Forrest Hill Milford United AFC was an amateur association football club from Forrest Hill, New Zealand. They last competed in the

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier The Northern League is a semi-professional New Zealand association football competition. It is a top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two overall. The Northern League includes football clubs located in the northern p ...

2020 season before they merged with

Glenfield Rovers Glenfield Rovers was a semi-professional football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand. The men's team competed in the NRFL Division 1 in 2020, having suffered relegation from the NRFL Premier in 2019. The women's team competed in the NRFL Wome ...

to form Northern Rovers.

History

The club was founded in 1975, ever since the club played in local championships and won two

NRFL Division 1 The Northern Regional Football League Division One, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. The league includes football clubs loc ...

titles. Forrest Hill Milford reached the Quarter-Final of the

2009 Chatham Cup The 2009 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 82nd knockout football competition. The 2009 competition had a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. In all, 130 teams took part i ...

, where they were beaten by eventual champions

Wellington Olympic Wellington Olympic AFC is a New Zealand amateur football club based in Berhampore, Wellington. The club's premier team competes in the Central League through which they have qualified for the New Zealand National League. Club history The club w ...

4–3. In 2015, Forest Hill won the

title, finishing 5 points above 2nd placed

Tauranga City United Tauranga City AFC is a football club based in Tauranga, New Zealand. The men's and women's teams currently both compete in the NRFL Championship. Club history Tauranga City AFC was formed in 1964, in 2000 they changed their name to Tauranga City ...

, and gaining promotion to the NRFL Premier. Again in 2019 the club won the

title, so gaining promotion to the 2020 NRFL Premier after being relegated from NRFL Premier in 2017. In 2020 the club accepted an amalgamation proposal from

, to form the new club Northern Rovers, entering competitions from the 2021 season.

Honours

* Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 **Champions (2): 2015, 2019

References

External links

Club website
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