final, played at the St Johnstone Recreation Ground, before a crowd of 1,500. With 15 minutes to go, Coupar Angus was 2–0 up, but ran out of stamina, and Dunblane scored three late goals - the second "a rather soft one" - to retain the trophy. The club gained revenge in 1886–87. Coupar Angus beat Dunblane 3–1 at home in the semi-final of the Perthshire Cup, in a "rough and exciting" game that saw Dunblane protest about the behaviour of the spectators, In the final, again at St Johnstone's Park, the club beat Fair City Athletics 2–1, to lift the Perthshire Cup for the only time. Coupar Angus also reached the third round of the national cup that season for the first time, but this was because Fair City Athletics did not turn up to the first round tie and the club drew a bye in the second. In the third, the club lost 3–2 at Erin Rovers of Perth, all five goals coming in the second half. The club made the third round the following season, after recording its biggest Cup win of 9–2 against Blairgowrie Our Boys, and again getting the benefit of a bye. In the third the club lost to Dundee Wanderers by its then-biggest Scottish Cup defeat of 8–0. In 1889–90, the club equalled its defeat, against Fair City Athletics in the second round of the Cup. To the surprise of most, Coupar Angus turned the result around in the Perthshire Cup three weeks later, being 5–3 up at home to the F.C.A. with ten minutes remaining, when visiting supporters invaded the pitch in protest at an injury, leaving Coupar Angus "in a state of riot" after 200 Perth "rowdies" ran amok. Coupar Angus went on to the final, losing to St Johnstone at Balhousie Park; Coupar Angus took an early lead, and the score remained 1–1 at half-time, but four quick second half goals sent the cup to Perth for the first time. In 1891–92, the Scottish Football Association introduced qualifying rounds. That season, the club reached the penultimate round before the competition proper, but scratched to Dunblane. Its defeat in the first preliminary round in 1892–93 to Blairgowrie Our Boys was the club's final Scottish Cup tie. The club continued into the 1893–94 season, but did not enter the Scottish Cup, and its final competitive match was a 6–0 defeat at Tulloch in