[4] The club's first recorded match was a 1–0 win at home to Trojans in 1876.

In 1879–80 the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but lost 5–2 at Pilgrims F.C.

in the first round; Clarence had gone 2–0 behind and pulled it back to 2–2 within the first fifreen minutes, but the second half was dominated by Pilgrims.

[6] The following season, the club lost 6–0 at Marlow in the first round, having turned up to the match with only ten men,[7] and seems to have ceased operations soon afterwards; four of its players joined Morton Rangers for 1881–82 and the club was not a member of the London Football Association on the latter's foundation in 1882.

[11] The club played at Battersea Park, and used The Crown on York Road for facilities.