[2] The football scholarship programme is named after Craig Gowans, a talented Falkirk player who died in 2005 while training with the university.

[3] The club was admitted to the First Division of the East of Scotland Football League in 2008, after Berwick Rangers withdrew their reserve team.

They also won the Scottish Universities Championship and reached the King Cup final, losing to East of Scotland Premier Division champions Spartans 0–2 at Ferguson Park, Rosewell.

In March 2012, the university's first year scholar Stephen Hoyle left the program to sign for ASB Premiership side Hawke's Bay United in New Zealand.

[9] Following her departure, long-serving striker Chris Geddes was promoted to the role of first team coach after assisting Kerr throughout previous seasons.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, goalkeeper Kevin Walker left the university to sign a one-year professional contract with Scottish Championship side Livingston.

Lewis Hunter and Blair Lyons signed professional terms with Scottish League One sides East Fife F.C.

The university were looking forward to a possible bumper tie, as Premiership sides entered the competition at this stage, and they were rewarded with a tie away to Dundee United where they took a 1,000+ crowd to Tannadice Park as the university lost against the Premiership side 3–0,[20] but nonetheless they were praised by many across Scottish football and beyond for their remarkable efforts.