[7] Initially the club was as unsuccessful as the original Lochee; it never won a tie in the Dundee charity cups that were played until 1896.

[9] In the Forfarshire Cup, not only did the club win a tie for the first time, it reached the final, against Dundee; after an argument in which Dundee requested to hold the final at home and refused to play at the Wanderers' East Dock Street ground,[10] the match was played at Gayfield.

Dundee changed to dark blue for the tie, and had been weakened by losing players to the international match between Scotland and Wales, but won with the only goal of the game, coming from a scrimmage near the end; play had just been interrupted by a pitch invasion after a spectator attacked referee Sangster, being the signal for a "general free for all".

[13] In the first round itself, Lochee lost 8–0 at home to Heart of Midlothian, the United hampered by losing Morris for the second half thanks to a foot injury, albeit the club was already four down.

Lennie's church), on Loon's Road, in a more central location in the town and 2 minutes' walk from tram stops;[24] the first game at the new ground was a Northern League fixture with Forfar Athletic on 1 November 1896.