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Newry City Wanderers 2 – 0 Limavady United Youth (U-18s)

Newry U18s kept the pressure on Ballymena for that 2nd promotion spot in Section B with a hard fought victory over Limavady on Saturday morning at the Showgrounds. Newry showed their intention from the start with a blistering opening, with Edgar volleying wide from Dillon’s set up and when Newry forced a corner Gourley took […]

Windmill set for Junior cup semi-final show down

Windmill Stars continue their quest to become the first local side to take home the Junior Cup twice when they take on Strathroy Harps on Wednesday evening (28th March) in the highly anticipated semi-final of the Coca Cola Junior Cup. In 2003 Windmill became the first Carnbane club to win the Junior Cup and in […]

Local football round up, 24th March 2012

Premier Division Late Clarke goal denies Crieve Crieve Rovers looked on course for only their second win of the season at Kilbroney park until Aidan Clarke popped up in the last minute of the game to head home an equaliser for Killowen. Pavel gave Crieve the lead before Cahal Ruddy found the back of the […]

Armagh defeat rivals Down in close NFL encounter

Armagh’s fears of getting relegated to Division Two of the National Football League were eased this weekend with a close victory over neighbours Down. Armagh made a bright start to the game but were dealt a blow when Peter Carragher was stretchered off with a suspected broken leg. The hosts held the lead for most […]

Players of the Carnbane, with Peter Markey

Name: Peter Markey. Age: 27. Occupation: Student. Club: Bessbrook. Previous Club(s): Parkview, Clearly Celtic and Loughgall. Honours: 2 x Bessbrook cups, Fr Davis cup, AOH cup, Carnbane Premier Division, and the Kennedy cup. I also have multiple Carnbane, Mid Ulster youth leagues and cups. Position: Midfield/Striker. Favourite player: Roy Keane. Favourite drink: Diet Coke. What team […]

Down and Armagh clash in a battle for relegation and glory

It is one of the biggest events in the local sporting calender when Armagh and Down meet. With Newry divided 50:50, the game can be one of the most talked about events of the year and this weekend’s clash is one of the most anticipated meetings in years as both teams have plenty to play […]

Newry City Academy – Meet The Players: Jordan King (Under 18’s)

Recently the Newry Times team caught up with Newry U-18 player Jordan King to find out a little more about him. Name: Jordan King Age: 16 Position: Left Back/Left Midfield Previous clubs: Barcroft and Bessbrook Greatest achievement so far in your career? Winning the double with Barcroft and getting to play against Norwich youth academy. […]

Armagh allegations ‘do not accurately reflect what occurred’

Representatives from Armagh and Laois met today to discuss the allegations made by the Armagh County Board this week. Newry Times reported on Tuesday that Armagh officials were claiming ‘racial’ and ‘partitionist’ abuse during the National Football League game on Sunday. Both county boards agreed that “allegations made by Armagh County Board in their statement […]

Newry vs Linfield postponed as Ballymena request independent assessment

Ballymena United have this week requested that an Independent Arbitration Panel consider the case of Alan Davidson’s eligibility in the JJB Sports Irish Cup. Newry Times reported this week that Newry were successful in their appeal to the Irish Football Association and had been reinstated to the Irish Cup to face Linfield in the semi-final […]

Sectarianism towards the 6 counties is not new… (and Laois have previous form)

Sectarianism is not a new phenomenon in the GAA, if you were to ask any seasoned follower of inter-county football they would tell you that it happens quite often. What happened to Ciaran McKeever is nothing short of scandalous and should be addressed immediately by the GAA. The Laois County Board’s refusal to accept reality […]







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