The club was formed in 1939, when two teams from the Carrickfergus & District Summer League –
Barn Mills and
Bubbles decided to merge. In 1940, the new club joined the Belfast Minor League and took up residence at
Taylors Avenue, then known as the Barn Field Following the cup final, positive results were rare, with the club falling further behind their rivals and starting to come dangerously close to basement team Portadown. Carrick eventually finished 11th and faced a relegation/promotion playoff against championship runners up Institute, which they convincingly won 5–2 on aggregate over the two legs. Following the resignation of
Aaron Callaghan after the final game of the regular season, former
Larne manager and
Cliftonville player David McAlinden was appointed. Another poor season led the team to 11th in the table; this was followed up by a 6-3 aggregate loss to
Newry City in the play offs, which of course meant relegation to the championship. Former Loughgall, Ards and Portadown manager Niall Currie then took over for the 2018–19 season. Currie's side finished second in the Championship in the 2018–19 season behind runaway leaders Larne. This earned them a place in the Promotion play-off, first against third-place finishers Portadown, with the winner earning the right to face
Ards, who finished 11th in the Premiership. After beating
Portadown in the first round, Currie's side went on to beat former side Ards 3-1 on aggregate over two legs to earn promotion back to the top tier. In December 2019, defender Jerry Thompson committed suicide, aged 24. Tributes flooded in from all areas of the Northern Irish football community and prompted mourning for all in the local game. Following the tragedy, Carrick announced that the number 21 shirt would be retired in his memory. Currie left the club in May 2021, not specifying a reason behind his resignation, with there being a belief from some of a form of disagreement with the clubs board. The club appointed former
Linfield winger Stuart King as his replacement, who had a successful spell managing
NIFL Premier Intermediate League side
Banbridge Town. King oversaw Carrick avoiding relegation from the
NIFL Premiership in the 2021–22 season, his first in charge. The 2022–23 season saw Carrick secure a commendable place of eighth. King guided Carrick to a seventh-place finish in 2023–24, displaying consistent growth and development. In the relegation group of the split, Carrick won four out of their five games. After an opening day win in the
NIFL Premiership, Carrick sat bottom of the table after eight league defeats in a row. On the 1st October 2024 Carrick parted company with Stuart King following a 1–0 defeat by
Queen's University in the
BetMcLean League Cup. The defeat by third-tier Queen's University, who hit a late winner through Chris Middleton at
Taylors Avenue, was to be King's final match in charge. On the 7th October 2024 Carrick appointed 59 year old veteran manager
Stephen Baxter to take over as the first team manager on a 3-year contract. Baxter called time to his successful 19-year reign of
Crusaders at the 2023/2024 season winning 17 honours as manager of The Crues including 3
NIFL Premierships, 4
Irish Cups & 1
Irish League Cup. Baxter boasted an impressive honour currently placing 16th on the
List of longest managerial reigns in association football post war during his 19-year tenure of The Crues. Baxters first game in charge of Carrick was an impressive 2–1 home victory against
Colerain followed up by a 1–1 draw away to high flying
Glentoran. A mix set of results followed and Carrick finished the 2024/2025 season in 11th position with their top flight status to be decided in a relegation playoff tie with promotion chasing
Annagh United from the
NIFL Championship. Carrick ran out 5–2 victors in the first leg away from home thanks to a first half hat trick from striker Danny Gibson and a 2 goals from veteran playmaker Paul Heatley. In the second leg at Loughview Leisure Arena,
Taylors Avenue Carrick secured survival with a 3–1 victory (8-3 agg) thanks to two more goals from Heatley & one from Gibson. The 2024/2025 season saw Carrick knocked out of the
BetMcLean League Cup in round 1 by
Queen's University whilst reaching the Quarter Final of the
Irish Cup to be knocked out by eventual winners
Dungannon Swifts 3–1 at home. Carrick also reached the Quarter Final of the
County Antrim Shield losing to eventual winners
Glentoran 2–0 at
The Oval. ==New ownership==