1888–89 Scottish Cup

Football tournament season

Scottish Cup
Tournament details
The Scottish Cup trophy
Country	Scotland
Teams	166
Defending champions	Renton
Final positions
Champions	3rd Lanark RV (first title)
Runner-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	171
Goals scored	1,125 (6.58 per match)
← 1887–88 1889–90 →

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.^[1] The original match was won 3–0 by 3rd Lanark RV but the SFA ordered a replay due to the playing conditions.

Round	First match date	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

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

v t e Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

v t e 1888–89 in Scottish football
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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup 1888 Glasgow Exhibition Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Other	Canadian tour
Club seasons
3rd Lanark RV Abercorn Cambuslang Celtic Cowlairs Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Queen's Park Rangers St Mirren Vale of Leven

v t e 1888–89 in European football
« 1887–88 1889–90 »
Domestic leagues	England Netherlands
Domestic cups	England Ireland Scotland Sweden '89 Wales

Calendar

Teams

First round

Matches

Ayrshire district

Renfrewshire district

Dunbartonshire district

Edinburghshire district

Fife district

Lanarkshire district

Stirlingshire district

Northern Counties

Perthshire district

Argyll district

Southern Counties

Glasgow and District

Replays

Renfrewshire district

Edinburghshire district

Lanarkshire district

Southern Counties

Second replay

Edinburghshire district

Second round

Matches

Ayrshire district

Renfrewshire district

Lanarkshire district

Glasgow and District

Edinburghshire district

Fife district

Dunbartonshire district

Stirlingshire district

Northern Counties

Argyll district

Perthshire district

Southern Counties

Replays

Ayrshire district

Renfrewshire district

Glasgow and District

Stirlingshire district

Second replay

Ayrshire district

Third round

Matches

Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire district

East of Scotland and Fife

Stirlingshire and Argyll district

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

Southern Counties

Northern Counties

Replays

Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire district

East of Scotland and Fife

Stirlingshire and Argyll district

Northern Counties

Fourth round

Matches

Replay

Fifth round

Matches

Replays

Second replay

Third replay

Quarter-finals

Matches

Replay

Second replay

Semi-finals

Matches

Final

Original

Replay

References

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