Friday, 29 September 2017

Report Up for Tueday, 26th September 2017

Tuesday, 26th September 2017
Championship
Brentford 1-1 Derby County
Richard Keogh was booked for the second time this season, exactly a month after his first booking on Saturday, 26 August

Bristol City 2-0 Bolton
Callum O'Dowda made his 25th start for Bristol City

Burton Albion 0-4 Aston Villa
On the same day he was called up to the Ireland national side for the first time, Scott Hogan made his 25th appearance for Aston Villa

Ipswich 5-2 Sunderland
Aiden McGeady scored his second goal of the season

League 1
Blackburn 2-0 Rotherham
Anthony Forde returned to the Rotherham starting XI for the first time in more than a month for his 25th start for the club

Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol Rovers
Ryan Sweeney made his 25th start for Bristol Rovers

League 2
Cheltenham 3-0 Mansfield Town
Kevin Dawson made his 150th career appearance
Conrad Logan was booked for the first time this season

Crawley 1-2 Newport Co.
Mark Connolly scored his first goal of the season

Swindon Town 1-2 Coventry
Michael Doyle scored his first goal of the season

Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
Michael Harriman scored his first goal of the season, almost 18 months after his last goal in April 2016

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Scoring Streaks Part I: Consecutive Games

Along with asking if Stephen Ireland had the best goals per game ratio, we've been asked recently who has the longest scoring streak for the Republic.

This is actually two questions:
  • Who scored in the most consecutive Republic of Ireland games
  • Who scored in the most consecutive appearances
To illustrate the difference, consider that Stephen Ireland scored in three consecutive international appearances:
  • The infamous 5-2 loss to Cyprus in October 2006
  • The 2-1 win over San Marino in February 2007
  • The 1-0 over Wales in Croke Park the following month
But these were not consecutive games, there were two more games between the Cyprus and San Marino games:
  • 7th October 2006 Cyprus 5-2 Republic of Ireland
  • 11th October 2006 Republic of Ireland 1-1 Czech Republic
  • 15th November 2006 Republic of Ireland 5-0 San Marino
  • 7th February 2007 San Marino 1-2 Republic of Ireland
So, let's look at who's scored in the most consecutive games first, with consecutive appearances to come in a later article.

Paddy Moore was the first player to score in three consecutive games for the Republic of Ireland, scoring four times against Belgium in 1934 between two games against the Netherlands in 1932 and 1934. Moore had also scored on his previous international appearance against Spain in 1931, but didn't appear in the subsequent return game against the same opposition.

Jimmy Dunne scored in three consecutive games in 1936, against Switzerland, Hungary and Luxembourg in 1936. The following year the player managed it again, scoring against Norway in consecutive games in 1937, followed by a strike against Czechoslovakia in May 1938.

A decade later, in 1949, Con Martin scored three of his six international goals in successive games against Spain, Finland and England (in their first home defeat to a non British side).

In 1955, hall of fame member Arthur Fitzsimons scored in the first of three consecutive games against Yugoslavia and Spain before going on to score against Netherlands in the following May.

A year later, Dermot Curtis scored against Denmark, before following it up with strikes against Poland and Austria in 1958.

In 1960, Fionan Fagan became the first player to score in four straight games for Ireland when he scored against Germany, Sweden, Wales and Norway.

Two years later Liam Tuohy became the seventh player to score in three successive games, with goals against Austria, and then two games against Iceland.

It would take more than two decades before another Irish player managed three goals in three games when Frank Stapleton scored against Iceland, Spain in 1982 and Malta the following March.

In 2002 Robbie Keane became the second of two players to score in four successive games, with goals against Germany, Saudi Arabia, Spain in the World Cup and a friendly against Finland in the same year. Keane also scored in three consecutive games in a week and a half when he scored against Northern Ireland and Scotland in the Nations Cup and in a qualifier against Macedonia a week later.

Finally, Robbie Brady is the most recent player to manage the feat, scoring against Italy and France in Euro 2016 and against Oman in Robbie Keane's final game.


