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27 January 2015
Sky Bet League 1
Chesterfield
3-0
Crawley Town
Eoin Doyle(34)
Jay O'Shea(51)
Eoin Doyle(53)
Sky Bet Championship
Rotherham United
4-2
Bolton Wanderers
Conor Sammon(23)
Paul Green(44)
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Thursday, 29 January 2015
Irish Scorers week of 27 January 2015
Irish Scorers weekend of 23 January 2015
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23 January 2015
Scottish Premiership
St Johnstone
1-1
Aberdeen
Adam Rooney(57)
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25 January 2015
The FA Cup
Chelsea
2-4
Bradford City
Mark Yeates(90)
Sky Bet League 2
Northampton Town
3-0
Newport County AFC
John-Joe O'Toole(29)
Shrewsbury Town
3-2
Stevenage
James Collins(22)
Liam Lawrence(24, penalty)
James Collins(88)
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26 January 2015
The FA Cup
Rochdale
1-4
Stoke City
Stephen Ireland(52)
Jonathan Walters(90)
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Irish Scorers week of 20th January 2015
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21 January 2015
Sky Bet Championship
Brighton and Hove Albion
3-2
Ipswich Town
Daryl Murphy(22)
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Irish Scorers weekend of 17th January 2015
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16 January 2015
Sky Bet League 1
Preston North End
2-2
Leyton Orient
David Mooney(5)
Sky Bet League 2
Cheltenham Town
1-1
Morecambe
Padraig Amond(83, penalty)
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Irish Scorers week of 14th January 2015
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14 January 2015
The FA Cup
Ipswich Town
0-1
Southampton
Shane Long(19)
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Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Irish Scorers weekend of 10th January 2015
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10 January 2015
Sky Bet Championship
Birmingham City
3-1
Wigan Athletic
James McClean(36)
Sky Bet League 1
Barnsley
2-0
Yeovil Town
Conor Hourihane(75, penalty)
Bristol City
4-0
Notts County
Derrick Williams(84)
Chesterfield
3-0
Port Vale
Eoin Doyle(60, penalty)
Walsall
1-4
Scunthorpe United
Paddy Madden(63, penalty)
Sky Bet League 2
Exeter City
0-2
Northampton Town
John-Joe O'Toole(29)
Newport County AFC
1-0
Portsmouth
Mark Byrne(68)
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12 January 2015
Scottish Premiership
Hamilton Academical
2-3
Dundee United
Sean Dillon(77)
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Saturday, 10 January 2015
Irish Scorers week of 6th January 2015
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06 January 2015
The FA Cup
Scunthorpe United
2-2
Chesterfield
Eoin Doyle(71, penalty)
Jay O'Shea(85)
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07 January 2015
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Preston North End
0-2
Walsall
Anthony Forde(84)
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Saturday, 3 January 2015
Irish Scorers week of 1st January 2015
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01 January 2015
Scottish Premiership
Ross County
1-3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Aaron Doran(27)
Aaron Doran(58)
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02 January 2015
Australian A-League
Melbourne Victory
1-2
Perth Glory
Andy Keogh(9)
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03 January 2015
Sky Bet League 2
Dagenham and Redbridge
1-0
Bury
Rhys Murphy(51)
Scottish Championship
Rangers
3-1
Dumbarton
Jon Daly(22)
The FA Cup
Cambridge United
2-1
Luton Town
Michael Harriman(74)
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04 January 2015
Scottish Premiership
Motherwell
0-2
Aberdeen
Adam Rooney(89, penalty)
Adam Rooney(36)
The FA Cup
Dover
0-4
Crystal Palace
Kevin Doyle(87)
Stoke City
3-1
Wrexham
Stephen Ireland(90)
Stephen Ireland(88)
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Friday, 2 January 2015
James McCarthy - Everton's lynchpin, a followup
The excellent Everton fansite www.grandoldteam.com recently a published an article on their Irish midfielder entitled "James McCarthy: Everton's lynchpin". You can read it here - http://www.grandoldteam.com/2015/01/01/james-mccarthy-evertons-linchpin/ - and is well worth the time spent.
