[6] The club duly resolved to apply for membership of the Scottish Football Association at the end of the season,[7] and was successful in its application.

[10] It entered both the Scottish Cup under its new name, and was drawn at Oban in the first round; with a 2–0 half-time lead it looked as if Rangers would finally beat the senior side for the first time.

[11] Four days after the tie, clubs in the county met to form a new Argyllshire Football Association, and set up a cup competition.

[20] In the Argyllshire Cup, the sides met yet again, and yet again Oban won through, with a last-minute winner; Rangers' protest that the goal was scored after the expiry of time was rejected by one vote.

[21] The Rangers' luck finally turned in December 1890, when the long-delayed replay for the Argyllshire Gathering Cup took place at Glencruitten.

[33] In 1888, the club erected a corrugated iron pavilion on its practice ground at Market Stance, paid for by a public subscription.