Squires Gate was formed in 1948 as Squires Gate British Legion and competed in the Blackpool & District Amateur League. The team won the League's Rawling Shield in their first season. The name of the club was changed to Squires Gate F.C. in 1953. They won the League's First Division in 1955–56 and 1956–57; also the Blackwell Cup in 1958–59 and 1959–60. They spent the 1960–61 in the Fylde District League, winning the Fylde Cup and being the losing finalists in the Bannister Cup.
West Lancashire League: 1961 to 1991
The following season the club moved up to the WestLancashire League, where it spent the next thirty years. From 1961 until 1980 it was in Division Two, being promoted in 1981 as champions. In the 1986–87 season the side won the Richardson Cup.
They were elected into the North West Counties Football League for the 1991–92 season, joining Division Two for the 1991–92 season. Squires Gate won the leagues Fair Play Award for the 1993–94 season and were losing finalists in the 1997–98 Division Two Trophy. They won the 2001–02 season Division Two Trophy and then the following season they missed the runner-up spot on goal difference but were still promoted to Division One following the demise of Stand Athletic F.C. who had originally been promoted as Division Two champions. They reached their highest league placing in the 2005–06 season, also reaching the quarter finals of the FA Vase. In June 2006, the club's chairman, Phil Days, resigned with a call for the merger of the three non-league clubs in Blackpool – Squires Gate, Blackpool Mechanics and Blackpool Wren Rovers. All three clubs are located in the Squires Gate area of the town, with Squires Gate and Blackpool Wren Rovers grounds literally next door to each other on School Road, and AFC Blackpool's ground only a few hundred yards away on Jepson Way, off School Road. Days also revealed that the three clubs had held talks in 2005 about a merger with the aim being for a new merged club to reach the Northern Premier League. On 10 March 2007, Squires Gate played a home match against FC United of Manchester at Curzon Ashton's ground. The club had approached Blackpool about playing the game at Bloomfield Road but the ground was not available. The team played the match in Ashton-under-Lyne, as it was felt that FCUM fans were more likely to attend with the match being staged in the Greater Manchester area. A crowd of 1,650 saw Squires Gate lose 0–1, the club earning about £7,000. In the summer of 2012, Gate changed its Stadium name to The Royal British Legion Stadium. On 12 November 2014, Jack Sowerby, a Squires Gate F.C. player, was released by the club; he then signed a full-time contract with Fleetwood Town F.C., of the English Sky Bet league division 1. On 25 April 2015, Gate manager Dave McCann led his team to the club's highest-ever position, reaching sixth position in the NWCFL Premier Division, finishing with 67 points after playing Alsager Town. The Squires Gate team that played that day were: Fletcher, Richards, Westwood, Anderson, Ferguson, Mckenna, Penswick, Kay, Dunn, Murphy, Buchan. Subs: McCann, Lancashire, Rowley, Cunningham. The following season, manager Dave McCann's resignation was reluctantly accepted by club chairman Stuart Hopwood; he was replaced by club captain Daniel Penswick. Penswick led Gate to a 19th-place finish in the 2015/16 season, with a last-day win over Ashton Athletic, to remain in the Premier Division.
Ground
The club play at The Brian Addison Stadium, which is named after club president Brian Addison. It has seen some development since the club was elected to the North West Counties League. There is a clubhouse at the ground and floodlights. The record attendance at School Road is 600, for a pre-season friendly against Everton in 1995.
Honours
League
*Blackpool & District Amateur League, First Division champions : 1956, 1957
*West Lancashire League, Division Two champions : 1981
