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{{Infobox football match
|              title = 1889 FA Cup Final
|              image = 
|              event = [[1888–89 FA Cup]]
|              team1 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]
|         team1score = 3
|              team2 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton<br />Wanderers]]
|         team2score = 0
|            details = 
|               date = 30 March 1889
|            stadium = [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]]
|               city = London
| man_of_the_match1a = 
|            referee = [[Francis Marindin]]
|         attendance = 27,000
|            weather = 
|           previous = [[1888 FA Cup final|1888]]
|               next = [[1890 FA Cup final|1890]]
}}

The '''1889 FA Cup final''' was contested by [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] at the [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]].

Preston won 3–0, with goals by [[Fred Dewhurst]], [[Jimmy Ross (footballer born 1866)|Jimmy Ross]] and [[Sammy Thomson|Sam Thomson]].

This completed the "[[Double (association football)#England|Double]]" for the victors, Preston having already won the inaugural [[1888–89 Football League|Football League title]] without losing a game, a feat which earned them the nickname "[[The Invincibles (football)|The Invincibles]]".

==Match details==
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|score=3–0
|team2=[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
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|goals1=[[Fred Dewhurst|Dewhurst]] {{goal|15}}<br>[[Jimmy Ross (footballer born 1866)|Ross]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Sammy Thomson|Thomson]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[The Oval|Kennington Oval]], London
|attendance=27,000
|referee=[[Francis Marindin|Major Francis Marindin]]}}

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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" 
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||[[Robert Mills-Roberts]]
|-
|DF || ||[[Bob Howarth]]
|-
|DF || ||[[Bob Holmes (footballer)|Bob Holmes]]
|-
|MF || ||[[George Drummond (footballer, born 1865)|George Drummond]] 
|-
|MF || ||[[David Russell (Scottish footballer)|David Russell]]
|-
|MF || ||[[Johnny Graham (footballer, born 1857)|Johnny Graham]]
|-
|FR || ||[[Jack Gordon (footballer, born 1863)|Jack Gordon]]
|-
|FW || ||[[Jimmy Ross (footballer, born 1866)|Jimmy Ross]] 
|-
|FW || ||[[John Goodall]] 
|-
|FW || ||[[Fred Dewhurst]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FL || ||[[Sammy Thomson]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[William Sudell]]
|-
|}
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|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||[[Jack Baynton]]
|-
|DF || ||[[Dickie Baugh]]
|-
|DF || ||[[Charlie Mason (footballer, born 1863)|Charlie Mason]]
|-
|MF || ||[[Albert Fletcher (footballer, born 1867)|Albert Fletcher]] 
|-
|MF || ||[[Harry Allen (footballer, born 1866)|Harry Allen]]
|-
|MF || ||[[Arthur Lowder]] 
|-
|FR || ||[[Tommy Hunter (footballer)|Tommy Hunter]]
|-
|FW || ||[[David Wykes]] 
|-
|FW || ||[[John Brodie (footballer, born 1862)|John Brodie]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||[[Harry Wood (footballer, born 1868)|Harry Wood]]
|-
|FL || ||[[Tommy Knight (footballer)|Tommy Knight]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Jack Addenbrooke]]
|}
|}

==Route to the Final==
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|width=50% valign=top|

===Preston North End===
'''Round 1:''' [[Bootle F.C.|Bootle]] 0–3 Preston North End

'''Round 2:''' [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] 0–2 Preston North End

'''Quarter-final:''' Preston North End 2–0 [[Birmingham St George's F.C.|Birmingham St George's]]

'''Semi-final:''' Preston North End 1–0 [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
::(at [[Bramall Lane]])
|width=50% valign=top|

===Wolverhampton Wanderers===

'''Round 1:''' Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 [[Old Carthusians F.C.|Old Carthusians]]

'''Round 2:''' Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall Town Swifts]]

'''Quarter-final:''' Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]

'''Semi-final:''' Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
::(at [[Alexandra Ground]], Crewe)
* ''Replay:'' [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
::(at [[Alexandra Ground]], Crewe)
|}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080521040323/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1889.html Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk]

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