Forrest Hill Milford United AFC was an amateur

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club from Forrest Hill,

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. They last competed in the

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier The Northern League, known as the Dettol Northern League for sponsorship reasons, is an amateur New Zealand association football competition. It is a top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two after then. The Northern ...

2020 season before they merged with

Glenfield Rovers Glenfield Rovers was a semi-professional football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Isla ...

to form

Northern Rovers Northern Rovers Football Club is a Semi-Professional football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand. Formed in 2020 as an amalgamation between Glenfield Rovers and Forrest Hill-Milford United, Northern Rovers men's team currently competes in t ...

History

The club was founded in 1975, ever since the club played in local championships and won two NRFL Division 1 titles. Forrest Hill Milford reached the Quarter-Final of the 2009 Chatham Cup, where they were beaten by eventual champions

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4–3. In 2015, Forest Hill won the NRFL Division 1 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 Cit ...

, and gaining promotion to the

NRFL Premier The Northern League, known as the Dettol Northern League for sponsorship reasons, is an amateur New Zealand association football competition. It is a top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two after then. The Northern ...

. Again in 2019 the club won the NRFL Division 1 title, so gaining promotion to the 2020 NRFL Premier after being relegated from

in 2017. In 2020 the club accepted an amalgamation proposal from

, to form the new club

, entering competitions from the 2021 season.

Honours

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 The Northern Regional Football League Championship, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. Up until 2022, the competition was k ...

**Champions (2): 2015, 2019

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* Association football clubs in Auckland North Shore, New Zealand 1975 establishments in New Zealand 2020 disestablishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub