The club were founded in
1901 as
Sholing Athletic and spent their early days playing friendly fixtures until 1908, when they became founder members of the
Southampton League. In
1919–20 Sholing won the Senior League title and the first of three successive
Southampton Senior Cups. This saw them step up into the
Hampshire League where they won the East Division title. Playing in the County Division (later to become Division 1), Sholing settled and after finishing 6th and 5th they won the
Hampshire Senior Cup but after two tough seasons the club finished bottom and returned to the Southampton League. Now known as simply
Sholing the late Thirties were particularly successful times - in
1937–38 they were Senior League champions and Hampshire Intermediate Cup winners, the following season saw them retain the title and win the Southampton Senior Cup. After World War II the club became known as
Sholing Sports and returned to the
Hampshire League in
1946 when they were placed in Division 3 East. Back in county football and shortly after moving to their Birch Lawn home, Sholing won promotion as champions in
1952–53 before consolidating themselves in Division 2. Sholing were promoted to Division 1 in 1961-62 but struggled and dropped straight back down again, and were relegated back to Division 3 in
1964–65. In 1969-70 Sholing Sports were Division 3 East champions and in 1971–72 they finished runners-up in Division 2, winning promotion back to the top flight - and this time they were far better prepared. Sholing became one of the top clubs in the league and began entering the national competitions, the
FA Cup and
FA Vase. They enjoyed several runs in the latter competition. In
1973–74 Sholing won their first Division 1 title as well as the
Hampshire Senior Cup. The club remained regular title contenders, finishing runners-up three times before the incredible 1982–83 season when they were League champions - and they completed a treble by also winning the Hampshire Senior and Russell Cotes Cup's. The following season saw Sholing retain the league title, but were beaten finalists in the Hampshire Senior Cup. In 1984–85, Sholing were league runners-up and Hampshire Senior Cup finalists, but did gain some compensation when they again won the Russell Cotes Cup. For the 1986-87 campaign Sholing Sports became founder members of the newly formed
Wessex League, and enjoyed a debut season in which they finished 9th. However, in that season's cup competitions they reached the finals of the Southampton Senior, Russell Cotes and the inaugural Wessex League Cup - but lost all three. The early 1990s saw increasing uncertainty over their Birch Lawn ground, caused mainly by financial problems at the adjacent Social Club. Sholing Sports continued on until August 1993 when they were evicted from their ground prior to the start of the new season and this forced them to withdraw from the competition. The club continued to operate during the 1993–94 season with just an Under 18's side playing in the Hampshire Youth League but the search for a new home ground was unsuccessful and they folded. ==Honours==