1889–90 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds
This was the second season where the FA Cup, or the Football Association Challenge Cup, used a series of qualifying rounds in order to determine qualifiers for the actual Cup competition itself.
See FA Cup 1889-90 for details of the rounds from the first round onwards.
First qualifying round
 05/10/1889
 Replay 12/10/1889 
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Second qualifying round
26/10/1889
- Chester 1-0 Burslem Port Vale
 - Clapton 3-0 Rochester
 - South Bank 3-0 Whitburn
 - Reading 3-4 Old St Paul's
 - Sheffield 2-0 Sheffield Walkley
 - Maidenhead 1-2 Luton Town
 - Old Etonians 3-3 Old Brightonians
 - Northwich Victoria 3-1 Wrexham
 - South Shore 3-1 Witton
 - Redcar 1-8 Rotherham Town
 - Long Eaton Rangers 1-3 Staveley
 - Derby Junction 6-1 Belper Town (1)
 - Notts Rangers 3-2 Beeston
 - Casuals 3-8 Swifts
 - Lincoln City 2-1 Notts Olympic
 - Higher Walton Walkover Home Blackburn Park Road
 - Burton Swifts 5-3 Great Bridge Unity
 - Burton Wanderers 2-3 Wednesbury Old Ath.
 - Gainsborough Trinity Walkover Home Kettering
 - Crusaders 2-0 Old St Mark's
 - Distillery Bye
 - Warwick County 1-1 Walsall Town Swifts
 - Chester St Oswald's 6-1 Shrewsbury Town
 - Liverpool Stanley 0-2 Halliwell
 - Oldbury Town 1-3 Small Heath
 - Birtley 1-2 Newcastle West End
 - Stockton 5-0 Gateshead NER
 - Belfast YMCA Bye
 - Gorton Villa 2-7 Darwen
 - Whitby (1) 1-5 Rotherham Swifts
 - Schorne College 1-2 Watford Rovers
 - Beeston St John's 1-3 Jardines (Nottm)
 - Linfield Athletic 4-0 Cliftonville
 - Loughborough 2-1 Derby St Luke's
 
Void game usually as a result of a protest by the losing club
- Sheffield United 1-0 Sheffield Heeley
 - Heanor Town 2-7 Derby Midland
 - Hartford & Davenham United 0-4 Crewe Alexandra
 - Norwich Thorpe 2-2 Royal Arsenal
 - Belfast North End Bye
 - Darlington St Augustines 2-1 Newcastle East End
 
Replay 02/11/1889
- Old Brightonians 4-1 Old Etonians
 - Walsall Town Swifts 2-0 Warwick County
 - Derby St Luke's 2-0 Loughborough
 - Royal Arsenal Walkover Home Norwich Thorpe
 
Third qualifying round
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Clapton | Walkover | Old Brightonians | |
| Darwen | 4-1 | Halliwell | 16 November 1889 | 
| Staveley | 2-0 | Derby Junction | 16 November 1889 | 
| Wednesbury Old Athletic | 1-5 | Small Heath | 16 November 1889 | 
| South Shore | 6-2 | Higher Walton | 16 November 1889 | 
| Crewe Alexandra | 9-0 | Northwich Victoria | 16 November 1889 | 
| Derby St Luke's | 0-1 | Derby Midland | 16 November 1889 | 
| Notts Rangers | 2-7 | Lincoln City | 16 November 1889 | 
| Burton Swifts | 1-6 | Walsall Town Swifts | 16 November 1889 | 
| Watford Rovers | 2-5 | Swifts | 16 November 1889 | 
| Newcastle West End | 5-2 | South Bank | 16 November 1889 | 
| Distillery | Walkover | YMCA | |
| Jardines | 2-2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 16 November 1889 | 
| Chester St Oswald's | 0-3 | Chester | 16 November 1889 | 
| Stockton | 3-1 | Darlington St Augustines | 16 November 1889 | 
| Linfield Athletic | Walkover | Belfast North End | |
| Rotherham Swifts | 0-0 | Rotherham Town | 16 November 1889 | 
| Sheffield United | 3-0 | Sheffield | 16 November 1889 | 
| Royal Arsenal | 5-2 | Crusaders | 16 November 1889 | 
| Old St Paul's | 4-0 | Luton Town | 16 November 1889 | 
Replays
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4-1 | Jardines | 25 November 1889 | 
| Rotherham Town | 2-1 | Rotherham Swifts | 18 November 1889 | 
Fourth qualifying round
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 2-1 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 December 1889 | 
| South Shore | 2-0 | Darwen | 7 December 1889 | 
| Rotherham Town | 2-2 | Sheffield United | 7 December 1889 | 
| Derby Midland | 6-0 | Staveley | 7 December 1889 | 
| Lincoln City | 5-3 | Gainsborough Trinity | 7 December 1889 | 
| Distillery | 3-3 | Linfield Athletic | 7 December 1889 | 
| Stockton | 0-1 | Newcastle West End | 7 December 1889 | 
| Small Heath | 4-0 | Walsall Town Swifts | 7 December 1889 | 
| Royal Arsenal | 1-5 | Swifts | 7 December 1889 | 
| Old St Paul's | 0-6 | Clapton | 7 December 1889 | 
Replays
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield United | 2-1 | Rotherham Town | 21 December 1889 | 
| Linfield Athletic | 3-5 | Distillery | 21 December 1889 | 
References
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