[6] During the 1885–86 season the Wanderers had two remarkable matches against Bangor, losing 9–0 in the first (apparently because they were "palpably afraid of being molested")[7] but winning 7–0 in the second.

Nevertheless, the Wanderers' back Griffith Davies impressed Stoke so much that the club asked him to guest for them against Preston North End.

The situation had deteriorated to the extent that the Wanderers secretary, John Humphreys, made a public plea to spectators.

[20] The defeat was put down to the Wanderers playing a long ball game, while Bangor made better use of possession with shorter passes and more clinical finishing.

[25] The members seem to have decided that there was no possibility of challenging Bangor's North Welsh supremacy unless there was a united club in Caernarfon.