*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.
*Avenue Utd’s Eoghan Thynne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have taken a giant step towards retaining the Maloney Hardware Premier Division title.
*Nnabuike Nneji was among the scorers for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UTD ended Tulla’s chances of winning a first Premier Division title while also keeping themselves at the top of the table.
*Bridge Utd’s starting eleven in Clonmel. CLARE’s hopes of provincial honours in the Munster Junior Cup remain on track following Sunday’s success for Avenue Utd and Bridge Utd to secure their qualification to the last sixteen.
*Elias Kunz. Photograph: Natasha Barton. TWO of the top players in the Clare District Soccer League are major injury doubts for the showpiece event for the sport in the county.
*Avenue Utd’s starting eleven. AVENUE United are through to the semi-finals of the Munster Junior Cup after as expected seeing off the challenge of Togher Celtic.
*Elias Kunz’s excellent goal was not enough for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE’s involvement in the FAI Junior Cup ended on Saturday with Avenue Utd’s exit from the national competition.
*A hat-trick from Elias Kunz helped Avenue Utd into the Munster Junior Cup quarter-finals. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have advanced with ease to the last eight of the Munster Junior Cup.
*Elias Kunz under pressure from Harvey Cullinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have ended Newmarket Celtic’s reign as FAI Junior Cup champions.
*Donie Garrihy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CONCEDING A SECOND goal before half-time was “a killer” for Clare’s hopes of getting their Oscar Traynor campaign off to a winning start, manager Donie Garrihy has lamented.
