Newmarket Celtic crowned FAI Junior Cup champions in their greatest day
*Eoin Hayes raises the FAI Junior Cup aloft. NEWMARKET CELTIC have created history, becoming the first Clare club to ever win the FAI Junior Cup.
*Eoin Hayes raises the FAI Junior Cup aloft. NEWMARKET CELTIC have created history, becoming the first Clare club to ever win 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.
*Captain Eoin Hayes is congratulated at the final whistle. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC dethroned Fairview Rangers as Munster Junior Cup final champions and sealed their spot in the final of the provincial competition.
*Newmarket Celtic’s Darragh Leahy, Paddy Purcell and Ethan Fitzgerald. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC boss, Paddy Purcell was understandably “over the moon” as the club reached the FAI Junior Cup final for the first time.
*Newmarket Celtic goalkeeper Shane Cusack. Photograph: Oliver Fitzpatrick A MOMENTOUS OCCASION for Clare soccer awaits this weekend with the hosting of the FAI Junior Cup semi-final with Newmarket Celtic hopeful the entire county will be in their corner.
*Newmarket Celtic players celebrate Eoin Hayes’ goal. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC’s run to the semi-finals of the FAI Junior Cup is helping to put their players and the Clare District Soccer League on the map, their manager has said.
*Eoin Hayes in action for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC captain Eoin Hayes has said they have been strengthened by the setbacks of last season which saw them lose their titles as Premier Division and Clare Cup titles.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC are among the last four teams standing in the FAI Junior Cup after claiming a deserved win at home to Crumlin Utd.
*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.