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CLARE soccer’s goal or reeling in the years to their historic national success in the coveted Oscar Traynor Cup reaches base camp on Sunday afternoon as the county’s flagship side open their challenge for hon- our in the 2009/2010 competition with an away tie against the Des- mond League. Dea sretvew eter Kelly (right) was manager of the Clare team that scored a famous Oscar ‘Traynor Cup victory in 2004, when they beat the Dublin Senior League by 2-1 in Ballycasey, and in resum- ing the manage- rial reins has said “anything is pos- sible” in season ahead. “Tm glad to be back and I came back on my own terms,” Kelly told The Clare Peo- ple. “I said I wanted full control of the team and that I’d have control of picking the panel. I got that control and have brought some very good men in with me — John O’Malley, Donie Garrihy and Don McMillan. “We have a very strong panel and
they have shown great commitment over the last number of weeks for training and challenge games we’ve neon “Tt’s a 19-man panel, with seven from Newmarket-on-Fergus, six from Avenue United, three from Bunratty, two each from Bridge United and Rock Rovers and one from Rine- anna Rovers. It’s a strong squad, with the likes of Stephen Hickey who has come back to Clare PNAC ME- IOUT AMY ALOE Galway United, while David Russell is cap- tain,’ he added. The squad has three survivors from the 2004 winning team — Daryl Eade, Mike O’Malley and Michael De- alae “Sunday’s Opener away to the © Desmond League iS a tough game, but I think we can get a result. After that anything is possi- ble and we could go all the way. Last year Clare missed a good chance of getting to the quarter-final when hav- ing a hiccup against the Roscommon League — we don’t want any hiccups this year,” concluded Kelly.