[3] In the second round Girvan beat Queen of the South Wanderers, at Newton Stewart, 4–0 in a "one-sided game".

[4] The run came to an end in the third round of fixtures, which involved 21 clubs, with a 3–0 defeat against Lancefield of Glasgow played in Ayr.

[9] It entered the Ayrshire Cup intermittently from the first competition in 1877–78 until 1886–87, but scratched from most of its entries, and only ever won one match (4–0 at home to Ochiltree in 1879).

's Beresford Park in 1885–86, and Girvan, "to the surprise of all", took the lead after 2 minutes, but turned around at half-time 6–1 down, and only just kept the score out of double figures.

[13] The club originally played on public parks,[14] before moving to Shore Field by 1879.