Formed in 1999 by a group of friends as a recreational amateur team playing grassroots football, the club began life in the Crawley & District League and went on to win twelve promotions in their first 23 seasons, reaching the National League in 2022, where they remained for two seasons before suffering their first-ever relegation.

[3] The club was formed in 1999 by businessman Marc White and friends Peter Buckland, Mark Lewington, Ian Davidson, Lee Spickett, and Penny Gregg.

[6] In 2006–07 Wanderers won the West Sussex League's Premier Division, clinching the title with a victory on the last day of the season.

[7] In Wanderers' first season in the Isthmian League they finished as runners-up in Division One South, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, going on to lose 2–1 to Faversham Town in the semi-finals.

In 2018–19 the club won the Premier Division by a margin of 22 points, earning promotion to the National League South for their first time in history.

Following the curtailment of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were placed seventh in the league table (decided on a points-per-game basis), qualifying for the promotion play-offs.

[17] In February 2020 the club announced that planning permission had been granted to upgrade Meadowbank Stadium to grade B status.

By September 2020 work had been completed on a new seated stand and a new covered terrace both at the east end of the ground, taking Meadowbank's official capacity to 3,000.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.