Northern Rovers

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Northern Rovers FC
Northern Rovers Logo.svg
Full nameNorthern Rovers Football Club
Founded2020(4 years ago) (2020)
GroundMcFetridge Park, Glenfield, New Zealand
ChairmanJohn Limna
CoachDaniel Donegan
League NRFL Championship
2024 NRFL Championship, 5th of 12
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Northern Rovers Football Club is an amateur football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand.

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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]

Current squad

As of 13 June 2021 [16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Regan Diver
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Gareth Lewis
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jack Caunter(captain)
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Dion Buckingham
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Francis Cain
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Luca Burney
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Brock Messenger
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cooper Tyler
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Mitchell Browne
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jason Quinlan
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ilia Zigheimat
No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Yousif Al-Kalisy
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Louis Middeldorp
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Malcolm Young
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Finn Diamond
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Miles Palmer
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Tutton
—Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Andrew Abba
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Adam Dickinson
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Jaydyn Englefield
—Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Bronson Kelly
—Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Rayhan Carlson-du Toit

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