The club was founded soon after the end of the First World War and joined the Lothian Amateur League in 1921.

In the second round, the Amateurs held Scottish League club Arbroath to a draw (the tie being played at Heart of Midlothian's Tynecastle Park, in front of a crowd of 10,000).

With the scores level at 3–3 in the final five minutes, the home side should have been awarded a penalty for a shove in the area, but the referee failed to spot it, "which accounted for the hubbub as he came off the field".

For the 1930–31 season, after a dispute over travel expenses between the Edinburgh sides and the Lowland sides in the East of Scotland League,[14] the Amateurs withdrew with 7 other clubs to form the Edinburgh & District League, and the club won the first title, with 8 wins and 2 defeats in 10 games.

The club also won the title in 1932–33, but after one game in the 1934–35 season it withdrew to re-join the East of Scotland League.