*Lifford’s Adrian Walsh. Photograph: Natasha Barton PREMIER DIVISION soccer managers have criticised the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) for the manner in which the start of the new season has been handled.
*Bridge Utd’s Conor Deasy. Photograph: Natasha Barton TRANSITION AWAITS Bridge Utd in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division but they remain determined to move into the top three.
*Former CDSL PRO Jim Madden, Aaron Kelly, Ruairà Price and Colin Curran. Photograph: Joe Buckley RUAIRI PRICE has stepped down as manager of the Clare Youths.
*Shannon Town’s Fionn McInerney. Photograph: Natasha Barton HOME ADVANTAGE has been obtained by the three Clare clubs remaining in the last 32 of the Munster Junior Cup.Â
*Bridge Utd’s Kieran Quinlan and Leon Kelly. Photograph: Natasha Barton THEY MAY HAVE CONTESTED two Clare Cup finals in the past seven years but anyone involved in Bridge Utd will admit the club have not challenged strongly enough for honours at the top table of soccer in the county.
*Ruairi Price (right) will continue as Clare Youths manager. Photograph: Joe Buckley Ruairi Price is to continue as manager of the Clare Youths soccer side.
*Liam Buckley celebrates for Clare’s Youths side. Photograph: Oliver Fitzpatrick Clare youths captain Liam Buckley has signed for Treaty Utd’s U19 side.
Countless milestones, memories and gatherings were taken from our reach in 2020 but once again sport came up trumps in providing joy and solace with many organisations also leading the way when it came local community responses during the pandemic, Head of Sport Páraic McMahon dishes out the gongs in the inaugural Clare Echo Sporting Awards.
Bridge Utd’s youths side completed the league and cup double in the same week after fending off the challenge of neighbours Shannon Town on Thursday night.
Bridge United have qualified for the FAI Youths quarter-finals following an impressive win over College Corinthians on Saturday.
