[1] The earliest recorded match for the club was in October 1874, a 3–0 defeat to Mauchline at Low Green.

[5] The club's fourth round tie with Partick ended 1–1, but Partick was disqualified for "neglecting to take advantage of the dates fixed by the Association for playing their tie" - presumably not agreeing a replay date.

[6] That put the Thistle into the quarter-final, and the club secured a replay win over Lancefield, Hugh Cunningham scoring the winner with a quarter of an hour to go,[7] after the original tie in Govan ended 2–2.

[8] The run ended with Thistle being defeated 9–0 by Vale of Leven at a snowy Kinning Park, then home of Rangers.

[12] However Thistle suffered a blow before the 1878–79 season when captain Archie Hunter was "poached" by Aston Villa,[13] and the club only won one more Cup tie (against Auchinleck Boswell in the first round in the 1878–79 Scottish Cup).