The club went out in the first round, but later that season was a founder member of the Stirlingshire Association[5] and played in the first Stirlingshire Cup in 1883–84; it had more success in the local tournament, reaching the semi-final, only losing 2–1 to a Falkirk side able to call on the resources of a membership over three times as large - the Campsie side "exhibited the passing game as few clubs in the shire can do".

The club went one stage further in 1884–85, reaching the final by beating the two largest teams in the county; King's Park 1–0 away from home in a replay, thanks to an early goal from Alex Stewart, with Campsie having to run a gauntlet of King's Park's younger supporters throwing dirt at their carriage back to the station,[7] and East Stirlingshire in a semi-final replay.

The win over the Shire was particularly sweet, the 5–1 score avenging a defeat in the first round of the 1884–85 Scottish Cup.

proved too strong, Alex Kain scoring the only Campsie goal in a 6–1 defeat at Cathkin Park.

The previous season however saw the club win the Stirlingshire Cup for the only time, beating Falkirk 4–1 in the final at King's Park's Forthbank ground; inside-left Smith opening the scoring and Pattison making it two, before the Bairns pulled one back with a "very suspicious offside goal", before two second-half goals made the game safe.