1889–90 in Scottish football
# 1889–90 in Scottish football

The 1889–90 season was the 17th season of competitive football in Scotland.

## Honours

### Cup honours

**National**

| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Scottish Cup | Queen's Park | 2 – 1 | Vale of Leven |
| Scottish Junior Cup | Burnbank Swifts | 3 – 1 | Benburb |

**County**

| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeenshire Cup | Aberdeen | 8 – 3 | Orion |
| Ayrshire Cup | Annbank | 3 – 2 | Hurlford |
| Buteshire Cup | Bute Thistle | 7 – 1 | Bute North End |
| Dumbartonshire Cup | Dumbarton | 2 – 0 | Vale of Leven |
| East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 2 – 0 | Leith Athletic |
| Fife Cup | Cowdenbeath | 5 –0 | Lochgelly Athletic |
| Forfarshire Cup | Dundee Our Boys | 2 – 1 | Dundee East End |
| Glasgow Cup | Queen's Park | 5 – 2 | Celtic |
| Lanarkshire Cup | Royal Albert | 4 – 2 | Airdrie |
| Linlithgowshire Cup | Broxburn | 7 – 0 | Bellstane Birds |
| Perthshire Cup | St Johnstone | 5 – 1 | Coupar Angus |
| Renfrewshire Cup | Abercorn | 1 – 0 | Port Glasgow Athletic |
| Stirlingshire Cup | Falkirk | 9 – 0 | Gairdoch |

## Scotland national team

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 March 1890 | Underwood Park, Paisley | Wales | 5 – 0 |
| 29 March 1890 | Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast | Ireland | 4 – 1 |
| 5 April 1890 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | England | 1 – 1 |
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 5 |
| Scotland (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 |
