The Reserves of the old Salisbury City club were a founder member of what is now the Wiltshire Senior League in Season 1976-77 forming part of the first ever top division of the league. Unfortunately, it was not a successful first season for Salisbury who were relegated to Division 2 after finishing fourth from bottom. However, they were to remain in Division 2 for just one season as a third place finish the next season saw them immediately promoted back to the top division. They were to remain in Division 1 for the next four seasons with their best finish being an eighth spot in Season 1979-80. After finishing in 13^th place in Season 1981-82 they dropped out of the league.

Other than a season in the Wessex Combination, a reserve division of the Wessex League, in 2001-02 and one season in the Premier Division of the Hampshire Combination and Development League in Season 2012-13 it has not been possible to find any details of the second team from the old Salisbury City club, which got into financial difficulties and folded in 2014.

The current Salisbury FC is a phoenix club. The new club began in December 2014 when Salisbury FC Ltd was incorporated and created by a consortium of five – David Phillips, Ian Ridley, Jeremy Harwood, Graeme Mundy, and Steve Claridge, the latter also having the role of first team manager. After buying the remaining assets of predecessor club Salisbury City FC from the administrators, they started the huge task of creating a football club from scratch.

By early April 2015 a new lease had been obtained on the Raymond McEnhill Stadium which had been purpose-built in 1997 for the old club, enabling Salisbury FC to apply to the FA seeking a competitive league for the 2015-16 Season. The stadium had been locked and shuttered for a year, with the grass on the pitch extremely high, and much work was needed both on and off the pitch to bring it back into use. Supporters of the old club, desperate to see football back at the ground again, worked hard with other volunteers to get it all up and running in time for the first game in April 2015.

In May 2015, the FA placed the new club in the Sydenhams Wessex League Premier Division. For the loyal supporters and fans, 18 months of hurt and pain following the messy demise of Salisbury City was eased as they finally watched their new team line up for the first time. What a season the re-born club was to have as the took the Wessex Premier Division title in their first season, losing just three games all season to gain promotion to the Southern League. They also made the quarter-finals of the Sydenhams Wessex League Cup, were runners-up in the Wiltshire Senior Cup, and after an excellent campaign in the FA Vase went out in the semi-finals, just missing out on a trip to Wembley that could have been that extra cherry on the icing on the cake in a superb inaugural season.

Salisbury appear to have re-established a second side in Season 2016-17, entering a side in the Hampshire Combination and Development League. That season saw them finish in a creditable fourth spot, but the following season was to be an incredibly successful one as they secured the Midweek Division title winning 15 of their 16 league games and finishing 13 points ahead of runners-up Poole Town. The following season saw them playing in the Premier Division of the Hampshire Combination and Development League but this was to be a contrasting season to that title winning one as they finished bottom of the table. Salisbury were again in the Premier Division of the Hampshire Combination and Development League in Season 2020-21and after a mid-table finish, they elected to join the Wiltshire Senior League for Season 2021-22. Salisbury FC Development made a great start to their first season in the league and were up amongst the leading sides after the first few months of the season. They eventually finished in seventh spot level on points with Calne Town Reserves and would no doubt have finished higher if their leading striker Devon Arnold had played all season, but the impressive youngster made the step up to the first team midway through the season. Teams very much enjoyed playing at the fabulous Raymond McEnhill Stadium and the young Salisbury side won a lot of plaudits for their style of football that they played. Hopefully they will remain part of the league for many seasons to come although do not bet against a promotion to the Wessex League at some stage in the future.

Salisbury Development had a difficult start to the 2022-23 Season, being unable to raise a side in three of their fixtures in those first few months of the season. However, they were to have an impressive second half to the season and but for a four-point deduction for those postponements early in the season when they struggled to raise a side would have finished well clear of the drop zone. Expect the young Salisbury side to have a much better season in 2023-24 when they are expected to be challenging at the top end of the table rather than flirting with relegation at the bottom end of the table.