Clare clubs begin FAI Junior Cup campaigns
*Avenue Utd’s Ronan Kerin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin EIGHT CLARE CLUBS begin their FAI Junior Cup campaigns this Sunday.
Ennis Carpets Clare Cup
Clare Cup champions Newmarket Celtic secure quarter-final place
*Eoin Hayes knocks the ball ahead of Brian Monaghan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE CUP holders Newmarket Celtic advanced to the quarter-finals with a merited victory over neighbours Shannon Town Utd on Sunday morning.
Tulla through to Clare Cup last eight at Tage’s expense
*Fiachra Hale was among the Tulla Utd goal scorers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TULLA UTD put five goals past Hermitage FC to claim their place in the quarter-finals of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.
Fixtures headache mounting for CDSL with more widespread postponements
*Tulla Utd and Seán Withycombe are heading outside the county for their third round Cup tie. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIXTURES headache is mounting for the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) with more widespread cancellations across the county due to unplayable pitches.
Thynne is on Avenue’s side in Shannon Town late show, Tulla thump Fair Green & Kilrush move on in Clare Cup
*Avenue Utd’s Eoghan Thynne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AVENUE UTD just about had time on their side to shake off the challenge of Shannon Town Utd, Tulla Utd proved too strong for Fair Green Celtic in the latest round of games in the Maloney Hardware Premier Division and Kilrush Rangers reigned supreme in the West Clare …
Avenue, Bridge, Dons & Tulla progress to last 16 of Clare Cup
AVENUE UTD, Bridge Utd, Tulla Utd and Ennis Dons all progressed in the second round of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.
Dons derby on the cards following draw for last 16 of Clare Cup
*Stephen Jordan in action for Ennis Dons. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography A POTENTIAL Ennis Dons derby is on the cards for the last sixteen of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.
O’Brien finishes debut season as Celtic manager with Cup glory
*Eoin O’Brien with his daughter Elin. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC’s twentieth Clare Cup title marked Eoin O’Brien’s first success in his debut season as manager of his native club.
O’Brien & Newmarket Celtic braced for ‘showpiece event’ in Clare soccer
*Eoin O’Brien. NINE-time Clare Cup champion Eoin O’Brien is bidding to win his first as Newmarket Celtic manager.
‘We’ve been looking in from the outside for long enough’ – Tulla Utd & Moloney set for novel Clare Cup final
*Mike Moloney. FOR long enough Tulla Utd have been looking in from the outside on the big day, they’re eager to make the most of their first Clare Cup final appearance.