[4] For 1885–86, the club stepped back into the Junior Cup, winning its first round tie against Halliwell Jubilee 3–2, before an encouraging crowd of 1,000.

[6] The club was eliminated by eventual runners-up Darwen Rovers in the quarter-finals, despite a protest; nevertheless the Rangers hosted the final, won by Bell's Temperance of Accrington.

[7] The club however was obviously improving, to the extent that in 1886–87 it entered the FA Cup, and had a walkover in the first round after opponents Newton Heath turned up with a number of ineligible players, scratched from the competition there and then, but agreed to play a friendly for the spectators and to avoid any claims for expenses.

[17] In 1892–93 its first match was at home to the new club of Liverpool, losing 4–1, the referee not allowing a Rangers claim for a goal after the ball was cleared from behind the goal-line.

[18] However, after a disastrous 1898–99 season, which saw the club finish bottom of the league, it did not seek re-election,[19] and disbanded; the final recorded match was a 5–1 defeat to Leyland.