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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

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Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier)

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Saturday 27 September 1890
Crusaders | 5–0 | Rochester

## First qualifying round

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Saturday 4 October 1890
93rd Highland Regiment | 7–0 | Luton Town
Ardwick | 12–0 | Liverpool Stanley
Bishop Auckland | 3–0 | Rendel
Boston | 2–2[1] | Eckington Works
Carlisle | 1–6 | Bootle
Chatham | 1–2 | Crusaders
Chesham | 1–2 | Watford Rovers
Chester St Oswalds | 0–6 | Chester
City Ramblers | W–W[2] | Crystal Palace School of Engineering
Clifton | 1–7 | Wednesbury Old Athletic
Cliftonville | 4–3 | Macclesfield Town
Clinton | 3–7 | Jardines
Darlington St Augustine's | 3–2 | Barnard Castle Athletic
Darlington West End | 3–2 | Darlington St Hilda's
Derby Junction | 0–1 | Sheffield United
Ecclesfield | 8–2 | Grimsby Town
Elswick Rangers | 2–5 | Newcastle West End
Folkestone | 2–1 | Old Wykehamists
Gainsborough Trinity | 1–3 | Lincoln City
Gateshead N.E.R. | 2–8[3] | Sunderland Albion
Gorton Villa | 4–1 | Denton
Gravesend | 4–1 | Old Harrovians
Hunts County | 3–1 | Norwich CEYMS
Hurworth | 0–14 | Stockton
Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Reading
Kidderminster | 4–1 | Bath City
Langley Green Victoria | 5–0 | Kettering Town
Leicester Fosse | 0–4 | Burton Wanderers
Long Eaton Rangers | W–W[4] | Heeley
Matlock | W–W[5] | Leys Recreation
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Middlesbrough | 11–0 | Scarborough
Millwall Athletic | 2–3 | Ilford
Morpeth Harriers | 0–2 | Whitburn
Nantwich | 5–4 | Linfield Athletic
Newark | 4–0 | Notts Olympic
Newton Heath | 2–0 | Higher Walton
Northwich Victoria | 3–2 | Chirk
Old Brightonians | 3–4 | Old Carthusians
Old Etonians | 4–1 | Swifts
Old St Mark's | 2–3 | London Caledonians
Oldbury Town | 3–1 | Wellington St George's
Over Wanderers | 2–3 | Druids
Port Clarence | 4–1 | Whitby
Rhosllanerchrugog | W–W[6] | Shrewsbury Town
Rotherham Swifts | 5–2 | Attercliffe
Rotherham Town | 13–0 | Sheffield
Shankhouse | 5–4[7] | Birtley
Small Heath | 8–0 | Hednesford Town
Southwick | 6–0 | Bishop Auckland Church Institute
Staveley | 19–0 | Sheffield Walkley
Swindon Town | 9–0 | Maidenhead
Warmley | 0–12 | Walsall Town Swifts
Warwick County | 1–3 | Burslem Port Vale
Windsor Phoenix Athletic | 6–1 | Schorne College
Witton | 1–4 | Heywood Central
Wolverton | 0–4 | Marlow
Workington | W–W[8] | Clitheroe
Replays
Saturday 18 October 1890
Shankhouse | 5–1 | Birtley

