Newry City F.C.
Newry City F. C. is a Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The association founded in 1923, is from Newry and plays its home games in the Showgrounds from. The club colors are blue and white and the coach is, since January 2007 Gerry Flynn.
History
Actually called the club Newry Town, but was renamed in Newry City in 2004, when the town already had two years Newry city rights.
The most successful period for the club was the late 90s. After they won the First Division in the 1997/98 season and in the Premier Division were fourth, they qualified for the Intertoto Cup. In this Intertoto Cup, which was the first appearance of the club on the European stage, Newry City played against the Croatian club Hrvatski Dragovoljac and lost 1-0. But in the second leg of the Northern Ireland a 2-0 victory and a place in the second round. In the second round Newry City met the German Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg. There, however, they lost 2-0. In the home game they won, although with a 1-0, but it was not enough to make a round to get on.
In the 1999/2000 season, however, was a low blow for the team. As a result, they finished the 2002/03 season in last place. However, by the relegation they could still secure against the Bangor FC relegation.
In the season 2010/11 Newry rose from the last to the second division. A year later they reached the play-offs in second at the IFA Premiership, but it lost to Lisburn Distillery 0-0 and 2:3.
Achievements
High-level successes
- IFA Premiership: 1997/1998
- County Antim Shield: 1987/1988
- Mid- Ulster Cup: 1936/1937, 1978/1979, 1984/1985, 1986/1987, 1989/1990, 1999/2000, 2006/2007
Mittelrangige successes
- IFA Championship: 1959/1960, 1980/1981
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 1958/1959, 1966/1967, 1980/1981
- Mid- Ulster Cup: 1956/1957, 1963/1964, 1966/1967, 1968/1969, 1974/1975, 1977/1978
- Bob Radcliffe Cup: 1978/1979, 1984/1985
- Northern Irish football club