The club were established in 1901 as
Netley Sports and originally played friendly matches before becoming founder members of the
Southampton League in 1908. Netley enjoyed great success during the fifties, most notably winning the
Southampton Senior Cup three years running, along with the Hampshire Intermediate Cup twice. In 1957, Netley began their long association with the
Hampshire League and back-to-back title wins saw them quickly reach Division 1. At the time, this level was of a very high standard, and in 1965 they finished in 4th place for what was their highest position. The club became known as
Netley Central Sports in 1970 - showing the link with the local Sports & Social Club. Apart from a couple of brief spells, they remained top-flight regulars for many years until the late nineties, when a decline in fortunes resulted in successive relegation's down to the basement division. In 2004, the original
Hampshire League was absorbed into the expanding
Wessex League, with Netley joining the short-lived third division, but unable to meet the strict ground criteria, they left two years later to join the
Hampshire League 2004, where they twice won the league and cup double. It was the end of an era in 2011 when Netley dropped out of county soccer, but after a successful spell of rebuilding in the Southampton League, they returned to the competition in 2014, which had since become Division 1 of the
Hampshire Premier League. In 2020, the club was re-branded as
AFC Netley and in 2026 they won the Division 1 title. ==Honours==