## Second qualifying round

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Saturday 25 October 1890
93rd Highland Regiment | 3–2 | Watford Rovers
Belper Town | 4–2 | Leeds Albion
Bishop Auckland | 1–2 | Newcastle East End
Bootle | 1–0 | Newton Heath
Burslem Port Vale | 2–3 | Walsall Town Swifts
Burton Swifts | 2–1[9] | Sheffield United
Chester | 2–0 | Northwich Victoria
City Ramblers | 0–8 | Old Carthusians
Cliftonville | W–W[10] | Rhosllanerchrugog
Crusaders | 6–1 | Folkestone
Darlington | W–W[11] | Darlington West End
Darlington St Augustine's | 1–4 | Middlesbrough
Doncaster Rovers | 4–5 | Kilnhurst
Ecclesfield | W–W[12] | Grantham Rovers
Heywood Central | 9–0 | Gorton Villa
Ilford | 2–0 | Gravesend
Kidderminster | 4–0 | Oldbury Town
Langley Green Victoria | 2–1[13] | Great Bridge Unity
Halliwell | W–W[14] | Ardwick
Leek | 2–0 | Druids
Lincoln City | 9–0 | Boston
London Caledonians | 6–3 | Old Etonians
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Long Eaton Rangers | 7–3 | Heanor Town
Loughborough | 8–1 | Burton Wanderers
Mansfield Town | 0–4 | Staveley
Matlock Town | 1–0 | Derby St Luke
Newark (Disqualified) | 3–1 | Beeston
Newcastle West End | 8–1 | Southwick
Thorpe | 0–4 | Ipswich Town
Owlerton | 1–4 | Rotherham Town
Rotherham Swifts | 3–4 | Jardines
Shankhouse | 2–0 | Ashington
South Bank | 7–2 | Port Clarence
South Shore | 10–0 | Workington
Stockton | 1–2 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Sunderland Albion | W–W[15] | Whitburn
Swindon Town | 2–0 | Marlow
Windsor Phoenix Athletic | 1–2 | Hunts County
Wrexham | 2–3 | Nantwich
Wednesbury Old Athletic | 0–2 | Small Heath (disqualified)
Replays
Saturday 11 November 1890
Great Bridge Unity | 4–2 | Langley Green Victoria

## Third qualifying round

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Saturday 15 November 1890
93rd Highland Regiment | 6–0 | Swindon Town
Belper Town | 2–6 | Loughborough
Great Bridge Unity | 1–0[16] | Kidderminster
Halliwell | 4–3 | Bootle
Heywood Central | 5–0 | South Shore
Ilford | 0–7 | Crusaders
Ipswich Town | 5–2 | Hunts County
Leek | 1–2 | Cliftonville
Lincoln City | 3–0 | Ecclesfield
London Caledonians | 2–0 | Old Carthusians
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Long Eaton Rangers | 4–1 | Jardines
Middlesbrough | 2–0[17] | Darlington
Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 6–1 | South Bank
Nantwich | 4–5 | Chester
Newcastle East End | 5–0 | Shankhouse
Newcastle West End | 0–3 | Sunderland Albion
Rotherham Town | 6–1 | Beeston
Sheffield United | 3–0 | Matlock Town
Staveley | 6–2 | Kilnhurst
Walsall Town Swifts | 5–3 | Wednesbury Old Athletic F.C.

## Fourth qualifying round

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Saturday 12 December 1890
Chester | W–W[18] | Cliftonville
Crusaders | 4–2 | London Caledonians
Halliwell | 2–1 | Heywood Central
Ipswich Town | 1–4 | 93rd Highland Regiment
Kidderminster | 3–0 | Walsall Town Swifts
Lincoln City | 4–1 | Staveley
Long Eaton Rangers | 2–1 | Rotherham Town
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Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 6–0[19] | Darlington
Newcastle East End | 2–2 | Sunderland Albion
Sheffield United | 6–1 | Loughborough
Replays
Saturday 20 December 1890
Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 3–0 | Darlington
Newcastle East End | 0–2 | Sunderland Albion

## References

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1. ^ Awarded to Boston
2. ^ The School of Engineering had entered the Cup by mistake, and duly scratched: Sporting Life, 4 October 1890, p. 7
3. ^ "Sunderland Albion v Gateshead N.E.R.". Newcastle Daily Chronicle: 7. 6 October 1890.
4. ^ Walkover Home
5. ^ Walkover Home
6. ^ Walkover Home
7. ^ Game void
8. ^ Walkover Home
9. ^ Burton Swifts disqualified
10. ^ Walkover Home
11. ^ Walkover Home
12. ^ Walkover Home
13. ^ Game void
14. ^ Walkover Home
15. ^ Walkover Home
16. ^ Great Bridge Unity disqualified
17. ^ Middlesbrough disqualified
18. ^ Walkover Home
19. ^ Game void

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