The club first saw premiership glory in 1940, captained by local legend Frank Joy, beating Port Elliot 10.15.75 to 7.5.47, playing home games at a paddock off Maude Street in Encounter Bay.

Originally, Encounter Bay's colours were red and white; the current yellow and blue was the result of a split in 1946.

The new team had the blue and gold colours of the former Valleys FC, and the merger lasted until 1957, when the name was changed to Encounter Bay.

The club has enjoyed recent success winning the league premiership in 2013 under Billy Neely with Scott Welsh having a good year up forward.

The team is as follows BP: Trevor Prior FB: Ian Millard BP: Rigby Barnes HB: David Shegog CHB: Frank Joy HB: Reg Masters W: Don Bartel C: Lyndon Ellsworthy W: Peter Millard HF: Jim West CHF: Allan Field HF: Peter Johnston FP: Robert Beecroft FF: Tony Modra FP: David Pearson 1R:Andrew McLean :Tyson Davis-Neale :Marty Fraser 2R:Robert Beecroft :Noel Clark :David Pearson INT: Jack Roads (Snr), Steven Hann, Craig Littley, Bert Hutton, Greg Brand, Noel Clark, Tony Proud.