1906
Teams Playing Social Games
It is interesting to note, in addition to the usual community involvement, there were a large percentage of teams from business houses, others through sporting organisations and even religions!
Bakers played in white guernsey with blue sash. Banks, Broadmarsh, Bridgewater captained by C. Bell wore red & black. Buckingham Rovers (red & green), Butchers, City (Hobart), Claremont (red & yellow) with Cressy (red & blue). Davis, Early Bathing Football Club, Empire, Excelsior, Gould's Country, Kingston, Metropolitan, Nugent (formed in 1906), Presbyterians, St. Helen's, Surprise Football Club captained by O. Harris wore (black & white), Tattersalls and Trinity.
1909
Holebrook Football Association
Training College, premiers, Buckingham, runners-up. Games were played at New Town Reserve, Elwick Show Grounds, and for the first time Melville Street Football Ground, established that year..
1909
Clubs playing in Social matches
Tunnack, South Arm, Claremont, Brighton Junction, Woodsdale captain T.E. Wagner, Government Printing Office, T. J. Cane & Company captain G. Sherwood, vice-captain Grant, Walch Brothers, Dreadnoughts, IXL, Kettering, Glenorchy, Abattoirs (Hobart), St. Davids, Brisbane Rovers, Brighton, Kingston, St. George's, captain S. Wells, Fitzroy captain C. Goodwin, United, Lachlan, Fitzgeralds, Molesworth, Woodbridge Rokeby, Brownell Brothers captain Tom Rowlands, Standfast captain E. Cohen vice-captain R. Reid, Gordon, Dromedary, Runnymede, Excelsior formed in 1909 as an off-spring of Excelsior Cricket Club colours Blue and Gold, Buckingham, New Town Rovers, Buckland, Burn's Creek (Midlands),Trinity Hill, North Bruny, Regatta Point.
1910
Holebrook Association
Buckingham, premiers, Training College and New Town Rovers.
1912
Teams Playing Social Games
Social football was common during these times due to a number of circumstances, including availability of players, grounds, umpires and the like.
The following clubs were recorded playing these in 1912: Hope of Hobart, Juvenile Temple #8, Boy's Home, Buckland, Nugent, Sandy Bay Rovers, Claremont, Corporation, Bagdad, Brighton Rovers, Cascade Brewery, North Bridgewater, Excelsior, Bream Creek, Lindisfarne, captained by L.G. Wilson & D. Scott, South Hobart, Standfast, Kingston, who were captained by A.Tringrove, Battery Point, Crescent, West Hobart, Buckingham, captain, O. Morgan, Rokeby, Margate, who also had two captains, B. Mudge & A. Cordwell, Woodsdale, Mt. Seymour, Sandfly, Swansea, Queensborough, Whiteford, Y.M.C.A., Runnymede, Spring Bay and Wellington Rovers.
It can be seen from the many teams involved and spread far and wide throughout the state, clubs were prepared to travel, irrespective of the transport and distance just to be involved in a game of Australian Rules!
1976
Southern Tasmanian Football Association (STFA)
Formerly known as the Associated Youth Clubs Football Association, the (STFA) Association was formed in 1976 and the competition lasted until 1986.
It was Lachlan with a score of 14.11 (95) who beat Maydena11.9 (75) in the last grand-final played in 1986 which was played at the Hamilton Showgrounds on 5th September. It was also interesting to note that Lachlan achieved the double by winning both the inaugural and last premierships.
Association clubs were: Bothwell, Buckingham, Cambridge, Lachlan, Maydena, Metropolitan, North Derwent, Railway, Risdon Cove, Risdon Vale, Upper Derwent and West Hobart.