PlayerStreakGames
Fionan Fagan4
11th May 1960Germany0-1Republic of Ireland
18th May 1960Sweden4-1Republic of Ireland
28th September 1960Republic of Ireland2-3Wales
6th November 1960Republic of Ireland3-1Norway
Robbie Keane4
5th June 2002Germany1-1Republic of Ireland
11th June 2002Saudi Arabia0-3Republic of Ireland
16th June 2002Spain1-1Republic of Ireland
21st August 2002Finland0-3Republic of Ireland
Paddy Moore3
8th May 1932Holland0-2Republic of Ireland
25th February 1934Republic of Ireland4-4Belgium
8th April 1934Holland5-2Republic of Ireland
Jimmy Dunne3
17th March 1936Republic of Ireland1-0Switzerland
3rd May 1936Hungary3-3Republic of Ireland
9th May 1936Luxembourg1-5Republic of Ireland
Jimmy Dunne3
10th October 1937Norway2–3Republic of Ireland
7th November 1937Republic of Ireland3–3Norway
18th May 1938Czechoslovakia2–2Republic of Ireland
Con Martin3
8th September 1949Republic of Ireland3-0Finland
21st September 1949England0-2Republic of Ireland
9th October 1949Finland1-1Republic of Ireland
Arthur Fitzsimons3
19th October 1955Republic of Ireland1-4Yugoslavia
27th November 1955Republic of Ireland2-2Spain
10th May 1956Holland1-4Republic of Ireland
Dermot Curtis3
2nd October 1957Denmark0-2Republic of Ireland
11th May 1958Poland2-2Republic of Ireland
14th May 1958Austria3-1Republic of Ireland
Liam Tuohy3
8th April 1962Republic of Ireland2-3Austria
12th August 1962Republic of Ireland4-2Iceland
2nd September 1962Iceland1-1Republic of Ireland
Frank Stapleton3
13th October 1982Republic of Ireland2-0Iceland
17th November 1982Republic of Ireland3-3Spain
30th March 1983Malta0-1Republic of Ireland
Robbie Keane3
24th May 2011Republic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
29th May 2011Republic of Ireland1-0Scotland
4th June 2011Macedonia0-2Republic of Ireland
Robbie Brady3
22nd June 2016Italy0-1Republic of Ireland
26th June 2016France2-1Republic of Ireland
31st August 2016Republic of Ireland4-0Oman

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 23rd September 2017

Saturday, 23 September 2017
Championship
Fulham 1-1 Middlesbrough
Cyrus Christie scored his first goal for Middlesbrough, eleven months after his last goal in October 2016

Leeds United 3-2 Ipswich
David McGoldrick scored his fifth goal of the season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Barnsley
Matt Doherty made his 150th start for Wolverhampton Wanderers

Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Conor Hourihane scored his fifth goal of the season (his first goal since August 19th) in his 50th appearance in the Championship
Daryl Murphy scored his fifth goal for Nottingham Forest

League 1
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Blackpool
Ryan Sweeney scored his second goal of the season in his 25th appearance for Bristol Rovers

Charlton 1-1 Bury
Callum Reilly made his first start since Thursday, 10th August

Fleetwood 2-4 Southend United
Michael Timlin made his 150th appearance in League One

Plymouth 0-3 Doncaster Rovers
Ian Lawlor made his 50th career appearance

Rochdale 3-0 Gillingham
Joe Rafferty scored his first goal of the season, 18 months after his last goal in March 2016

Rotherham 5-1 Oldham
Anthony Forde scored his fifth goal for Rotherham, this was also the 15th goal of the winger's career

League 2
Barnet 1-2 Crawley
Mark Connolly was booked for the first time this season in his first appearance since Saturday, 12th August

Colchester 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Sean Murray made his 25th appearance for Colchester

Coventry 2-0 Exeter
Michael Doyle was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League
St Johnstone 2-1 Hamilton Academical
Graham Cummins returned to the St Johnstone starting XI for his first start since Saturday, 5th August

Partick Thistle 1-1 Hearts
Niall Keown made his 25th career start

Sunday, 24 September 2017
Premier League
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Newcastle Utd
Shane Duffy was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell 0-1 Aberdeen
Carl McHugh made his 25th appearance in SPL

Monday, 25 September 2017

Goals Per Game

After posting Stephen Ireland's international record on his 31st birthday in August, one of our facebook followers asked if he had the best goals per game ratio, and if not then which Irish player has that record?
Former Bohemians striker Jimmy White scored twice in his single appearance for the Republic of Ireland, which is the best ratio of any player ever to pull on the green jersey. There are four players who scored on their only appearance for the Boys in Green - Jack Sullivan, Johnny Squires, Paddy Bermingham, and Jimmy McCann - giving them a perfect record of one goal per game. Tom Davis and Matty Geoghegan both finished their international careers with a ratio of one goal per game after matching their appearance total of four and two caps, respectively,  with the number of goals scored in each.

