[5] Its first public appearance was an open training session at the ground, showing that the club had recruited "some well known amateur runners".

[7] The second round tie with Windsor Home Park, at the Kennington Oval, proved controversial, as both sides claimed to have won 1–0.

[9] As at the time the referee's decision was subject to an appeal, the Football Association ordered a replay, which Home Park won easily.

The Saxons were said to be playing "on the win tie or wrangle principal", and were "apparently intent upon displaying their powers of polite repartee to make up for their deficiency in the knowledge of the Association rules."

The club gave its colours as "broad black and red bars", as distinct from the narrow hoops that were more normal in the 1870s.