In 1960 Glenfield Rovers began as the "Chelsea Sugar Refinery" football team.

It was then reformed under the guidance of Fons Scheirlinck and permitted to play Sunday football.

In 2020 the club put an amalgamation proposal forward to members to merge with Forrest Hill Milford.

The vote passed 86.5% in favor and the amalgamation between the two clubs began as the new, Northern Rovers.

[1] Today the club has a two-level clubrooms consisting of a formal lounge, fully licensed bar and kitchen, thirteen changing rooms, four full size fields of which three are fully floodlit, an 85-car capacity car park and 200-person grandstand.

For many years Glenfield Rovers was the only North Shore team with a Premier Women's team and has a proud history in the women's game The midget programme is run on a Friday night which enables members to enjoy other winter sports as well and gives children the novelty of playing under floodlights.

The junior and youth teams as well as most of the senior teams play in the Northern and Auckland Football Federation competitions in a season which lasts from early April through to late August.

1996 – Northern League Division One, Chatham Cup Quarter Finals