
Forbes
Russell
Campbell

Renfrewshire district

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

Dunbartonshire district

Vale of Leven received a bye to the second round.

Dewar
Chapman
Madden
Lapsley
Own goal

Edinburghshire district

Broxburn received a bye to the second round. (Void)

Fife district

Lanarkshire district

Uddingston received a bye to the second round.

Stirlingshire district

Northern Counties

Broughty received a bye to the second round.

Perthshire district

Argyll district

Southern Counties

Glasgow and District

Glasgow University received a bye to the second round.

Wyllie
Sloane
Gow

Replays

Renfrewshire district

Edinburghshire district

Lanarkshire district

Southern Counties

Second replay

Edinburghshire district

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Second round

Matches

Ayrshire district

Irvine received a bye to the third round. (Void)

Renfrewshire district

(Void)

Lanarkshire district

Cambuslang Hibernian received a bye to the third round.

Glasgow and District

Glasgow University received a bye to the third round.

Kelly
McCallum
Groves
Dunbar
Maley
Wyllie
Aird

Edinburghshire district

Armadale received a bye to the third round.

Wright
Reid
Sneddon

Fife district

Kirkaldy Wanderers received a bye to the third round.

Dunbartonshire district

Dumbarton received a bye to the third round.

Stirlingshire district

Northern Counties

Argyll district

Perthshire district

Dunblane received a bye to the third round.

Southern Counties

Replays

Ayrshire district

Renfrewshire district

Glasgow and District

Stirlingshire district

Second replay

Ayrshire district

;Notes

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Third round

Matches

Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire district

Methlan Park received a bye to the fourth round.

Gallagher
Groves
Dunbar
Maley (Void)

East of Scotland and Fife

Dunfermline Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

Marr
Russell
Reid
Wood

Stirlingshire and Argyll district

Oban received a bye to the fourth round.

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

Southern Counties

Northern Counties

Fair City Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

Replays

Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire district

East of Scotland and Fife

Henderson
Wright

Stirlingshire and Argyll district

Northern Counties

;Notes

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Fourth round

Matches

McVicar
Kennedy
Dempster
McCallum
Groves
Maley
Keir
Bell
Chapman
Aitken

Replay

Sources:

Fifth round

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

Matches

(Void)

Johnstone
R. Brandon
Brown (Void)
Dewar
Bell
Madden

Replays

McLaren
Groves
Maley

Second replay

Third replay

;Notes

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Quarter-finals

Matches

Brown
J. Johnston

Replay

Brown
Stewart
Dewar
Lapsley

Second replay

Bell
Aitken

Sources:

Semi-finals

Matches

Dunbar
Groves

Sources:

Final

Main article: 1889 Scottish Cup final

Original

(Void)

Replay

References

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"Dumbarton 13 - 1 Kirkintilloch Central". The Sons Archive.
"Mossend Swifts 2 - 1 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (01/09/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
(8 September 1888). "Norton Park 3; Bellstane Birds 2". Lothian Courier.
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(2 October 1888). "Scottish FA minute book 1887–90". Scottish Football Association.
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"St Bernard's 1 - 4 Celtic, Scottish Cup (03/11/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
"Dumbarton 9-0 Methlan Park, Saturday, November 3rd, 1888". The Sons Archive.
"St Mirren 3 - 1 Queen of the South W, Scottish Cup (24/11/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
"Dumbarton 3-1 Mossend Swifts, Saturday, December 1st, 1888". The Sons Archive.
"Renton 4 - 0 Arbroath, Scottish Cup (01/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
"Celtic 9 - 2 Clyde, Scottish Cup (08/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
"Dumbarton 2-2 St Mirren, Saturday, December 15th, 1888". The Sons Archive.
"Celtic 2 - 1 East Stirlingshire, Scottish Cup (15/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com.
"St Mirren 2-2 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 22nd, 1888". The Sons Archive.
"Dumbarton 3-1 St Mirren, Saturday, December 29th, 1888". The Sons Archive.
"Dumbarton 1-4 Celtic, Saturday, January 12th, 1889". The Sons Archive.
"Third Lanark 2 - 0 Renton, Scottish Cup (12/01/1889)". Fitbastats.com.
"Third Lanark 3 - 0 Celtic, Scottish Cup (02/02/1889)". Fitbastats.com.
"Third Lanark 3 - 0 Celtic, Scottish Cup (02/02/1889)". Fitbastats.com.
"Third Lanark 2 - 1 Celtic, Scottish Cup (09/02/1889)". Fitbastats.com.
"Third Lanark 2 - 1 Celtic, Scottish Cup (09/02/1889)". Fitbastats.com.

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