The club was established in 1977 as a youth team and joined the Torbay Pioneer League. After winning the Devon Youth Cup, the club entered senior football, joining Division Three of the
Devon & Exeter League in 1987. and were promoted to Division Two. They were promoted again the following season, moving up to Division One. They went on to win the Premier Division title and Football Express Cup in 1994–95, and the East Devon Senior Cup the following season. The club won the Premier Division Cup in 1997–98, and after retaining it the following season, they were Premier Division champions again in 1999–2000. After winning their second Premier Division title, Buckland moved up to the
Devon County League, and were runners-up in their first season. In 2007 the league merged with the
South Western League to form the
South West Peninsula League, with Buckland placed in the Premier Division. They were Premier Division champions in
2009–10 and retained the title the
following season. After finishing as Premier Division runners-up in
2011–12, the club were promoted to the Premier Division of the
Western League. In
2014–15 they were Western League runners-up. They finished fifth in the Premier Division in
2024–25, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they lost 3–1 to
Clevedon Town in the semi-finals. ==Ground==