Founded in August 1893 as Enfield Spartans by John Bruce Skinner the club spent their initial season playing friendlies. They entered their first league the Tottenham & District Junior Alliance for the season 1894-95. Moving to the larger Tucker's Field they joined the North Middlesex League in 1896 which was won in 1901-02 and 1902-03 after which 'senior' status was attained. In 1900 the Spartans was dropped which was accompanied by a move to Cherry Orchard Lane in 1903 and they joined the London League (Div2) which was won in 1911 and promotion to the Premier Division. In 1912 Enfield FC was invited to become a founder member of the Athenian League and in 1913-14 the Middlesex Senior cup was won for the first time.
Football was suspended during WW1 and on resumption they spent a season in the Middlesex & London league before returning to the Athenian League in 1921 a championship that was not won until 1961-62 and was retained in 1962-63. In1934-35 Enfield finished second in the league reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup and won the London senior Cup for the first time before moving to a new purpose built stadium at Southbury Road in 1936. The Athenian league was suspended during WWII although the E's did compete in the Herts & Middx Combination for a short period. In 1945 Jack Rawlings and Len West both gained international capsand Hendon were defeated 1-0 in the Middlesex Senior Cup final at White Hart Lane in 1959-60 England Amateur international centre forward Tommy Lawrence netted a club record 49 goals in one season. In 1963 Enfield Hendon Hitchin and Sutton were invited to join the Isthmian League Enfield were particularly successful during this period as they finished champions on seven occasions including two hat tricks. In 1966-67 and 1969-70 the FA Amateur Cup was won and there were further visits to the twin towers as they reached the 1963-64 and 1971-72 finals. Enfield also won the European Amateur Cup in 1970 and the Hitachi Challenge Cup in 1979 and 1980 as well as the Middlesex and London senior cups on numerous occasions.
Enfield joined the Alliance Premier League in 1981-81 and found immediate success. Having finished runners up at the first attempt they went one better in 1982-83 by securing the championship on the last day of the season at the home of the previous champions Runcorn. This was won for a second time in 1985-86, but relegation overtook them in a disastrous 1989-90 campaign. During this period the FA Trophy was won in 1982 and 1988. Enfield won the 1994-95 Isthmian league title by fourteen points and the following season finished level on points but lost the title to Hayes by just one goal! 1996-97 saw them finish runners up for a second successive season. Decline set in and after struggling to preserve there Premier Division status during 1999-2000 & 2001-02 2003, The E's were relegated for only the second time in there history at the end of the 2002-03 season followed by a second successive relegation in 2003-04 into division 2. Enfield were being run by a new committee from November 2003 as they started the long hard journey to remove the club from the previous owners failing business
The new committee that came in to the club during the 20003/04 season had a sussesfull first full season in Ryman Division 2 saw the E's win promotion and were promoted to the Southern League division 1 east for the 2005/06 season and in 2006/07 were moved back into the Ryman division 1 north, After finishing mid table in the 06/07 season the club had to restart and rename its self "Enfield 1893 FC" after the fight to remove the club from the debt of the former owner's business was lost and Enfield will now start the 2007/08 season in the Essex Senior League
