Benburb Football & Athletic Club began playing competitive games in January 1899  when they lost to Cambuslang Hibs 5-0 in a Glasgow North-Eastern Cup tie at Whitefield Park. The first Benburb committee was:

President – Mr Wm. Smith
Match Secretary – Mr A. Park
Treasurer – Mr A. McDougall
Committee – Mr J. Ferguson, Mr H.M. McDonald, Mr A. Easler and Mr R.S. Montgomery

Season 1899/1900 was Benburb’s first full season although they were restricted to playing cup ties. On 30 September 1899 Benburb defeated Glasgow Hibs 13-0 in their first ever Scottish Junior Cup tie. In fact, Benburb won their first cup in that season when they defeated Elder Park 2-1 in the South Side Cup Final. The following season Benburb leased Govandale Park, their very first ground. Benburb were to remain at Govandale Park until 1911. Benburb’s first match at Govandale Park on 25 August 1900 resulted in a 4-1 win over Renfrew Victoria. Benburb, in their first full season at their new home, entered the Western League although even at that early stage in their history their ambitions lay much higher. At the turn of the last century, the Glasgow Junior League was the place to play. Alas it was very much an elitist league and as a result Benburb were to be denied entry until 1905 as they were considered not to have a big enough support. Benburb reached their first big cup final when they lost to Parkhead 3-1 in the Glasgow Junior Cup Final in 1902, but this still wasn’t enough to secure a place in the top league. Season 1904/05 saw the Glasgow Junior League introduce a second division. Benburb entered this league and won it, although this didn’t guarantee them a place in the Glasgow Junior League the following season. Thankfully Benburb were elected into the Glasgow Junior League at the AGM and from that point never looked back. Benburb’s first season in the Glasgow Junior League saw them finish a creditable fourth place. Benburb lost the use of Govandale Park at the end of season 1910/11 and for a couple of seasons played at the PSA Athletic Ground in Helen Street. The beginning of season 1913/14 saw Benburb move into Gymnasium Park and this a move that was to prove successful as the club went on to win the Glasgow Junior League for the one and only occasion.

Saturday 31 May 1924 is a day that has gone down in the history of the club as the day they won two cup finals within hours of each other. In the afternoon Benburb defeated Shawfield in the Glasgow Consolation Cup Final and in the evening the same side defeated Pollok in the Kirkwood Shield Final. What makes this feat the more remarkable is that the side played every night of the week leading up to the Saturday.

Finding themselves homeless in 1924, Benburb shared St.Anthony’s Moor Park for a season before moving to Old Tinto Park in 1925. It wasn’t until seven years later that their present ground became their permanent home with Tinto Park as we know it today being officially opened on 24 September 1932 with a 2-0 win over Maryhill Hibs. The new surroundings obviously suited them because the thirties and forties saw Benburb at their zenith. Between 1934 and 1949, the club reached the semi-final of the Scottish Junior Cup on no less than six occasions. More importantly, this passage of time also brought them two successes in the competition as they defeated Bridgeton Waverley and Yoker Athletic in the 1934 and 1936 finals respectively. In addition Benburb would go on to win the West of Scotland Cup in 1941 and 1942, Central League Cup in 1936 and become Divisional League Champions for four successive years during the Second World War.