In the following season, Trawden Forest enjoyed their best run in the FA Cup, reaching the second qualifying round before losing away at Southport Central.
[1] Trawden Forest never won another match in the FA Cup, and their heaviest defeat in the competition came on 21 September 1901, when they were beaten 0–7 away at Oswaldtwistle Rovers.
[2] For the 1902–03 season, the team joined the Lancashire Combination, which was the highest level of non-league football in the area.
[3] In the same season, the team entered the preliminary round and held Bacup to a 3–3 draw before losing the replay three days later.
[6] Others ended their career at the club having retired from the professional game; James Savage, William Watkins and Alfred Sawley all played for Trawden Forest after leaving Burnley.