*Lissycasey players celebrate with the willwego.com Cusack Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORTUNE ultimately favoured the brave to decide the outcome of this year’s Cusack Cup as Lissycasey goalkeeper Thomas Collins admirably stepped up to loft over a two-point winning free with the last kick of an enthralling showdown with St Joseph’s Miltown.
*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EMMET McMahon is included in a Clare matchday panel for the first time this year with Dermot Coughlan and Eoin Cleary also named among the substitutes for Saturday’s must-win Tailteann Cup encounter.
*Clare midfielder, Brian McNamara. CLARE’S footballers are in must-win territory if they are to keep their season alive.
*Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Football Championship coverage brought to you in association with Martin Daly Autos CLARE’s senior footballers will be without their most experienced player for Saturday’s Tailteann Cup opener.
*Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers “were as good” as Kerry in Saturday’s Munster semi-final according to manager Paul Madden who was left “bitterly disappointed” by “blatant screening” which led to decisive scores.
*Brian McNamara in action against Offaly during the 2025 NFL. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers have received a home draw against Offaly in the first round of the Tailteann Cup.
*Clare’s Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE finished their Division 3 league campaign with a fourth defeat, losing to fourteen man Sligo.
*Cormac Murray misses a goal chance. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A THIRD defeat for Clare leaves the county consigned to Division 3 football for a fourth year running.
*Eoin Cleary and Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE have stormed to the top half of Division 3 with a third win on the bounce for Paul Madden’s footballers.
Eoin Cleary and Jamie Stack at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIRST Cusack Park win under Paul Madden has given Clare’s footballers fresh impetus for Saturday’s derby encounter with Limerick.