[citation needed] Skelmersdale was a small mining community with a population of a little over 5,000, and they were paired up with the reserve sides of clubs that were in the top flight of English football, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End.

[citation needed] For the majority of their first 70 years the club played at Sandy Lane, which is now the site of an office block.

The FA Amateur Cup quarter final victory against Slough Town saw record attendance at Whitemoss Park (Sandy Lane) – 7,500 – in March 1967.

Winning the League Challenge Trophy in May 2000, the club left their spiritual home of White Moss Park in 2002 and eventually moved to the newly named Westgate Interactive Stadium (also known as Stormy Corner) in 2004.

With Paul Gallagher in charge, the club moved forward, securing a second-place finish and promotion to the Northern Premier League in 2006.

[citation needed] In 2008, Skelmersdale United finished third in the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League Division One North.

The season, however, ended on a high as victories over Champions FC United and a Liverpool Senior Cup win offered the club optimism for the future.

Losing 4–0 at the AJ Bell Stadium in January 2016 after weather had forced several postponements of United's hosting of the replay after drawing 4–4 in the original tie.

The run included a 5–2 win over Chorley FC in the previous round, and United also reached the semi-finals of the Liverpool Senior Cup, where a 4–0 loss to eventual winners Everton U23s saw them end their defense of the trophy.

[citation needed] On 28 March 2017, the club announced that it had been unable to agree on a new lease on its Uretek Stadium ground and, as a result, was at risk of ceasing to exist.

[2] Exits at the first stage of the cup competitions, coupled with an exodus of the playing staff over the festive period after a cut in the playing budget, then led to a change in the backroom in January 2017 with long serving manager Tommy Lawson sacked, his assistants and a number of players exiting with him through loyalty, going on to re-unite later in the season at Marine AFC.

[citation needed] Ahead of their first season in Northern Premier League Division One North since 2013, United brought in a number of experienced players in pre-season, Danny Ventre, Richard Brodie, Andy Owens, Steven Gillespie and Gareth Roberts to bolster a young squad.

A mixed start to the 2017–18 season saw one win in the opening nine league games with an exit in the First Qualifying round of the FA Cup.

That was the first of a winning trilogy at JMO before a number of the high-flying sides visited with close run battles before the season was ended early by the FA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the 2021/22 season, Skelmersdale United achieved promotion after finishing 2nd in the league to Macclesfield and had to play a one off playoff game, 150 miles away at Cinderford Town at Gloucester, with Michael Howard scoring 4 goals in a 5–1 win that saw Paul McNally's team promoted back to the NPL West and Michael Howard getting the golden boot as the division's top scorer with 33 goals.

[citation needed] Despite finishing 11th in the 2022–2023 season, Skelmersdale United were relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One West due to ground grading issues.

[13] In October 2023, former Premier League defender Pascal Chimbonda was named as manager of Skelmersdale United replacing Matt Potter.

With the lowest budget in the league, it was of little surprise that things did not work out and [14] the club were immediately relegated in their first season back in the ninth tier.