Irish Scorers weekend of 25th April 2015

25 April 2015 Sky Bet League 1 Rochdale 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons Samir Carruthers(16) Sky Bet League 2 Hartlepool United 2-1 Exeter City Graham Cummins(17) Southend United 1-0 Luton Town Michael Timlin(81) Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4-1 Kilmarnock Kieran Sadlier(33) Scottish League One Stenhousemuir 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(12) Sky Bet Championship Cardiff City 3-2 Blackpool Joe Mason(19) Eoin Doyle(31, penalty) Eoin Doyle(76, penalty) Ipswich Town 2-1 Nottingham Forest Daryl Murphy(22) Millwall 3-3 Derby County Jeff Hendrick(85) Reading 0-2 Brentford Alan Judge(7)

27 April 2015 Barclays Premier League Everton 3-0 Manchester United James McCarthy(5)

Irish Scorers weekend of 18 April 2015

19 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 2-2 Bolton Wanderers Jonathan Douglas(42) Sky Bet League 1 Sheffield United 1-1 Bradford City Billy Clarke(83) Swindon Town 0-1 Yeovil Town James Berrett(58) Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Stevenage Sean Maguire(15) Sean Maguire(40) Carlisle United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Gary Dicker(29) Exeter City 0-1 Southend United Michael Timlin(90) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee United Adam Rooney(39) Scottish League One Brechin City 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic Andy Jackson(64)

Irish Scorers week of 14 April 2015

14 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Ipswich Town 3-1 Cardiff City Eoin Doyle(13) Daryl Murphy(90) Sky Bet League 1 Chesterfield 6-0 Colchester United Jimmy Ryan(60) Sky Bet League 2 Plymouth Argyle 1-1 AFC Wimbledon Anthony O'Connor(54) Southend United 2-0 Newport County AFC Cian Bolger(45) Stephen McLaughlin(51)

Irish Scorers weekend of 11th April 2015

11 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Birmingham City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Robert Kiernan(25) Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield Town Sean Scannell(43) Sky Bet League 2 Cambridge United 2-2 Accrington Stanley Seamus Conneely(90) Morecambe 3-1 Portsmouth Padraig Amond(90) Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Mansfield Town Anthony O'Connor(2) Carl McHugh(63) Shrewsbury Town 4-0 Exeter City James Collins(62) Southend United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers Barry Corr(38) Sky Bet League 1 Barnsley 1-1 Chesterfield Jay O'Shea(26) Scunthorpe United 2-1 Crawley Town Paddy Madden(62) Scottish League One Brechin City 2-1 Stirling Albion Andy Jackson(12) Andy Jackson(90)

13 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen Adam Rooney(40)

Irish Scorers week of 6th April 2015

06 April 2015 Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley 3-1 Carlisle United Seamus Conneely(65) Bury 1-2 Morecambe Padraig Amond(79) Jamie Devitt(85)	08 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee 3-1 Dundee United Paul Heffernan(68)

Irish Scorers weekend of 3rd April 2014

03 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Fulham 1-4 Brentford Alan Judge(90) Sky Bet League 1 Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Bradford City Billy Clarke(64) Scunthorpe United 2-0 Peterborough United Paddy Madden(40) Yeovil Town 2-3 Chesterfield Sam Foley(57) Jay O'Shea(66) Jay O'Shea(69) Sky Bet League 2 Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Burton Albion Carl McHugh(86) Southend United 2-0 Mansfield Town Barry Corr(21)	04 April 2015 Barclays Premier League Swansea City 3-1 Hull City Paul McShane(50)
06 April 2015 Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley 3-1 Carlisle United Seamus Conneely(65) Bury 1-2 Morecambe Padraig Amond(79) Jamie Devitt(85)

Irish Abroad player statistics for March 2015

Appearance data for March 2015: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=3
Charlton's goalkeeper Stephen Henderson won the most games in March, finishing on the winning side four times
With a reduced number of games in March, a number of players all finished two games all square - David Forde, Darren Randolph, Keiren Westwood, Paul McShane, Richard Keogh, Shaun Williams, Matt Doherty, Alex Pearce, Enda Stevens, Jonathan Douglas, Robert Kiernan, Jeff Hendrick, John O'Sullivan, Robbie Keane, Aiden O'Brien and Andy Keogh
Seamus Coleman, Jay Tabb, James McCarthy, and Michael Harriman (on loan at Luton Town) all started six games in March and only Coleman completed all six games. Harriman lost all six games he started
Fulham's Sean Kavanagh started four games and was substituted in each one
Future Colorado Rapids striker Kevin Doyle came off the bench three times in March, along with Cardiff City's Eoin Doyle
Blackburn's Darragh Lenihan remained on the bench in the most games in March, the Dublin born player was an unused substitute six times
Wes Hoolahan scored the most goals in March, finding the back of the net three times
Defender Cyrus Christie received the most bookings, the full back was shown the yellow card three times

Premier League Debuts

With U19 striker Reece Grego-Cox making his debut last weekend as a late substitute for QPR against Tottenham, we wondered who the last Irish player to make his professional debut in the Premier League was?
With ever reducing numbers of Irish players moving to English clubs, we were not surprised to find out that the last Irish player to make his debut in the top division in England was former U21 defender Derrick Williams, who came on for Aston Villa in a 1-1 draw with Cox's team QPR in April 2012.

We had to go back to August 2009 to find the last current Irish international to make their debut in the Premier League. Ciaran Clark was given his first start by current Ireland manager Martin O'Neill, again for Aston Villa, in a 2-0 home win against Fulham.

Note: we specifically looked for players who made their debuts in the Premier League, not players who made their debuts for Premier League clubs, but in other competitions, e.g. Anthony Forde made his debut for then Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2011 as a substitute in the League Cup against Northampton, but didn't make his first Premier League appearance until the following November, again as a substitute against Chelsea

Irish Scorers weekend of 29th March 2015

29 March 2015 Sky Bet League 1 Bradford City 2-0 Oldham Athletic Billy Clarke(71) Billy Clarke(90) Leyton Orient 3-1 Port Vale David Mooney(55, penalty) Notts County 2-2 Scunthorpe United Niall Canavan(86) Sky Bet League 2 Oxford United 2-1 Carlisle United Paul Corry(9) Patrick Hoban(38) Scottish League One Ayr United 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(36)