2026 Provincial Cups and Friendlies

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

UCD v Blackrock College is one of the weirder-sounding LSC ties (which is saying a lot!)

UCD did once sign a player from Blackrock College, but we signed him from their rugby team in the 30s. He was still top scorer a couple of times. The olden days were a bit more random like that.

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I thought you were taking about Hugo MacNeill for a second until you mentioned the 1930s! He was decent for you in the B division or so I've heard.

There's a legend he scored a rake of goals (46 I think the story was) in the LoI B Division but it's not true. I don't think he scored any. He won a Collingwood and that's about it - he was a Trinity student for the most part.

Paddy Crean was the guy in the 30s.

None at all?! 46 did sound a bit high alright but in that case that legend certainly grew legs!

Yeah, no idea where it came from! We rarely scored 46 at non-league level as a team, let alone one player

I have most of our non-league scorers in the 70s and he's not one. And also never played LoI (and you'd expect anyone who scored a rake of goals for the Bs to make at least one senior appearance)

Checked that with him for the book - can't remember the exact response now but certainly the goalscoring feats aren't true