The club was established in 1921 as
Cockfosters Athletic and joined the Barnet League. Cockfosters Juniors merged into the club at the start of the 1930s, and they subsequently joined the Wood Green League. The 1938–39 season saw them win the Premier Division, League Cup and Barnet Cup. In 1968 "Athletic" was dropped from the club's name. They won the
London Intermediate Cup in 1970–71, and won the Aubrey Cup again in 1984–85. The 1989–90 season saw them win the London Intermediate Cup for a second time, beating Port of London Authority 1–0 in the final. In 1990 Cockfosters moved up to the Premier Division of the
Spartan League. When the league merged with the
South Midlands League to form the Spartan South Midlands League in 1997, the club were placed in the Premier Division South. After finishing bottom of the division in the
1997–98 season, they were placed in the Senior Division for the
following season; the division was renamed Division One in 2001. In
2006–07 Cockfosters were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The
following season saw them win the league's Floodlit Cup. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the
2008–09 season. The
2012–13 season saw them finish as Division One runners-up again, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. In
2013–14 they won the league's Challenge Trophy and Floodlit Cup. At the end of the
2018–19 season Cockfosters were transferred to the
Essex Senior League. They were moved back to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League in 2022. In
2024–25 the club finished third in the Premier Division and qualified for the promotion play-offs, subsequently losing on penalties to
Maccabi London Lions in the semi-finals. ==Ground==