Eamon Victory of Centra Dunleer presents a new set of jerseys to Chairman Thomas Clare and captain Shane Kennedy
Referee Kevin Levins with rival captains Stephen Healy and Shane Kennedy before the JFC final
Ian Mulroy
“In fact we were the only team to beat them all year and we did so in the shield and championship, so that is a mark of the level we reached this season,” continued Andrew. The defender feels that perhaps there was a bit of inexperience in the team that cost them, but he hopes that the taste of the The U7's, front l/r: Mark Grogan, Matthew Malone, Liam Rafferty, Luke Boylan, Cian Smith, Annie Thompson. Back: Sam Maguire, final will inspire players Daniel Reilly, Ali Maguire, Tadhg O’Hare, Shane O’Brien to come back stronger next year. Murphy, Alan Murphy (0-2), John “We have to look at the fact that this McGeough (0-1); Carlos Lambe (2year we went one step closer now we 2), Paul Callan, Niall Lennon. Subs: need to focus on making even more Paul Doyle for A Flanagan, Patrick progress. It is hard to lose a final and O'Connor for P Callan. come back but lots of teams have done it – including Glen Emmets – so that has to be our aim next year,” revealed Flanagan who feels that this season should represent the start of a journey, rather than the end. “When we played the Junior Final in 2008 a lot of those lads had played in a Senior Championship Final ten years earlier so after that there was a feeling that we might not get another chance. “However, we did get back and this time there is no sense that this was a last chance. We have plenty of good young players so we are feeling very positive about the future. “I think that if you told any club at the start of the year that they would reach a championship final, shield final and league play-off they would take it. So overall, I think we have to Colm Murphy be happy with what we have done this year. “However, I think the most important thing is that as a group of players we can take confidence from this season and use that to step up to the next level. It is vital that we push on and hopefully we can make the breakthrough by bringing home some silverware in the near future,” concluded Andrew. Lannleire grabbed some silverware for their year’s work when they defeated Sean McDermotts by 2-5 to 0-8 in the 2012 Kevin Mullen Shield final at Ardee on Sunday, October 21st, with the following men on duty: Lee Smith; Bob Murphy, Peter Neacy, Thomas Doyle; Brendan McEvoy, Andrew Flanagan, Ian Mulroy; Shane Kennedy, Robert O'Rourke; Colin Donal Clare
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