Newbridge Town FC

Founded in 1969 by members of the town's youth club, Newbridge Town Football Club entered the Counties League at Division 2. In their first ever season, Newbridge Town finished fourth and won the Counties Cup. In the subsequent seasons, the club won Division 2 and gained promotion to Division 1. After winning Division 1, they moved into the Leinster Junior League which contained Cherry Orchard, Home Farm and Wayside Celtic.

Off the pitch, Newbridge Town formed two additional teams to cater for the increased demand as well as introducing youth teams to the club. In 1973, the club committee invited German side Wacker München to play against Newbridge Boys. Two matches were organised and, while both games ended in draws, each game drew crowds in excess of 2,000 to Ryan's Field.

In 1975, Newbridge Town joined the Athletic Union League in Dublin, with some success over the following seven years. The club had to move out of Ryan's Field and were given the use of a pitch beside the railway station in Newbridge. In 1980, they purchased this land from Newbridge College and began construction on a clubhouse, while they developed the pitch into Station Road.

Newbridge Town returned to the Leinster Junior League in 1982 and, in 1985, opened their new ground. In 1989, they joined the Leinster Senior League and won the Moore Cup in their first season. The club made their way through the divisions over the subsequent years before winning the Leinster Senior Division in the 1998–99 season.

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 and Ade Solanke.

In 2002, Newbridge Town were invited to join the Eircom League. However, after a formation meeting with other interested football bodies, the club decided to enter a separate entity to better garner support from the surrounding areas. The new club, called Kildare County, was run in parallel to Newbridge Town and entered the 2002–03 First Division, playing their home games at Station Road.

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. The club also runs a boys and girls academy, starting at under-5s.

It was reported, in early 2025, that the club was one of the applicants for the newly announced FAI National League, a 3rd tier competition in the Irish professional football ladder. In December 2025, Newbridge Town was included in the list of clubs accepted into the league by the FAI. The competition is due to begin in Autumn 2026.