Newry City AFC last man standing competition for 2015 is finally underway and we began on Saturday past with 127 entrants. Reigning Last Man Standing champion John Prentice is eager to defend his title this time around and is safely through to this week’s second round having seen his pick Manchester United defeat Leicester City.
The first casualty of the competition was Jonny Lennon who took a risk on Hull to beat Newcastle. However Newcastle ran out easy winners in Saturdays early kick off.
Of the 127 entrants, 25 have already ploughed out of the competition with the biggest exodus backing Southampton to win. However the 18 participants who had chosen The Saints were let down and face an early exit.
With 25 people bowing out already after week 1, we are down to 102 people remaining. With some big teams chosen for weeks 1 and 2, and how unpredictable results have been in recent weeks, almost anything could happen from here.
| People safely through to round 2 | |
| Name | Round 1 |
| Chris McMahon | Arsenal |
| Brian Elmore | Arsenal |
| Ian McDonald | Arsenal |
| Noel Quinn | Arsenal |
| Marie Robertson | Arsenal |
| Jason Rafferty | Arsenal |
| Peter Murphy | Arsenal |
| Michael Higgins | Arsenal |
| Lauren Redpath | Arsenal |
| Kevin Darcy | Arsenal |
| Ann Redpath | Arsenal |
| Tony McCreanor | Arsenal |
| Jim Campbell | Arsenal |
| Neil McCullough | Arsenal |
| Baz Feehan | Arsenal |
| Kyle Blakely | Arsenal |
| Gareth McCullough | Arsenal |
| Patrick Higgins | Arsenal |
| Mo Ruddy | Arsenal |
| Kevin Ruddy | Arsenal |
| Liam O ‘Hagan | Arsenal |
| Martin Buchanon | Arsenal |
| Decky | Arsenal |
| Andy McGivern | Arsenal |
| Jim Hagan | Arsenal |
| Conor Murdogh | Arsenal |
| Denise Leonard | Arsenal |
| Jason Hamilton | Arsenal |
| Chris Casey | Arsenal |
| Seamus Hughes | Arsenal |
| Stefan Duffy | Arsenal |
| Aodhan McArdle | Arsenal |
| Arty Kavanagh | Arsenal |
| Tom King | Arsenal |
| Jim Hillen | Arsenal |
| Gerry Hillen | Arsenal |
| Laura Hillen | Arsenal |
| Martin McLoughlin | Liverpool |
| Joe Campbell | Liverpool |
| Sharon McEvoy | Liverpool |
| Stephen McArdle (2) | Liverpool |
| Anne O’Hanlon | Liverpool |
| John Harland | Liverpool |
| John Fern | Liverpool |
| Sean McKevitt | Man Utd |
| Gerry McKevitt | Man Utd |
| Shaun Cinnamond | Man Utd |
| Roddy Campbell | Man Utd |
| Martin Walker | Man Utd |
| Peter Woods | Man Utd |
| Brian Collins | Man Utd |
| Gerry McCoy | Man Utd |
| David O’Connor | Man Utd |
| Jim O’Connor | Man Utd |
| Keith Johnston | Man Utd |
| Chris Johnston | Man Utd |
| Damian Murphy | Man Utd |
| Andrew Boyd | Man Utd |
| Jackie Redpath | Man Utd |
| Gary Redpath | Man Utd |
| Stephen McArdle | Man Utd |
| Terry Diamond | Man Utd |
| Tommy O’Hare | Man Utd |
| Paul Lyons | Man Utd |
| Stephen Moore | Man Utd |
| Brendan McCann | Man Utd |
| John Prentice | Man Utd |
| Diarmuid Rocks | Man Utd |
| Ciaran Horsfall | Man Utd |
| Eimear Campbell | Man Utd |
| Conor McCaul | Man Utd |
| Mícheál Savage | Man Utd |
| Declan McConville | Man Utd |
| Tony McElroy | Man Utd |
| Matthew Cregan | Man Utd |
| Micheal McParland | Man Utd |
| Darren Mullen | Man Utd |
| Ray Byrne | Man Utd |
| Eric Johnston | Newcastle |
| Dorothy Taylor | Newcastle |
| Jonny Irwin | Newcastle |
| Willie Brown | Spurs |
| Gary McGinn | Spurs |
| Joe Bennett | Spurs |
| Mickey McAlinden | Spurs |
| Conor McEvoy | Stoke |
| Paddy Heaney | Stoke |
| Ricky McVeigh | Stoke |
| Jimmy Walker | Stoke |
| Shane King | Stoke |
| Gary Chambers | Stoke |
| Neil McAteer | Stoke |
| Jake Redpath | Stoke |
| Mickey Keenan | Stoke |
| Aaron Irwin | Stoke |
| Joe Finnegan | Stoke |
| Seamus McParland | Stoke |
| Marc Kelly | Stoke |
| John Smyth | Stoke |
| Barry Johnston | Sunderland |
| Ciaran Loye | Sunderland |
| Liam Murphy | Sunderland |
| Eliminated | |
| Name | Round 1 |
| Jonny Lennon | Hull |
| Lisa Morrison | Man City |
| TR O Gorman | Palace |
| Ciaran Leonard | Palace |
| Aaron McParland | Palace |
| Raymond Mullen | Palace |
| Bobby Johnston | Southampton |
| Neil Heaney | Southampton |
| Gary Fitzmaurice | Southampton |
| Gerry Mc | Southampton |
| Gabriel Farrell | Southampton |
| Brian McSorley | Southampton |
| John McDowell | Southampton |
| Mark Rocks | Southampton |
| Kevin Lyons | Southampton |
| Teresa Lennon | Southampton |
| Danny Cinnamond | Southampton |
| Nicky McCaul | Southampton |
| Gary Cregan | Southampton |
| Tommy Canning | Southampton |
| James Burns | Southampton |
| Ciaran Bradley | Southampton |
| Paddy McGrath | Southampton |
| Martin McParland | Southampton |
| Chris McAllister | West Brom |
