The club's most notable player was E. H. Topham, picked out by Charles Alcock as an active half-back with a sure kick,[3] and who played for the Old Foresters in the Cup against the Pilgrims in 1881.

[7] The same tie came out of the hat the following year, this time the Pilgrims winning in a replay at the Ramblers' ground, and again Alcock acting as sole umpire.

There is no record of the club playing after the 1878–79 season, with some players reverting to the Pilgrims, although it retained membership of the Football Association until 1882.

The club's first ground was at Hackney Downs, and it based itself at the Princess Alexandra Inn in Nightingale Road.

[12] From its second season it had a private ground in Walthamstow, a five minute walk from St James' railway station, and used The Chequers on Marsh Street for facilities.