The following years leading up to the start of World War I were one the club’s most successful periods. Four more runners-up spots in the league (1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14) were matched by success at national level, finishing runners-up in the FA Amateur Cup of 1909–10 (losing 2–1 to RMLI Gosport) before winning the same trophy in 1912–13, beating Oxford City 1–0 in a replay. A new grandstand, luxurious at the time, was also built in 1909. The structure remained largely unchanged until demolished in 1993 after fire damage.