Its results in competitive ties were: Thistle protested its 1892 defeat to Douglas Rovers, on the basis that the Rovers did not turn up on time for the tie; however, as this was down to a delay on the trains,[11] the protest was not entertained.

[12] It also protested its defeat to Mid-Annandale later that year on the basis that the Steel brothers had played for Moffat in the Churchill Cup, so were therefore Cup-tied - the club presented the protest to the referee at half-time, when the score was a mere 5, the Mids thereafter showing no mercy.

[13] The club scratched from the 1891–92 Scottish Cup when drawn to visit Newton Stewart, putting it down to "the distance to be travelled and the unsuitable tram arrangements",[14] and also from its last entry in competitive football, in the 1893–94 Southern Counties Cup against Annan; indeed the Annan reserve XI was strong enough to beat Thistle 3–0 in October 1893.

[17] The return at Innerfield in October 1893 ended in a way that summed up the club's tragicomic existence; with the game goalless, the ball burst, and Thistle did not have a replacement.

[21] In 1891 it changed to 1" dark blue and white "parallel" (i.e. vertical) striped shirts.