GFL House, located in the ground of the Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre in Kalgoorlie, was originally the headquarters for the Girl Guides Association in the Goldfields.It was acquired by a committee behind an unsuccessful move by the Goldfields Football League to enter a team in the WA Football League and eventually purchased by the GFL.
Ian Clark took over from Bob Softley as GFL president  on November 27, 1995, and was the driving force behind a project he initiated to convert the historic, but badly dilapidated girl guides hall into an administrative headquarters-cum museum.
Hundreds of manhours later, the transformation of the original hall was complete and the inaugural meeting of the GFL in its new headquarters took place on June 17, 1996, in the league’s centenary year.
The GFL Board of Directors, which was introduced in 1980 to replace the old club delegates system, was still in existence and those present at that historic first meeting in GFL House were Ian Clark (chairman), Scott Johnstone (sen. vice-president), Ron French (jun. vice-president), Peter Palmer (treasurer), Calvin Wilson (general secretary), Brian Macgregor (assistant sec.) and club directors Brian Hinchliffe (Boulder), Tony Dodd (Mines), Roger Grace (Railways), Richard Morris (Kalgoorlie) and Alec Mills (Kambalda).
The decision to replace the Board of Directors with a Board of Commissioners was taken unanimously at the league’s annual general meeting on December 8, 1997. The inaugural Commissioners were Ian Clark, Hugh Gallagher, Jim Fraser, Peter Palmer, Sally Wilkinson and Mark Hendon.
At its first meeting as a commission, the league elected Ian Clark chairman and Hugh Gallagher vice-chairman - positions they still occupy today.
In recent years the league has continued to upgrade GFL House which is now the envy of most other country football leagues in WA.
Its memorabilia includes some of the most historic football photographs in Australia, some of which are considered by the league to be virtually priceless.

 

On Saturday, July 24, 1993, the GFL staged a historical re-enactment of the first official GFL fixture played on July 29, 1896 - between Hannans and Boulder.++
The re-enactment featured players outfitted in historic garb representing Hannans and Boulder.
The re-enactment carried an historic trophy which represents one of the earliest links with football in the Goldfields. It was restored for the re-enactment through a magnificent gesture by Mr Bill McKenzie, State manager at the time for the Channel 10 Television network.
The trophy was initially awarded by Isidore Davis to Hannans Football Club on winning the 1897 grand final. However, in a fine gesture the players in turn presented it to Mr McKenzie's grandfather HL McKenzie - the then secretary-treasurer of the Hannans Football Club - on October 5, 1897.
The handsome silver sterling cup had been in the possession of the McKenzie family for almost 100 years and is now the treasured possession of the Goldfields Football League after it was donated by Mr Bill McKenzie to coincide with the historical re-enactment.
The trophy was manufactured in Birmingham, England, in 1897.
++ That historic match on July 29, 1896, was preceded by a meeting held at the Great Boulder Hotel (now Maritana Mall) in Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie, which marked the official start of football administration in the Goldfields.
The body was known as the Hannans District Football Association and the first affiliated teams were Boulder, Hannans, Victorians and White Feather (Kanowna).
Captained by Considine, Boulder won the inaugural premiership that year.

 

Like many of its other current and past officials and administrators, the GFL is fortunate in having a Charges Tribunal/Appeals Board which comprises five long-serving, dedicated and experienced members.
Co-chairmen are Goldfields Justices of the Peace Doug Daws and Murray Joyce, while the balance of the group consists of GFL life members Reg Arthur and Brian Macgregor and prominent local sporting identity George Grljusich.
GFL general secretary Calvin Wilson also acts in a similar capacity with the tribunal.
Handling charges and appeals is an unenviable task, but one which the tribunal members willingly take on year after year.
The tribunal has been reappointed by the GFL Commission for another two-year term.
In recent years Doug Daws has produced an annual report on matters handled by the tribunal which invariably make for interesting reading.
His summary of charges dealt with in 2002 reveal a status quo for total charges (26 v 26) compared with season 2001.
Striking charges remained the predominant aspect of the matters dealt with, constituting 60 per cent of the total (15 from 26 compared with 19 from 26 last year) - down percentage wise 13 per cent.
The relatively few charges now dealt with by the tribunal reflects to a large degree the recent introduction of red and yellow cards which have had a significant impact on local football.
Not so many years ago the tribunal was virtually meeting on a weekly basis, but this worrying trend has fortunately been reversed.