Newry City AFC present Newry’s brainiest 2013!

Newry City AFC is hosting a General Knowledge Table Quiz to find Newry’s Brainiest quiz team.  The winning team will receive a magnificent silver salver engraved Newry’s Brainiest 2013.

The quiz will be held in the Mardyke Suite in the Canal Court on Friday 1st November 2013 commencing at 9:30pm.

Will the winners be a white collar business, a blue collar firm, a retail outlet, a team representing a sporting club or other organisation or a team representing a pub? Enter your team to find out!

Each team is restricted to a maximum of six players. If you wish to participate in the quiz please contact Ian on 07921337441 to register or simply turn up on the night before 9:30.

There will be a maximum of 30 teams participating so please register early. The entry fee is only £30 per team.

R.I.P Tommy McConville

Everyone at Newry City AFC is greatly saddened to hear of the death of former Newry Town defender Tommy McConville.

We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to all the McConville Family.

Tommy, capped six times at full International Level by the Republic of Ireland, was a true legend with his hometown club Dundalk and was in the twilight of his remarkable career when Player Manager Matt Bradley signed him for The Town.

Tommy was 41years old at the time but age didn’t prevent him making a total of thirty appearances for Newry during the 1987-88 and 88-89 seasons and winning a number of Man of The Match Awards in the process.

His name however was synonymous with his local club Dundalk and he starred for “The Lilywhites” over a 21 year period making a record total of 580 appearances in two different spells at Oriel Park.
Whilst at Dundalk he was a key figure in teams that won three LOI championship titles, three FAI cups, and many other honours.
He also won a League title with Waterford FC and had spells with Bangor (when Newry Man Teddie Harte was manager), Shamrock Rovers, Finn Harps, Washington Diplomats, and New York Apollos.

Tommy was a magnificent ball playing defender or wing back who did not rely on brute force. He stood out as a player in the League of Ireland, or the Irish league wherever he played, or indeed in the major stadiums of Europe or North and South America.

After departing from Newry Town he continued to turn out in in the Dundalk summer league collecting league honours in 1992 with Park Celtic and at the ripe old age of 47 years was a part of the Bank Rovers (Dundalk) team that qualified for the 1993 FAI cup.

Coleraine Reserves 5-0 Newry City AFC 1st Round Intermediate Cup.

Newry City AFC suffered a heavy defeat on Saturday at a windy and rainswept Anderson Park Coleraine against formidable opposition in Coleraine Reserves who sit at the top of the Premiereship reserve table and who were fresh from a victory against Linfield Swifts earlier in the week. Though Newry opened brightly they were soon on the back foot and had to clear a shot off the line following Coleraine’s first corner of the match. The opening goal came in the fifteenth minute from the penalty spot when a Newry player was judged to have handled the ball even though he was lying on the ground at the time. Newry’s protests were in vain and Coleraine’s Stewart Glasgow thundered the penalty kick past Peter Murphy. Newry suffered a further blow before the game restarted as centre forward Neil Barr had to be replaced by Peter Thompson after picking up a hamstring injury which could keep him out for a couple of weeks.

The second Coleraine goal came after twenty five minutes and again it was Glasgow who scored from the penalty spot. This time there was no doubt about the award as a Newry defender brought down the Coleraine left winger Hugo Baptista. Baptista gave an excellent performance on the day and could well be one to look out for in the future. Newry did their  best to get back into the game with Jimmy Walker’s shot being deflected wide for a fruitless corner.

Newry had to make a further reshuffle after 38 minutes when right back Niall Crilly had to be replaced by Paul McElroy after picking up an injury. Things got even worse for the visitors when Baptista forced a fine diving save from Murphy and Adam Mullen reacted first to fire home the rebound and give the homesters a three goal lead before the break.

Newry began the second half on the attack with Lonnie Larkin escaping two tackles before firing just wide. However this was not to be Newry’s day and Coleraine fired home their fourth goal from twenty five yards after 53 minutes agaIn through Mullen.

At this stage the weather turned really nasty and there was little chance for either team to play good football. Newry had a few chances, notably through sub Shane Lundy and from a Jimmy Walker free kick which cleared the home cross bar.

The scoring was completed when with five minutes remaining Coleraine broke down the right and Baptista fired home from close range.

Next up for Newry is a league fixture at The Showgrounds v Oxford Sunnyside on Saturday 2nd November with a 2:15pm Kick off.

Newry City AFC Team: Murphy, Crilly, Anderson, Annett, McCaul, Walker, Edgar, McMahon, Barr, Patton, Larkin. Subs: McElroy, Lundy, Thompson.

NCAFC sportswear photos

Newry City AFC sportswear is now on sale and can be seen here! (Thanks to our three models!)

The prices are as follows:

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Windcheaters: £35
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Spirit t-shirts (blue):£25
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Polo shirts (grey): £15

If you are interested in purchasing any of these please contact Gary Wilson on 07745112320 or gary@newrycityafc.co.uk to arrange payment and collection.

We can deliver to anywhere in NI, Mainland UK and the Replublic of Ireland. (P & P will apply)

The sportswear will also be available to buy at any of our home fixtures at the club shop.

Newry City AFC sportswear now on sale

Newry City AFC sportswear has just arrived at the Showgrounds. The items are as follows:

Windsheeters: £35
Spirit t-shirts:£25
Polo shirts: £15

If you are interested in purchasing any of these please contact Gary Wilson on 07745112320. Thanks.