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Pat’s pounce to claim league cup honours

ST PAT’S dug deep against Fern Celtic to win a tightly contested under 16 cup final on Sunday. A final that flowed back and forth between two well matched sides was eventually settled by Lauren Conway’s late winner for St Pat’s. The centre back’s close range effort capped a fine comeback by St Pat’s who trailed Fern Celtic 1-0 at half time. In a game adorned by two spectacular strikes, Hannah Mai Neylon gave Fern the lead before Edel McNamara levelled matters in the 54th minute. There was plenty of quality on display in a first-half that saw St Pat’s go close to taking an early lead. Lively striker Teegan Wade picked put Edel McNamara but her shot was saved by Fern goalkeeper, Kylah Hickey. There was little to separate the sides in the opening quarter but Fern started to gain the upper hand after the first water break. A testing spell for the St Pat’s defence started with Alyssa …

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Avenue United claim youths cup title

Avenue United 5 St. Pats 2 Avenue United were crowned Clare youths cup soccer champions at Frank Healy park this Friday evening when they recorded a 5-2 victory over St. Pats The win completed a particularly successful week for Gavin Cooney who scored two goals for the winners on his way to picking up the man of the match award just forty eight hours after helping the Clare minor footballers qualify for the Provincial semi-final when he was their top scorer with a haul of 0-5 in their win over Tipperary. Cooney’s involvement in this evenings cup final surprised St.Pats followers as they lined out without four members of the Clare minor football squad who are part of their panel. The minor footballers trained on Friday evening. The game was forty minutes old before the opening goal was registered and it was St. Pats who took the lead when Danny Clancy drilled the ball low to the corner of the …

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