Competition
Although a relatively new club the "A" team won its first premier league title in 1987 under manager Brendan Wall and that same season they defeated League of Ireland opponents Limerick City (1-0) under Billy Hamilton. Two years later they won the league and cup double and reached the quarter finals of the Munster Junior Cup where they were narrowly defeated after a replay. In 1992 Newtown made its mark at national level by reaching the last 16 in the Junior Football’s blue ribbon national cup, the F.A.I. Junior Cup (over 1000 teams originally entered). A year later incredibly Newtown went one step further and reached the last eight in the country – only to be defeated 1-0 by Buttevant AFC (Cork AUL) after a replay (3-3 in drawn game). Manager during this period was founder member and former player Jimmy Rocks. Numerous league and cup titles have been won at schoolboy and youths level as well as some great success in the SFAI national cup competitions.
Newtown can boast having supplied both of Clare's Junior/Amateur internationals in Paul Carr,who later starred for Limerick FC and Waterford in the LOI and David Wall, with the latter also playing for Limerick 37 FC.
Their latest success is their Women's team which, in its second year in existence,have won the Limerick Leagues 2nd Division and reached the semifinal of the WFAI Junior Cup
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