Their current home ground, since 1955, is at Surrey Street in Glossop; the club's colours are blue and they are nicknamed the Hillmen or the Peakites.

[4] The club changed their name to Glossop (primarily to avoid any confusion with Preston North End) before spending their only season, 1899–1900, in the league's top flight.

During the 1913–14 season a club record home attendance of 10,736 was established on 31 January 1914 in an FA Cup second round match against Preston North End.

[5] The club joined the Cheshire County League in 1978 as members of the newly formed Division Two finishing in 17th position (from 18 teams).

During that season in January 1979 it was reported that manager Derek Partridge, who had joined the club that season, had been awarded a five year contract;[14] under his guidance the club reached their highest point to date in the Derbyshire Senior Cup in 1978–79, losing a semi-final tie 3–0 to (eventual cup winners) Heanor Town.

They were pipped to the title on goal difference by Accrington Stanley who additionally defeated Glossop 1-0 to win the Division Two Challenge Shield.

[19] In the higher division over the 1981–82 season Glossop conceded only thirty goals, the best defensive record in the division, but a relative lack of goals scored (compared to other leading teams) led to nineteen drawn results of thirty-eight matches played and a sixth placed league finish.

The club returned to playing in the FA Trophy from 1982–83 and recorded their best performance to date, being eliminated in the second qualifying round by Rhyl.

In the league in 1986–87 the club endured a run of 22 matches without a win (D7; L15) which was brought to an end in February 1987 by a team revamped by manager John Sainty[26] who had replaced Yarwood six weeks previously.

Under new manager Brent Peters[29] things were positive: in the FA Vase competition (to which the club had returned to in 1987) they reached the fourth round (last 32 teams) where they were defeated in a replay 2–1 by Cammell Laird;[30] and although in November 1990 the club unsuccessfully requested to withdraw from the North West Counties Football League Division Two Cup competition (owing to fixture congestion)[31] they eventually won the trophy beating Cheadle Town 2–1 in the final.

[39] Over the next sixteen seasons that the club were members of Division One they mostly struggled towards the foot of the table (with highpoints of top ten finishes on four occasions 1994–95, 1997–98, 2006–07, and 2007–08) but there were some cup highlights.

[36] The start of the 1993–94 season saw the appointment of Gordon Rayner as manager[40] however, he resigned shortly afterwards in October 1993, replaced on a caretaker basis by Peter O'Brien.

[30] The club featured in the semi-finals of the League's floodlit Cup in 1994–95 (floodlights having been installed at Surrey Street in 1992[3]), losing to Penrith 3–1 over two legs.

[45] Additionally in the latter season the club reached the semi-finals of the North West Counties League Cup, losing to Vauxhall Motors 3–1 over two legs.

[47] In the league the club continued struggling to avoid relegation and conceded in excess of one hundred goals in three successive seasons between 2000–01 and 2002–03.

In the final itself, played at Wembley Stadium, Glossop North End were beaten 2–0 by Northern League Division One club Whitley Bay.

[49] Prior to the final, Arsenal, with whom the club have historic connections (the then Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood's grandfather Sir Samuel Hill-Wood owned and financed Glossop during their run in the Football League in the early 1900s) invited the club to their London Colney training ground to prepare for the FA Vase final.

[51] In his first season the club finished third in the 2013–14 Premier Division; between November 2013 and April 2014 the team created a run of 22 unbeaten league matches (W17; D5).

GNE had reached the final after winning their semi-final 2–1 on aggregate over St Austell of the South West Peninsula League – the away leg of which, won 2–0, entailed a 650 mile round trip.

The club finished fourth in the league and qualified for the playoffs, but in the resulting semi-final lost 2–1 to Northwich Victoria.

In May 2017 Steve Halford and Paul Phillips were announced as joint team managers for the 2017–18 season[56] and under them in November 2107 the club reached its high point to date of the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy, in which they were eliminated 5–1 in a replay by Workington.

In March 2018 Halford and Phillips left Glossop to join Buxton;[57] goalkeeper coach Mark Canning took over (initially as caretaker manager), assisted by Andy Bishop[58] and the club recorded a mid-table finish in the 2017–18 season league table.

For the next season GNE were allocated into the newly designated Division One West of the NPL; in mid October 2018 after a poor run of results Canning and Bishop were sacked and ex-Mossley duo Peter Band and Lloyd Morrison were appointed in their place[59] and they steered the club to a seventeenth (from twenty cubs) position in the 2018–19 league table.

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid March, with the club having completed thirty of their allocated thirty-eight 2019–20 season fixtures, football activities were suspended and later that month the league was formally abandoned with all results expunged.

The club returned to the Premier Division of the North West Counties League for the 2023–24 season (and consequently competed in the FA Vase) under newly appointed manager Michael Worthington.

[62] With a record of twelve losses and only three victories over nineteen recorded league matches Worthington was replaced in October 2023 by Richard Brodie[63] Under Brodie league results improved slightly and GNE finished the season twenty-first of twenty-four clubs and maintained their position in the Premier Division.

The North Road facility was a cricket ground, but also became home to Glossop when they were elected to the Second Division of the Football League.

[99] The first football match played at North Road was on 3 September 1898, with Glossop defeating Blackburn Rovers 4–1 in front of 4,000 spectators.

[103] In 2014–15 the team reached the final of the Derbyshire Girls & Ladies League Challenge Cup,[104] losing 2–1 to Mackworth St Francis.