*Cousins Alan and Mark Roche celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Natasha Barton / CDSL FEW AVENUE UTD players clocked up more miles than Mark Roche in their pursuit to end their trophy drought.
*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.
*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.
*Centre-half duo Dylan Casey and Conor Mullen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LIFE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD for Conor Mullen as of late.
*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 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.
*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 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.
AVENUE UTD have received a major boost ahead of Saturday’s Cup final with the return of striker Ronan Kerin.
*David McCarthy. Photograph: Natasha Barton CONTINUED SUCCESS brings with it an inherent self-belief and this can steel Newmarket Celtic to hold off a fancied Avenue Utd in their quest to retain the Clare Cup and Premier Division titles according to David McCarthy.
