Match details confirmed for Newbridge Town FC's League of Ireland opener

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The fixtures have been released for the inaugural FAI National League season

Newbridge Town FC’s fixtures for the new FAI National League have been released with an initially truncated kicking the League of Ireland’s third tier competition.

The Kildare outfit start the season with a trip to face CK United in the SETU Carlow Sports Campus on Saturday, August 29 at 2pm.

The National League will make its way to Station Road for the first time on September 5 when Newbridge welcome Villa FC for a 5pm kick-off. You can buy tickets for this game and other upcoming Newbridge Town FC home games by clicking the link here.

There will be a total of eight in games in the shortened season and Newbridge finish their campaign with a trip down to Cork to face UCC in the Mardyke Sports Grounds on October 31 at 2pm.

After the conclusion of the introductory season, and from the 2027 season on, a clear pathway for promotion to the League of Ireland Men’s First Division will be established. The winners of the North and South divisions will compete in a Play-Off Final to be crowned FAI National League champions. If the Champions have been approved for a First Division licence, they will play against the team that finishes bottom of the First Division in a Promotion / Relegation Play-Off for a place in the second tier.

The 15 new National League clubs are:

• Bonagee United (Donegal)

• CK United (Carlow/Kilkenny)

• Cockhill Celtic (Donegal)

• Home Farm (Dublin)

• Killarney Celtic (Kerry)

• Letterkenny Rovers (Donegal)

• Lucan United (Dublin)

• Mayo Football Club (Mayo)

• Mervue United (Galway)

• Newbridge Town (Kildare)

• Salthill Devon (Galway)