Weymouth Football Club was founded on the 26th of August 1890 and played their first fixture on the 24th of September v a Mr Popes XI at Lodmoor, winning 2–0.

They share the distinction of playing all twenty seasons in the Premier Division prior to league re-organisation with Telford United and Yeovil Town.

On 28 February 1967, Weymouth player Dick Keith, who had played in the 1958 World Cup for Northern Ireland, was killed in a building site accident.

[3] On 21 October 1987, the club moved to the new Wessex Stadium with the opening match against Manchester United ending with Weymouth winning 1–0 following an unveiling by Ron Greenwood.

[1] Ian Ridley took control of the club in 2003, bringing new optimism when he appointed former Weymouth and Leicester City player, Steve Claridge, manager.

With Martyn Harrison's arrival on the board, he decided to place the club under his company Hollybush Hotels and began to interfere in playing matters.

Harrison had planned to appoint Steve Johnson—the brother of Gary Johnson—as manager in November, prompting a huge turnover in players.

An automatic promotion to the Conference came with large loans from Harrison to meet increasing wage bills of around £20,000 a week and a full-time regime.

In the 2006–07 FA Cup, Weymouth held Bury to a 2–2 draw at home, in front of BBC cameras, and that season the team finished 11th in the Conference.

In July 2010, chairman George Rolls elected to change the stadium name in honour of 85-year-old club president and former goalkeeper Bob Lucas, who was suffering from cancer.

[7] In January 2011 Martyn Rogers was hired to help the club avoid a third straight relegation, which was eventually successful.

[9] Weymouth finished the 2019–20 season in 3rd place and on 1 August 2020,[10] they were promoted to the National League after a play-off final win against Dartford.

[13] Historically, Weymouth had their strongest rivalry with Yeovil Town, Often when the two clubs meet, a large police presence is required to separate the two sets of fans.

[14][15] In October 2021, fans reportedly clashed before and after the game in Huish, with mounted police and dog units being called into action.

However, overall the rivalry has dwindled slightly over the past decade due to the lack of competitive meetings between the club and Yeovil Town.

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