Established as Mauritius Sports in 2002, the club was founded with the aim of providing a good standard of footballing opportunity for the Mauritian community in London, as well as providing a feeder for British-born Mauritians to play for their country at international level.

[11] They then changed their name to Woodford Town 2017 for the 2017–18 season,[12][13] succeeding the club who left the Spartan South Midlands League in 2016.

In 2016 they moved to the Terence McMillan Stadium in Plaistow before starting a groundshare with Broxbourne at Goff's Lane for the 2017–18 season.

The club relocated to the Harlow Arena prior to the 2018–19 season,[14] and announced their intention to return to Woodford at Ashton Playing Fields for 2020.

[17][18] On 13 August 2021, Woodford played their first game at the stadium, losing 2–1 against Stansted in front of 822 spectators.