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
First Qualifying Round
Second Qualifying Round
Third Qualifying Round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Long Eaton Rangers | 4–1 | Jardines |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 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. |