[1] In 1887, Thorpe gained the services of Walter Hansell, who had won the FA Cup with the Old Carthusians in 1881, who promptly became captain, and scored 20 goals in his first season with the club,[2] in which it reached the Norfolk Senior Cup final for the first time.

[3] The club reached the final again in 1890, but again lost, this time to Lynn Town, hindered by an injury to Rix early in the game.

[5] In the second qualifying round, the club was drawn at home to Royal Arsenal, and the game ended 2–2, despite the sides playing an extra 30 minutes.

[8] The win over the Harrovians was Thorpe's only win in the competition; its last entry to the Cup was in 1892–93, and the club seemingly disbanded in November 1892, in part because Hansell's work took him to Mexico,[9] when scratching to South Yarmouth in the Norfolk Cup.

[16] The club's Cup tie with Arsenal was played at the Lakenham cricket ground.