[3] The six teams arranged for a new competition, the Northumberland and Durham Association Cup, and Rangers was the first winner, beating Haughton-le-Skerne 1–0 in the final, played at the Tyne Cricket Ground.

[6] Rangers won the replay 2–0 with goals from Simms in the first half, and Lochhead near the end, unmarked enough at a corner to nod the ball down to himself to finish.

[7] Rangers' stature on the local scene was properly shown by it providing four players (and two reserves) for the county representative match against Cleveland in 1883.

[12] The club finished the 1883–84 season with two defeats in competitive matches - to Tyne Association in the Northumberland Senior Cup final in March[13] and to Newcastle F.C.

[20] Due to a lack of suitable grounds in Newcastle itself, the club started out using the Drill Field in Gateshead as its home,[21] basing itself in the Prince Consort Arms.