Crew of visiting naval ships also entertained themselves with friendly games of football with local teams.

The first Fijian Inter-District Tournament was played at Nasau Park, Levuka, during celebrations marking the golden jubilee of Cession in 1924.

A Friday and Saturday league was organised at the Veitari Grounds and teams that took part were Namoli, Vitogo, Vakabuli, Saru, Yalobi (from Waya), Kadavu, Vanua Levu and Topline.

With this new status Fiji's football team participated in first South Pacific Games held in Suva in 1963.

Suva's multiracial population also provided early opportunity for people of other races to join the football competitions.

In the 1970s, the association was able to convince town councils to build permanent seating structures and grounds for football and by the late nineties all A division teams, except two had such facilities.

A Girmit Tournament was organised in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the Indians In 1980, the Fiji Football Association acquired its own building, which is being used as an administration centre.

1988 was the golden jubilee year for the association as football in Fiji learnt to perform under the new post-coup conditions.

Facilities for players have been greatly improved and the Fiji national side regularly takes part in international tournaments.