Mitchel's eye Croker return
January 25, 2015
The John Mitchels senior panel and mentors who take on St. Brendans in the Senior League Semi Final
Liverpool's John Mitchel's are hoping to get back to Croke Park by beating Moate All-Whites in today's All-Ireland club JFC semi-final at Navan.
The All-Britain champions lost the final of the same competition to Skellig Rangers in 2009, but are determined to make amends this year.
Mitchel's manager Barry Morris told the Liverpool Echo: "It's as big as it gets, an All-Ireland club semi-final, and if we win we play in the final in Croke Park.
"Back in 2009 we got to the final but we were beat by a point, so this year is a perfect opportunity to put a wrong right.
"We play in the Lancashire Championship, within Lancashire there are about 16 clubs at present so it is competitive and a very good standard of football here at the minute Teams from the area usually represent themselves well, and winning the All-Britain like we have will serve us well in facing championship sides from Ireland.
"Winning the All-Ireland title would be a huge honour an achievement for the club, it's not a good memory in 2009 when we were beaten in the final, but we need to concentrate on getting over the first hurdle and winning the semi-final this weekend."
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