Bridge knock Avenue Utd out of Munster Junior Cup
BRIDGE UTD have knocked Avenue Utd out of the Munster Junior Cup as the reigning league champions continue their struggle to get going this season.
BRIDGE UTD have knocked Avenue Utd out of the Munster Junior Cup as the reigning league champions continue their struggle to get going this season.
*Bridge Utd’s Lee Mulready. Photograph: Joe Buckley INCHES away from claiming a first Premier Division title since 2006, Bridge Utd are trying to bring a different mentality as they look to claim one of the major titles in Clare soccer.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley. BRIDGE United recovered from their Clare Cup semi-final exit over the weekend to cruise to victory over Lifford in the CDSL Maloney Hardware Premier Division.
*Bridge Utd winger, Filip Mostowy. Photograph: Joe Buckley A PLACE in the Munster junior cup semi-final awaits should Bridge United AFC overcome Cork side Coachford on Sunday.
*Conor Mullen delivers a long throw into the box. A MASTERCLASS from Steven McGann and winning by six goals was not enough to save Clare’s Oscar Traynor campaign.
*Donie Garrihy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography DONIE GARRIHY has named his Oscar Traynor squad for Clare’s opening outing in the tournament.
*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.
SHANNON’s Jack Lynch channelled his inner David Beckham earlier this month with what he described as “the best goal I have ever scored” while another Clare footballer has made his debut for Treaty Utd.
Several Clare teenagers have put pen to paper on new deals with Limerick FC and Treaty Utd ahead of the start of the upcoming season.
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.