Darragh Leahy – the rebel with a cause
*Darragh Leahy with his son Darius and the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley ARGUABLY one of Newmarket Celtic’s greatest signings has been the addition of Darragh Leahy to their attack.
*Darragh Leahy with his son Darius and the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley ARGUABLY one of Newmarket Celtic’s greatest signings has been the addition of Darragh Leahy to their attack.
*Stephen Austin embraces Darragh Leahy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC cannot be content with just winning an FAI Junior Cup, their coach has stressed.
*Paddy Purcell and Stephen Kelly celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley COMETH THE HOUR, cometh the man or so said Stephen Kelly as he stepped up with the winning penalty to see Newmarket Celtic crowned FAI Junior Cup champions for the first time in their history.
*David McCarthy and his brother Martin with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO REACH THE holy grail of junior soccer and win the FAI Junior Cup represented the stuff of dreams for David McCarthy and Newmarket Celtic.
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.
*Ronan Arthur. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC have been on one hell of a journey this season, reaching finals of the FAI Junior Cup and Munster Junior Cup.
*Darragh Leahy leaps into the air for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley OVERCOMING FAIRVIEW RANGERS has seen Newmarket Celtic conquer their biggest scalp of the season.
*Newmarket Celtic goalkeeper Shane Cusack. Photograph: Oliver Fitzpatrick A MOMENTOUS OCCASION for Clare soccer awaits this weekend with the hosting of the FAI Junior Cup semi-final with Newmarket Celtic hopeful the entire county will be in their corner.
*Paddy Purcell and Eoin O’Brien. Photograph: Natasha Barton NEWMARKET CELTIC ARE meeting every challenge coming their way and it’s filling their manager Paddy Purcell with an immense sense of pride.
*Newmarket Celtic players celebrate Eoin Hayes’ goal. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC’s run to the semi-finals of the FAI Junior Cup is helping to put their players and the Clare District Soccer League on the map, their manager has said.