The club did go further in the Ayrshire Cup; in the first round the club walked over Ayr Thistle and was eliminated in the fourth round (the final 6) by Kilmarnock Portland, the Portland side defending a one-goal lead through time-wasting tactics, continually sending the ball "into 'touch'".

This appears to have been a speculative entry, perhaps as a back-up plan, as the football club no longer existed.

of Birmingham, which was touring Scotland over Easter, and to whom Archie Hunter had recommended Ayr Thistle as an opponent.

[10] At the initial foundation meeting, the club secured the use of the Cattle Show Ground, close to Ayr railway station, from the owner Mr Dewar.

[12] The club experimented with floodlit football in 1878, but the match (against Glasgow University F.C.)