The club was founded as '''Old St Stephen's FC''' in
1880 in
Westminster, although it soon moved out to play in
Denmark Hill and
Nunhead. In
1892 the club was a founder member of the
Southern Alliance, one of the first attempts at a league in southern England, and topped the table before the competition was abandoned before the
1892–93 season was out. In 1894 the club went on to become a founder member of the
Southern League Second Division and finished third in its inaugural season; however the club lost a
test match against
Royal Ordnance Factories and did not achieve promotion to the First Division. The club continued to play in the Southern League under the Old St Stephen's name for another three seasons, never performing better than during its inaugural season. and continued to play until the
1901–02 season. Gaining the nickname of "the Bushmen", the club moved to
Wormholt Farm, but when that site was threatened with development in 1904, Shepherd's Bush built and moved into the
Loftus Road ground nearby, playing its first game there against
Old Malvernians on 22 October 1904. and a year later the
Isthmian League, where it played until the outbreak of
World War I. as it is today During wartime, Shepherd's Bush F.C. was unable to play any further fixtures and disbanded in 1915. In 1917, the ground, Loftus Road, was taken over by
Queens Park Rangers, which continues to occupy it. ==Colours==