The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at Broad Lane.

The club was established as Wivenhoe Rangers by Frank Slaughter and students from Colchester Grammar School in 1925.

After finishing runners-up to Mersea Island in 1970–71, the club were promoted to Division Two of the Essex & Suffolk Border League.

In 1977–78 the club bought a carrot field on Broad Lane the outskirts of Wivenhoe for £2,500 to move back to the town, having most recently been playing at the University of Essex in nearby Colchester.

In 1993–94 the club experience financial difficulties, needing to raise £150,000 to buy back the ground and finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated.

During the 2008–09 season former West Ham player Julian Dicks was appointed manager, but he resigned in June 2009.

The club moved to their current home of Broad Lane in 1978, following time at a number of grounds, including Claude Watchman's Meadow, Vine Farm, Broomfield, Spion Kop and the King George V Playing Fields.