1890–91 FA Cup qualifying rounds

This was the third 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 and the first season that a Preliminary Round was used.

See 1890–91 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round onwards.

Preliminary Round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Crusaders	5–0	Rochester	27 September 1890

First Qualifying Round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	93rd Highland Regiment	7–0	Luton Town	4 October 1890
2	Ardwick	12–0	Liverpool Stanley	4 October 1890
3	Bishop Auckland	3–0	Rendel	4 October 1890
4	Boston	3–0	Eckington Works	4 October 1890
5	Carlisle	1–6	Bootle	4 October 1890
6	Chatham	1–2	Crusaders	4 October 1890
7	Chesham	1–2	Watford Rovers	4 October 1890
8	Chester St Oswald's	0–6	Chester	4 October 1890
9	City Ramblers	W–W	Crystal Palace Engineers	—
10	Clifton	1–7	Wednesbury Old Athletic	4 October 1890
11	Cliftonville	4–3	Macclesfield Town	4 October 1890
12	Clinton	3–7	Jardines	4 October 1890
13	Darlington St Augustine's	3–2	Barnard Castle Athleitc	4 October 1890
14	Darlington West End	3–2	Darlington St Hilda's	4 October 1890
15	Derby Junction	0–1	Sheffield United	4 October 1890
16	Ecclesfield	8–2	Grimsby Town	4 October 1890
17	Elswick Rangers	2–5	Newcastle West End	4 October 1890
18	Folkestone	2–1	Old Wykehamists	4 October 1890
19	Gainsborough Trinity	1–3	Lincoln City	4 October 1890
20	Gateshead Association	2–8	Sunderland Albion	4 October 1890
21	Gorton Villa	4–1	Denton	4 October 1890
22	Gravesend	4–1	Old Harrovians	4 October 1890
23	Hunts County	3–1	Norwich CEYMS	4 October 1890
24	Hurworth	0–14	Stockton	4 October 1890
25	Ipswich Town	2–0	Reading	4 October 1890
26	Kidderminster	4–1	Bath City	4 October 1890
27	Langley Green Victoria	5–0	Kettering Town	4 October 1890
28	Leicester Fosse	0–4	Burton Wanderers	4 October 1890
29	Long Eaton Rangers	W–W	Heeley	—
30	Matlock Town	W–W	Leys Recreation	—
31	Middlesbrough	11–0	Scarborough	4 October 1890
32	Milwall Athletic	2–3	Ilford	4 October 1890
33	Morpeth Harriers	0–2	Whitburn	4 October 1890
34	Nantwich	5–4	Linfield Athletic	4 October 1890
35	Newark	4–0	Notts Olympic	4 October 1890
36	Newton Heath	2–0	Higher Walton	4 October 1890
37	Northwich Victoria	3–2	Chirk	4 October 1890
38	Old Brightonians	3–4	Old Carthusians	4 October 1890
39	Old Etonians	4–1	Swifts	4 October 1890
40	Old St Mark's	2–3	London Caledonians	4 October 1890
41	Oldbury Town	3–1	Wellington St George's	4 October 1890
42	Over Wanderers	2–3	Druids	4 October 1890
43	Port Clarence	4–1	Whitby	4 October 1890
44	Rhosllanerchrugog	W–W	Shrewsbury Town	—
45	Rotherham Swifts	5–2	Attercliffe	4 October 1890
46	Rotherham Town	13–0	Sheffield	4 October 1890
47	Shankhouse	5–4 (Void)	Birtley	4 October 1890
47r	Shankhouse	5–1	Birtley	18 October 1890
48	Small Heath	8–0	Hednesford Town	4 October 1890
49	Southwick	6–0	Bishop Auckland Church Institute	4 October 1890
50	Staveley	19–0	Sheffield Walkley	4 October 1890
51	Swindon Town	9–0	Maidenhead	4 October 1890
52	Warmley	0–12	Walsall Town Swifts	4 October 1890
53	Warwick County	1–3	Burslem Port Vale	4 October 1890
54	Windsor Phoenix Athletic	6–1	Schorne College	4 October 1890
55	Witton	1–4	Heywood Central	4 October 1890
56	Wolverton	0–4	Marlow	4 October 1890
57	Workington	W–W	Clitheroe	—

