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
RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round1 September 18887966166 → 85Second Round22 September 1888397585 → 46Third Round13 October 1888214446 → 26Fourth Round3 November 1888130126 → 13Fifth Round24 November 188853513 → 8Quarter-finals15 December 18884028 → 4Semi-finals12 January 18892004 → 2Final2 February 18891012 → 1
Teams All 166 teams entered the competition in the first round. AyrshireEdinburghshireGlasgowRenfrewshireLanarkshireStirlingshireAnnbank Ayr Ayr Thistle Beith Dalry Darnconner Britannia Hurlford Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Thistle Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Rosebank Stevenston Thistle Stewarton Cunninghame 2nd Ayrshire RVAdventurers 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 CalderBattlefield 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 RVAbercorn 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 RVAirdrieonians Albion Rovers Bellshill Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Coatbridge Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Uddingston Whifflet Shamrock Wishaw ThistleAlloa Athletic Alva Camelon Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Redding Athletic Slamannan Stenhousemuir Vale of BannockArgyllDunbartonshireFifeNorthern CountiesPerthshireSouthern CountiesBalaclava Rangers Campbeltown Athletic Lochgilphead ObanBowling Clydebank Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Dumbarton Union Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Kirkintilloch Central Methlan Park Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Hibernian Vale of Leven WanderersCowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Wanderers Lassodie TownhillAberdeen Aberdeen Rovers Arbroath Brechin Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Orion Strathmore WanderersBridgend Athletic Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers (Perth) Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone Vale of AthollMid-Annandale Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale of Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
First round Matches Ayrshire district
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.
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.
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.
Renfrewshire district
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.
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
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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.
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
Stirlingshire and Argyll district
Northern Counties
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Fourth round
Matches
Replay
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Fifth round Campsie, Dumbarton Athletic and East Stirlingshire each received a bye to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Replays
Second replay
Third replay
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Quarter-finals
Matches
Replay
Second replay
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Semi-finals
Matches
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Final
Original
Replay
References
External links Season 1888-89 3rd Lanark R.V. [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1888/89, RSSSF