Maidenhead Football Club was established
in October 1870, with the club's first match played on 17 December 1870 against
Windsor Home Park at Bond's Meadow. They were one of the fifteen clubs to play in the inaugural
FA Cup competition in
1871–72, beating
Marlow 2–0 in the first round before losing 3–0 at
Crystal Palace. The club reached the quarter finals the
following season, eventually losing 4–0 to
Oxford University. before joining the new
Great Western Suburban League alongside
Maidenhead Norfolkians in 1904. Following a meeting in April 1919 Maidenhead Norfolkians merged into the club. The newly united won the Great Western Suburban League in 1919–20, They won the Division One title in 1926–27, before being placed in Division One West in 1928 amidst league reorganisation. The club were Division One West runners-up in 1928–29 before being placed in the Premier Division the following season. They then joined the newly formed
Corinthian League. The club won the league's Memorial Shield in 1956–57 and were league champions the following season. After winning the league again in 1960–61, they won the league and Memorial Shield double in 1961–62. In their
first season in the division, another FA Cup first round appearance saw them lose 2–0 at
Coventry City. They reached the first round again in
2019–20, losing 3–1 at home to
Rotherham United. The
2019–20 National League season was officially curtailed on 31 March 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, requiring the outcome of the final table to be decided on a
points per game basis. Maidenhead were narrowly spared from relegation to the National League South after Ebbsfleet United were relegated by 0.002 of a point. After finishing third-from-bottom of the National League in
2024–25 Maidenhead were relegated to the National League South. They finished seventh in the division the
following season, before losing 2–0 to
Dorking Wanderers in the play-off quarter-finals. ==Other teams==