The Tatiara Football League was formed when the Bordertown and Mundulla clubs met in May 1911 with a view of forming a football association. Pine Hill, Wolseley and Keith were invited to join with only Wolseley accepting the offer.[1] The TFL remained a 3-club competition until 1921 when Keith and Serviceton first affiliated with the league. Kaniva joined for a short stint in 1924[2] and re-entered in 1927 alongside Lillimur.[3] They left following the 1929 season before fully committing to the TFL in 1932.
The Page playoff system was introduced for the first time in 1932 and would remain the finals format for the vast majority of the TFL's existence.[4] The 1930s saw a relatively changeable roster of clubs participating, with Lillimur, Serviceton, Wolseley, Federals and Goroke all playing sporadically through the decade. The competition entered recess following the 1940 season due to decreasing public support brought about by World War II.[5]
The TFL re-formed in 1946. Despite winning the most recent premiership in 1940, Goroke were excluded on grounds of distance from the rest of the clubs.[6] Lillimur and Serviceton merged to form Leeor prior to the 1950 season,[7] after which the TFL entered a long period of stability, with the only changes to the line-up of clubs being the admission of Tintinara from the Lakes District Association in 1954[8] and the demise of Wolseley after the 1963 season.
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