[7] Mellors also entered the FA Cup a second time and lost 2–1 at Cleethorpes, having taken the lead in the second minute.

[9] At the start of the 1887–88 season, the club changed its name to Notts Mellors,[10] and had its only win in the main stages of the FA Cup.

Mellors won 6–3, after an extra-time period following the teams being level at 3–3 after 90 minutes,[11] but Olympic protested that the pitch was 13 yards too short to host an FA Cup tie.

This seems to have been an attempt to widen the club's appeal beyond the Mellors factory, especially as some of its better players had been tempted away for professional careers.

[22] This incarnation of the Wanderers was suspended after 9 matches (of which the club drew 2 and lost 7) for non-fulfilment of fixtures,[23] and it was disqualified from the competition before playing again.