The club was established in 1910, holding their first general meeting on 10 September, and immediately joined the
Exeter & District League. After
World War I the club was reformed as Crediton Association Football Club, before reverting to its previous name in August 1919. In 1962–63 the club were champions of Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Although they were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1965–66 season, having finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division, They were Premier Division champions in 1987–88 and runners-up the following season. A third-place finish in
1992–93 saw them promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained until the end of the
1995–96 season when they finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One. In 1998 Crediton resigned from the Western League due to travelling costs, dropping into the
Devon County League. In 2007 the league merged with the
South Western League to form the
South West Peninsula League, with Crediton placed in Division One East. Following league reorganisation at the end of the
2018–19 season, the club were elevated to the Premier Division East. ==Ground==