[3] Grasshoppers Football Club was founded in 1875 and played its first home matches at Bonnyside Fields until 1877.

The club played for short periods at other grounds including two spells at Peathill Park between 1877–79 and 1884–86, Seabegs between 1879 and 1881, Milnquarter between 1881 and 1884 before lastly moving to Longcroft Park between 1886 and 1901 which was located in the nearby village of Longcroft.

[5] Grasshoppers first entered in the Scottish Cup in the 1876–77 season, the fourth staging of the tournament.

[6] Grasshoppers went on to compete in the tournament for nine more seasons, the last in 1890–91 when its heaviest defeat of 12–1 was inflicted by Union of Dumbarton.

[7][8][9] In the years following, the club failed to progress past the preliminary rounds to qualify for the Scottish Cup.