Sunday in Killarney is an occasion that followers of Gaelic Football in Co Clare will be keen to forget. Twenty two points separated the teams when Barry Cassidy blew the final whistle at Fitzgerald Stadium. It marked the single biggest defeat endured by Clare during Colm Collins’ reign as senior football boss. Understandably he was …
Structures for Clare’s adult club championships have been finalised following a lengthy debate at Monday’s meeting of the County Board.
Inter-county GAA action is to scheduled to commence in October, at the beginning of the year Jamie Malone was not part of the Clare senior football panel and he is currently unsure if he will return when they resume training in the coming months.
We’ve reached the attack in the quest to select Clare’s greatest senior football team of the past three decades.
Having voted for Clare’s greatest senior hurling team, readers of The Clare Echo are now being tasked with choosing the county’s senior gaelic football team from 1990 to 2020.
*Gordon Kelly under pressure. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare’s footballers have it “all to fight for”, Colm Collins insisted in the wake of their third defeat of the 2020 Allianz National Football League.
*Kevin Harnett offloads possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Failure to convert good scoring opportunities proved costly for Clare in the fourth round of the Allianz National Football League Division 2 played in front of an attendance of 893 people at Cusack Park this Sunday afternoon.
*Cillian Brennan goes to ground. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As he made his way from the playing pitch to the dressing room, the disappointment was clear on the face of Clare manager Colm Collins.
*Keelan Sexton on the attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Contrasting performances have marked Clare’s start in the Allianz National Football League and varying reactions have accompanied manager Colm Collins to each outing.
*Clare’s Ciarán Russell Kildare boss Jack O’Connor has stated his admiration for the battling qualities displayed by the Clare footballers on Sunday.