Newry City Ladies Football Club is a women's association football club based in

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. They were founded in 2011 and re-founded in 2012. They are currently affiliated to Newry City A.F.C. men's team and play at The Showgrounds.

History

Leagues

Newry City Ladies were founded in 2011 as part of Newry City F.C. and were entered into NIWFA division 4. They were promoted into Division 3 after a successful debut season and again were promoted into Division 2 after defeating

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in the Division 3 final. Despite this success, Newry City F.C. were wound up after a high court petition and the majority of its teams including Newry City Ladies were dissolved. However Newry City Ladies affiliated themselves with Newry City's phoenix club, Newry City A.F.C. This meant that were able to continue playing in the NIWFA Leagues but retained the original Newry City crest instead of adopting the one of Newry City A.F.C. Newry City Ladies continued their rise through the NIWFA leagues, eventually being promoted to the Women's Premier League in 2014. In their debut season in the Women's Premier League, they won the title on the last day by defeating Mid-Ulster Ladies and finished ahead of Linfield Ladies. They also earned qualification to the

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for the first time. They also became the first team since Lisburn Distillery Predators in 2001 to have won the title aside of Belfast affiliated

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and Glentoran Belfast United. After the 2017 season they withdrew from the Premiership and went for the second level Championship instead.

Cups

Newry City Ladies have also competed in the

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. In 2014 they reached the final. The time of the final was moved to a bank holiday Monday afternoon which Newry protested as a number of their squad were work-tied in the afternoon and requested a move to the evening. At

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, Linfield Ladies defeated Newry City Ladies on penalties.

Honours

* Women's Premiership (Level 1) : Winners (1): 2015 * Women's Championship (Level 2) : Winners (1): 2014

References

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External links

Official website
Women's association football clubs in Northern Ireland Association football clubs established in 2011 Newry City F.C. Association football clubs in County Armagh 2011 establishments in Northern Ireland

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