[6] Along with Queen's Park, Granville was one of the founder members of the Scottish Football Association.

The club had an unlucky draw, away to the eventual finalists Clydesdale, and lost 6–0, being "completely overmatched by the splendid and powerful combined play of the younger club"; at 5–0 down the Granville swapped the "deficient" Barr out of goal for the forward Hetherington.

[8] That seemed to dilute the club's enthusiasm for the association game, as by 1874 its membership had nearly halved,[9] and the team did not enter the Cup again.

[11] John Mackay did stay on as Scottish FA secretary in 1874–75, but in 1875 he became a Football Association committee member as a nominee of Queen's Park,[12] and by 1878 his loyalties had switched to Govanhill.

[13] The club's colours were red, black, and white striped jerseys and stockings.