[2] Its first entry onto the wider stage was when entering the Scottish Cup in 1876–77, losing 3–1 at Dumbreck, the opening goal being a corner-kick that goalkeeper Brown fumbled over the line;[3] the club claimed to have won 15 and drawn 6 of its 24 matches during the season.

The following season, the club was suspended from the Scottish Football Association for playing a pre-season four-a-side tournament on the "professional ground at Shawfield".

[7] Dennistoun finished the 1879–80 season on a high, as it won the inaugural Royal Standard and Grand National Challenge Cup, for clubs in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

It entered the Scottish Cup in 1880–81, but did not play its fixture with Partick Thistle,[9] and, at a meeting on 30 October 1880, a motion dissolving the club was passed.

[11] The club originally played at Onslow Park, two minutes' walk from the Dennistoun car stop.