It was one of the entrants to the first Percival King Cup in 1886–87, a competition for clubs in the east of Scotland, which excluded the larger Edinburgh sides.

The club reached the semi-final in 1887–88, going down 3–1 to eventual winners Mossend Swifts, the match being held at the Hibs' Easter Road ground.

[12] The club lost a number of its players at the end of the season, and there were rumours that it would break up in toto, but it managed not only to provide an XI for its 1888–89 Scottish Cup first round tie at Bellstane Birds, but won 3–2, two goals from new forward Balsali helping the club to a decisive 3–0 lead, the Birds only scoring in the last 15 minutes.

[18] Norton Park nearly did not see out the season, initially scratching from the East of Scotland Consolation Cup, but eventually putting a team out to lose to Adventurers on 29 March 1890.

[19] Norton Park continued into the season as a junior side, but after losing in the first round of the Shield at Dunfermline Athletic (by the unusual score of 8–4),[20] the club did not play again.