After the by now customary two year gap, the Swifts returned to In-Sport in 1989 for their next pair of kits. Only for the second lime in the Club’s history, they were able to purchase two kits which were exactly the same. These were of an exclusive design, roughly based on the Glasgow Rangers away strip of the time.

The shirts were home made of a heavy polyester material which turned out to be very hard wearing and shrink proof. The body of the shirts had a Blue diagonal upper half and a Yellow lower half; the left sleeve was Yellow and the right Blue. The overlapping “V” neck and cuffs were in Blue with Yellow piping and the shirts uniquely had small 4 inch White numbers on the left shoulder. Plain Blue shorts and socks finished off the strip.

Experience had shown that shirts normally lasted two full seasons, shorts wore out earlier while socks barely lasted a season. However these shirts took three full seasons of wear and remained in extremely good condition, so good that they are still useable in 1995 ! The Ladies team also acquired a kit of the same design on the recommendation of the male section.

1989/90 season saw the 2nd.Xl join the Amateur League and this marked the end of the Club’s 15 year connection to the Down Area League as the idea of a 3rd.XI did not materialise. The proposed move to St.Columbanus did not meet with success as the school pitch was too prone to flooding due to collapsed drains. Despite a poor finish to the season, the lst.XI finished in joint 5th. position while the 2nd.XI had a good inaugural season, also finishing 5th. and only missing promotion by 2 points. Due to work and family commitments, Archie Walls stood aside as Manager and this made way for Artie Rice to inject some of his experience into the Club.