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 1947 Jack Rawlings and Len West both gained international caps  and 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. During this 1970s  period Enfield defeated football league clubs  Wimbledon & Northampton Town in the F A cup.

Enfield joined the Alliance Premier League(Now Conference) in 1981-82 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 the 1980s  the FA Trophy was won in 1982 and  in 1988 with "Lincoln City and  Barrow" being beaten en route .Also during this period   Football League clubs Wimbledon (again) Hereford , Port Vale, Exeter  and  Orient all succumbed to Enfield  in the F A cup .  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 on goal difference by just one goal !   1996-97 season saw them finish runners up for a second successive season, But Enfield did have more F A cup success during the 1990s defeating Aldershot, Torquay, Cardiff  & Chesterfield  . The Southbury Road stadium was controversially sold for development In 1999 , Decline set in and after struggling to preserve their Premier Division status during 1999/00/01/02 .   The E's were relegated for only the second time in their history at the end of the 2002-03 season followed by a second successive relegation in 2003-04 into division 2. Enfield were now being run by a new committee from November 2003 as they started the long hard  journey to remove the club from the former owners failed business.  The new committee that came into the club during the 2003/04 season had a successful first season in Ryman division 2 which saw the E's win promotion into the Southern League East division 1 ,E's ended this season with a mid table finish secured . Season 2006/07  saw the E's moved back to Ryman division 1 with another mid table finish . But another cruel twist forced the E's to resign and restart as Enfield 1893 FC  after the fight to remove the club from the former owners debt was lost and E's  found themselves in the Essex senior League. E's finished  season 2007/08  as Runners up on goal difference  and look to go one better in 2008/09.