*Newmarket Celtic striker Darragh Leahy competes with Bridge Utd net minder John Mulready. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC and Bridge Utd are on course to clash in two season defining outings over the coming weeks.
*Nnabuike Nneji gets his head to an Avenue Utd corner. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AVENUE UTD and Newmarket Celtic have progressed to the third round of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WASHED-AWAY pitch markings led to the decision to postpone the FAI Junior Cup tie between Shannon Hibs and Bridge Utd.
*Ger Myles of Avenue Utd. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD and Newmarket Celtic had facile victories to account for Kerry and Limerick opposition respectively with ease to advance in the FAI Junior Cup.
TULLA UTD had to come from behind to prevail in the FAI Junior Cup at the expense of Ennis Dons.
*Avenue Utd’s Ronan Kerin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin EIGHT CLARE CLUBS begin their FAI Junior Cup campaigns this Sunday.
David Russell congratulates a North End player. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. EXITS from the FAI and Munster Junior Cups in the space of a fortnight have left a strong sense of disappointment amongst Avenue Utd.
*Avenue Utd’s Eoghan Thynne on the ground. Photograph: Ruth Griffin AVENUE UTD have been eliminated from the FAI Junior Cup, suffering defeat to North End Utd on their home patch.
*Ronan Tuohy of Bridge Utd and Avenue Utd’s Dylan Casey. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE sides Avenue Utd and Bridge Utd are the last two clubs from the county standing in the FAI Junior Cup and Munster Junior Cup, they have discovered their opponents for their upcoming games in the competition.
*Sean O’Callaghan and Conor Mullen celebrate. Photograph: Natasha Barton AVENUE UTD and Bridge Utd have progressed to the fifth round of the FAI Junior Cup while Newmarket Celtic have been knocked out.