The club was established on 27 January 1888, and were founder members of the Isle of Wight League in 1898. They won the Isle of Wight Challenge Cup in 1904–05, and again in 1907–08, when they were also league champions. The club went on to retain the league title for the next two years. After winning the league again in 1923–24, they moved up to the East Section of the Hampshire League. They won the Isle of Wight Memorial Cup in 1925–26, before being moved into the County Section of the Hampshire League in 1927 and then the South Division the following year as the league was restructured. They won the Isle of Wight Challenge Cup again in 1928–29.