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2005 CONNACHT CUP U12 FINAL :  MERVUE UNITED 1   STRAND CELTIC 0
Milebush Park, Castlebar

Cup finals are usually notoriously tight affairs. For the players of the Strand Celtic U-12s, last Saturday’s Connacht U-12 Cup final encounter in Milebush Park, Castlebar, proved to be a bitter blow.

JUNE 2003 U14 GIRLS LEAGUE FINAL :  BALLYMOTE CELTIC 2   STRAND CELTIC 1
McSharry Park

It seemed that a penalty shoot-out was the only solution to last Thursday’s evenly-balanced Sligo-Leitrim Youth & Schoolgirls U-14 League final in which Ballymote’s resilience matched Strand Celtic’s ingenuity. In such fixtures it is either something bizarre – a goalkeeper’s error – or dramatic – perhaps a last-minute winning goal – which decides the outcome.

2003 MCSHARRY&FOLEY CUP : ABBEY UNITED 2   STRAND CELTIC 1
McSharry Park

Abbey United completed the ‘double’ as they won this season’s McSharry & Foley Cup last Friday, beating holders Strand Celtic 2-1. This final was a very open game played in true ‘Cup’ tradition, and Strand acquitted themselves well against the recently-crowned Sligo Southern Hotel Super League champions.

2002 McSHARRY & FOLEY CUP FINAL : STRAND CELTIC 3  CARBURY 2
McSharry Park

There was to be no ‘double’ for this season’s Sligo-Leitrim Super League winners, Carbury FC, as their ‘Cup’ jinx struck again with Strand Celtic edging them out by the odd goal in five (3-2) in last Friday’s absorbing McSharry & Foley Cup final at MacSharry Park.

UNDER 12 GIRLS LEAGUE FINAL: STRAND CELTIC 3 CARBURY 2
Carney Village May 2002

THE Sligo-Leitrim Schoolgirls soccer U-12 League, sponsored by Oates Conlon Breheny Group, was won last week by Strand Celtic. An exciting decider, hosted by the facilities of Yeats United FC at Carney, saw Strand emerge victoriously following a five-goal thriller (3-2).