Soccer

DC back in the title hunt

GOALKEEPER Paul McKane will return to his employer Cliftonville next Monday morning - and will end his Donegal Celtic loan period with an abundance of plaudits sending him on his way.The net-minder, who will celebrate his 23rd birthday next week, has conceded just one goal in five appearances for Celtic, with whom he started his career in the game.On Tuesday the North-Belfast man enjoyed his fourth clean sheet but the outcome of Celtic’s 1-0 win over Championship league leaders Limavady...

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Where do we go from here?

It’s over. Officially we may still be in the title race however even the most optimistic amongst us would find it difficult to believe that we had a realistic chance of title success.Forget the hard luck stories and the bad luck as the simple fact is that we just aren’t good enough.What we should also forget is that we are a better side than Rangers – we aren’t. Last season we believed that and believed this time around that we...

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Sligo move was right decision

DIFFICULT though it might be to believe but, before kick-off against Sligo Rovers last Saturday night, Cliftonville stood a genuine chance of progressing to the semi-final of the Setanta Sports Cup.To make the cut, we needed to defeat our League of Ireland opposition and, had we brought our strongest squad, I firmly believe we would have done so. However, I’m not sure there were many among the Reds’ support who didn’t agree with the decision to field a virtual reserve...

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