John McClelland
Aug 14, 20242 min read
On This Day - 14th August
On the 14th of August, 1998, Newry Town returned to the top tier of Irish football having been promoted as First Division champions just...
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John McClelland
Aug 12, 20242 min read
On This Day - 12th August
On the 12th of August 1983 - the greatest player Britain or Ireland has ever produced - George Best - turned out for us in a friendly...
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John McClelland
Aug 6, 20243 min read
On This Day - 6th August
On the 6th of August 1983 Ollie Ralph pulled on a Newry Town shirt for the very first time - featuring in a pre-season friendly against...
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John McClelland
Jul 30, 20242 min read
On This Day - 30th July
On the 30th of July, 1997 Newry Town took on Middlesbrough in a glamour friendly at the Showgrounds, with the Teeside club providing ...
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John McClelland
Jul 21, 20243 min read
On This Day - 21st July
On this day back in 2007 Bryan Robson took his Championship side Sheffield United to Newry for the first of a 3-day tour of Ireland which...
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John McClelland
Jul 20, 20243 min read
On This Day - 20th July
On this day in 2013, Mark Lowry etched his name in the history books by scoring the first ever senior goal for the newly formed Newry...
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John McClelland
Jul 12, 20243 min read
No Return for the King?
In the last few days Newry fans were given the shock news that our legendary captain and stalwart Darren King was to ‘step away from...
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John McClelland
Jul 10, 20242 min read
On This Day - 10th July
On the 10th of July, 1999 our maiden only ever European adventure to date came to an end after a very credible 1-0 victory over Bundeliga...
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