*Colm Walsh O’Loghlen. Photograph: Dermot Lynch CLARE PLAYERS will be squaring off when lining out for Limerick clubs in the quarter-finals of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Regional Utd’s Brian O’Connor. Photograph: Joe Buckley WHILE all Clare clubs may be out of the race to win the FAI Junior Cup, hopes for some sort of Banner success is still alive.
*Darragh Leahy holds onto possession under pressure. Photograph: Joe Buckley TWO WEEKS on from creating history winning the FAI Junior Cup following a penalty shootout, it was heartbreak for Newmarket Celtic who experienced the opposite side of the coin as Regional Utd claimed their first Munster Junior Cup in very similar circumstances.
*Brian O’Connor of Regional Utd. Photograph: Joe Buckley WHATEVER THE OUTCOME of Saturday’s Munster Junior Cup final, there will be provincial medals heading back to Co Clare.
*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.
*Newmarket Celtic goalscorer, Darragh Leahy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC have advanced to the last eight of the FAI Junior Cup for the third time in seven years.
*Conor McDaid slides into Ben O’Neill. Photograph: Natasha Barton TWO CLARE CLUBS will do battle in the last sixteen of the Munster Junior Cup.
*Newmarket Celtic goalkeeper, Shane Cusack. Photograph: Oliver Fitzpatrick CLARE CLUBS, Avenue Utd and Newmarket Celtic have discovered their opponents for their respective last 16 ties in the FAI Junior Cup.
*Newmarket Celtic captain Eoin Hayes and manager Paddy Purcell. Photograph: Natasha Barton NEWMARKET CELTIC AND AVENUE UTD will be both on the road again for their next outing in the FAI Junior Cup.
*Ronan Kerin scored twice for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE’S REPRESENTATIVES in the FAI Junior Cup have marched forward into the last 32 of the competition.
