[6] In the replay at West Craigie, the Strathie took the lead through a Wilkie shot, before losing 5–1 - the cause not helped by an injury to full-back Christie taking him out of the game.

Twice it reached the final of the Dundee Burns Club Charity Cup, in 1885–86 and 1889–90, but lost heavily both times - 5–1 to Harp in the first[12] and 9–1 to East End in the second, spectators being said to have lost count in the latter final,[13] but there was considerable mitigation for the Strathie, as it played much of the match with 10 men, inside-left Anderson retiring injured when the score was 2–0.

[14] The one consolation to the club in the 1890–91 tournament was beating Our Boys for the only time in a competitive match in the semi-final, 3–0 at East Dock Street.

committee had bought out its ground, and had been looking to share Clepington Park[22] which led to an assumption that the Wanderers and Strathmore were effectively acting as one club.

[23] That suspicion was confirmed in January 1894 when a new club, Dundonians, was formed by merger between the Wanderers and Strathmore, and played its first match under that name against Hibernian that month.