Nicknamed the Lilywhites after the white shirts adopted in 1912, they are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at Seel Park.

[2] After a season of playing friendlies and cup matches, they were renamed Mossley Juniors in 1904 and joined the Stalybridge & District League.

[2] In their first competitive league match the club lost 9–1 to Dunham Villa, but they recovered to beat Mossley Volunteers 2–1 the following week.

[2] They finished joint top of the table in 1909–10 before losing a championship play-off match 3–2 to Ashton St Peter's reserves.

[2] The club was resurrected again in December 1918 and joined the Manchester Section of the Lancashire Combination for the truncated 1919 season,[2] going on to finish as runners-up.

[9] The club defeated Football League opposition in the FA Cup for the first time the following season, beating Crewe Alexandra 1–0 before losing 3–1 at home to Mansfield Town in the second round.

[9] They went on to finish as runners-up in the league, which they repeated in each of the next two seasons,[9] as well as making further FA Cup first round appearances which ended in defeat by Stockport and Huddersfield Town.

Although the club reached the FA Cup first round again in 1983–84 (losing to 5–0 Darlington), they also finished bottom of the Northern Premier League, marking the end of their period of success.

[13] In 1912 they moved to Seel Fold, which had previously been used as a rubbish tip and then a cricket field, using the adjacent Highland Laddie Hotel as their headquarters.

[2] The opening match was played on 23 September, a 4–0 win for Mossley against Stalybridge St Peters in the Ashton & District League.

[14] The club's record attendance of 6,640 was set in 1946 for a Cheshire County League match against local rivals Stalybridge Celtic.

[14] The Popular Side stand was demolished in 1969 and replaced in 1971 when the club sold Gary Pierce to Huddersfield Town.