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.
*Dean Hegarty of Newmarket Celtic in action against Jamie Boland of Kilavilla AFC. Photograph: Natasha Barton NEWMARKET CELTIC will be without left winger Dean Hegarty for the remainder of the season.
*Ronan Arthur. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC have been on one hell of a journey this season, reaching finals of the FAI Junior Cup and Munster Junior Cup.
*Darragh Leahy leaps into the air for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley OVERCOMING FAIRVIEW RANGERS has seen Newmarket Celtic conquer their biggest scalp of the season.
*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 captain, Eoin Hayes. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC will go in search of a place in the Munster Junior Cup final when they make the trip to Jackman Park this weekend.
*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.
*David O’Grady leads the post-match celebrations. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC have qualified for their first ever FAI Junior Cup final after emerging victorious against three time finalists Ballynanty Rovers.
*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.