Muireann in the goals on the double
Dual star scores winner for Athlone Town and hits the net for Leitrim Ladies in victory over Louth
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Playing at elite level in one sport is hard enough but to excell in two takes something special but Muireann Devaney certainly took it all in her stride as she scored the winner for Athlone Town on Saturday and then hit the net for Leitrim Ladies on Sunday.
The Glencar/Manorhamilton and former Manorhamilton Rangers star certainly had a busy weekend of it as she scored twice for Athlone Town against Galway in their first SSE Airtricity Women’s National League win of the season, including a last minute winner for the midlands club.
PREVIEW: Leitrim Ladies on a mission - both on Sunday and in the League as a whole
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It seems strange that a team that ended the year with two heavy defeats in the Championship should be so expectant ahead of the restart of the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 4 campaign. But you get the sense that this is no ordinary year for Leitrim, writes John Connolly.
Manager Hugh Donnelly speaks elsewhere in these pages of how his squad returned to group training in great condition, a measure of their desire to put 2020 well and truly behind them. And that all starts next Sunday when the Green & Gold host Louth in Pairc Sheain Ui Eslin Ballinamore at 2pm.