The club was founded in 1963 by Graham White and Trevor Riddiough as a team for former students of
Primet High School. They initially played in the Nelson and Colne League and were based on a pitch at Holt House. They won the league in their first season They moved to the West Lancashire League, winning Division Two in 1971 and winning four consecutive Division One titles from 1972 to 1975. In 1974 they also finally won the Lancashire Amateur Shield in their third final. They won the Premier Division by a margin of 26 points with crowds averaging over 1,300, and reached the semi-finals of the
FA Trophy where they lost to
Conference side
Barrow. Despite winning the NPL, the club was refused promotion to the Conference as their Holt House ground did not meet the required grading. White attempted to arrange a groundshare with
Burnley (a club he had attempted to buy in 1989), reportedly offering them £500,000 to play at
Turf Moor, but was turned down. Following the rejection, plans were unveiled for a new stadium on the edge of neighbouring
Nelson. However, following a pre-season friendly against
Newcastle Blue Star in the summer of 1990, White told the players that the club was to fold. Following the Colne fiasco he quit football amidst allegations of death threats and that the money had run out. North West Counties League football returned to the town when
Colne F.C. were founded and elected straight into the league in 1996, with the new club taking over the Holt House ground. ==Colours==