Author: Mo Ruddy

Mo has been following Newry for over 15 years and will be updating you on various competitions being run by the club.

Newry City AFC Supporters 5-A-Side tournament

Newry City AFC are delighted to announce that an exciting Supporters 5-a-side Tournament will be held on the 3G pitches at Newry Showgrounds this summer. The tournament will take place on Saturday, 4th July 2015, and is open to supporters from across the Irish League, League of Ireland and beyond.

The tournament will kick off at midday on July 4th and finish by 4pm. All teams are required to pay an entry fee of £70 (Paypal payments are accepted) which must be paid by Saturday, 20th June. The winners of the tournament will receive £200 and an engraved trophy. Each team can have up to a maximum of seven players.

The format of the tournament will be determined by how many teams enter and will be decided once final numbers are in. Each team will however be guaranteed at least three games. The draw for the tournament will be made by First Team Manager Darren Mullen.

The Clubhouse will be open throughout the day and all fans are welcome in for drinks and complimentary food once the tournament has ended.

Any teams interested in participating are asked to contact Mo Ruddy at mo_master2002@hotmail.com.

Last Man Standing Round 8 teams

It’s as you were in the Newry City AFC Last Man Standing competition as there were no fallers in the last round. Round 8 selections are below. Good luck!

Martin McLoughlin Man Utd
Joe Bennett Newcastle
Lauren Redpath Swansea
Eric Wilson West Brom
Philip Wilson West Brom
Brian Elmore West Brom
Mickey Rocks West Brom
Mo Ruddy West Ham

Last Man Standing Round 4 results

Round 4 of this year’s Last Man Standing Competition seen just 3 fallers from the competition with West Ham and Southampton being the teams who failed to grab 3 points over the weekend just past. Patrick Higgins was sure Southampton would get a result against West Brom, but that win failed to materialise.

Chris Taylor and Paul Lyons both fancied their chances backing West Ham at home to Crystal Palace. However neither could have predicted the 3-1 demolition the Hammers were to recieve and both bow out.

Going into the Fifth Round of the competition, there are only 9 participants. Six of which had confidently backed Manchester United to get a win at home to Sunderland, and they weren’t let down. Also into the next round is Kevin Taylor who was able to predict West Brom’s 3-1 win over West ham.

Joining Kevin in the Fifth Round is Martin McLoughlin and Philip Wilson who had gambled on Stoke to steal the victory against Hull. Round 5 sees some midweek fixtures with this coming weekend being FA Cup duties for some teams.

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Martin McLoughlin Liverpool Chelsea Man City Stoke Southampton
Brian Elmore Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverpool
Lauren Redpath Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverpool
Mo Ruddy Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverpool
Joe Bennett Spurs Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd Man City
Eric Wilson Newcastle Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverpool
Philip Wilson Man Utd Chelsea Man City Stoke Liverpool
Mickey Rocks Jr Stoke Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd Spurs
Kevin Taylor Man Utd Chelsea Man City West Brom Hull

Last Man Standing Round 3 results

Apologies for the slight delay in posting round three results.

Week 3 of Newry City AFC’s Last Man Standing has thrown another shock to the remaining participants with Chelsea, Spurs and Everton all failing to win. Reigning Last Man Standing champion John Prentice has bowed out of this years competition, and he won’t be happy that it was the team he follows who let him down.

Moving on to round 4, we have just 12 people remaining in the competition and anything can happen from here on in, based on some of the results we have seen over the last few weeks. Of the 12 remaining, 50% have chosen Manchester United this week who take on Sunderland at Old Trafford. Stoke, West Ham, Southampton and West Brom making up the other selections.

Lauren Redpath is flying the flag for the female supporters of the club and is hoping for a Man United win to progress to the fifth round. While Patrick Higgins will be hoping that Southampton are able to get the three points against West Brom, whereas Chris Taylor will be hoping West Brom come out on top.

With only 12 people remaining, things are starting to get very interesting with a lot of top sides already ruled out for most people. Good luck to the remaining participants.

Below are people the remaining twelve people’s selections for round 4.

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Martin McLoughlin Liverpool Chelsea Man City Stoke
Brian Elmore Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd
Lauren Redpath Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd
Paul Lyons Man Utd Southampton Arsenal West Ham
Patrick Higgins Arsenal Chelsea Man City Southampton
Mo Ruddy Arsenal Chelsea Man City Man Utd
Joe Bennett Spurs Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd
Eric Wilson Newcastle Chelsea Man City Man Utd
Philip Wilson Man Utd Chelsea Man City Stoke
Mickey Rocks Jr Stoke Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd
Kevin Taylor Arsenal Chelsea Man City West Ham
Chris Taylor Man Utd Chelsea Man City West Brom

Last Man Standing round 2 results

So after the second round of fixtures we have whittled the competition down to just 35 people. With Man City failing to win at home against Hull City, the Merseyside derby ending in a scoreless draw and Arsenal losing out to North London rivals Tottenham, we had quite a lot of fallers.

Still in the game we have current Last Man Standing champion John Prentice who squeezed through after Southampton scored a last minute winner away to QPR. Also still in is Liam Murphy who is yet to use any of the big guns, having progressed so far with Sunderland and Crystal Palace.

There is still all to play for with some tough fixtures coming up this weekend also.

People through to round 3
Name Round 1 Round 2
Willie Brown Spurs Chelsea
Barry Johnston Sunderland Chelsea
Martin McLoughlin Liverpool Chelsea
Brian Elmore Arsenal Chelsea
Marie Robertson Arsenal Chelsea
Lauren Redpath Arsenal Chelsea
Aaron Irwin Stoke Chelsea
Baz Feehan Arsenal Chelsea
Patrick Higgins Arsenal Chelsea
Mo Ruddy Arsenal Chelsea
Martin Buchanon Arsenal Chelsea
Joe Bennett Spurs Chelsea
Darren Mullen Man Utd Chelsea
Eric Wilson Newcastle Chelsea
Philip Wilson Man Utd Chelsea
Mickey Rocks Jr Stoke Chelsea
Kevin Taylor Arsenal Chelsea
Michelle McCormack Stoke Chelsea
Liam Murphy Sunderland Crystal Palace
Dorothy Taylor Newcastle Crystal Palace
Emilie Wilson Stoke Crystal Palace
Conor McEvoy Stoke Southampton
Ricky McVeigh Stoke Southampton
Michael Higgins Arsenal Southampton
Paul Lyons Man Utd Southampton
John Prentice Man Utd Southampton
Diarmuid Rocks Man Utd Southampton
Seamus McParland Stoke Southampton
Kevin Ruddy Arsenal Southampton
Mickey McAlinden Spurs Southampton
Tom King Arsenal Southampton
Mickey Heaney Liverpool Southampton
Aaron Kehoe Man Utd Southampton
Gary Wilson Newcastle Southampton
Margo Wilson Newcastle Southampton