*Tempers flare between Gearoid O’Brien and Nneji Nnabuike. Photograph: Natasha Barton ON WHAT is a big weekend for soccer in Co Clare, we’ve a special edition of The Water Break.
*Shannon Town Utd players including Brian Monaghan celebrate. Photograph: Natasha Barton SHANNON TOWN UTD expect this will be the last year that they are the only team from the Airport town competing in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division.
*Delegates at the AGM of the CDSL. Photograph: John Mangan There was no smoke or fire as the deferred Clare District Soccer League AGM in Treacy’s West County Hotel re-emphasised that the code is in rude health in the county.
*Former CDSL PRO Jim Madden, Aaron Kelly, Ruairí Price and Colin Curran. Photograph: Joe Buckley RUAIRI PRICE has stepped down as manager of the Clare Youths.
*Newmarket Celtic kitman, Owen McCarthy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC kitman, Owen McCarthy is hoping to cap off his fifteenth season in the role by the club winning back the Premier Division to go alongside the FAI Junior Cup.
Paddy Purcell, Owen McCarthy, Eoin O’Brien and Stephen Austin. Photograph: Joe Buckley THEY SOLDIERED alongside each other on the field for seven years, they are in constant communication and their ability to finish each other’s sentences could see Paddy Purcell and Eoin O’Brien labelled as the unofficial married couple of Newmarket Celtic.
*CDSL Chairman, Jason Ryan. Photograph: Martin Connolly KILRUSH’s Jason Ryan is to be returned unopposed as Chairman of the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) with contests on course to occur for the roles of Fixtures Secretary and Munster FA Delegate.
*Newmarket Celtic manager, Mark O’Malley. Photograph: Natasha Barton RED IS THE ROSE is the anthem often belted out in the aftermath of Newmarket Celtic claiming silverware of any description, it may not always be easy on the ears when kitman Owen McCarthy gets going but the hope for manager Mark O’Malley is that some rendition …
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Clare schoolgirls soccer is celebrating Gaynor cup under 15 plate success this week after they scored a 1-0 win over Limerick County in the final played at the University of Limerick.
*Members of the Kennedy Cup squad. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE will line out in three All-Ireland finals in what is viewed as a major weekend for soccer in the county.