The management committee of Newry City AFC can announce that we have parted ways with first team manager, Barry Gray. We would like to place on record our thanks to Barry for all of his hard work at the club during a very difficult time on and off the pitch. Barry leaves with our best wishes.
A further update will follow in due course.
The Newry City AFC Academy were back in action last weekend:
Newry City AFC U9 had a very competitive encounter against Valley Rangers on Saturday. Teamwork and resilience were evident from start to finish with lots of good football played by both sides. Newry goals coming from Danny King, Zachary McCormack, Darragh O’Neill and Cayden McSherry.
Newry City AFC u11 v Camlough Rovers 2014 at the Camlough stadium.
Goal scorers – Karol Oleszczuk x 1, Rhys Hempkin x 1, Deaglàn Finnegan x1
A fantastic game of football saw a 3-3 draw between 2 good teams. The game started evenly but Camlough went 2 goals up curtesy of 2 long range shots. Newry kept their chins up to pull a goal back before half time with a well worked goal from Karol Oleszczuk.
Newry started the second half really well and were the more dominant team throughout but whilst creating a lot of chances, they couldn’t find the net. That was until Rhys Hempkin broke free on the left and hit a screamer into the far corner.
Newry kept pressing for a winner but Camlough scored very late with a contested corner. Newry didn’t give up and with the last move of the match – up stepped Deaglàn Finnegan to score with a long range shot. Great scenes at the end of a great game of football.
Man of the match – Karol Oleszczuk
Newry Team: Rory O’Hagan (GK), Max McKeown, Rio Carroll, Daniel Drumm, Noah Kearns, Daìthì Gorman, Karol Oleszczuk, Reuben Bentley-McKevitt, Deaglàn Finnegan, Rhys Hempkin, Harry Owens, Lorcan Haughey
Newry City AFC U15 v Glendowan U15
Newry got off to the better start with Tomas Devlin once again getting on the end of a Mathieu Kavanagh free kick to open the scoring.
As the first half progressed Newry was on top with Eoin, Mathieu and Ross all covering a lot of ground in the middle of the pitch.
The back 3 consisting of Frankie, Tomas and Darragh patrolled the defence really well, as the game progressed Jamie Frank’s and Ronan McCann grew into it creating great chances for the 2 forwards.
Lee Clarke sacrificed himself to get on the end of a dead ball to slip it to Jacob Toner who put it away for Newry’s second goal.
With minutes left of the 1st half Ethan Kelly made 3 great consecutive saves to keep Newry on top, going into half time the more dominant team.
Second half started with Glendowan starting the stronger being rewarded soon after with a goal.
Newry weathered the storm well and could have extended their lead but good goal keeping from Glendowan and a post denied them.
Glendowan equalised with 10mins left on the clock after 2quick saves from Kieran King unfortunately resulted in the ball landing to a Glendowan player to roll into the net.
One final opportunity fell to Mikey Bannon who worked the keeper but Newry just couldn’t get it over the line.
Great overall game and on another day the score line could have been more reflective of Newry’s work rate and opportunities.
Stand out performances from Lee Clark and Eoin Taylor. Final score 2-2.
Newry City AFC U16 V Coleraine U16
In the first 10 minutes Coleraine took the lead but Newry remained disciplined and made it difficult to Coleraine to break the team down while the Newry forwards picked their moments to go and break on Coleraine though unfortunately late on in the half Coleraine fully found their feet and took control finding the net twice before the half time whistle before putting the game to bed early in the second half with their fourth goal.
Next up: NIFL U16 Academy league vs Linfield 5/10/24 Jennings Park 11am
Newry City AFC are on schedule to have our new 3G facility available for use by early November 2024.
This communication is to apprise any prospective patrons to consider when and how often you might like to hire our facility.
It is likely that demand will quickly outstrip supply and evenings in particular may have significant demand.
We cannot guarantee anyone a place of course and slot approval is unlikely to be just on a first come first served basis.
A dedicated bookings email is attached to allow everyone to express their interest in booking the facility in advance of our official opening.
Expressions of interest will not guarantee anyone a slot but will help us plan for demand at the earliest possible stage.
We look forward to hearing from you and advise everyone that expressions of interest will only be considered through the email address below. Calls, emails etc via any other channel will not be considered.
Thank you.
Email: bookings@newrycityafc.co.uk
The Newry City AFC Academy were back in action last weekend:
Newry City AFC U9 had some great performances from the on Saturday against Camlough Rovers and Meadowlands. Lots of free-flowing football on show and lots of goals to top it off.
Newry City AFC u11 v Oxford Sunnyside 2014 colts at Lisburn Rec 2B
A tough match for Newry against Oxford Sunnyside. The game was very scrappy and stop/start but the Newry lads battled on regardless but despite numerous chances – they couldn’t break the deadlock. Oxford Sunnyside took a 2-0 lead into half time with a clearance/shot and a well worked goal.
After the break, Newry continued to press but couldn’t put the ball in the net. Oxford Sunnyside scored a third right at the end with a counter attack when Newry were pressing. A frustrating game for Newry but we can learn from it.
Next game – Camlough Rovers 2014 v Newry City at Camlough stadium at 9am on 28th September
Newry City AFC u12 v Ballymacash U12
Newry started well and created plenty of chances in the first half. Luke Dinsmore was able to put one of these away to put the u12s in the lead going into the break.
In the second half, Newry defended well and also created more chances with Tom Woollard hitting the crossbar and Corey Rooney hitting the post. Ballymacash managed to equalise from a corner with ten minutes remaining. The game had a dramatic ending with what looked like a certain penalty for Newry but it wasn’t to be.
FT 1-1 and still unbeaten in the Lisburn League.
Newry City AFC U15 v Hillsborough boys Saturday 21/9/24
Newry got off to a good start with a goal from Tomas Devlin 5mins into the game.
Newry dominated the next 20 mins with multiple scoring chances unfortunately none materialised and Hillsborough boys got a goal just before the half time break.
In the second half Hillsborough got off to a better start and were rewarded with a free kick scoring a great goal. Newry made a few changes to try and get the equaliser, a few opportunities were created but none hit the back of the net! In the end Hillsborough hit them again with another free kick to end the game 3-1 in their favour.
Stand out players for Newry: Tomas Devlin and Darragh Rigley
Newry City AFC U16 V Glentoran U16
After a tough first half in which we dug deep and made it difficult to break us down, Glentoran then broke us down and took the lead with 10 minutes to go before half time but we reacted well and created a couple of chances and brought out a top class save from the Glentoran keeper to keep it at 1-0 at half time.
In the second half we made it again difficult for Glentoran while creating a chance on the break but 15 minutes into the second half Glentoran doubled their lead but again a good reaction from us helped us pull a goal back from a good strike from just outside the box but just 2 minutes later Glentoran killed the game from a corner.
Next Fixtures:
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
