The club was formed in October 1879; in January 1880, it was one of the six founder members of the Northumberland and Durham Football Association.

[6] The club's second and last entry in the competition ended in a first-round defeat to a side from Darlington Grammar School the next season.

[7] The club continued until the end of the 1882–83 season, its final recorded game being a 6–0 defeat at Redcar & Coatham in April.

[8] On 20 July 1883, the Grammar School hosted a meeting with a view to forming a single football club for the town; Haughton-le-Skerne in effect formed part of this movement, as the new Darlington F.C.

's earliest matches included a number of Haughton players - of those who faced Redcar, Summerson, Stabler, C. Glover, and Kirksop all played for Darlington against West Hartlepool in October 1883,[9] and Rickinson, Wright, and Buckton all played for Darlington in the 1884–85 season.