Wokingham Town Football Club was founded in 1875, which makes them the fourth oldest club in Berkshire, with only Reading, Abingdon, and Maidenhead having been formed only a few years earlier.

The club's original ground was in Oxford Road, but after a few years a pitch was laid out on the cricket ground in Wellington Road. In 1896 a further switch was made to Langborough Road and some ten years later the club moved to their long term ground in Finchamstead Road.

Town entered the Ascot & District league and quickly consolidated their position in local football, so much so, that in the 1909-10 season tickets were selling at 2s 6d each. In 1910-11 Wokingham Athletics second eleven joined forces with Town and that there is little doubt that this paved the way to the club's first championship in the following season. By 1911-12 Wokingham were unchallenged leaders of local football and the following year they enjoyed their most successful season when they won the Ascot League and the Camberley Hospital Cup.

After the 1st World War a dispute broke out between the Wokingham and the league, which led to the clubs' withdrawal, and in 1921 they entered two teams in the Reading Temperance League. In this first season Wokingham reached the semi finals of the Reading Town Cup and the Berks & Bucks Junior cup, both for the first time.

The year 1928 was another important milestone in Town's history, for not only was it the league championship won for the second time, but also the purchase of the Finchamstead Road ground was completed.

The new grandstand and pavilion were built at a cost of £630, and they were officially opened in 1939, with a special match against Chelsea FC, who won 5-2 before a crowd of 900.

In 1940 the supporters club was founded and their remarkable talent for raising funds allowed the rise from junior football to senior football in the years that followed. In 1953 the final of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup was reached for the first time, and the stage was set for entry into Senior Amateur football. The club joined the Metropolitan League and subsequently transferred to the Delphian league.

The 1957-58 season brought a memorable Amateur cup run, which saw the club reach the quarter finals, before losing 3-2 at Crook Town in front of a crowd of nearly 10,000. In 1959 Town were admitted to the Corinthian league, in 1962 the switch was made to the Athenian league, and then to the Isthmian League in 1973. 1969 saw the club's first success in the Berks & Bucks senior cup, when strong Slough side was defeated in the final at Loakes Park, High Wycombe.

1981-82 season saw Wokingham win the Isthmian league division 1 title by 13 points. In 1982-83 they finished 17th in the Premier division and reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, when they took Cardiff City to a replay. They also won the Berks & Bucks senior cup against Bracknell 2-0. 1983-84 saw them finish in 8th place after a bad start. 1984-85 saw a 4th place finish, the last 16 of the FA Trophy and another Berks & Bucks cup win, this time over Chesham.
 
 

Injury problems in the 1985-86 season saw Town finish 10th, in 1986-87 they flirted with relegation finishing in 16th. 1987-88 saw Town just miss out on the AC Delco Cup when they lost their semi final 4-1 on aggregate to Hayes, the Berks & Bucks cup final was lost 3-2 to Windsor & Eton. They reached the semi final of the FA Trophy losing to Telford and finished 5th in the league.

1989-90 saw Town reach the semi final of the AC Delco and finish 2nd in the league, only just missing out on promotion to the Conference on the last day of the season. Town could only manage mid table in 1990-91 and in 1991-92 they finished 5th with wins over league winners Woking and the double over runners up Enfield.
1992-93 was another struggle as Town only just managed to stay clear of relegation. In 1993-94 Wokingham spent most of the season in the bottom 3, safety only guaranteed on the final day with a win at Basingstoke Town. In 1994-95 Town finally got relegated scoring only 39 goals in 42 matches.

In 1995-96 Town finished 11th in division 1 and once again picked up the Berks & Bucks Cup with a 1-0 over Aylesbury at the not very neutral venue of Aylesbury's ground. Steve Darlington getting the late winner. In 1996-97 Town finished in 14th place. 1997-98 saw Town get off to a poor start winning only 5 of the first 20 league games. They only got two more wins that season and were relegated with 2 games left in 20th place.

1998-99 was Wokingham's last season at Finchamstead Road after 93 years, but unfortunately began with what was the club's worst start to a season ever. 14 straight defeats saw Town firmly rooted to the bottom of the table, only the poor form of the other teams immediately above them keeping them in touch. This record breaking run even produced a full page article in the Guardian national newspaper. Christmas came and with only 7 points Wokingham looked set for a second successive relegation. However a good run from January onwards saw Town pick up 19 points from a possible 24 and move off the bottom of the table for the first time. Further good results meant Town quickly climbed out of the bottom three, securing safety with 3 games left and they finished in 18th place. The last game of the season was also the last ever game to be played at Wokingham's historic old ground Finchamstead Road. In what was a wonderful occasion Town played champions Bedford who were presented with the trophy, a 2-0 win ensued which brought a fitting end to this great old stadium.

1999-00 was a season of consolidation after the previous year's struggles, although a final position of 12th was achieved this was much lower than seemed likely at one stage. The first season ground sharing with Windsor & Eton was a mixed one, with the team winning only one more game at home than on their travels and falling at the first stage of ever cup competition except the county cup.