[5] It looked as if Shankhouse had won through at the fourth time of asking, with a late winner in the third replay, but Morpeth protested on the basis that the goal had been scored after its players heard a whistle and stopped playing, giving Shankhouse a simple goal.

On appeal, the Football Association ruled that there had been crowd interference with the match, and scrubbed off the goal.

[9] In 1887 the club entered the FA Cup for the first time making it to the fourth round, before being dispatched by Aston Villa 9–0.

[10] The 1891–92 season saw the club join the Northern Football Alliance, and becoming the league winners at their first attempt.

[12] Over 30 years later the club rejoined the Northern alliance league again for the 1989–90 season, starting in Division Two.