 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mwaka unotevera, naKinnaird adzoka muchikwata, Wanderers yakakunda mafomu ekutanga asina hanya kuti isvike zvekare kumagumo eKombe, uye vakakunda Oxford University kuti vachengetedze mukombe. Wanderers zvakare akatonga makwikwi mumwaka wa1877-78, achihwina zvibodzwa zvipfumbamwe mumitambo yavo yekutanga neyechipiri. Mutambo wokupedzisira wakanga uri wokudzokorora wemutambo wokupedzisira wa1872uye Wanderers zvakare vakakurira Royal Engineers kukunda mukombe weFA wechitatu wakatevedzana. Mitemo yemakwikwi yakataura kuti pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu akadaro mukombe waizobviswa uye uve chivakwa chechigarire chekirabhu inokunda, asi Alcock akadzorera mukombe kuFA pasi pemamiriro ekuti mutemo wabviswa uye hapana chimwe chikwata chakabvumidzwa kuitora zvachose. Mushure mekupedzisira, Wanderers yakatamba nevatongi veScottish Cup, Vale of Leven, asi vakarasikirwa ne31. 