The club was formed in 1892. The club started playing in the Swindon & District League, winning the Swindon Advertiser Cup in the 1903–04 and 1907–08 seasons, as well as also winning the league in the 1907–08 campaign. In 1909 they became one of the founder members of the
North Berks Football League. After the First World War in the 1919–20 season, the club became joint winners of the North Berkshire league, with
Abingdon Town and Long Wittenham. Two seasons later the club would go on to win the league again, but this time without having to share the honour. After winning the league title the club moved leagues and played in the
Reading and District Football league, but after no success they went back to competing in the Swindon & District League, where they won the title in the 1933–34 season. They remained in the Premier division until the end of the 1963–64 competition, when finishing bottom they were relegated to Division one. From the 1981–82 to 1993–94 season they remained in the Premier Division except for the 1987–88 and 1991–92 campaigns where they were promoted back up at the first attempt as Runners-up. Despite finishing fourth at the end of the 1993–94 campaign, the club was demoted to Division one as a result of their ground failing to have floodlights. The 2002–03 season also saw the club enter the
FA Cup for the first time, when they met
Gosport Borough in the preliminary round, but lost 2–1. The following season the club bounced back up as Champions. However the club were denied promotion to the
Southern Football League as their ground did not have a boundary fence in place, that effectively prevents people who haven't paid for entry from being able to watch matches. In the 2012–2013 season, the club achieved the Southern League Ground grading, but finished runners-up to a very strong Marlow side, and again missed out on promotion. In 2013–2014, the Freds won the uhlsport Hellenic Premier title again, and this time with the appropriate ground grading in place, saw promotion to Division One (South and West) of the Southern League. The Freds remained in the Southern League for three years, before seeing relegation back to the Hellenic League at the end of the 2016–17 season. In 2018–19, the Freds won the uhlsport Hellenic Premier title for the third time and regained their place in the Southern League, this time in the Division 1 Central section. The Reading Senior Cup was won for a further two times, in 2017-18 and 2018–19. The following two seasons at the higher level were not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they finished bottom at the end of 2021-22 and were relegated back to the Hellenic. ==Ground==