1888–89 in Scottish football
# 1888–89 in Scottish football

The 1888–89 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Scotland.

## Honours

### Cup honours

**National**

| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Scottish Cup | Third Lanark | 2 – 1 | Celtic |
| Scottish Junior Cup | Burnbank Swifts | 4 – 1 | West Benhar Violet |

**County**

| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeenshire Cup | Aberdeen | 4 – 3 | Orion |
| Ayrshire Cup | Hurlford | 2 – 0 | Ayr |
| Buteshire Cup | Bute Rangers | 3 – 1 | Bute Thistle |
| Dumbartonshire Cup | Dumbarton | 6 – 2 | Dumbarton Athletic |
| East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 5 – 2 | Leith Athletic |
| Fife Cup | Cowdenbeath | 4 –2 | Lassodie |
| Forfarshire Cup | Arbroath | 2 – 1 | Dundee East End |
| Glasgow Cup | Queen's Park | 8 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| Lanarkshire Cup | Royal Albert | 2 – 1 | Uddingston |
| Linlithgowshire Cup | Bo'ness | 1 – 0 | Armadale |
| North of Scotland Cup | Crown | 3 – 1 | Inverness Rovers |
| Perthshire Cup | Dunblane | 6 – 5 | Fair City Athletic |
| Renfrewshire Cup | Abercorn | 3 – 2 | St Mirren |
| Stirlingshire Cup | East Stirlingshire | 7 – 0 | Slamannan |

## Glasgow Exhibition Cup

The tournament was held to coincide with the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry. Held during the early season, the one-off competition was held at the Exhibition Grounds.

| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Glasgow Exhibition Cup | Cowlairs | 2 – 0 | Celtic |

## Scotland national team

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 March 1889 | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow | Ireland | 7 – 0 |
| 13 April 1889 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 3 – 2 |
| 15 April 1889 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | Wales | 0 – 0 |
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 |
