The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship,[3][4] the second tier of British rugby league.

The club was originally made up of local miners and between 1912 and 1913 played at the Featherstone Main Colliery Welfare Ground.

After two seasons in charge, former player Bill Sherwood gave way to a new coach, and the committee decided to go for a big name, which turned out to be Stan Smith.

From rock bottom strugglers, Featherstone were gradually transformed into a fit and competitive side, capable of matching the best in the league on their day.

They did, however, win the Yorkshire Cup in 1959 after a tight victory over Hull; the last time Rovers ever won that famous old trophy before it was abandoned in 1993.

In his first season, Malpass steered Rovers to fourth in the table, other highlights that year included beating the Australian tourists for a second successive time.

Despite their lowly league position they defeated Bradford Northern, Wakefield Trinity, Castleford and Leeds to get to Wembley Stadium.

Rovers were crowned Division One champions in 1976–77, their greatest season, winning 21 games out of 30 and finishing 5 points clear of nearest rivals St Helens.

Rovers made a poor start in the league were facing relegation when Vince Farrar was sacked in November 1982.

The following season (1984–85) saw a slight upturn in the club's fortunes whilst off-field the town struggled through the miners' strike of 1984–85.

Another successful league campaign in 1990–91 saw Rovers finish 7th and go to the semi-finals of the Premiership with a famous win at all-conquering Wigan.

Not long into the following season, Fox accepted the offer of a job at Bradford, the club turned once again to former captain-coach Allan Agar.

Rovers struggled for consistency through the rest of 1991–92 and then were relegated on points difference through a remarkable combination of results on the final day of the season.

[6] When a Rupert Murdoch-funded Super League competition was proposed, part of the deal was that some traditional clubs would merge.

Featherstone Rovers were asked to merge with local rivals Castleford and Wakefield Trinity to form a new club, Calder, which would compete in the Super League.

After defeat at Doncaster, Kevin Hobbs quit his post, citing verbal abuse his family had received from some fans.

[9] In September 2003, Andy Kelly's contract was not renewed following their failure to reach the National League One play-offs for the first time in six years, finishing 7th.

In late 2006, the "Friends of Featherstone" were formed, their main aim being to provide money for contracts for players to ensure that Rovers gained promotion to National League One.

The money raised enabled Rovers to sign players such as Paul Handforth, Chris Ross, Tom Haughey, Jamie Field and Loz Wildbore.

Featherstone did apply for the first round of licences though with the popular view this would not be successful and could be used as a learning experience for future bids.

After finishing 6th and only just getting in the play-offs Rovers beat Sheffield Eagles and Widnes away before a cruel 32–30 loss in the final eliminator to Halifax.

[13] The close season saw the departure of club chief executive Andy Prout to be replaced by Stuart Sheard.

[14] In 2011 Featherstone went one better than 2010 by beating Sheffield Eagles 40–4 in the Grand Final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington as well as retaining the League Leaders' Shield in the regular season.

The victory, the first for a lower-league side over a Super League club since Barrow defeated Cas in 2010, was televised nationally on Sky Sports.

Ryan Sheridan was in charge for 8 games, before Sean Long took over as football manager with Danny Evans as first team coach.

Together they helped the club win the League Leaders' Shield again before losing the play off semi final in extra time to Batley.

Jon Sharp took over and having missed out on the top four, won the Championship Shield in his first year in charge, defeating London Broncos 36–4.

[15] On 10 October 2021, Featherstone once again reached the Million Pound Game with the opponents this time being French side Toulouse Olympique.

On 7 August 2023, Featherstone terminated Long as head coach despite the club sitting eight points clear on the top of the RFL Championship table.

The proposed development would include a supermarket, community sports facilities and a purpose-built 12,000 capacity stadium though this could be reduced to a 6,500 modular design.