The Royals first attracted national attention in the 1927–1928 season when they won the Dominion of Canada Football Championship with a team considered to be one of the finest of its time.

the Royals went on to defeat the Alberta champions Edmonton Canadian Legion 4-0 and 9–6, before heading east to Winnipeg where they beat the local club Westbrook 7-1 and 2–0 in the western final to advance to the national final played at Carruthers Park.

Captain Dave Turner became the first footballer to win the Challenge Trophy four times with the same team.

Trophy awarded to the national champions was back on the shelf in 1953 following a win over Montreal Hakoah.

In 1961 Westminster Royals represented Canada in the first John F. Kennedy Cup competition for the nations of the west coast of North America.

In the first game they beat the San Francisco All-Stars 3–0, but lost 3–0 to the Mexican Selects in the final.

Throughout most of these years the Royals played in the Pacific Coast League, but also competed for the Province Cup, the championship of B.C.

In 1961, the Royals lost to a Mexican Select team 3–0 in the first Pacific international soccer tournament in Los Angeles.

Westminster Royals FC's season-by-season post-War record in the Pacific Coast League.

[4] Note: MP = Matches played, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against The following Westminster Royals FC alumni have been honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in the players category.