rusthall football club was formed in 1899 when they registered with the kent county football association and entered the tunbridge wells league. they won their first silverware in 1904–05, winning the league. they won the league a further five times in the 1920s, and a further four times in the 1930s. during this time rusthall also won four tunbridge wells senior cups. after the second world war they won the league only once more in 1951–52 and the senior cup twice before entering the kent county football league in 1983. they won the kent county league division two west in their first season, achieving promotion to division one west, which they also won in their first season. they won the tunbridge wells senior cup a further six times before winning the west kent challenge shield in 2003–04. the following season rusthall won both division one west and the tunbridge wells senior cup, earning promotion to the premier division. for the 2011–12 season the club was accepted into the kent invicta football league at level 10 of the english football league system for the league's inaugural season.