 Ballycran started a football team winning Down ACFL Division 4 and progressing into Division 3.It was as a Ballycran footballer that he won the All-Ireland in 1991 with Down.Blaney played in Antrim Senior Hurling League Division 1 with Ballycran in an era where no quarter was given or asked against teams such as Cushendall, Loughgiel, Ballycastle and fierce local rivals Ballygalget and Portaferry.