The club was founded in 1912 as a
works team for the
Reyrolles company. Playing under the company name, they joined Division Two of the Jarrow and District Junior League. After
World War I they joined Division One of South Shields Combination League, and were league champions in 1966–67. In 1986 they were renamed Hebburn Reyrolles, before changing their name to Hebburn in 1988. In 1989 they moved up to Division Two of the Northern League, and after finishing fourth in
1991–92, a season that also saw them win the Durham Challenge Cup for a second time, However, they finished in the bottom two in their
first season back in Division One and were relegated again. A third-place finish in Division Two in
2011–12 saw Hebburn promoted to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the
2013–14 season. In
2017–18 the club were Division Two runners-up, resulting in promotion to Division One. In
2019–20 they won the
FA Vase, beating
Consett 3–2 in a match that was delayed until May 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. After the
2020–21 season was also curtailed, the club were promoted to Division One East of the
Northern Premier League. They won the Northern League's JR Cleator Cup in July 2021, defeating
West Auckland Town 3–1 in the final. The
2022–23 season saw Hebburn finish third in Division One East, qualifying for the promotion play-offs and going on to lose 3–2 on penalties to
Long Eaton United in the semi-finals after a 2–2 draw. In the same season the club won the
Durham Challenge Cup for a third time, defeating
Spennymoor Town on penalties in the final. The
following season saw Hebburn win the Division One East title, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In
2025–26 they were Northern Premier League champions and gained promotion to the
National League North. ==Honours==