The club was established on 8 May 1890 as East Grinstead, but did not play their first competitive match until 1900, when they were founder members of the Mid-Sussex League.

[3] The club were joint winners of the Sussex Junior Cup with Arundel in 1908–09,[2] and went on to finish as runners-up in the Mid-Sussex League again in 1910–11 and 1911–12.

[4] They returned in 1924, but after finishing bottom of the table again in both 1924–25 and 1925–26, they left again[4] after failing to be re-elected and dropped into Division One of the Brighton, Hove & District League.

[8] The club were promoted back to Division One after finishing third in 2002–03,[4] and won the Sussex RUR Cup in 2003–04, beating Three Bridges 4–0 in the final.

[8] In 2019–20 the club were bottom of the table with only ten points in early March and at risk of relegation.

[9] They were forced to leave the ground, having been given notice in 1958, and temporarily played at King George's Field before moving to East Court in 1967.