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The Newry City AFC Academy were back in action last weekend with the U11s, U15s and U16s on display.
Newry City AFC U11 v Glendowan U11
It was tough game from the start for Newry City 2014 against a strong Glendowan side. The game started scrappy and Newry conceded two goals early that maybe on another day, they wouldn't have.
However, Newry showed great character to stay in the game and scored directly from a corner kick by Rhys Hempkin. Glendowan scored a third against the run of play but Newry pulled one 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 two very late goals, when Newry were pushing for the winner. It was one of those games for Newry but the boys can be proud of themselves.
Man of the Match: Deaglán Finnegan
Team: Rory O'Hagan (GK), Noah Turley, Max McKeown (Capt), Rio Carroll, Reuben Bentley-McKevitt, Noah Kearns, Deaglán Finnegan, Rhys Hempkin, Daìthi Gorman, Daniel Drumm
Goalscorers: Noah Kearns and Rhys Hempkin
Newry City AFC U15 v Lisburn Distillery U15
Newry City U15s showed their attacking power last weekend as they defeated Lisburn distillery.
Goals came from all over the pitch, as eight different scorers made their mark.
Special mention must go to Ethan Kelly for keeping a clean sheet and playing with an injury in the first half, and to Eoin Taylor for standing in for Ethan in the second half.
Goalscorers: Mathieu Kavanagh, Tomas, Mikey Bannon, Jacob Toner (x2), Eoin Taylor, Ross Lavelle (x2), Ruadhan Nugent, Jamie Franks.
Assists: Lee Clark (x2), Eoin Taylor, Ross Lovelle.
Newry City AFC U16 v Larne U16
Newry City were up against from the first minute against a top opposition and after a decent start, Larne took full control and dominated large parts of the game.
While City tried to stay as disciplined without the ball for as long as possible, Larne’s quality was too much and eventually they broke Newry down and ran out strong winners.