The original New Brighton Association Football Club was founded in 1924 but went into hiatus eight years later.
The following season saw their best-ever performance in the Chatham Cup, with them reaching the final only to lose to Auckland's Eastern Suburbs AFC.
1971 saw the team win the championship, gaining them entry to the New Zealand National Soccer League.
The competed in this league for six seasons, spending much of that time in the bottom half of the table.
The club gained new clubrooms in Bexley Road in 1979, but they were demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.