The club was established in 1982 as a successor to Elburton Red Triangle FC. They joined the Plymouth & District League and went on to win the Division One title in 1990–91. The 1994–95 season saw the club win the league's Throgmorton Cup, beating Weston Mill Oak Villa in the final. In 2007 the Devon County League merged with the
South Western League to form the
South West Peninsula League, with Elburton becoming members of the Premier Division. The club were relegated to Division One West after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in
2015–16. They were Division One West runners-up the
following season. In
2017–18 the club finished third in Division One West and were promoted to the Premier Division in place of
Stoke Gabriel, who had requested to be relegated. Following league reorganisation at the end of the
2018–19 season, they were placed in the Premier Division East. ==Ground==