Kieran Healy on Auchinleck Talbot waiting game as targets Junior Cup glory after three year wait

Kieran Healy has become a father twice over since joining Auchinleck three years ago - but he’s still waiting to get his hands on the daddy of all cups.

The midfielder has had to put up with the dressing room jibes of his team mates who are dripping in Junior Cup winners’ gongs since signing in 2019.

It’s hardly Healy’s fault he isn’t in the prestigious ‘Talbot club’ yet, it’s just the timing of his move to Beechwood could hardly have been worse.

He was plucked from Renfrew Juniors just weeks after Tommy Sloan’s side last won the grade’s biggest competition three years ago - extending their record to an astonishing 13 triumphs and six in 10 years.

Unfortunately for the 27-year-old that was also the last time the Junior Cup reached the final stage thanks to the coronavirus wrecking ball obliterating the past two seasons.

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But the arrival of sons Archie (2) and Flynn just two weeks ago have given Healy extra motivation to finally land a medal when they come up against Yoker Athletic at Rugby Park this afternoon.

And he said: “You sign with Talbot because you know the history of winning trophies no more so than the Junior Cup.

“In my first season we were about to play the quarter final against Hurlford