Ask around the club about P Mcniece and you’ll hear a mix of hard numbers and even harder-to-measure influence. P Mcniece’s 61-game run carried a steady presence that teammates learned to lean on, especially when the contest tightened. A premiership is a lifetime memory, and P Mcniece has one of those chapters to point to — the kind of season people still reference. The premiership years — 1985 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. The club’s Best & Fairest record shows P Mcniece at the top in 1986 and 1990, which usually means doing the unglamorous work exceptionally well. As president in 2011-2019, P Mcniece backed volunteers, protected the club’s identity, and made sure the basics were done properly. When P Mcniece captained in 1989 and 1990, they set the tone with actions first and words second, demanding standards without theatrics. Stories about P Mcniece often include the little things: checking on a teammate, helping a junior, or being the first to sweep the sheds after everyone else has left. Teammates describe P Mcniece as someone who valued standards: turning up prepared, competing honestly, and leaving things better than they found them. Whether remembered for leadership, performance, or sheer dependability, P Mcniece sits comfortably among the figures who shaped Northcote Park’s identity. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why P Mcniece is still spoken about with warmth.