Sixty years old in 2004, Gosport Borough Athletic Club was founded just two weeks after the D-Day landings in 1944 in an initiative to bring back organised football, athletics, swimming and cycling to the town after a break of several years.

In their first season the football section of the club won the Portsmouth & District League Division 1 under the guidance of former Southampton player, Stan Cribb. The line-up at that time included Jimmy Scoular and Peter Harris who both went on to become full internationals.

For their second season, the club was accepted into the Hampshire League and won the Division 1 title at its first attempt. This feat was nor repeated for 31 seasons despite being a major force in Hampshire football during that period.

After winning successive Hampshire League titles in 1976/7 and 1977/8, Gosport were elected to the Southern Football League. In the first 4 seasons, the club never finished outside the top four and when the League restructured for the start of 1982/3, Gosport were placed in the Premier Division.

Two years later Gosport lost their Premier Division status and were relegated to the Southern Division. However the team bounced straight back the following season with an incredible run of 16 wins in the final 19 games. In the final match they needed to win to secure promotion and they demolished Salisbury City by 5-0 in front of over 1500 spectators.

In 1987/8 relegation threatened but a run to the Final of the Hampshire Senior Cup lifted spirits. After winning the Final at The Dell, beating Farnborough Town, the team put together a good run of league results and relegation was averted.

The club enjoyed its highest ever finish in 1988/9 finishing 7th in the Premier Division. However a mass exodus of players and change of management saw the club relegated to the Southern Division at the end of the next season and 2 years later they were relegated again to the Sydenhams Wessex League. After relegation the then Chairman, Ian Hay, appointed Roger Sherwood as Manager. The club had three good seasons under Sherwood but the only trophy win was the Wessex League Cup in 1992/3.

After Sherwood's departure at the start of the 1995/96 season, the Management Committee undertook a review of the Club's policies. It was decided to commence a period of financial consolidation and re-structuring. Three former Gosport players (John Hawes, Dave Pitt and Barry Cook) took up the running of the team with a new emphasis on forming a team of locally based players and developing an extensive youth policy.

In 1997, Boro' approached Gomer Football Club, a successful youth club to form an affiliation. Not only did it given the senior club the ability to tap into local talent as it emerges through the ranks, but it also gives boys the opportunity to aim for a higher standard of football than they might normally achieve when youth football ended. Nevertheless, Boro's position in the Sydenhams Wessex League continued to deteriorate. Dave Pitt and Barry Cook resigned in October 1999 after a particularly difficult start to the season. John Hawes became Chairman of the Club but resigned from that position after one year to return to his coaching role.

During this period, Ian Hay restructured the Club's finances and implemented a new and relatively unique Trustee Scheme which it is hoped will give Gosport Borough a firm financial base for the future. Dave Taviner (another former player) took over as Caretaker Manager until former Reserve Manager Mick Marsh was appointed as the new First Team Manager in December 1999.

At the start of the 2000/01 season, Vice-Chairman John Stimpson was elected to the Chairmanship of the Club. He immediately agreed with Mick Marsh that the Club should continue to develop young local players and also look to include a mix of a few more experienced players in the First Team.

Marsh, along with his assistant Gary Lee had five seasons at the helm. In that period the Club's gradual decline was halted and Boro' were once again heading in the right direction. In Marsh's five seasons the club finished in the top four on four occasions and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase in 2003/04.

With Marsh retiring from the game at the end of the 2004/05 season to move to Spain, the club appointed John Robson his successor but Robson's tenure only lasted a few months and in December 2005 the Club appointed Alex Pike as first team manager. Alex has the honour of being the Wessex League's most successful manager having won league and league cup honours on several occasions with his teams and also winning the FA Vase with Wimborne Town in 1992.

After becoming the first Wessex Premier Division champions in 2006/2007, the club were promoted to the Southern League South & West Division for season 2007/2008. The campaign proved to be one of significant consolidation finishing 11th from which a push for promotion will be made in 2008/2009.