The Newry City AFC Academy were back in action last weekend:

Newry City AFC u11 v Glendowan 2015 at Lisburn Rec 1B

Goalscorers: Noah Kearns & Rhys Hempkin

A tough game from the start for Newry City 2014 against a strong Glendowan side. The game started scrappy & Newry conceded 2 goals early that maybe on another day, they wouldn’t have. However, Newry showed great character to stay in the game & scored directly from a corner kick by Rhys Hempkin. Glendowan scored a third against the run of play but Newry pulled 1 back with a well worked team goal to make it 3-2 at the break.

The second half started scrappy but Newry scored a fantastic goal with a great ball out from the back by Noah Turley and a superb finish by Noah Kearns. Newry tried going for the winner but the ball would not go over the line. Unfortunately, Glendowan finished the game strong and scored 2 very late goals when Newry were pushing for the winner. One of those games for Newry but the boys can be proud of themselves.

Man of the Match: Deaglàn Finnegan

Team: Rory O’Hagan (GK), Noah Turley, Max McKeown (Captain), Rio Carroll, Reuben Bentley-McKevitt, Noah Kearns, Deaglàn Finnegan, Rhys Hempkin, Daìthi Gorman, Daniel Drumm

Newry City AFC U15 Newry city U15s showed their Attacking power yesterday beating Lisburn distillery, with goals coming from all over the pitch.  Eight different goal scorers making their mark.

Goals from: Mathieu Kavanagh, Tomas, Mikey Bannon, Jacob Toner X2, Eoin Taylor, Ross Lavelle X2, Ruadhan Nugent, Jamie Franks

Assists from Lee Clark x2, Eoin Taylor, Ross Lovelle

Special mention to Ethan Kelly keeping a clean sheet and playing with a injury first half And Eoin Taylor for standing in for Ethan second half.

Newry City AFC U16 V Larne U16

We were up against from the first minute against a top opposition and after a decent first 10 minutes Larne took full control and dominated large parts of the game while we tried to stay as disciplined without the ball as possible but their quality was just too much and eventually broke us down and they ran out strong winners.

Next Fixtures:

U11 Lisburn League

Newry v Oxford Sunnyside 21/09/24 12.00pm Lisburn Rec 1B

U12 Lisburn League

Newry v Ballymacash Rangers

20/09/24 8.00pm Tolerton Park Dumurray

U15 Lisburn League

Newry v Hillsborough Boys

21/09/24 11.00am Ballymacross 1

NIFL U16 Academy league

NCAFC U16 vs Glentoran

Jennings Park 21/09/24 11am

NIFL U18 Academy League

Newry v Glentoran

20/09/24 8.00pm Ashfield Boys School

The Newry City AFC Academy was in full swing last weekend with all teams in action.

Our newly formed Under 9 team enjoyed friendly games against Midway United.

The goal scorers throughout the games were: Danny King, Dan Kernan, Zachary McCormack, Jacob Maguire, Odhran Holyoake, Darragh O’Neill and Cayden McSherry.

The NCAFC U11 GDC team were in action and finished up an exciting game against Damolly with a 3-3 scoreline.

While the NCAFC U11 Lisburn League team had a win over Lisburn Youth 2014 colts. The lads started the game slow just finding their feet in opening 10 /15 minutes, Newry found the net first and then it didn’t take long for Lisburn to find the equaliser. This kicked the Newry lads into action and scored a couple goals to get into the driving seat. The NCAFC Man of the Match was Rhys Hempkin who scored 4 goals in his first ever match for Newry City AFC.

The remaining goal scorers were: Karol Oleszczuk, Reuben Bentley-McKevitt, Harry Owens and Daithi Gorman.

