[2] The club had won promotion to the league in 2017 after a two-legged play-off series against Auckland's Beachlands Maraetai.

The teams play in red and white, a legacy of the club's first president Vic Butler's support of Arsenal F.C.

[5] In 2015, the club won the WaiBOP Premiership and qualified for play-offs to win promotion to the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 but lost the two-match series to Auckland champions Waitemata FC.

[17] Every summer since 2011, the club has staged the Cambridge Sevens[18] which are one-day tournaments for men's and women's teams drawn from the upper North Island of New Zealand.

After successfully hosting these games,[21] the club was appointed as the home ground for five New Zealand Football Championship matches for new franchise WaiBOP United.

[22] This meant Cambridge became one of six bases for national league football in New Zealand (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).

The appointment led to the club becoming an all-year operation, with investment in better facilities including upgraded playing surfaces, new changing rooms[23] and a new irrigation system.

In late 2014, WaiBOP United announced Cambridge would continue to be the team's home base with five more premiership matches played in early 2015.

[25] In 2016, the club's John Kerkhof Park became the training base and home ground for the WaiBOP team in New Zealand's National Women's League, hosting three NWL games in each of the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

In 2019, Cambridge was named as the host club for six NWL games and the training base for the WaiBOP team.

[46] Former Cambridge junior and youth player Grace Wisnewski scored three goals at the 2018 U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup in Uruguay in which New Zealand came third at the tournament.

Cambridge again reached the final of the Waikato Cup in 2017 when the club's B team lost 2–0 to Otorohanga.

[55] It was the club's first success at the tournament since 2007 when the team won the Satellite Final 2–1 against Dunedin Technical.

[citation needed] In 2006, the Cambridge team won the Satellite Final 1–0 against Ellerslie but were deemed to have breached tournament rules.