Established in 1988 by a merger of Wigmore Athletic and Southdown, they are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Robert Albon Memorial Ground.

Wigmore Athletic joined the Sussex County League in 1952 as founder members of Division Two.

[2] The club finished second-from-bottom of Division One for three consecutive seasons between 1954–55 and 1956–57, but avoided relegation.

In August 2015 two of the club's players, Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, were among those killed when an aircraft crashed on the A27 road near Shoreham Airport.

[9] They were driving to the Robert Albon Memorial ground to participate in a match against Loxwood, which was consequently called off.

[1] In 2023–24 they finished fifth in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they were defeated on penalties by Wick in the semi-finals.