Looking at players with five (or more) caps, Ringsend striker Jimmy Dunne scored 13 goals in his 15 appearances, finishing his international career on 0.87 goals per game.

PlayerGoalsCapsGoals/Games
Ratio
Jimmy Dunne13150.87
John Joe Flood450.80
Paddy Bradshaw450.80
Paddy Moore790.78
Stephen Ireland460.67

The only goal of David O'Leary's career, a strike against Turkey in 1990 (his penalty against Romania is not counted), means he has the worst goals/game ratio of all players who have scored at least one goal for Ireland, scoring only 0.014 goals in each of his 68 caps.

Shay Given's 134 caps is (unsurprisingly) the highest caps total without a single goal and Kenny Cunningham's 72 caps is the highest total of the outfield players to retire without scoring

Sunday, 24 September 2017

Round Up - Week of Tuesday, 19th September 2017

Tuesday, 19th September 2017
English League Cup
Brentford 1-3 Norwich
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the first time this season

Burnley 2-2 Leeds United
Jeff Hendrick returned from injury for his first appearance since Saturday, 12th August

Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
Callum O'Dowda made his 50th appearance for Bristol City

Crystal Palace 1-0 Huddersfield
Damien Delaney came off the bench to make his first appearance of the season

Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Des Hutchinson's made his first appearance for Brighton and Hove Albion's senior side

Football League Trophy
Walsall 3-1 West Brom U21
Liam Kinsella made his first appearance since Wednesday, 9th August
Robert McCourt made his first appearance of the season

Wednesday, 20th September 2017
English League Cup
Everton 3-0 Sunderland
Darron Gibson was booked for the first time this season

Chelsea 5-1 Nottingham Forest
Stephen Henderson made his first appearance of the season, this was the goalkeeper's first appearance since February

Friday, 22 September 2017

Most goals against single opposition

Former Republic of Ireland striker John Aldridge celebrated his 59th birthday recently, and (as we do with many former internationals) we posted the history of his Irish international caps and goals on twitter and facebook
One of our facebook followers noticed that he had scored eight goals against Latvia, and wondered was this a record for Irish players - i.e. had any player scored more goals against single opposition over the course of his career?

Usually when there's a question related to Irish goalscoring records, the answer is Robbie Keane, but not so in this case. The Irish record caps holder and goal scorer found the back of the net five times against three different countries - Georgia, Faroe Islands and Gibraltar - and is joined by Don Givens who also notched five goals against Turkey in three games, including four in one game.

This leaves Aldridge's eight goals in four games against Latvia in as the current holder of this record.

PlayerOppositionHome
Goals
Away
Goals
Total
John AldridgeLatvia538
Don GivensTurkey415
Robbie KeaneGeorgia505
Robbie KeaneFaroe Islands505
Robbie KeaneGibraltar325

Monday, 18 September 2017

Report Card for weekend of Friday, 15th September 2017

Saturday, 16 September 2017
Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton
Shane Long was booked for the first time since December 2016 in what was the striker's first start of the season

Newcastle Utd 2-1 Stoke City
Ciaran Clark's start against Stoke City was the defender's 200th career appearance and was booked for the first time since March

Championship
Brentford 1-1 Reading
Liam Kelly first goal in a month was the his fifth goal for the club
Both John Egan and Paul McShane were booked for the first time this season

Hull City 1-1 Sunderland
David Meyler scored his second goal of the season, a month after his last goal on August 15th

Ipswich 2-0 Bolton
David McGoldrick scored his fourth goal of the season

Millwall 1-0 Leeds United
Aiden O'Brien scored his first goal in a month on his 25th appearance in the Championship
Eunan O'Kane was shown his first yellow card since March 2017
Conor Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season

Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa
Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time in a month on his 25th appearance for Aston Villa

League 1
Bradford City 1-0 Rotherham
Colin Doyle was booked for the first time since September 2013

Bury 0-0 Plymouth
Joe Murphy made his 25th appearance for Bury

Oldham 1-2 Shrewsbury
Eoin Doyle's red card was the third time the striker has been sent off in his career

Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood
Cian Bolger was shown his third yellow card of the season on his 50th appearance for Fleetwood

Southend United 2-2 Northampton
Brendan Moloney was booked for the first time this season

Wigan 3-0 Bristol Rovers
Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the second time in his career

League 2
Cambridge United 2-1 Coventry
Michael Doyle made his 100th appearance in League Two

