[2] The club then changed its name in 1913 to 1st Home Counties Royal Engineers (Eastbourne) FC to reflect a merger between the RA Volunteers with the Territorial Army.

[2] During their first season as Eastbourne Royal Engineers Old Comrades the club got to the final of the East Sussex Cup beating the Royal Corps of Signals, the game however may be notable as the first ever outside broadcast of a sporting event in England as the Signals brought wireless equipment with them to send match reports back to their camp in Maresfield.

[9] Shinewater Association was formed in 1990[2] as a replacement team for the Dental Estimates Board and a member of the East Sussex Football League, being based at the Temple Grove Playing field in the Old Town.

A grant was secured from the Football Foundation and players were allowed to change in the association club build 400 yards away whilst a new clubhouse was being built.

[2] Placed in Division Two of the County League they struggled initially and in 1996 came perilously close to dropping down into intermediate football after finishing bottom.

[11] A terrible playing surface at Shine's ground in Shinewater Lane, and failure to gain permission to erect the floodlights necessary to advance any further, made it difficult to attract players of sufficient quality in a town where they were already at a premium.

[2] Under the leadership of former Shinewater manager Dave Shearing, the new club won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt after finishing third behind champions Littlehampton Town, and runners-up Worthing United.

[13] With constant rumours of disquiet off the pitch in the local media, Shearing resigned at the end of the 2005–06 season to take a break from football (he subsequently joined Bexhill United), with the Club in 14th position.

[1] Dennis brought success to Eastbourne United at the end of the 2008–09 season when they lifted the RUR cup for the first time since 1956 and also reached the top of the table, but the Sussex FA had spotted that Chichester City had fielded a banned player in their squad and were deducted points, the Sussex FA had talks whether to award points to sides who have played against a team fielding an ineligible player, which would mean Horsham YMCA would be promoted.

[16] After the end of the 2009–10 season, the Eastbourne United AFC committee took the decision to focus all their efforts on the proposed redevelopment of The Oval, which meant the playing budget was cut and as a result the majority of the first team squad left.

During the 2013/14 promotion season, Rowland's men also had a long FA Vase run, ending only in defeat at the semi-final stage, losing 2–4 to Sholing F.C.

[21] In February 2019, the Chairman Billy Wood announced Eastbourne United were to re-brand their home kit and club badge to reflect on their 125th year.

For the 2019/20 season, Billy stated plans that the club were aiming to finish in the top 6 of the league, but after a bad start and sitting near the bottom of the table, Aaron Hopkinson resigned as manager on the 10 September.

The same kit colours were used for just over 55 years until the 1950–51 season where the club renamed itself as Eastbourne United and went to playing in white shirts and black shorts.

The team, now named for the third time as Eastbourne Royal Engineers Old Comrades, moved to the Lynchmere Ground[2] opposite Tutts Barn Lane.

Materials from the Eastbourne Aviation Company and Southern Railway to enclose the pitch was completed by the help of volunteers, ready for the start of the 1921–22 Sussex County League season.

Returning to the Sussex County league in 1935, the ground was hired out to a circus in the 1936 close season making the pitch unplayable until the end of October.

[2] In 1997 the pitch was fully enclosed to meet ground grading for the Sussex County League Division Two as well as dugouts and a breeze block and steel cover.

The area was originally known as the Gilbert Recreation Ground and now called Princes Park, which was owned by the local council, who invited Eastbourne Old Comrades to play there..

Plans were made in 1951 to build a stand and a terrace, which was opened in September 1955 when Eastbourne United hosted a game against Queens Park Rangers.

Today the perimeter fencing now surrounds the pitch; this was bought from nearby Eastbourne Borough's ground at Priory Lane when they improved their facilities.

The ground had a £100,000 investment over the 2011–12 season, to bring it up to Sussex County League standards and is now equipped with new perimeter fencing, concrete walkways and a 113-seater stand.