[4] The club was ambitious enough to attend the early meetings of the proposed British Football Association.

[5] Bell's won the first Lancashire Junior Cup in 1885–86, beating Darwen Rovers 6–2 in front of 4,000 spectators at the Fleetwood Rangers ground, with goals from Holgate (2), Parkinson, Heaton, Sprone, and Entwistle - the score was 1–1 at half-time but Bell's had played into the wind in the first half.

It was unable to defend its Junior trophy in 1887–88 as the competition regulations forbade a two-time winner from entering, so that season it could only play in the Senior; it lost 10–1 at Bolton Wanderers in the first round.

[8] The one consolation for the club was its treasurer, Richard Watson, successfully appealed against some of the expenses Bolton Wanderers were claiming in order to reduce the gate share due to Bell's, his advocacy being so persuasive that he was invited onto the Lancashire FA committee.

[20] The club played at the Bell's Temperance Football Field at Woodnook, which became Accrington Stanley's ground until 1901.