Tasmania Football

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==Regional==
Originally there was 3 senior football leagues covering the 3 populated regions:
#TANFL (Tasmanian Australian National Football League)Hobart plus New Norfolk
#NTFA (Northern Tasmania Football Association)Based in Launceston plus Scottsdale and Longford
#NWFU (North West Football Union)From Latrobe in the east to Wynyard in the west
===TANFL===
The Tasmanian Australian National Football League comprised of 6 clubs
Club 	Mascot 	Colours 	Ground
Clarence 	Kangaroos	Red & white 	Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy 	Magpies 	Black & white 	King George V Oval
Hobart 	Tigers 	Black & yellow 	TCA Ground
New Norfolk 	Eagles 	Red, black & white	Boyer Oval
North Hobart	Demons 	Blue & red 	North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 	Seagulls 	Blue & white 	Queenborough Oval
===NTFA===
The Northern Tasmania Football Association comprised of 6 clubs
Club 	Mascot 	Colours 	Ground
City-South 	Redlegs	Red & white 	Youngtown Memorial Oval
East Launceston 	Demons 	Blue & red 	York Park
Launceston 	Blues 	Blue 	Windsor Park
Longford 	Tigers 	Black & yellow	Longford Oval
North Launceston	Robins 	Black & red 	York Park
Scottsdale 	Magpies	Black & white 	Scottsdale Rec. Ground
===NWFU===
The North West Football Union comprised of 8 clubs
Club 	Mascot 	Colours 	Ground
Latrobe 	Demons 	Blue & red 	Latrobe Rec. Ground
East Devonport	Swans 	Red & white 	Girdlestone Park
Devonport 	Magpies 	Black & white 	Devonport Oval
Ulverstone 	Robins 	Black & red 	Ulverstone Rec. Ground
Penguin 	Blues 	Two tone blue 	Penguin Sports Ground
Burnie 	Tigers 	Black & yellow	West Park Oval
Cooee 	Bulldogs	Green & yellow	West Park Oval
Wynyard 	Cats 	Blue & white 	Wynyard Football Ground
In 1980, the Smithton Saints joined the NWFU to bring the league to 9 clubs.
In 1984, the NTFA expanded its competition to 8 clubs by inviting the 2 largest towns in the region, George Town and Deloraine to join.
Club 	Mascot 	Colours 	Ground
City-South 	Redlegs 	Red & white 	Youngtown Memorial Oval
East Launceston 	Demons 	Blue & red 	York Park
Launceston 	Blues 	Blue 	Windsor Park
Longford 	Tigers 	Black & yellow 	Longford Oval
North Launceston	Robins 	Black & red 	York Park
Scottsdale 	Magpies 	Black & white 	Scottsdale Rec. Ground
George Town 	Saints 	Red, black & white	George Town Oval
Deloraine 	Kangaroos	Blue & white 	Deloraine Oval
==TFL & NTFL==
In 1986, a statewide league was created. It comprised of the 6 TANFL clubs plus 2 clubs from the NTFA and a club each from the 2 cities within the NWFU, Devonport and Burnie. The Launceston clubs joined in the 1986 season with the NWFU clubs joining in 1987.
North Launceston was the most successful club in the NTFA so was an easy choice. The TFL (Tasmanian Football League) wanted York Park so East Launceston was controversially selected as the second club from the NTFA. Fortunately East Launceston merged with City-South and become the South Launceston Bulldogs. With North Launceston and South Launceston, it was the perfect scenario. South Launceston played its matches at City-South's Youngtown Memorial Oval.
Devonport FC was selected for its city whilst Cooee was selected for the Burnie club. It renamed itself as the Burnie Hawks to represent the whole city. Glenorchy were already the magpies so Devonport became the Devonport Blues.
This left the NTFA and NWFU with insignificant number of clubs. So the competitions merged to create the NTFL (Northern Tasmanian Football League).
 	pre-1987 	TFL 	NTFL
TANFL	Clarence Kangaroos 	Clarence Kangaroos 	
TANFL	Sandy Bay Seagulls 	Sandy Bay Seagulls 	
TANFL	Hobart Tigers 	Hobart Tigers 	
TANFL	North Hobart Demons 	North Hobart Demons 	
TANFL	Glenorchy Magpies 	Glenorchy Magpies 	
TANFL	New Norfolk Eagles 	New Norfolk Eagles 	
NTFA 	North Launceston Robins	North Launceston Robins 	
NTFA 	East Launceston Demons 	South Launceston Bulldogs	
NTFA 	City-South Redlegs 	South Launceston Bulldogs	
NTFA 	Launceston Blues 	 	Launceston Blues
NTFA 	George Town Saints 	 	George Town Saints
NTFA 	Scottsdale Magpies 	 	Scottsdale Magpies
NTFA 	Longford Tigers 	 	Longford Tigers
NTFA 	Deloraine Kangaroos 	 	Deloraine Kangaroos
NWFU 	Latrobe Demons 	 	Latrobe Demons
NWFU 	East Devonport Swans 	 	East Devonport Swans
NWFU 	Devonport Magpies 	Devonport Blues 	
NWFU 	Ulverstone Robins 	 	Ulverstone Robins
NWFU 	Penguin Blues 	 	Penguin Blues
NWFU 	Burnie Tigers 	 	Burnie Tigers
NWFU 	Cooee Bulldogs 	Burnie Hawks 	
NWFU 	Wynyard Cats 	 	Wynyard Cats
NWFU 	Smithton Saints 	 	Smithton Saints
==Year==
With increased travelling costs, clubs gradually drifted back to local competitions.
===1987===
Longford left the NTFL
TFL(10 clubs)	NTFL(11 clubs)	LocalCompetitions
Clarence Kangaroos 
Sandy Bay Seagulls 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
North Launceston Robins
South Launceston Bulldogs
Devonport Blues
Burnie Hawks	
Launceston Blues
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Tigers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Longford Tigers
===1991===
George Town left the NTFL
TFL(10 clubs)	NTFL(10 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Sandy Bay Seagulls 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
North Launceston Robins
South Launceston Bulldogs
Devonport Blues
Burnie Hawks	
Launceston Blues
Scottsdale Magpies
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Tigers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
===1994===
Launceston was the logical club to join the TFL in 1986 along with North Launceston. In 1994 they left the NTFL to join the TFL
TFL(11 clubs)	NTFL(9 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Sandy Bay Seagulls 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
North Launceston Robins
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Devonport Blues
Burnie Hawks	
Scottsdale Magpies
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Tigers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
===1995===
Burnie Tigers merged with Burnie Hawks to become the Burnie Dockers in the TFL
TFL(11 clubs)	NTFL(8 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Sandy Bay Seagulls 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
North Launceston Robins
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Devonport Blues
Burnie Dockers	
Scottsdale Magpies
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
===1997===
South Burnie joined the NTFL so the city had a club to represent the city after Cooee and Burnie Tigers had switched to the TFL
TFL(11 clubs)	NTFL(9 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Sandy Bay Seagulls 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
North Launceston Robins
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Devonport Blues
Burnie Dockers	
Scottsdale Magpies
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
South Burnie
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
===1998===
A new TFL club, Southern Districts Cats is formed to replace the insolvent Sandy Bay Seagulls. Launceston and South Launceston left the TFL and joined the NTFL. Hobart Tigers left the TFL to local league. North Launceston Robins renamed as Northern Bombers.
TFL(8 clubs)	NTFL(11 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Southern Districts Cats 
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
Northern Bombers
Devonport Blues
Burnie Dockers	
Scottsdale Magpies
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
South Burnie
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Hobart Tigers
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
===1999===
Southern Districts Cats was wounded up within its second TFL season. South Burnie left the NTFL and returned to local league
TFL(8 clubs)	NTFL(10 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Southern Districts Cats 
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
Northern Bombers
Devonport Blues
Burnie Dockers	
Scottsdale Magpies
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Hobart Tigers
George Town Saints
Longford Tigers
South Burnie
===2000===
The TFL was replaced with the Statewide League. Its 6 clubs representing 6 cities : Clarence, Hobart Demons (formerly North Hobart Demons), Glenorchy, Northern Bombers (Launceston), Devonport Power (formerly Devonport Blues), Burnie Dockers. New Norfolk Eagles joined local league. Scottsdale left the NTFL
SWL(6 clubs)	NTFL(9 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
Northern Bombers
Devonport Power
Burnie Dockers	
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Longford Tigers
South Burnie
===2001===
North Launceston, Devonport and Burnie Dockers left the SWL to join the NTFL. With no other magpies in the NTFL, Devonport returned to its traditional name. The Statewide League now only having 3 Hobart-based clubs left, they joined local league.
	NTFL(12 clubs)	LocalLeagues
	
