*Seán O’Callaghan, Nnabuike Nneji, Dylan Casey and Conor Mullen. Photograph: Joe Buckley. BEFORE A BALL was kicked in Saturday’s Clare Cup final, Avenue Utd captain Conor Mullen predicted to Dylan Casey that the left back would score the winning goal.
*Conor Mullen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AVENUE UTD captain Conor Mullen is ruled out with injury for Saturday’s Ennis Carpets Clare Cup final as is Paddy O’Malley.
*James Leonard and Conor Mullen. Photograph: Saibh McDermott. AN ENNIS man is behind the opening of Galway’s first coffee drive-thru.
*Gary O’Connell takes down Eoin Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AVENUE UTD and Newmarket Celtic both maintained their unbeaten status in the Maloney Hardware Premier Division after finishing all square in a cagey top of the table tie on Sunday afternoon.
*Avenue Utd players celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UTD have retained their league title after overcoming Bridge Utd in their dramatic final day winner take all showdown.
*Jack Ryan celebrates as Avenue Utd strike for their second goal via Elias Kunz. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UTD have put Newmarket Celtic out of the Premier Division title race and kept their bid for successive league honours on track.
*Newmarket Celtic players celebrate following Aaron Rudd’s third goal. NEWMARKET CELTIC took a vital three points from Avenue Utd to move to top of the Maloney Hardware Premier Division.
*Conor Mullen delivers a long throw into the box. A MASTERCLASS from Steven McGann and winning by six goals was not enough to save Clare’s Oscar Traynor campaign.
*Harvey Cullinan returns to the Clare side. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE’s soccer side will trek to Mounthawk Park in Tralee this Sunday to face the Kerry District League in the team’s final group game in this season‘s Oscar Traynor inter league competition.
*Dean Hegarty. Photograph: Joe Buckley BACK TO BACK defeats for Clare’s Oscar Traynor side has them in need of results going their way in the final round of the group if they are to progress to the knockout stages.