Second Qualifying Round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	93rd Highland Regiment	3–2	Watford Rovers	25 October 1890
2	Belper Town	4–2	Leeds Albion	25 October 1890
3	Bishop Auckland	1–2	Newcastle East End	25 October 1890
4	Bootle	1–0	Newton Heath	25 October 1890
5	Burslem Port Vale	2–3	Walsall Town Swifts	25 October 1890
6	Burton Swifts (Disqualified)	2–1	Sheffield United	25 October 1890
7	Chester	2–0	Northwich Victoria	25 October 1890
8	City Ramblers	0–8	Old Carthusians	25 October 1890
9	Cliftonville	W–W	Rhosllanerchrugog	—
10	Crusaders	6–1	Folkestone	25 October 1890
11	Darlington	W–W	Darlington West End	—
12	Darlington St Augustine's	1–4	Middlesbrough	25 October 1890
13	Doncaster Rovers	4–5	Kilnhurst	25 October 1890
14	Ecclesfield	W–W	Grantham Rovers	—
15	Heywood Central	9–0	Gorton Villa	25 October 1890
16	Ilford	2–0	Gravesend	25 October 1890
17	Kidderminster	4–0	Oldbury Town	25 October 1890
18	Langley Green Victoria	2–1 (Void)	Great Bridge Unity	25 October 1890
18r	Great Bridge Unity	4–2	Langley Green Victoria	8 November 1890
19	Halliwell	W–W	Ardwick	—
20	Leek	2–0	Druids	8 November 1890
21	Lincoln City	9–0	Boston	8 November 1890
22	London Caledonians	6–3	Old Etonians	8 November 1890
23	Long Eaton Rangers	7–3	Heanor Town	8 November 1890
24	Loughborough	8–1	Burton Wanderers	8 November 1890
25	Mansfield Town	0–4	Staveley	8 November 1890
26	Matlock Town	1–0	Derby St Luke's	8 November 1890
27	Newark (Disqualified)	3–1	Beeston	8 November 1890
28	Newcastle West End	8–1	Southwick	8 November 1890
29	Norwich Thorpe	0–4	Ipswich Town	8 November 1890
30	Owlerton	1–4	Rotherham Town	8 November 1890
31	Rotherham Swifts	3–4	Jardines	8 November 1890
32	Shankhouse	2–0	Ashington	8 November 1890
33	South Bank	7–2	Port Clarence	8 November 1890
34	South Shore	10–0	Workington	8 November 1890
35	Stockton	1–2	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	8 November 1890
36	Sunderland Albion	W–W	Whitburn	—
37	Swindon Town	2–0	Marlow	8 November 1890
38	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0–2	Small Heath	6 December 1890
39	Windsor Phoenix Athletic	1–2	Hunts County	8 November 1890
40	Wrexham	2–3	Nantwich	8 November 1890

Third Qualifying Round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	93rd Highland Regiment	6–0	Swindon Town	15 November 1890
2	Belper Town	2–6	Loughborough	15 November 1890
3	Great Bridge Unity (Disqualified)	1–0	Kidderminster	15 November 1890
4	Halliwell	4–3	Bootle	15 November 1890
5	Heywood Central	5–0	South Shore	15 November 1890
6	Ilford	0–7	Crusaders	15 November 1890
7	Ipswich Town	5–2	Hunts County	15 November 1890
8	Leek	1–2	Cliftonville	15 November 1890
9	Lincoln City	3–0	Ecclesfield	15 November 1890
10	London Caledonians	2–0	Old Carthusians	15 November 1890
11	Long Eaton Rangers	4–1	Jardines	15 November 1890
12	Middlesbrough (Disqualified)	2–0	Darlington	15 November 1890
13	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	6–1	South Bank	15 November 1890
14	Nantwich	4–5	Chester	15 November 1890
15	Newcastle East End	5–0	Shankhouse	15 November 1890
16	Newcastle West End	0–3	Sunderland Albion	15 November 1890
17	Rotherham Town	6–1	Beeston	15 November 1890
18	Sheffield United	3–0	Matlock Town	15 November 1890
19	Staveley	6–2	Kilnhurst	15 November 1890
20	Walsall Town Swifts	5–3	Small Heath	15 November 1890

Fourth Qualifying Round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chester	W–W	Cliftonville	—
2	Crusaders	4–2	London Caledonians	6 December 1890
3	Halliwell	2–1	Heywood Central	6 December 1890
4	Ipswich Town	1–4	93rd Highland Regiment	6 December 1890
5	Kidderminster	3–1	Walsall Town Swifts	6 December 1890
6	Lincoln City	4–1	Staveley	6 December 1890
7	Long Eaton Rangers	2–1	Rotherham Town	6 December 1890
8	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	6–0 (Void)	Darlington	6 December 1890
8r	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	3–0	Darlington	20 December 1890
9	Newcastle East End	2–2	Sunderland Albion	6 December 1890
9r	Newcastle East End	0–2	Sunderland Albion	20 December 1890
10	Sheffield United	6–1	Loughborough	6 December 1890

References

"FA Cup Past Results". The Football Association. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

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