*Elias Kunz was in flying form for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Natasha Barton A PLAY OFF will be required to determine the winners of this year’s Maloney Hardware Premier Division after Avenue United did what they had to do and defeated Newmarket Celtic.
*Newmarket Celtic kitman, Owen McCarthy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC kitman, Owen McCarthy is hoping to cap off his fifteenth season in the role by the club winning back the Premier Division to go alongside the FAI Junior Cup.
*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.
*Stephen Austin embraces Darragh Leahy. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC cannot be content with just winning an FAI Junior Cup, their coach has stressed.
*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.
*Jack Kelly surrounded by family with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley JACK KELLY may have had doubts about joining Newmarket Celtic but he admitted making the move across the border from Shannon to Newmarket-on-Fergus was “the best decision I’ve ever made” while the occasion of their FAI Junior Cup success was tinged with …
*Paddy Purcell and Stephen Kelly celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley COMETH THE HOUR, cometh the man or so said Stephen Kelly as he stepped up with the winning penalty to see Newmarket Celtic crowned FAI Junior Cup champions for the first time in their history.
*David McCarthy and his brother Martin with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO REACH THE holy grail of junior soccer and win the FAI Junior Cup represented the stuff of dreams for David McCarthy and Newmarket Celtic.
*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.
