[3] In its first season the club entered the Perthshire Cup, losing in the first round to Breadalbane at the South Inch in Perth, the match taking place straight after a tie between Pullar's Rangers and Fair City Athletics.

[6] In the semi-final Rovers was heavily defeated by Dunblane; a protest against the eligibility of James Rae as having already played for Our Boys of Dundee in the Scottish Cup was dismissed.

The club survived a protest from Coupar Angus on the basis that spectators "used abusive language and threw mud, &c. at the players and referee".

[22] The referee appointed - Frank Watt of Edinburgh, one of the most respected figures in the game - made sure "all were satisfied that justice would be firmly and impartially administered".

[28] The new ground, at St Catherine's Park, was opened on 17 April 1886 with a friendly between Dundee Harp and Strathmore of Arbroath, watched by a crowd of 3,000.