The earliest recorded match for the club was a 6–2 win over Sinclair Athletic in September 1888,[2] and the club played juvenile football in its earliest years; it won the Dumbarton Juvenile Cup in 1891–92, beating Bonhill Kirkland 6–0 in the final.

Newtown Thistle lasted longer than most; in 1898, it was one of only four senior clubs left in Dumbartonshire, and the only one not in the Scottish League.

[9] This reduction of clubs meant that Newtown's only other fixtures in the Dumbartonshire Cup were both semi-final matches, but the Thistle lost them both.

It withdrew from the Qualifying Cup in 1898–99 when paired with Vale of Leven, and was removed from the Scottish FA roll in April 1899.

[11] The club originally wore dark blue shirts and white knickers.