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Dublin Hospitals Football Club –the dawn of a new era
For 20 years, St Vincent’s Hospital FC has led the way in providing medics across Dublin with the opportunity to play competitive football. From humble beginnings in the UCD Super League, the club now counts 286 members to have pulled on the green jersey in the Leinster Senior League (LSL). A common misconception has been…
Read MoreVincent’s resurgence continues with big win in Finglas
Finglas United 0-5 St Vincent’s Hospital FCMonday, 17 August 2020LSL Major Saturday 1B St Vincent’s Hospital FC’s excellent form since the post-Covid restart continued apace, with the final scoreline arguably generous to their hosts. After picking up three vital points away to Dunboyne just 48-hours previously in the baking sunshine, this tie posed a completely…
Read MoreSt Vincent’s done good in Dunboyne
With further delays to the start of the 2020-2021 league season keeping the doctors off the training ground and away from the Friday night lights of Pearse Park, the Medical Independent (MI) provides coverage of a most remarkable and strange final stretch to the 2019-2020 season. It’s fair to say that things had not been…
Read MoreWall by name, wall by nature
Dr Nathan Wall reflects on his time with St Vincent’s Hospital FC in the first of our Centurions series on players who have made more than 100 appearances with the club 2021 will mark the 20th year since St Vincent’s Hospital FC first established itself as a junior club in FAI competition. The true, humble…
Read MoreAn interview with St Vincent’s FC’s top goalscorer Aidan McGrath
Dr Rory Durand With so many St Vincent’s FC players directly involved at the coalface in hospitals throughout Ireland during this global pandemic, sporting activities have been moved to the end of the priority list. The opportunity to reflect on the trials and tribulations of the current season and plan the next steps for the…
Read MoreDocs fight the law, and the law wins
Sheriff YC 5-1 St Vincent’s Hospital FC 1 February 2020 Sheriff YC, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3 Leinster Senior League, Saturday Major 1B In what has been an, ahem, challenging season so far for St Vincent’s Hospital FC, an easy fixture would have been just what the doctors ordered amidst a run of five league defeats.…
Read MoreSt Vincent’s Hospital FC manager’s mid-season review
St Vincent’s Cardiology Registrar and player-manager Dr Rory Durand reflects on how the season has started for the doctors in the Leinster Senior League A fresh start The 2019-2020 season has been exciting for my co-manager John Cosgrove and I. We started in July with our pre-season campaign, which ran a lot more smoothly than…
Read More‘Scad’ survive scare as Vincent’s suffer first cup setback
St Vincent’s Hospital FC 1-2 Balscadden FC Pearse Park Astro, Crumlin FAI Junior Cup 4th Round 8 November 2019 St Vincent’s and Balscadden met for the second time in seven days in an all-Major 1B clash in the FAI Junior Cup with the same net result. The Vincent’s performance was, however, incomparable to the previous…
Read MoreVincent’s in need of resuscitation
Balscadden FC 5 -0 St Vincent’s Hospital FC Ringscommon Sports Centre, Naul, Dublin Leinster Senior League Saturday 1B 2 November 2019 It was a day to forget for St Vincent’s Hospital FC as they travelled to a well-organised Balscadden team from North Co Dublin. The day started off poorly when a tailback on the M50…
Read MoreDunboyne done by doctors at the death
St Vincent’s Hospital FC 4-3 Dunboyne AFC Pearse Park Astro, Crumlin Leinster Football Association (LFA) Junior Cup 25 October 2019 Towards the end of extra-time in the 2005 Champions League Final between AC Milan and Liverpool, Reds goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek parried a close-range header only for the ball to drop to the feet of Milan…
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