Newry City F.C.

Newry City F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Football League. The club, founded in 1902, hails from Newry and play their home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white. The current manager is Roy McCreadie.

The club's most successful time was in the late nineties. After winning the First Division in the 1997/98 season, the club managed to finish in fourth place in the Premier Division, thus qualifying for the Intertoto Cup.

In this first ever season in European competition, Newry Town (as they were then known) were drawn against the Croatia side Hrvatski Dragovoljac. A 1–0 defeat in Croatia was followed by an historic 2–0 win at home to send the club into the second round. There they met Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg. Again, Newry were drawn away in the first leg, coming away with a respectable 2–0 defeat to the German professionals. A 1–0 win at home wasn't enough to force extra time but the side had exceeded expectations in the tournament.

Since the 1999/00 season, the club went into decline, culminating in a last place finish in the league in 2002/03. However, thanks to the restructuring of the Irish Football League they were required to play off against Bangor FC over two legs. A 0–0 away draw and a 2–1 home win kept the club in the top flight.

Honours

• Frist Division: 1997/98

External Links

Newry City FC Website