The club was formed in 1965 as Loughton Boys Football Club. It started with just an under 12 team, but by 1972, it had expanded to six teams, ages ranging from under 11s to under 16s.

In the early seventies, when professional clubs weren't allowed to play Sundays. Jimmy Bloomfield, the Leyton Orient manager also managed the Loughton Boys team, that his son played for.

Terry Venables the Crystal Palace manager was also actively involved with LBFC, in his role as club president, often attending games and offering advice.

The club became popular for its football tours. Initially to locations in England and Wales. Then later, locations in Belgium, Germany, Holland and Luxembourg. This summer our Under 16s have resurrected that tradition, playing matches in Spain.
 
The clubs greatest achievement was in 1981/82, when playing in the FA Youth Cup. Our Under 18s managed by Ron Thomas had a remarkable run, knocking out, Letchworth Garden City, in the preliminary round, Royston Town in the 1st qualifying round, Tring Town in the second qualifying round, Gorleston in the first round proper and Redhill in the second round proper. The run ended when they came up against Watford in the third round. Watford with a former Loughton Boys player, Paul Franklin in their team, won the game 4-0. There was some consolation for Loughton, as Watford went on to win the Cup beating Manchester Utd in the Final. Paul Franklin went on to play for Watford's first team.

In 1990 the club acquired its own ground, where it still is today. Expansion saw it run adult teams as well as youth. This though saw the word 'Boys' dropped from the clubs title to become 'Loughton Football Club'.

Currently the club doesn't have an adult team, but it does have ten youth teams.

The last sixty years have seen the club provide football for thousands of children and a few hundred adults.

This is thanks to the efforts of several hundred wonderful coaches and officers.