Avenue drawn away to Tallaght Utd in last 32 of FAI Junior Cup
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have been handed an away tie in the last thirty two of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have been handed an away tie in the last thirty two of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Avenue Utd’s Elias Kunz. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have managed to avoid any of the big guns in the fourth round of the FAI Junior Cup.
*Fair Green Celtic players celebrate their goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FAIR GREEN CELTIC have bowed out of the FAI Junior Cup after coming up short against Rathkeale AFC.
*Elias Kunz under pressure from Harvey Cullinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD have ended Newmarket Celtic’s reign as FAI Junior Cup champions.
*Eoin Hayes holds off Nnabuike Nneji. Photograph: Joe Buckley A BIG WEEKEND BECKONS FOR soccer in Co Clare with third round ties in the FAI Junior Cup set to draw plenty of interest from local supporters.
*Tempers flare between Gearoid O’Brien and Nneji Nnabuike. Photograph: Natasha Barton ON WHAT is a big weekend for soccer in Co Clare, we’ve a special edition of The Water Break.
*Jack Kelly got the all-important goal for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley REIGNING FAI Junior Cup champions, Newmarket Celtic got the defence of the national title off to a successful start with opening round wins also recorded by Avenue Utd, Fairgreen Celtic, Shannon Olympic and Shannon Town Utd.
*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.
*The Purcell family with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley NO CLARE CLUB had won the FAI Junior Cup since the first final was held in 1924 until Saturday in Jackman Park when Newmarket Celtic claimed the spoils against three-time champions St Michael’s AFC.
*Eoin Hayes leads the celebrations at Newmarket Celtic’s homecoming in the village of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Joe Buckley CAPTAIN AND MAN OF THE MATCH for the first club from Clare to win the FAI Junior Cup, Eoin Hayes almost had to pinch himself when trying to absorb the magnitude of Newmarket Celtic’s greatest day.