*Avenue Utd Chairman Gearoid Mannion with new manager Adrian Walsh & joint assistant manager Oliver Fitzpatrick. ADRIAN WALSH is to take over from David Russell as the new manager of Premier Division champions Avenue Utd.
*Aidan and David Russell. Photograph: Joe Buckley BACK TO BACK league titles was no more than Avenue Utd deserved according to their ever-defiant manager David Russell.
*Mark Roche, Nnabuike Nneji, John Roche, Marie Roche and Jamie Roche. Photograph: Joe Buckley A THIRTEEN YEAR career with Avenue Utd’s first team came to an end in the sweetest of manners for winger Mark Roche.
*Seán O’Callaghan celebrates with Avenue Utd captain Ronan Kerin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PATIENCE and perseverance brought the reward of a starring role for Seán O’Callaghan as he claimed his first CDSL Premier Division title with Avenue Utd.
*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.
David Russell congratulates a North End player. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. EXITS from the FAI and Munster Junior Cups in the space of a fortnight have left a strong sense of disappointment amongst Avenue Utd.
*Avenue Utd’s Eoghan Thynne on the ground. Photograph: Ruth Griffin AVENUE UTD have been eliminated from the FAI Junior Cup, suffering defeat to North End Utd on their home patch.
*Ronan Tuohy of Bridge Utd and Avenue Utd’s Dylan Casey. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE sides Avenue Utd and Bridge Utd are the last two clubs from the county standing in the FAI Junior Cup and Munster Junior Cup, they have discovered their opponents for their upcoming games in the competition.
*Elias Kunz returns to the Avenue Utd squad. Photograph: Natasha Barton THREE Clare clubs are in action of the fourth round of the FAI Junior Cup this Sunday.
