Nicknamed "the Vale" and reformed in 1939, the club competes in West of Scotland League Third Division, the ninth tier of Scottish football, holding home games at Millburn Park.

The rule was changed for the next season and Vale promptly reached the semi-final, and then won the Cup three times in succession (1877, 1878 and 1879).

In their second season, they failed to win a single game and finished last, being the last senior Scottish club to suffer this ignominy until Brechin in 2018.

Rather than face re-election for the second time, the club withdrew and joined the rival Scottish Alliance where they played for a single season.

After World War I ended, Vale of Leven returned to the Scottish League for the third time as members of the reformed Division Two.

[14] Vale Ocoba was invited to be part of a reconstituted Scottish Football Alliance, along with Babcock & Wilcox (a works team), fellow former Scottish League and Alliance member Galston, Girvan Athletic, another former Scottish League member Nithsdale Wanderers, Queen's Park Strollers (Queen's Park third team), and Stranraer, which they duly did, but having changed name to Vale of Leven Football & Athletic Club.

[15] Disaster struck however when the start of World War II obliged the league to be suspended due to restrictions on travel by December 1939.

In order to survive, Vale Of Leven promptly joined the ranks of the Scottish Junior Football Association - suffering an abrupt vacancy in their Central League due to the bankruptcy of Springfield Athletic - and thus bringing to a final end 67 years of membership of the Scottish Football Association the club had helped to create.

[20] The club wore white on two notable occasions because of colour clashes - in the 1877 Scottish Cup final[21] and the 1887–88 Dumbartonshire Cup final, as Renton also wore dark blue, so the Vale was ordered to wear the white jerseys[22] of the Dumbartonshire Association.

In 1888, the club created a new ground at Millburn Park, the ceremonial cutting of the sod taking place on 28 June 1888.