Forrest Hill Milford United AFC explained

Nickname:The Swans
Ground:Becroft Park, Forrest Hill,
North Shore, New Zealand
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Fullname:Forrest Hill Milford United Association Football Club
Founded:1975
Dissolved:2020 (merged to become Northern Rovers)
Season:2020
League:NRFL Premier
Position:8th

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 2020 season before they merged with Glenfield Rovers 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 titles.

Forrest Hill Milford reached the Quarter-Final of the 2009 Chatham Cup, where they were beaten by eventual champions Wellington Olympic 4–3.

In 2015, Forest Hill won the NRFL Division 1 title, finishing 5 points above 2nd placed Tauranga City United, and gaining promotion to the NRFL Premier.[1] Again in 2019 the club won the NRFL Division 1 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 Glenfield Rovers, to form the new club Northern Rovers, entering competitions from the 2021 season.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ladder for NRFL 2015 Division 1. SportsTG. en. 2017-10-28. 28 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094106/http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-4202-0-339163-0&a=LADDER. dead.
  2. Web site: Northern Rovers History. en. 2021-03-24.