*Kilkishen Celtic’s Conor Henry. KILKISHEN CELTIC are competing in the first ever season in the top flight of the Clare District Soccer League and have listed consolidating their status as their number one target.
*Conor McDaid battles with Nnabuike Nneji. Photograph: Joe Buckley A FIRST EVER Premier Division medal was the reward for Conor McDaid after Newmarket Celtic overcame Avenue Utd to seal the honours on Saturday evening.
*Newmarket Celtic kitman, Owen McCarthy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC kitman, Owen McCarthy is hoping to cap off his fifteenth season in the role by the club winning back the Premier Division to go alongside the FAI Junior Cup.
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.
*Gearoid O’Brien celebrates with Darragh Leahy. Photograph: Joe Buckley A WIDE SMILE was etched across the face of Newmarket Celtic’s latest match-winner Gearoid O’Brien in the beaming sun of Jackman Park after he headed them into the final of the Munster Junior Cup.
*Avenue Utd players celebrate. Photograph: Natasha Barton / CDSL AVENUE UTD have completed a League and Cup double for the first time in over a decade.
*Conor Hehir clears the ball from Colin Smyth. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RETAINING THE LEAGUE title is the best way for Newmarket Celtic to bounce back from the disappointment of losing the Clare Cup.
*Avenue Utd celebrate their Cup success. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UNITED were crowned Clare Cup champions for the first time since 2011 after they ended Newmarket Celtic’s aspirations of claiming an unprecedented tenth title in succession.
*Newmarket Celtic manager, Mark O’Malley. Photograph: Natasha Barton RED IS THE ROSE is the anthem often belted out in the aftermath of Newmarket Celtic claiming silverware of any description, it may not always be easy on the ears when kitman Owen McCarthy gets going but the hope for manager Mark O’Malley is that some rendition …
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NEWMARKET CELTIC’s Eoin Hayes is in a race against time to be fit for Saturday’s Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup final.
