East Lambton Rangers first played in the 1933 season. A Newcastle Sun article reported on the upcoming Newcastle Association season where Broadmeadow will take on a new club, East Lambton in the first round of the third-grade competition. (The Newcastle Sun, 24 Mar 1933, page 10) East Lambton's colours were blue and yellow.
East Lambton played out of Griffith Flat. Lambton Griffith’s Flat was the area around the southern section of Verulam Road and Bindera Road. Today, it is called Johnson Park, named after a former mayor of Lambton. The ground was secured by lease from the Lands Department.
The new ground at East Lambton was improved for the club's first season in 1933, however, the ground was criticised due the muddy and smelly state of the ground as a result poor drainage. (Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 22 Jun 1934, page 19)
The club folded after the 1934 season and was revived in 1940. A meeting to revive the club proposed to field an all-age and U/17 team and to play on the old ground, Griffiths Flat. (The Newcastle Sun, 6 April 1940, page 6) The condition of ground could have prompted the committee to apply for the use of New Lambton Oval for the 1941 season. (The Newcastle Sun, 20 February1941, page 12) However, the revived club played for only two seasons, 1940 and 1941. Perhaps the Second World War (1939-1945) was a factor in the club's demise because Johnson Park was a base for a battery of fake anti-aircraft guns. The battery took up the entire field which meant it could not be played on.