The club was established in 1888 following a suggestion from the local cricket club. In 1892 they won their first trophy, the
Norfolk Junior Cup, beating the
Great Yarmouth Town second team 3–1 in a replay after the initial final had ended 0–0. In 1906 Diss joined the Norwich and District League. and were runners-up in 1955–56. They won the league cup the following season, and again in 1959–60 (shared with
Gothic) and 1960–61. After finishing third, sixth and fourth, they won Division One in 1991–92 and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following season they finished as runners-up in the Premier Division and won the Norfolk Senior Cup again, beating
Wroxham 4–0. Diss won the Senior Cup for the third time in 2002–03, beating Great Yarmouth Town 4–1 in the final, and retained it the following season by beating Wroxham 3–0. In 2005 they reached the final for a third consecutive season, but lost on penalties to Wroxham. At the end of the
2006–07 season the club were relegated to Division One after finishing third-from-bottom of the Premier Division. In 2008–09 they won the Division One Cup, beating
Hadleigh United 1–0 in the final. They returned to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in
2010–11. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the
2014–15 season when they finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division. When Division One was split in 2018, the club were placed in Division One North. ==Ground==