The Metropolitan League was dismantled in 1976 and with it the idea of a second tier competition.

Holstein Kiel won promotion to second tier competition in 1978 as part of the 2.

Manawatu began the new millennium firmly fixed in the second tier competition.

However, the team stumbled and was sent down to fifth tier competition in 1970.

A Verbandsliga championship and successful promotion playoff in 1981 put the team into third tier competition.

The little known club enjoyed its greatest success through the 1980s and 90s when it was part of third and fourth tier competition.

The team had two more turns in the Landesliga in 1980-81 and 1984-88 before descending into lower tier competition.

It is the second tier competition at under-18s.

Throughout the early existence of the association, the footballers played as an unheralded local side in lower tier competition.

This will be their first season in top tier competition.