The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being Senior-Grade, Under 14's, with Under 10's as Auskick.

There are many pieces of league memorabilia scattered throughout the Upper Murray region, including some photos & trophies away from clubroom and sporting grounds.

During the 1892/1893 summer three of the regions cricket clubs agreed to the establishment of a competition in order to keep their players fit during the winter break.

Additional the league was established almost 1 year before the Corryong Courier newspaper was first published on January 25, 1894.

The addition of the Walwa FC to the competition was seen as a success, and during their second season they finished in second position on the 1899 Ladder.

At the start of the 1902 season the league name changed again, to the Upper Murray Football Association .

As reported in the Corryong Courier on Thursday August 20, "The ground was in excellent order , and there was a large attendance of spectators."

In 1916, with a lack of players in the region due to the First World War the Upper Murray Football Association went into recess.

By 1920 the competition was now representing only three townships, with four competing clubs Corryong, Cudgewa, Federal and Walwa.

However, no players were ever recruited from the Upper Murray under the zoning rules to play for South Melbourne.

[4] In 2008 Federals had a poor season and finished last on the ladder, it was the first time since 1957 that the club didn't play finals.

Since 2013 the league has been affiliated with the AFL Victoria Country North East Border board who are responsible for overseeing the game across the greater local region.

[5][6][7] In a first for the local area, the 2015 Round 13 (August 1, 2015) clash between Bullioh & Cudgewa at Tallangata Valley saw the match abandoned by the Umpire.

During play in the third quarter Bullioh's Matt Tyrell was reported & requested to leave the ground by the Umpire.

After five (5) minutes had past and Tyrell had refused to leave the field of play, a new rule allowed the Umpire officially abandon the match.

As the incident has occurred after half time the scores were declared final and Cugdewa officially awarded the four premiership points, "Bullioh 2.1 (13) def.

[8][9][10] As part of the AFL Victoria Country reforms to league operations a player point cap system will be introduced from the start of the 2016 season.

A number of factors were cited including population decline, but mainly the devastation of the Upper Murray from the 2019/2020 Australian Bushfires.

The club renamed to Tumut-Talbingo in 1986 before joining the Farrer Football League - Division 2 for the 1986 season.

Notes 1907: Cudgewa won the right to challenge the minor premiers, Corryong, who refused to play because an umpire for the grand final was not sourced from Albury, NSW.

1945–1946: Only a half season was played due to a lack of footballers during and after World War II.

While there is no official pre-season competition, the league's clubs are free to organise their own practice matches against any opponent either at home or away.

There was also talk of scrapping the netball competition's d-grade in 2019, however the clubs voted in favour of retaining it for the 2020 season.

Unlike other leagues in the local area, the grand final is not played at a neutral venue (like the TDFL/TDNA) or traditional venue (like the HAFNL), instead the winner of the 2nd Semi-Final for the senior grade football is awarded hosting rights for that season's grand final.