Southampton Spitfires were founded in 2001, and began as an inline hockey club at the University of Southampton. Since the founding of the Spitfires the club has gone from strength to strength, competing in a range of leagues and winning many trophies.

In 2006 the Spitfires began their ice hockey legacy, entering into the British Universities Ice Hockey Association (BUIHA), competing in division 2, and despite being newcomers to the competition the Spitfires were fighting for top place in the southern conference. The next season saw the Spitfires step up to division one, and have gone from strength to strength culminating the winning the 2011 BUIHA nationals at Ice Sheffield.
Whilst the ice hockey was flourishing, the inline hockey was also reaping the rewards of hard training and years of experience, winning the 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Universities Inline Hockey Championship, adding to the Spitfires trophy cabinet, making the Spitfires the most sucessful Inline/Ice hockey club to date.