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KEVIN McHUGH SCORES ONE HUNDRED LEAGUE GOALS

When he scored his second goal against Longford Town on Saturday night last, Kevin McHugh may or may not have known that he had entered the League of Ireland record books by scoring his 100th League goal.

Over the history of the League only a handful of players have recorded such a feat and Kevin McHugh now joins that elite group.

Three former Finn Harps players have also recorded the feat - Brendan Bradley, Con McLaughlin and Jonathan Speak although only Bradley, McLaughlin and McHugh have managed 100 League goals for the club.

Although McHugh scored on his debut for Harps in a League Cup game against Fanad United at Triagh-a-locha in August 1998, it would be a further season before he would hit his first League goal, that coming in a substitute appearance against Cork City at Finn Park on 14th August 1999. Incidentally, this was the only time that McHugh scored a League goal while coming off the bench, all his other 99 were when he started a game.

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Athlone Town have felt the blow of conceding a McHugh goal more than any other side, having been on the receiving end of eleven strikes by the Killea man. He has scored league goals against every team in the League of Ireland over the period of the last seven seasons while Drogheda United, Dublin City, Cobh Ramblers (twice) and Athlone Town have all been on the receiving ends of hat-tricks.

At only 25 years of age, McHugh still has time on his side to add more and more goals to the total of 121 that he has scored in all competitions so far for Harps. McHugh is third in the all-time Harps goalscorers list, behind Brendan Bradley (241) and Con McLaughlin (134).

Top Five all-time goalscorers for Finn Harps
  LEAGUE GOALS ALL COMPETITIONS
Brendan Bradley 181 goals in 268 games 241 goals in 358 games
Con McLaughlin 108 goals in 314 games 134 goals in 391 games
Kevin McHugh 100 goals in 197 games 121 goals in 244 games
Terry Harkin 68 goals in 139 games 82 goals in 192 games
Jonathan Speak 64 goals in 195 games 83 goals in 263 games

Kevin McHugh's 100 League Goals for Harps
Date Opponents Competition V
RES
 F A
GOALS
SEASON TOTAL
1999-2000      
   
14-Aug Cork City Premier Division (h)
L
 1 2
1
3-Jan Galway United Premier Division (h)
L
 1 2
1
2000-01      
   
2
4-Nov Galway United Premier Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
18-Nov Shelbourne Premier Division (h)
D
 2 2
1
10-Feb Cork City Premier Division (h)
D
 1 1
1
24-Feb Shamrock Rovers Premier Division (h)
D
 2 2
1
7-Apr Kilkenny City Premier Division (h)
W
 2 0
1
13-Apr St. Patrick's Athletic Premier Division (a)
W
 4 1
2
21-Apr Bray Wanderers Premier Division (h)
W
 4 1
2
2001-02      
   
9
11-Aug Waterford United First Division (a)
W
 4 3
1
31-Aug Kilkenny City First Division (a)
W
 3 2
2
8-Sep Athlone Town First Division (h)
W
 2 1
1
29-Sep Sligo Rovers First Division (a)
W
 2 0
1
7-Oct Cobh Ramblers First Division (a)
W
 1 0
1
9-Oct Drogheda United First Division (h)
D
 3 3
3
13-Oct Kilkenny City First Division (h)
D
 2 2
2
19-Oct Athlone Town First Division (a)
L
 1 2
1
27-Oct Limerick FC First Division (h)
W
 5 3
2
4-Nov Dublin City First Division (a)
D
 3 3
3
1-Dec Cobh Ramblers First Division (h)
W
 3 1
1
7-Dec Drogheda United First Division (a)
L
 1 2
1
29-Dec Athlone Town First Division (h)
W
 3 1
1
17-Feb Waterford United First Division (h)
W
 2 0
2
23-Feb Cobh Ramblers First Division (a)
W
 2 1
1
23-Mar Limerick FC First Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
2002-03      
   
24
14-Sep Limerick FC First Division (h)
W
 3 0
2
28-Sep Kilkenny City First Division (h)
W
 2 0
2
5-Oct Monaghan United First Division (h)
W
 3 1
2
10-Oct Dundalk First Division (a)
L
 1 3
1
1-Dec Limerick FC First Division (a)
W
 5 2
1
7-Dec Athlone Town First Division (h)
W
 4 0
2
28-Dec Dundalk First Division (h)
W
 2 1
1
15-Jan Kildare County First Division (a)
W
 3 0
1
22-Jan Waterford United First Division (h)
W
 4 1
1
26-Jan Sligo Rovers First Division (h)
W
 3 1
1
2003      
   
14
22-Apr Athlone Town First Division (a)
W
 2 1
1
25-Apr Monaghan United First Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
2-May Bray Wanderers First Division (a)
D
 1 1
1
9-May Galway United First Division (h)
D
 1 1
1
6-Jun Kilkenny City First Division (h)
W
 6 0
1
11-Jul Athlone Town First Division (h)
D
 1 1
1
17-Jul Monaghan United First Division (a)
W
 2 1
1
1-Aug Bray Wanderers First Division (h)
W
 2 0
1
9-Aug Galway United First Division (a)
D
 2 2
1
5-Sep Dublin City First Division (h)
D
 2 2
2
19-Sep Cobh Ramblers First Division (h)
W
 5 0
3
3-Oct Kildare County First Division (h)
W
 2 1
1
14-Oct Monaghan United First Division (h)
W
 2 0
1
21-Nov Kilkenny City First Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
2004      
   
17
2-Apr UCD First Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
5-Jun Cobh Ramblers First Division (a)
W
 4 2
3
28-Jun Kildare County First Division (a)
D
 1 1
1
2-Jul Sligo Rovers First Division (a)
W
 2 1
1
31-Jul Monaghan United First Division (h)
W
 3 1
1
6-Aug Athlone Town First Division (a)
W
 2 1
1
14-Aug Kildare County First Division (h)
D
 2 2
2
26-Aug Dundalk First Division (a)
W
 2 0
1
18-Sep Kilkenny City First Division (a)
W
 1 0
1
2-Oct Limerick FC First Division (a)
W
 4 1
2
15-Oct Galway United First Division (a)
W
 5 1
2
6-Nov Athlone Town First Division (h)
W
 6 0
3
13-Nov Kildare County First Division (a)
W
 2 0
1
20-Nov Dundalk First Division (h)
W
 3 0
2
2005      
   
22
14-May UCD Premier Division (h)
W
 1 0
1
28-May Bray Wanderers Premier Division (h)
L
 1 2
1
18-Jun Waterford United Premier Division (h)
W
 2 0
1
24-Jun Shamrock Rovers Premier Division (a)
W
 4 1
1
8-Jul Derry City Premier Division (a)
L
 2 3
2
16-Jul Bohemians Premier Division (h)
L
 1 3
1
17-Sep Shamrock Rovers Premier Division (h)
W
 3 0
1
14-Oct Bohemians Premier Division (a)
L
 1 3
1
18-Oct Cork City Premier Division (h)
L
 1 2
1
22-Oct Longford Town Premier Division (h)
W
 5 0
2
       
     
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