South East District Football Association

The South East District Football Association was formed in 1945 with Bagdad, Campania, Richmond and Sorell as the inaugural clubs.^[1] The following season saw Colebrook and Kempton re-form and join the league, as well as Mangalore who played merged with Bagdad.^[2] Bagdad-Mangalore departed for the Southern Districts FA in 1947.^[3] Forcett joined from the Pembroke FA in 1949, however had their affiliation with the SEDFA cancelled in August after their delegates walked out of a hearing. The club had won an appeal against a decision to dock them points for playing a wrongly registered player, but their delegates had walked out of the meeting as they felt the chairman's treatment of the player involved was unreasonable.^[4] Sorell also left the league after 1949 and the two clubs were replaced by Parattah and Bagdad, who had split from Mangalore.^[5] Mangalore themselves would rejoin in 1952, replacing Parattah.^[6] They would go on to dominate the 1950s, winning 6 premierships, including 4 in a row from 1954-1957.

The SEDFA remained relatively stable during the 1960s. Triabunna and Sorell had both joined from the East Coast FA in the late 1950s. Sorell won three flags in a row from 1960-62 before departing for the TAFL Southern Division. Cambridge played between 1963 and 1967, and Campania entered recess in 1965 before returning in 1968. The early 1970s saw significant change to the line-up of clubs. The Southern Districts FA folded after 1970 and 3 of its 4 clubs - Bothwell, Maydena and Upper Derwent - joined the SDFA. The Midlands FA folded a year later, with Tunnack joining from there in 1972 and Oatlands two years later. Long-time members Colebrook and Kempton both departed for the Oatlands District FA in 1974. By 1979 the competition had only 7 clubs, which saw it disband after the season. Richmond and Campania merged and the remaining clubs dispersed amongst a number of local leagues.