The club was established in 1933 as the
works team of
Lockheed Borg & Beck, gaining the nickname "the Brakes" as a result of the products manufactured by the company. After two third-place finishes the club joined the
Birmingham Combination in 1949. In 1960 the league was reduced to a single division and the club were champions in 1961–62. The Birmingham & District League was renamed the
West Midlands (Regional) League in 1962 and Leamington retained their league title in 1962–63 and then joined the
Midland League. After finishing third in their first season, they won the Midland League title in 1964–65. In
1974–75 they reached the first round of the
FA Cup for the first time, losing 2–1 at home to
Southend United. Another first round appearance the
following season ended with a 3–2 defeat at home to
Stafford Rangers in front of a record crowd of 3,200. In both of the next two seasons they finished in the bottom two of the Midland Division, and at the end of
the second the club dropped into the
Midland Combination Premier Division. After losing their Windmill Ground, they went into abeyance at the end of the 1987–88 season. In 2000 the club was reactivated, joining Division Two of the Midland Combination. They won Division Two at the first attempt, and were Division One runners-up the following season, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Following a third-place finish in 2002–03, the club were Premier Division runners-up in 2003–04 and won the league title the following season, securing promotion to the
Midland Alliance. In
2005–06 they entered the FA Cup for the first time since reforming and went on to reach the first round, eventually losing 9–1 at
Colchester United. The club were Midland Alliance champions the
following season, also winning the League Cup, and were promoted to Division One Midlands of the Southern League. Their
first season in the Southern League saw them finish as runners-up, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating
Rushall Olympic 1–0 in the semi-final, the club lost 2–1 to
Stourbridge in the final. However, they went on to win Division One Midlands in
2008–09 and were promoted to the Premier Division. Leamington finished fifth in the Premier Division in
2010–11, but lost 3–1 to
Hednesford Town in the play-off semi-finals.
Two seasons later they were Southern League champions, earning promotion to the
Conference North. After finishing thirteenth in their
first season in the division, the club ended the
2014–15 season in the relegation zone and were relegated back to the Southern League. They finished fifth in
2015–16 and reached the play-off final after beating
Redditch United 3–1 on penalties; however, they lost the final 2–1 to
Hungerford Town. The
following season saw them finish as Premier Division runners-up, and after beating
Slough Town 1–0 in the play-off semi-finals, they defeated
Hitchin Town 2–1 in the final to secure promotion back to the renamed
National League North. In
2022–23 the club finished third-from-bottom of the National League North and were relegated to the Premier Division Central of the Southern League. The
following season saw the club finish third in the Premier Division Central. In the promotion play-offs, the club beat
Redditch United 1–0 (after extra time) in the semi-finals before defeating
AFC Telford United 1–0 in the final to secure an immediate return to the National League North. ==Ground==