Eston were also twice losing finalists in the FA Amateur Cup, losing 6–0 to Clapton in the 1908–09 season and in the 1911–12 season they lost 1–0 to Stockton in a replay after the first tie ended in a 1–1 draw.

[1] By 1926, the club was running out of funds, the gates for matches not even reaching £1,[2] but continued on amateur lines, losing 5–3 in the final of the North Riding Amateur Cup to Albert Hill United at the end of the 1927–28 season.

[3] However the club does not seem to have survived a 9–0 defeat to Scarborough in the same competition the next season, Eston scoring three own goals.

[4] The club's first choice of colour was blue, with darker trim,[5] and a change kit of red.

[6] The club originally played at the Cattle Show Ground.