The club previously played in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division in 2013–14.

Now playing in the Liverpool County Combination, for eight out of ten seasons they were winners or runners-up for a trophy and/or league title.

In 1949–50 they were losing finalists in the Liverpool County Combination knockout competition, the George Mahon Cup.

Formby reached First Round Proper of the 1973–74 FA Cup, where they lost 2–0 at home to Football League Third Division leaders Oldham Athletic.

Then in 1982 Formby were founder members of the North West Counties League playing in Division One in the 1982–83 season and finishing in 16th place.

Results improved in 2007–08 when they finished 13th out of 20,[4] equalling their highest-ever placing of 1983–84, and also reached the fourth round of the FA Vase, their best performance to date in the competition, two stages beyond their previous record set in 1996–97.

[8] Maddox left in the summer break of 2010 to manage Leigh Genesis[9] and Gary Martindale was hired less than a month before the start of the 2010–11 season.

[15] Despite being told he would keep the job if he did well, and subsequently delivering a remarkable turnaround in the team's results giving them a comfortable 18th-placed finish, Joyce was not offered the role permanently.

They got a new chairman/owner, Hugh McAuley,[18] new management of Jim Shirley and assistant Kevin Dally,[19] an entirely new squad of players, and many new backroom staff.

However at the end of the season the Altcar Road ground was deemed unfit for their level of football and they were denied promotion.

Despite having had two of the best seasons in the club's history, without a ground or junior teams the organisation was in a precarious state.

When manager Jim Shirley resigned for family reasons in the close season it left the club without a basis to continue.

[22] In March 2022 the team announced they would return to competitive senior football and has been accepted to play in the Liverpool County Premier League Division One for the 2022–23 season with Bobby Shirley as manager, Formby finished 6th in the league and won the Roy Wade Cup in there first season back.