*Clare’s senior football panel. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHILE happy that his charges had recorded a third win and run up an impressive tally in the process, Clare football manager Mark Fitzgerald readily accepted after Sunday’s victory over Wicklow that “there’s lots to work on”.
*Cormac Murray. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORMAC Murray has been handed a first start in this year’s Allianz National Football League.
*Diarmuid O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK victories is the target for Clare’s footballers as they continue their bid for promotion, their match-winner against Offaly has said.
Ikem Ugwueru breaks through the challenge of Dylan Hyland. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S National Football League is back on track after they came from nine points adrift to beat Offaly in Tullamore, it is the type of win that Mark Fitzgerald is hoping will lead to a positive bounce for next weekend’s outing versus Wicklow.
*Manus Doherty celebrates with Emmet McMahon and Ronan Lanigan. CLARE’s senior footballers produced a late flurry to pick up their second win of the Allianz National Football League defeating Offaly by the smallest of margins.
*Micheál Garry continues at corner back. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’s senior footballers are set to start with the same fifteen for the third game in a row.
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S footballers will recommence their bid for promotion in the Allianz National Football League when they travel to Offaly on Sunday.
*Gavin Murray. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography THERE WAS a certain element of home comforts for Clare midfielder Gavin Murray as he took to the field in Cusack Park, Mullingar on Sunday.
*Cormac Murray’s goal was disallowed in injury time for Clare’s footballers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A CONTROVERSIAL decision by Cork referee David Murnane to disallow Cormac Murray’s additional goal added to a “rollercoaster” of emotions for Clare manager Mark Fitzgerald during their second round loss to Westmeath.
*Clare’s Alan Sweeney. CLARE’s senior footballers suffered a one point loss to Westmeath having let a six point half-time lead slip on Sunday afternoon.
