Clare get some Croker joy with win over Sligo

Clare 1-11 Sligo 0-11
Mon, 23 Aug, 2004 - 01:00
Brendan O'Brien

Before yesterday’s final against Sligo, the Banners hadn’t set foot on the Croke Park pitch since a league engagement back in 1993.

A year earlier was the occasion a Clare team had won a title of any description and their reward for breaking that 12-year drought is a trip to America in October. Not bad considering they only had to win two games to book their flights.

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