[1] Within a month the club was attracting 400 spectators to its matches,[2] originally on the King George V playing fields behind the Mill Tavern, within a bend of the River Darwen.

When Heywood Central turned up at Higher Walton for the first round tie, they announced that they were withdrawing, but would be happy to play a friendly (which the Waltonians won 8–1).

Unfortunately the club could not enjoy decent gate receipts because a rival match between Everton and Preston North End kept the crowd down to a mere 500.

[12] After the formation of the Football League, Higher Walton was put into the competition's qualifying rounds, losing to South Shore in the penultimate.

With professional league football under way, and several teams in the region playing in the League and the Football Alliance, Higher Walton found it difficult to retain players, and never reached such heights again; the club's defence of the title ended in a mid-table finish and included an 8–1 defeat at the previous season's runners-up Bury.

[19] A rule change in the Lancashire League for 1892-93 requiring all matches to kick-off at 3pm or 3.15pm put the club at a disadvantage as its amateur players usually worked until 12.45pm on Saturdays.

Higher Walton resigned from the league at the end of the season and its final match was in the Lancashire Junior Cup in January 1895, losing 9–1 to Oswaldtwistle Rovers.