The club was established in 1948 by a group of former residents of the St Vincent's Home for Working Boys, run by Father Hudson's Society.

During the match against Enfield, several players collapsed after a lightning strike, and Highgate's Tony Allden died the following day.

They lost 4–0 in a replay against Walton & Hersham at Selhurst Park after a 0–0 draw in the first match at Highfield Road.

[1] By the 1960s, they had relocated to their current ground on Tythe Barn Lane, just a five-minutes walk from Whitlocks End railway station.

In July 1996, a covered stand-partially seated and partially standing-was constructed on one side of the pitch and later named the Patrick & Philomena Meade Stand.