Dudley Town Football Club was founded in 1888 by a group of gentleman from Dudley St John's and members of the disbanded rugby club. The club had a very chequered begining playing friendly and West Midland Amateur League Matches. In June 1898 it was decided that Dudley should have a Birmingham League team, made up from both Dudley Town and Dudley St John's and that they should play on the latter's ground at Shavers End, playing there until 1911/1912 when they moved on to the Birmingham Road Cricket Ground where they remained until the onset of the First World War.The Club was reformed in 1928/29 and entered the Cradley Heath and District League taking over the fixtures of Dudley West End. A red letter day in the clubs history was in September 1932 with the opening of the Sports Centre. During this era Dudley Town won the Worcestershire Combination in 1931/32 and the Birmingham Combination in 1933/34, becoming succumbing to financial problems in 1938. The end of the Second World War again saw the resurrection of the club, this time in the Birmingham Combination. The Club rejoined the Birmingham League in 1953/54 but suffered their worse spell of results and were unable to finish outside the bottom three until 1963.

From this time the clubs playing position and financial situation improved, joining the Southern Premier League for the 1981/82 season, winning the Midland Division in 1984/85. Sadly in the May of 1985 disaster struck when the lime stone caverns under the nearby County Cricket Ground collapsed and without any warning the council closed the 30,000 capacity ground, which was destined never to be opened again.The club took the decision to purchase the Round Oak Stadium in Brierley Hill after a long battle with the council and local residents. Unfortunately, the enforced ground share for two years prior to this took it's toll financially forcing the club to look for a major sponsor, even after this, large debts and excessive rate demands forced the closure of the club at the end of the 1996/97 season.

In late 1997, Dudley Club President Nevil Jeynes reformed the club and with a new committee now in place, applied for and were accepted into The West Midlands (Regional) League, (Formly the Birmingham League), exactly 100 years after joining it. The 'Robins' were enrolled into The Premier Division for thestart of the 1998/99 season. After two years ground sharing with Gornal Athletic, the club left the Borough Of Dudley to move to The Beeches, home of Tividale FC. However after a four year exile, Dudley are back in the Borough and for the next five years, will play at The War Memorial Ground, Amblecote, Stourbridge.