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CBL Shield Nuts & Bolts: All-Time Stats of the Competition

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The Shield – The Nuts & Bolts

Compiled by Finbarr Buckley

  1. First Winners : Steampacket v Postal Workers 1-0 (26/05/1958).
  2. First Team to Retain Shield – Lunhams v Irish Steel (1958/59) & v Postal Workers (1959/60).
  3. Appeared in Seven Consecutive Final (7) – Postal Workers– 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88
    Doolan’s Cow – 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.
  4. First Team to win three consecutive Finals : Postal Workers – 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88.
  5. Highest Scoring Final : (6) Grain Silos 5 Lunhams 1 : ( Marina Park – 18/11/61) :, CIE Athletic 3 Postal Workers 3 : (Pfizer Park – 20/03/88), Cork Examiner 4 Postal Workers 2 : (Pfizer Park – 2/12/1990.
  6. Lowest Scoring Final : (0) Fords ‘A’ 0 Postal Workers 0: (Flower Lodge – 20/04/1978, Youghal Yarns 0 Liebert 0: (Pfizer Park – 13/12/1992.
  7. Most Final Wins : (9) Postal Workers – 1974/75, 1977/78, 1982/83, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2004/05.
  8. Consecutive Winners : (7) Lunhams – 1958/59, 1959/60, Youghal Yarns ‘A’ – 1975/76, 1976/77, CIE Athletic – 1979/80, 1980/81, Postal Workers – 1985/86, 1986/87, Cork Plastic – 2000/01, 2001/02, Satellite Taxis – 2017/18, 2018/19, Doolan’s Cow – 2021/22, 2022/23.
  9. Shield Winners : (9) – Postal Workers, (6 ) -CIE Athletic ), (5) – Doolan’s Cow . (4) – Aer Lingus/Cork Airport (3)- Lunhams, Fords ‘A’. (2)- Our Lady’s Hospital United, Cork Plastics, Roches Stores/Mulligan’s, Marlboro Trust, Satellite Taxis , (1) – Steampacket, Guys, Grain Silos, Evergreen Bacon Factory, Denny’s, Olympic, Penn Chemicals, Liebert, Cork Examiner, Centra, Garda, Cara Partners, Garda Athletic, Naval Services, S Transport, Rochestown Park Hotel, Tile King, Cork Eagles, Lakelands Celtic, Abtran, Mi Daza Rebels,
  10. Season 2024/25 : 33rd winner.
  11. First Final from two teams outside the top division : 2024/25 – Longboats, DHF Grangevale.
  12. Longest Winning Run : Postal Workers ( 30 ) – Saturday, September 7th 1985 – Sunday, November 13th 1989. v Musgraves (6-1), v SHB (5-2), Ridge Tools (4-1), OLH United (2-1), Irish Steel (5-0), CPO (5-2), Roches Stores (5-1), CIL Athletic (2-1), OLH United (3-0), AIB (2-2), Postal United (3-0), Naval Dockyard (8-0), WF Rational (6-0), Aer Lingus (5-2), Youghal Yarns (4-1), OLH United (2-1), CIE United (4-0), Postal United (2-0), Gards United (3-0), Byrnes (3-1), Yiughal Yarns (1-1), SHB (2-1), OLH United (3-1), CIE Athletic (3-3), CIE Athletic (1-0), Irish Steel (3-1), Youghal Yarns (4-0), Bank of Ireland (6-0), CIE Athletic (2-1), Roches Stores (0-1)