C. C. Mackarness - a scorer in the 1874 FA Cup final for Oxford University A.F.C.

[2] The club played in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup in 1878–79, losing to the Remnants, in part because of the club's quixotic policy - soon abandoned - of rotating players around the pitch so everyone took a turn in goal.

In the first round, the club drew 1–1 with Romford at a neutral ground in Ealing.

[7] In the third round, the club played the Hotspur club of Battersea, who had beaten Reading Abbey in the second round, but lost in a replay at Prospect Park to two late goals.

However it did win the Reading Challenge Cup in 1883–84, beating surprise finalists Caversham 2–1 at Coley Park.