1907
Teams Playing Social Games (Statewide)
Clubs: Bakers, Bidencope & Son, Bridgewater, Buckland, Campania, Cascade Brewery, Claremont, Ellerton Football Club (near Cuprona), Glenfern, Hobart Presbyterians (formed in 1907 name changed to Taraba in April 1909), Hutchins, IXL, Kempton, Kettering, Kingston captained by ? Sherwood. Lindisfarne Longley, Margate, Melrose captained by C. Cleary, Melville Street, Methodist Football Club captain Cleve Peterson (colours black guernsey with light blue maltese cross on breast), Middleton, Molesworth, Nettlefolds, New Town Rovers, Nugent, Parattah, Plenty captained by J. Glann Junior, Queen's College, Riana captain L. Read, Saint Leonards (formed this season), Sandfly captain C. W. Burrell, Training College, Trinity.
1908
Suburban Football Association
Suburban Football Association, in conjunction with the Holbrook Cricket Association was established in April that year: Rialannah captained by J. Willing premiers, Y.M.C.A. runner-up, Lindisfarne captained by ? Fox.
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!
1996
Southern Tasmanian Football League (STFL)
Formed in 1996 from the old Huon Football Association and the Tasmanian Amateur Football League (Southern Division), it became known as the Southern Tasmanian Football League.
Its member clubs in 1996 that moved from the Tasmanian Amateur Football Association, were Lauderdale, Mangalore, Claremont, Lindisfarne, Lachlan, and Sorell. Clubs that joined from the Huon Football Association were, Kingston and Channel.
2001
SFL Clubs
Clubs participating in 2001 were, Brighton, Channel, Claremont, Clarence, Cygnet, Glenorchy Storm, Hobart, Huonville Lions, Kermandie, Kingston, Lauderdale, Lindisfarne, New Norfolk Hawks, North Hobart and Sorell.
2002
SFL: two tiered competition
In 2002 the SFL created a two tiered competition (i) Premier League, made-up from former State Wide League Clubs, Clarence, Glenorchy Storm, North Hobart, Hobart, New Norfolk, Kingston, Brighton and Sorell. (ii) Regional League, included the original clubs Channel, Claremont, Cygnet, Huonville Lions, Kermandie, Lauderdale and Lindisfarne.