The club's secretary was Frederick Wall, future president of the Football Association, and early players included two of his brothers.

Rangers' high point was having a goal disallowed for offside, and the club was "overwighted as well as overmatched", while the forwards "made no attempt to dribble,and showed little judgment in passing."

[6] The club entered the FA Cup the following year but scratched after being drawn to play Romford.

Although the club was a founding member of the London Football Association,[7] it did not enter the FA Cup again.

The club originally played at Battersea Park in 1876–77,[8] moving to Clapham Common at the end of the season,[9] and finally to Balham Cricket Ground in 1884.