Big two likely to meet in third round of Munster Junior Cup
Mark Roche gets away from Daithi O’Connell. Photograph: Natasha Barton ONE OF Clare’s top two adult soccer sides will not progress into the last 32 of the Munster Junior Cup.
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Lifford upset Avenue with Newmarket, Tulla & Bridge off to winning starts
*Lifford players celebrate David Keenan’s goal in Roslevan. Photograph: Ruairi Price A NEW SEASON has begun with the race for the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division kicking off in earnest.
Newmarket Celtic still bearing fresh wounds from heartache of last season
*David McCarthy squares off with Dylan Casey. Photograph: Natasha Barton FACING INTO a first season in over a decade without silverware, the job of motivating Newmarket Celtic could not have been easier.
Casey’s strike seals double for Avenue Utd
*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.
League success the best way for Newmarket Celtic to respond to Cup defeat
*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.
Casey soaks up Avenue Utd’s breakthrough
*Ray & Dylan Casey with the Clare Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ELEVEN YEAR WAIT to win a second Clare Cup medal was gladly ended for Dylan Casey on Saturday evening.
‘We’re back & we’re on an upward curve’ – Cup success signals return of Avenue says Russell
*Avenue Utd celebrate their Clare Cup success. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HAVING WON FOUR CLARE CUPS and Premier Division medals in his playing days, David Russell was a beaming figure on Saturday evening to collect his first piece of silverware as manager of Avenue Utd’s first team.
Avenue Utd come of age to be crowned Clare Cup champions
*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.
O’Malley hoping to keep the spark in Newmarket Celtic’s bid for trophies
*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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Elias’ emergence has revitalised Avenue’s attack for honours
*Elias Kunz. Photograph: Natasha Barton SO FAR AS star signings in Clare sport are concerned, you can certainly put Elias Kunz to the top of the list for this year.