The club was established as Deal Cinque Ports in 1908, and initially played in the Thanet League and East Kent League. They joined Division Two East of the Kent League in 1909, but left the league after two seasons. They rejoined the Division Two East of the league in 1919, but left again at the end of the 1919–20 season. They joined the Eastern Section of the Kent Amateur League in 1928, but left the league in 1930. The club re-entered the Kent League for a third time in 1933, joining Division Two, but left in 1935, returning to the renamed Kent County Amateur League. They finished as runners-up in Division One of the Eastern Section in 1935–36, and later returned to Division Two of the Kent League for a fourth spell in the league in 1939.