Clubname: | Northern Rovers FC |
Fullname: | Northern Rovers Football Club |
Ground: | McFetridge Park, Glenfield, New Zealand |
Chairman: | John Limna |
Coach: | Daniel Donegan |
League: | NRFL Championship |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | NRFL Championship, 9th of 12 |
Website: | https://northernroversfc.org.nz/ |
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Kit Alt2: | Football kit (Gold jersey with two broad horizontal stripes, one white and one black; gold shorts with black trim; and gold socks) |
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Current: | 2021 New Zealand National League |
Northern Rovers Football Club is an amateur football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand.
Formed in 2020 as an amalgamation between Glenfield Rovers[1] and Forrest Hill-Milford United,[2] Northern Rovers men's team currently competes in the NRFL Championship,[3] [4] while the women's team competes in the NRFL Premiership which is part of the qualifying leagues for the New Zealand Women's National League.[5]
The club also competes in both the Chatham and Kate Sheppard Cups, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men and women.[6] Both teams received byes in the 2021 Chatham Cup and 2021 Kate Sheppard Cup for the preliminary[7] and first round, along with other ranked teams.[8] [9] [10] The men got their first win of the Chatham Cup when they beat West Hamilton 4–0,[11] [12] however they were deemed to have fielded an ineligible player and the result was overturned.[13] The women's team won their first game 9–1 over Onehunga Sports in the Kate Sheppard Cup.[14] [15]