In the article, the author Michael Rutherford, notes that many Everton fans would argue there is a correlation between Everton's inconsistent start to the 2014/15 season and McCarthy's participation in only 73% of their fixtures, compared to 90% in 2013/14.
While we're not an Everton site here at IA Towers (obviously!) we do have a record of James McCarthy's appearances since he started his career with Hamilton Academical, so we've crunched the numbers to see what effect his appearance, and absence, has on the Everton results.
While 15 games without the midfielder as a starting player is not a great sample size, it does still display the difference he makes to the Goodison Park side. With James in the starting XI, Roberto Martinez's men go on to win more than half of their games (54%) and lose exactly one in four (25%). However, when James does not lineout with his fellow Evertonians, they win 27%, and lose almost as many as they win with him - 53%!
Strangely McCarthy's appearance (or lack thereof) has little effect on draws, with Everton finishing all square in 21% of the games he starts, and 20% of the games he doesn't.
Pushing these numbers into a 38 game season, with McCarthy starting, the Toffees can look forward to 20 wins and 8 draws, with 10 losses and a final total of 69 points, not far off the 72 they finished the 2013/14 season with.
Without McCarthy, it's a much different story, only 10 wins and 8 draws, and 20 losses leaving them on 38 points. Going on their current rate of 1.05 points per game, Everton can expect to finish on 39.9 points (lets round it up to 40), again not far off the total without McCarthy.
As we don't have the appropriate data for all of Everton's players over the same period, it's hard to pinpoint exactly what is missing from their side this season, but from these numbers it's hard to argue that McCarthy is not a vital player to the side.
In the article, the author Michael Rutherford, notes that many Everton fans would argue there is a correlation between Everton's inconsistent start to the 2014/15 season and McCarthy's participation in only 73% of their fixtures, compared to 90% in 2013/14.
While we're not an Everton site here at IA Towers (obviously!) we do have a record of James McCarthy's appearances since he started his career with Hamilton Academical, so we've crunched the numbers to see what effect his appearance, and absence, has on the Everton results.
| James | Home | Away | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCarthy | P | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | L |
| Starts | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 13 |
| Does not start | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
While 15 games without the midfielder as a starting player is not a great sample size, it does still display the difference he makes to the Goodison Park side. With James in the starting XI, Roberto Martinez's men go on to win more than half of their games (54%) and lose exactly one in four (25%). However, when James does not lineout with his fellow Evertonians, they win 27%, and lose almost as many as they win with him - 53%!
Strangely McCarthy's appearance (or lack thereof) has little effect on draws, with Everton finishing all square in 21% of the games he starts, and 20% of the games he doesn't.
Pushing these numbers into a 38 game season, with McCarthy starting, the Toffees can look forward to 20 wins and 8 draws, with 10 losses and a final total of 69 points, not far off the 72 they finished the 2013/14 season with.
Without McCarthy, it's a much different story, only 10 wins and 8 draws, and 20 losses leaving them on 38 points. Going on their current rate of 1.05 points per game, Everton can expect to finish on 39.9 points (lets round it up to 40), again not far off the total without McCarthy.
As we don't have the appropriate data for all of Everton's players over the same period, it's hard to pinpoint exactly what is missing from their side this season, but from these numbers it's hard to argue that McCarthy is not a vital player to the side.
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Irish Scorers weekend of 28th December 2014
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28 December 2014
Sky Bet Championship
Millwall
0-2
Bournemouth
Harry Arter(42)
Reading
2-1
Norwich City
Simon Cox(34)
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30 December 2014
Sky Bet Championship
Ipswich Town
3-0
Charlton Athletic
Daryl Murphy(59)
David McGoldrick(90)
Australian A-League
Newcastle Jets
2-5
Melbourne City
Damien Duff(24)
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Irish Abroad player appearance statistics half way report for 2014/15 season
Appearance data for 2014/15 season to date: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=13
We're midway through the 2014/15 season in England and Scotland, so how have the Irish players been performing across the water, and around the world?
