The club joined the Welsh Football League for the 1956–57 season, and immediately saw success, finishing as runners-up in Welsh Football League Division Two East. They remained in the Welsh League until leaving the league after the 1997–98 season. The club folded the following year.
The club's best performance was the 1974–75 when they finished as runners-up by one point to Newport County's reserves side, in Premier Division, which was the top tier of league football in the south of Wales at the time.
The Club reformed in 2010 with Micky Evans(Life President), Dean Gauvain and Rachel Millard the driving force behind a rejuvenated Ferndale Athletic Football Club, initially running junior football teams in the Aberdare Rhondda Merthyr Football League.
They are now for the first time since 1998 running a senior team playing in The Rhondda Football League on the newly re-furbished and relayed 4G pitch at Darren Park.
Current Officials.
Club Secretary : Mr Rob Winder
Chairman : Mr Ceri Jones
Head Coach : Mr David Evans
