Cratloe’s third title is sweetest one yet for Colm Collins
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE’s third time winning the Clare SFC was the sweetest one yet for manager Colm Collins.
Kevin Harnett
Harnett looks to add result to injury
*Cratloe captain, Kevin Harnett. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE MOST over-used terminology in pre-match interviews with a player or manager is that they ‘are only taking it game by game and not looking beyond the upcoming game in question’.
Cratloe role ‘no chore’ for ever-committed Colm Collins
*Colm Collins flanked by his sons, David, Padraic and Sean. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN INVOLVEMENT with Cratloe’s senior footballers is far from a chore but a rather a very enjoyable task for long-serving manager, Colm Collins.
Cratloe’s bouncebackability test beckons
*Sean Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Cratloe’s latest dual senior championship tilt appeared to be going swimmingly until last Friday’s spanner in the works.
Immense pride for Paddy Purcell as Newmarket Celtic reach the summit of junior soccer
*The Purcell family with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley NO CLARE CLUB had won the FAI Junior Cup since the first final was held in 1924 until Saturday in Jackman Park when Newmarket Celtic claimed the spoils against three-time champions St Michael’s AFC.
Returning experienced players & signing of Donegal footballer timely lift for Newmarket Celtic
*Newmarket Celtic’s Stephen Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET CELTIC have been boosted in advance of their upcoming FAI and Munster Junior Cup quarter-finals with the return of one of the club’s most experienced players, two players resuming training following injuries and the addition of a new signing.
Celtic’s homework & physical approach key to FAI Junior Cup progression
*Newmarket Celtic coach Eoin O’Brien and manager Paddy Purcell. Photograph: Joe Buckley HOMEWORK and a physical approach was key to Newmarket Celtic advancing to the quarter-finals of the FAI Junior Cup, their manager has said.
Tubridy lands new role with The Sunday Game
*David Tubridy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DOONBEG’s David Tubridy has landed a new role subsequent to his retirement from inter-county football.
‘Very flawed process’ of suspensions flagged by Keating who stressed need for Clare GAA to improve facilities
*Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Natasha Barton CHAIRMAN OF CLARE GAA, Kieran Keating has hit out at the “very flawed process” that resulted in suspensions for two of the county’s senior hurlers this year while the need to provide facilities of a comparable standard to other counties was also stressed.
Harnett & Collins call time on Clare football careers
*Kevin Harnett. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO OF CLARE’S most experienced defenders have called time on their inter-county careers.