Next game: Lisburn league u11 league – NCAFC vs Lisburn Rangers 11am Crewe Utd Ground Glenavy

NCAFC U12s had a great first half display, with Liam Bryson finding the net to put Newry 1-0 up going into the break. Newry had many chances in the second half to increase the lead, however Lisdrum defended well to keep the score at 1-0.
Next game: NCAFC vs Warrenpoint 12pm Sat 7th September at Milltown 3G SSG Pitch (Warrenpoint)

NCAFC U14s had a tough first league game against ACFC Eagles U14s. Their standout performer was JJ McClelland who stayed composed and solid at CB (a new position) in a very challenging match.

Next game: NCAFC v Oxford Sunnyside 2011 Dynamos KO 11am at Ballymacoss 1 (Lisburn)

Newry City AFC U15s travelled to play Valley Rangers on Friday and played well on the night, the team worked very hard and very unlucky to not come away with something.

Goals from Jamie Franks and Lee Clark, Matthew Kavanagh with the 2 assists. There were several stand out players but MOTM would go to Matthew Kavanagh with 2 lovely balls in to get the NCAFC goals.

Next game: NCAFC U15 v Warrenpoint 07/09/2024 at Ferris Park Dromore KO 11am

Newry City AFC U16s: After a tight first half Dungannon took the lead 5 minutes from half time with a penalty, after a good start from Newry in second half Dungannon caught us in transition to make it 2-0, shortly after the restart Dungannon turned the ball over, won a corner kick and with a free man made it 3 and put the game to bed.

Next game: NIFL U16 Academy League, NCAFC U16s vs Ballinamallard 07/09/24 11am KO at Devenish College 3G.

NIFL U18 Academy League Ballinamallard Vs Newry U18s 06/09/24 8pm KO Venue: Fisher Park

NIFL Championship U21 Development League: Newington U21 1-3 Newry City AFC U21

NIFL Academy League U18: Cliftonville Strollers 6-0 Newry City AFC U18

NIFL Academy League U16: Cliftonville U16 12-0 Newry City AFC U16

Team in Focus: Newry City AFC U21s

The U21s got their season off to a positive start with a win over Newington at Valley Leisure Centre on Saturday morning.

The first few minutes of the game was cagey. Both teams tried to wrestle control of the ball. Newry came out the better and started to move the ball well and open up Newington’s back line. With the first worked attack the ball was played down the left for Darragh McParland to play Daniel O’Sullivan in on goal, the Newington goalkeeper made a great point blank save. Jack Deery was first on the scene to head home to give Newry a 1-0 lead with 3 minutes played.

Newington fought well and managed to equalise on the 13th minute when Newry’s Rory O’Connor was fouled on the ball. However, the referee waved play on and Newington found themselves back in the game.

Newry continued to create chances, with control of the ball and game. Only for Newington’s Goalkeeper, who had a phenomenal game. Newry would have found themselves out of sight.

Lee Fallon, played a clipped ball over the top of the defence to Jack Deery, who calmly controlled the ball under pressure and rolled it across the box for Daniel O’Sullivan to make it 2-1 to Newry.

Half Time 2-1 Newry.

The game was well controlled again by Newry in the second half and again only for Newington’s goalkeeper the game would have been out of sight.

2 penalties were awarded to Newry in the second half after great play into the box. Daniel O’Sullivan had his penalty pulled from the corner by the brilliant Newington goalkeeper.

In the dying moments of the game, Daniel with great courage took penalty number two to make it 3-1 to Newry.

A game well controlled by Newry and on another day, it could have been a more comfortable ride.

Full Time 3-1 Newry.

Team List; Calum O’Reilly, Adam Heaney, Pierce Patterson, Darragh Cluskey, Eoghan Hickey, Louis Crilly, Rory O’Connor, Evan McEnteggart, Kyle Harte, Adam Doran’s, Lee Fallon, Jude Whitten, Karl Woods, Keelan McEvoy, Jack Deery, Daniel O’Sullivan, Darragh McParland

Debuts made for Newry from;

Jack Deery, Darragh McParland, Lee Fallon, Adam Dorans, Adam Heaney and Keelan McEvoy.

Next up the U21s welcome Ballyclare Comrades to The Showgrounds on Monday 2nd September KO 7.45pm.

Newry City AFC U18s