Anthony Stokes is leading the wins, starting 17 wins this season for Celtic in the SPL, just ahead of Derby duo Richard Keogh and Cyrus Christie, and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes. Stokes has also been substituted more than any other player, he was withdrawn from the action in 14 of his 25 starts, while fellow striker has been introduced more than any other player, coming off the bench 17 times this season - that's six more than any other player
John O'Shea has started 11 draws for Sunderland, just ahead of Paul Green and Keiren Westwood on 10
David Forde has unfortunately started 12 losses for Millwall, just ahead of Shaun Williams and Alex Pearce, both starting ten losses so far this season
Forde's fellow Lion Alan Dunne has been shown the most yellow cards, the Millwall defender has been booked eight times in his 21 starts
Richard Keogh has started 28 of Derby County's 29 games this season, with fellow Ram Cyrus Christie in second on 27 starts. Remarkably Keogh completed 90 minutes in all but one of these, with Christie playing the whole game in each of his 27 starts
Unsurprisingly, two goalkeepers have been unused substitutes the most this season, Colin Doyle and Jack Bonham have both been left on the subs bench 27 times in 2014/15 so far. Doyle has three starts to his name, while Bonham has yet to feature. Of the outfield players, Daniel Devine is the most unused substitute, the Inverness Caledonian Thistle player has been left on the bench 17 times, and is also yet to feature for his club
Daryl Murphy and Adam Rooney have both found the net 17 times for their respective clubs. What makes Murphy's record more impressive is it does not include a single penalty, while Rooney's total includes four finishes from 12 yards. The strike duo have similar results from the games in which they scored - 10 wins and a single loss, while Murphy's goals have also contributed to two draws for Ipswich. Anthony Stokes and Andy Keogh's goals have led to wins in 100% of the games in which they scored - seven wins from seven games
We're midway through the 2014/15 season in England and Scotland, so how have the Irish players been performing across the water, and around the world?
Anthony Stokes is leading the wins, starting 17 wins this season for Celtic in the SPL, just ahead of Derby duo Richard Keogh and Cyrus Christie, and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes. Stokes has also been substituted more than any other player, he was withdrawn from the action in 14 of his 25 starts, while fellow striker has been introduced more than any other player, coming off the bench 17 times this season - that's six more than any other player
John O'Shea has started 11 draws for Sunderland, just ahead of Paul Green and Keiren Westwood on 10
David Forde has unfortunately started 12 losses for Millwall, just ahead of Shaun Williams and Alex Pearce, both starting ten losses so far this season
Forde's fellow Lion Alan Dunne has been shown the most yellow cards, the Millwall defender has been booked eight times in his 21 starts
Richard Keogh has started 28 of Derby County's 29 games this season, with fellow Ram Cyrus Christie in second on 27 starts. Remarkably Keogh completed 90 minutes in all but one of these, with Christie playing the whole game in each of his 27 starts
Unsurprisingly, two goalkeepers have been unused substitutes the most this season, Colin Doyle and Jack Bonham have both been left on the subs bench 27 times in 2014/15 so far. Doyle has three starts to his name, while Bonham has yet to feature. Of the outfield players, Daniel Devine is the most unused substitute, the Inverness Caledonian Thistle player has been left on the bench 17 times, and is also yet to feature for his club
Daryl Murphy and Adam Rooney have both found the net 17 times for their respective clubs. What makes Murphy's record more impressive is it does not include a single penalty, while Rooney's total includes four finishes from 12 yards. The strike duo have similar results from the games in which they scored - 10 wins and a single loss, while Murphy's goals have also contributed to two draws for Ipswich. Anthony Stokes and Andy Keogh's goals have led to wins in 100% of the games in which they scored - seven wins from seven games
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