The club was founded in 1984 and established a base on a piece of land provided by a local resident.

[1] During their break, Glantraeth undertook an improvement in facilities at their ground and applied to the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to return, being placed in the Gwynedd League.

In February 2016, actress Naomi Watts agreed to become the honorary president of the club,[4] replacing Sir George Meyrick.

Watts had lived on the island of Anglesey as a child, her maternal grandparents had owned a farm in the village of Llangristiolus near the club's hometown of Bodorgan,[5] before moving to Australia in her teens.

[6] In the 2016–17 season, Glantraeth won a league and cup double by finishing as champions of the First Division and winning the Cookson Cup however, their promotion success proved disastrous as the club were unable to meet new ground requirements for entry into the Cymru Alliance,[7] claiming the cost of renovating their ground would be "absurd".