Newry City AFC U18 National League players meeting will be held on Wednesday 3rd June in the viewing lounge at the Showgrounds at 7pm.
Category: NCAFC Soccer Academy
NCAFC U15 1 – 1 Monaghan Utd U15
Newry City AFC U15s made the long trip to play Monaghan Utd in Gortakeegan for their third pre-season friendly last week. Andy Lennon’s lads put in a great team performance to come away with a draw from the match.
Andy told Newrycityafc.co.uk, “I’m delighted with the team’s performance. Monaghan have been unbeaten in their league all season so the fact that our lads held their own against them was really encouraging for us. We are continuing to rebuild our team for the coming season and look forward to the challenges that lie ahead.”
Thanks to Garbhan McParland for the great photos from the game.
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Tiernan Murphy selected for NI elite squad
Photo caption, left to right: Newry City AFC U-12 player Tiernan Murphy is pictured here with his Dad Colm who is also the assistant manager of the U12 team, Newry City AFC academy manager Conlon Morrison and academy kit manager Sean Gaffney
Congratulations to Newry City AFC U-12 player Tiarnan Murphy who has recently been selected for the Northern Ireland U-12 Elite development Southern area squad.
The programme aims to prepare our young players for the professional game and ultimately representing Northern Ireland at Senior International level. Tiernan has gone through a number of trial selections which started with over 80 players last September and whittled down to a final panel of 16 players.
The new strategy for player development ties in with the new corporate strategy with the aim of qualifying for a major tournament. The Irish FA Player Development Programme was established in January 2012 in response to the Association’s desire to identify talented footballers at the Under age groups across Northern Ireland and nurture that talent through an agreed coaching syllabus.
Tiarnan has progressed through the ranks at Newry City’s youth academy under the guidance of Academy Manager Conlon Morrison and his Professional coach Lee Kirrane. This is a great accolade for the newly formed Newry City AFC and shows how the club is progressing through its Youth structure.
All photos courtesy of Garbhan McParland
NCAFC U13’s have fun packed weekend in Scotland
By Conlon Morrison, NCAFC Youth Academy Manager
On Friday past 4th April the NCAFC U13 team participated in the ESF Soccer Tournament in Ayr, Scotland. We played 6 matches in total – 4 matches on Saturday and 2 matches on Sunday, which was followed by a presentation where all players were presented with a trophy by former Celtic and Bayern Munich striker Alan McInally.
We stayed in Craig Tara Haven in Ayr. Our transport was provided by our U13 Sponsor Matthews Coach Hire who provided an excellent service, our Coach Driver was Colm Murphy who is also our U13 assistant Coach, photography was completed by Adrian Poucher, food & entertainment was managed by Bernard Connolly, the health and safety officer was Conlon Morrison assisted in every way by John Treanor and Cathal McConville. We had an entire family with us – Paul and Josephine Matthews and their daughter Eimear, who was delighted to be presented with a trophy as well.
The U13 players that took part in the tournament were as follows:
Jason Rush
Connor Mathews
Tiernan Murphy
James Poucher
Matthew Treanor
Matthew McGinn
Shea Morgan
Nathan Crudden
Joseph Connolly
Sean McConville
Joseph Connolly
Tiernan O Reilly
Tyler Dodds
Tiernan Russell
We played the following teams in the tournament:
Gleniffer Thistle FC
Blackburn Utd
Portadown Youth
Northside Youths
Giffnock SC
Harmony Row
Some of the games we won, some we drew and some we lost. Everyone really enjoyed the trip and we look forward to next year when we will be inviting everyone involved in the Newry City AFC Soccer Academy to make it the biggest Soccer trip for youth from the Newry area in years.
Some photos from the trip can be viewed below. Click thumbnails to view larger image.
