1886
Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA)
The NTFA emerged in 1886 to become one of three major competitions in Tasmania and reigned supreme in the North/North-East region of the State until 1986, when a State-wide competition commenced.
From within the centre of Launceston the NTFA was formed to create a strong competition with the following member clubs: Launceston, Fitzroy, North Launceston, Longford, Scottsdale, South Launceston, East Launceston, City, Essendon, Cornwell, City South, Deloraine and George Town.
Surveyed in 1826, Launceston was named after a town in the United Kingdom, the birth place of Philip Gidley King, third Governor of the Colony of New South Wales. In the 1830’s, Launceston was a whaling port and agricultural district. It was proclaimed a Municipality in 1852, a town in 1858 and a City in 1888. Launceston was the first city in Australia to have underground sewers, and the first City to be lit with hydroelectricity.
1906
Meander Football Association
Deloraine.
1909
Medhurst Football Association
Clubs: Deloraine premiers, Dunorlan runner-up, Elizabeth Town, Red Hills.
1910
Medhurst Association
Westbury Wanderers premiers, and Deloraine.
1987
Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL)
The NTFL was formed in the early part of 1987, by both the NTFA and NWFU merging to become the NTFL. This was caused as a result of the TANFL creating a Statewide competition known as the TFL State-Wide League (TSWL) that commenced in 1986.
The TANFL granted the NTFL Second Tiered Status which was retained until 1998. The home base for the NTFL was in central Devonport.
The NTFL participated in the annual Victorian Country Championships, as it happened the exercise was a financial loss, that caused the NTFL to withdraw after three years in 1989. Instead, the NTFL played matches against the TANFL Under 23’s, the Southern Football League and the Tasmanian Amateur State Team.
Teams that participated in NTFL from 1987 included: Burnie, Deloraine, East Devonport, George Town, Latrobe, Launceston, Longford, Penguin, Scottsdale, Smithton, Ulverstone and Wynyard,
1997
Northern Tasmanian Football Association (Division 1)
Teams competing were: Bracknel, Bridgenorth, Deloraine, George Town, Hillwood, Longford, Rocherlea, Scottsdale and University-Mowbray.
2020
Boag’s Shield
In 2020 the NTFA informed its clubs that due to the impact of Coronavirus, the board of management decided to suspend competition for both Premier and Divion 1. However, in the interim, the NTFA had arranged an (opt-in) competition for the season known as the Boag’s Shield.
Clubs from both divisions were given the opportunity to compete.
Rocherlea, Deloraine, Bridgenorth and Bracknell from the Premier Division, and University, Scottsdale, Old Scotch, Old Launcestonians and Meander Valley from Division 1, made-up the competition, that was played at Deloraine Oval. With shorter quarters, finals over two weeks and an equaliser for Division 1 clubs.