Newbridge Town FC

Founded in 1969, Newbridge Town Football Club entered the Counties League Division in their first ever season. Newbridge Town finished fourth and in the same season won the Counties Cup. In the following seasons, the club won Division 2 and gained promotion to Division 1. They won that league and moving into the Leinster Junior League where they played clubs that included Cherry Orchard, Home Farm and Wayside Celtic. Newbridge town moved through a number of grades and into the Leinster Senior League, going on to win the Leinster Senior League Senior Division in the 1998/99 season.

Off the pitch, the Newbridge Town had developed a youth project to help develop young players. Youth teams were introduced to cater for increased interest, and 2nd and 3rd teams were formed in the club's maiden year.^[] In 1973, the club committee invited Wacker München, from Germany, to play against Newbridge Boys. Two matches were played and both games drew crowds in excess of 2,000 to Ryan's field for each game. Both matches ended in draws.^[] In the late 1970s, Tom Shaw became Newbridge Town's first international when he was selected for the Irish Youth team. He was followed by goalkeeper Alan Gough.

In the early 1980s, the club bought land beside the railway station in Newbridge town and named it Station Road, playing their league games there.^[]

In 2002, Newbridge Town were invited to join the Eircom League. However, it was decided to invite all interested football bodies to a formation meeting for a team that all of County Kildare could support. It was decided to take this step under the name of Kildare County FC.^[]

Over the years, Newbridge Town has developed its facilities at Station Road and it now has a sports hall, a clubhouse, a 250-seat stand, training facilities, all-weather and grass pitches, showers and dressing rooms. A new 550-seat stand was later installed in the Station Road ground.^[]

The club has also increased in the number of teams and it now^[] fields two men's senior teams, one ladies senior team, an over 35s masters team and 34 schoolboy and schoolgirl teams ranging from the Under-9 to Under-18 age groups.^[] The latter play in the Dublin and District Schoolboys League.