The club was founded in 1903, and was briefly renamed
Arcadia United in the seasons from 1963–68, following a merger with ISCOR Pretoria. Arcadia Shepherds experienced their most successful season in
1974, where they won "the triple":
NFL Championship,
Castle Cup and the
NFL UTC Bowl Cup. The next three big achievements by the club, was when they won the
NPSL League Cup Competition in 1982, after an exciting final against
Highlands Park; then a victory in the
NPSL Sales House Cup in 1985 as Arcadia Fluoride, beating
Kaizer Chiefs in the final; and next year in 1986 they won the
BP Top Eight Cup, beating
Wits University in the final. Since then, the achievements by the team have been modest. They managed to win a NPSL championship in 1992, but this was at a time when all the best teams were playing in the
NSL. The club was whites-only during the apartheid era. More recently Shepherds have been known for producing players like
Phil Evans,
Bongani Khumalo and
Katlego Mphela. ==References==