*Avenue Utd manager, Adrian Walsh. Photograph: Joe Buckley THREE YEARS on from trying to take down Avenue Utd in a Cup final, Adrian Walsh now finds himself as manager of the Roslevan based club as they look to be crowned Clare Cup champions for the fourteenth time.
*Brian Shanahan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SEVEN-TIME Clare SFC winner Brian Shanahan will return for a second season as manager of the Doonbeg senior footballers. BRIAN SHANAHAN will return for a second season as manager of the Doonbeg senior footballers.
*Jason Linnane of Doonbeg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITHIN Doonbeg there is a quiet confidence that the eighteen-time Clare SFC champions could end a long wait of six years to return to the knockout stages.
*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.