Indeed, 1923-24 was the club's most successful season, finishing as runners up to Lovell's Athletic by six points.

They have finished as runners up in most divisions on a number of occasions.

The promotion was by finishing the 1932-33 season as runners up to Hibernian.

The club was promoted to the top flight in the 1991-1992 season finishing as runners up to Limerick.

With the introduction of a second division to the competition, they also finished as runners up in the 1975 and 1978 seasons.

The team achieved promotion to the Premier League that same season, finishing as runners up.

The club have also had success in the Swiss Cup finishing as runners up in 1930, 1989.

The next European Championship in 1995 again saw them finish as runners up to England.

Eastern Suburbs were minor premiers and finished the season as runners up.

The club then finished as runners up the next season, but were not promoted to the premier division.