*Clare will be without first choice goalkeeper Shane Cusack. Photograph: Joe Buckley ASKEATON is the venue on Sunday for Clare’s second game in this season’s Oscar Traynor inter league junior soccer competition.
*Scott Kirkland challenges for possession. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE’s Oscar Traynor side have lost out in their opening outing of the 2024/25 campaign, coming up short against a well-drilled Limerick District League outfit.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley STEVEN MCGANN’s winner in a penalty shootout crowned Avenue Utd Clare Cup champions and in the process saw the club win the double for the second time in three seasons.
*Darragh Leahy scores his first goal for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC’s bid to win a twentieth Clare Cup title moved a step closer when they accounted for Fern Celtic with ease on Friday evening.
*Newmarket Celtic captain Eoin Hayes receives the Hugh Kelly Cup from CDSL Chairman, Jason Ryan. IN THE LATEST grudge match between Newmarket Celtic and Avenue Utd, the FAI Junior Cup champions took the spoils to get their hands on the Hugh Kelly Cup.
*Newmarket Celtic. NEWMARKET CELTIC created more history by becoming the first Clare club to win the Munster Champions Cup.
*Mossy Hehir. Photograph: Joe Buckley NO DOOR has been closed on further additions being made to the Clare Oscar Traynor squad, manager Donie Garrihy has confirmed.
*Elias Kunz under pressure from Harvey Cullinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have ended Newmarket Celtic’s reign as FAI Junior Cup champions.
*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.
*Darragh Leahy with his son Darius and the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley ARGUABLY one of Newmarket Celtic’s greatest signings has been the addition of Darragh Leahy to their attack.