[5] The earliest record of a match is of a pair of fixtures against the Grasshoppers club's second XI of Bonnybridge in late 1881.

Along with much of the membership of the group, Bo'ness were admitted to the newly expanded Scottish Football League Second Division in 1921.

Bo'ness then struggled financially, like many other clubs in the region, due to the decline of the local coal and shale oil industries.

[8] Bo'ness offered free admission to local unemployed people after 30 minutes of play.

in October 1932 meant that the club was expelled from the League; the blame was put on "industrial depression and the opposition of dog racing in neighbouring towns".