[citation needed] Cottesmore entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2019–20 eventually reaching the first round proper.

On 5 September 2020, Cottesmore won the Beacon Hill League Cup with a victory on penalties against Hathern FC following a 2–2 draw.

The final was held over from the 2019–20 season which was ended prematurely due to COVID-19 and was played at Barrow Town's Riverside ground.

In 1996, the UEFA Euro 1996 championships were held in England and Cottesmore's then ‘Rogues Park’ was chosen as the Croatia national football team’s training ground due to its locality to Nottingham Forest, where their qualification games were being played.

[3] In early 2020, the club secured more funding and, assisted by local business, have built a perimeter fence around the site to protect from further vandalism, as well as meeting criteria to be elevated to the next stage.