[2] The club competed in the 1889-90 FA Cup, losing 3–0 against Chester FC.

[3][4] Its stance against professionalism proved disastrous as, without attractive opponents, the club ran out of money, and was dissolved on 26 January 1892 due to financial difficulties.

[6] The club adopted white and blue vertical stripes in July 1887.

[7] The club originally played on the Roodee,[8] but moved to Exton Park in Parkgate Road in July 1887.

[9] The club lost the use of the ground at the end of the 1887–88 season,[10] but quickly found a new one on the same site before the start of the next.