[1] Prior to the Tanunda Football Club's official establishment in 1908, teams representing the town had been competing in the form of scratch matches for almost 20 years.

Tanunda became a founding member of the Barossa & Light Football Association.

In its early years Tanunda struggled in terms of on-field success and didn't make a Grand Final until 1926 where the Magpies suffered at the hands of Angaston, with history repeating six years later in 1932 when the two sides met again in a Grand Final.

However, the club's first premiership arrived in 1934 when they defeated Kapunda in the Grand Final.

Tanunda made the 2018 and 2019 Grand Finals, losing to Nuriootpa and beating Angaston the following year respectively.