In the year 1975, Mayo College completed 100 glorious years and to mark the centenary year celebration the College decided to organize an inter-school football tournament every year.

Since its inception in the centenary year 1975, MFT became a much-awaited football tournament for all the leading public schools of the country and has always been marked in bold and italics on their sports calendars.

The first MFT was organized in September 1975 in which 8 Public Schools participated and the tournament was a great success. As the MFT grew in stature, many interesting stories started doing rounds which are often shared with us by the Old Boys and teachers. In 1992 MFT reached greater heights with the participation of 20 leading public schools of the country. The former Indian Football Captain Baichung Bhutia, in whose captaincy Indian Football Team lifted the Nehru Cup, was a regular participant in the MFT from the year 1990 to 1992.

The ‘Sobhag trophy’ for the tournament is presented by Maharaj Swarup Singh Ji of Jodhpur.