*Mark Roche & Avenue Utd tasted double success last season. Photograph: Joe Buckley ACTION kicks off in the CDSL Maloney Hardware Premier Division this weekend with three games down for decision.
*Kyle Kirby and Conor Hehir in action. Photograph: Joe Buckley SILVERWARE is on offer for the first time this season with Avenue Utd and Bridge Utd doing battle in the Hugh Kelly Cup final.
*Newmarket Celtic’s Harvey Cullinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE will be one all Clare clash in the first round of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Photograph:Joe Buckley NEWMARKET Celtic’s Darragh Leahy has received a fifty game ban.
*Luke Woodrow with Eoin Slattery. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UTD Luke Woodrow finished the season on a high with a man of the match accolade to accompany his CDSL Premier Division and Clare Cup medals.
*Steven McGann in action against Jack Kelly. Photograph: Joe Buckley STEVEN MCGANN capped off his first season back in the Clare District Soccer League by getting the winning penalty to help Avenue Utd claim a league and cup double.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley STEVEN MCGANN’s winner in a penalty shootout crowned Avenue Utd Clare Cup champions and in the process saw the club win the double for the second time in three seasons.
*Elias Kunz. Photograph: Natasha Barton. TWO of the top players in the Clare District Soccer League are major injury doubts for the showpiece event for the sport in the county.
*Mark Roche celebrates scoring a goal for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Natasha Barton AVENUE UTD are chasing a third Clare Cup title in a row, having weathered a long stretch without silverware when representing the club, Mark Roche is eager for them to grasp their latest chance of success.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley Frank Healy Park will host the meeting of Avenue Utd and Newmarket Celtic in the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup final on Saturday evening.
