The club were formed in the early 1900s as the football team of the Royal Marine Light Infantry - based at Forton Army Barracks in Gosport.

During this time there were a number of short-lived regimental sides from the military playing in the Hampshire League and various cup competitions, but this long running outfit were by far the most successful.

Their most successful season was in 1909/10 when they won the Army Cup - to the joy of the Commander, who organized a bicycle ride to rally Bandsmen living in the area so that the returning team might be properly greeted on its arrival back at Gosport Railway Station.

After the Great War, the team reformed and there was another triumph in 1922 when they won the Hampshire Senior Cup - beating Bournemouth Poppies in the final (the score is not known).

They continued to enter Army competitions and returned to the county league for the 1938/39 season when they finished Runners-up in Division 2 before the outbreak of War in 1939 during which the team disbanded.