1891–92 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds

Following the creation of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1873, membership swelled to 81 by 1876 and entrants to the Scottish Cup regularly exceeded 100 between 1877 and 1891. This, coupled with some heavily one-sided ties – including Arbroath's world-record 36–0 win against Bon Accord – prompted calls for a system of exemption for the leading clubs. The formation of the Scottish Football League in 1890 created a sea change and allowed the leading clubs to bring forward a change to the competition format. At the SFA's annual general meeting on 12 May 1891, Mr Kennedy of Dumbarton proposed that the Scottish Cup be split into two parts; a preliminary stage and a final stage. This would see 16 clubs given an exemption from competing in the preliminary stage while the rest of the competition entrants would play-off for the 16 remaining places in the first round of the final stage. The resulting vote came down to the chairman's casting vote and he sided in favour of introducing the preliminary stages. ==Format==

Alongside the four semi-finalists from the previous season, 12 further teams were voted to be exempt from competing in the preliminary rounds. The names of the remaining clubs were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team would be the first team drawn unless only one of the clubs in a pair had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the second team drawn would have the choice of ground for the replay. This process was repeated for the second and third preliminary rounds. All competing clubs were placed into a single lot for the fourth preliminary round. Calendar Source: However, Dundee Our Boys requested to take part in the preliminary rounds. Their request was granted and their place in the first round was vacated. As a result, 17 teams would qualify through the preliminary rounds rather than 16. ==First preliminary round==

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district Rutherglen received a bye to the second preliminary round. } Source: Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district } Source: Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district Clackmannan received a bye to the second preliminary round. } Source: East of Scotland and Fife district Edinburgh University received a bye to the third preliminary round. } Source: Forfarshire district Source: Perthshire district Vale of Atholl received a bye to the second preliminary round. Source: Argyll district } Source: Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire district } Source: Northern Counties } Source: Selkirkshire district Source: Southern Counties Moffat received a bye to the second preliminary round. } } Source: ==Second preliminary round==

East of Scotland, Fife, Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district Cowdenbeath received a bye to the third preliminary round. Source: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district Saltcoats Victoria received a bye to the third preliminary round. } Source: Forfarshire and Perthshire district Source: Argyll district Source: Aberdeenshire district Orion received a bye to the third preliminary round. Source: Northern Counties Inverness Caledonian received a bye to the third preliminary round. } Source: Southern Counties and Selkirkshire district Annan received a bye to the third preliminary round. } } Source: ==Third preliminary round==

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll district Source: Dunbartonshire, Fife, Stirlingshire and East of Scotland district Dalmuir Thistle received a bye to the fourth preliminary round. Source: Forfarshire and Perthshire district Arbroath received a bye to the fourth preliminary round. } Source: Aberdeenshire district Source: Northern Counties Source: Southern Counties } Source: ==Fourth preliminary round==

Linthouse, Ayr, Bridge of Allan, East Stirlingshire, Mid-Annandale, Dunblane, Broxburn Shamrock, St Bernard's and Kilmarnock Athletic received a bye to the first round. Source: ==Notes==