Northern Bombers
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Deloraine Kangaroos
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Devonport Magpies
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Dockers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Clarence Kangaroos 
Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Longford Tigers
South Burnie
===2004===
Deloraine left the NTFL
	NTFL(11 clubs)	LocalLeagues
	
Northern Bombers
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Devonport Magpies
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Dockers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Clarence Kangaroos 
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Longford Tigers
Deloraine Kangaroos
South Burnie
===2005===
Hobart Tigers is renamed as Hobart Lions
	NTFL(11 clubs)	LocalLeagues
	
Northern Bombers
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Devonport Magpies
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Burnie Dockers
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
Clarence Kangaroos 
Hobart Lions
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
New Norfolk Eagles
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Longford Tigers
Deloraine Kangaroos
South Burnie
===2009===
The statewide league returned as a 10 club Tasmanian State League. It comprised of 5 clubs from Hobart - Clarence, Lauderdale, Hobart Tigers, North Hobart, Glenorchy - 3 clubs from Launceston - Northern Bombers, South Launceston, Launceston - Devonport and Burnie Dockers from the North West Coast.
TSL(10 clubs)	NTFL(6 clubs)	LocalLeagues
Clarence Kangaroos 
Lauderdale Bombers
Hobart Tigers
North Hobart Demons
Glenorchy Magpies
Northern Bombers
South Launceston Bulldogs
Launceston Blues
Devonport Magpies
Burnie Dockers	
Latrobe Demons
East Devonport Swans
Ulverstone Robins
Penguin Blues
Wynyard Cats
Smithton Saints	
New Norfolk Eagles
George Town Saints
Scottsdale Magpies
Longford Tigers
Deloraine Kangaroos
South Burnie