Peterhead is a fishing port in the far north-east of Scotland. The club was formed in 1890, adopting a patch of land in Raemoss Park as their home ground, which was renamed Recreation Park and opened in 1891. The club joined the six-team Aberdeenshire League in 1900. They remained playing at this level until the early 1930s when they stepped up to the Highland League, regarded as the strongest of the competitions outside the Scottish League itself.