Cheltenham 3-1 Colchester
The first goal of Kevin Dawson's brace was his fifth goal in League Two and was booked for the first time this season

Chesterfield 1-2 Accrington Stanley
Seamus Conneely was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League
Celtic 4-0 Ross County
Jonathan Hayes returned to the Celtic starting XI for the first time since Friday, 11th August

Dundee 3-2 St Johnstone
Darren O'Dea was sent off for the first time for Dundee (his first red card since April 2012) in his first appearance since Saturday, 12 August

Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell
Anthony Stokes scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season

Friday, 15 September 2017

Report Card for Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Championship
Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
Conor Hourihane's start was his 300th career appearance
Darren Randolph made his 100th appearance in the Championship
Cyrus Christie was booked for the first time this season

Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff
Alan Browne scored his first goal of the season, this was the midfielder's first goal since April 2016

QPR 2-2 Millwall
Shaun Williams was booked for the first time this season

Bolton 0-1 Sheffield United
Josh Cullen was booked for the first time this season

League 1
AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Gillingham
Conor Wilkinson made his 50th appearance in League One

Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham
This was the first time that four Irish players scored in one game since October 2008 when Noel Hunt, Stephen Hunt, Shane Long and Chris McCann all scored as Reading beat Burnley 3-1
Rory Gaffney scored his 20th goal for Bristol
Ryan Sweeney scored his first goal for Oldham, the defender's first goal since February 2016

Northampton 3-1 Portsmouth
Damien McCrory made his 300th career start

Plymouth 1-3 Blackpool
Jimmy Ryan scored his first goal for Blackpool, this was also the 40th goal of his career, and his first goal since December 2015

Rotherham 5-1 Walsall
Richie Towell made his first start for Rotherham
The first goal of Lee Frecklington's hat trick (the first of his career) was his 30th goal for Rotherham

Monday, 11 September 2017

Report Card for Republic of Ireland V Serbia

Tuesday, 5 September 2017
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
Republic of Ireland 0-1 Serbia
Darren Randolph's 19th start was his 24th appearance for Ireland
Cyrus Christie made his 13th appearance for IrelandShane Duffy continued his run of starting every cap he's earned for Ireland in his 13th game
Ciaran Clark made his 26th appearance for Ireland
Stephen Ward made his 45th appearance for Ireland
James McClean made his 30th start for Ireland in his 54th international appearance
Wes Hoolahan made his 41st appearance for Ireland, this was the midfielder's first start since Saturday, 12 November 2016David Meyler made his 20th appearance for Ireland
Robbie Brady made his 36th appearance for Ireland
Shane Long made his 75th appearance for Ireland
Jonathan Walters made his 51st appearance for IrelandDaryl Murphy made his 28th appearance for Ireland
Callum O'Dowda made his sixth appearance for Ireland

Report Card - Weekend of Saturday, 9th September 2017

Saturday, 9 September 2017
Championship
Leeds United 5-0 Burton Albion
Joe Mason made his first start for Burton Albion, this was the striker's first start since January

Preston North End 1-1 Barnsley
Sean Maguire scored his first goal for Preston

Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield United
After transferring to Sunderland on transfer deadline day, Marc Wilson made his first start for the Black Cats, and was shown his first yellow card of the season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Millwall
Shaun Williams made his 300th career appearance in England
Aiden O'Brien was sent off for the first time in his career

League 1
AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Portsmouth
Damien McCrory made his first appearance for Portsmouth

Charlton 2-1 Southend United
Billy Clarke was booked for the first time this season

Fleetwood 2-2 Oldham
Jack Byrne was booked for the first time this season, before this the midfielder hadn't been booked in more than a year

Plymouth 0-1 MK Dons
Graham Carey was shown the first red card of his career

Rochdale 0-3 Blackburn
Derrick Williams made his 50th appearance for Blackburn, strangely the defender started each of these games

Rotherham 3-2 Bury
Richie Towell scored his first goal for Rotherham, this was his first goal since January

Scunthorpe 0-0 Blackpool
Jimmy Ryan was booked for the first time in almost a year

League 2
Mansfield Town 4-1 Grimsby
James Berrett made his 25th start for Grimsby

Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Chesterfield
Eddie Nolan scored his first own goal against Crewe Alexandra

Forest Green 1-3 Exeter
Liam McAlinden made his 50th career start
Pierce Sweeney scored his first goal of his career


Luton 0-3 Swindon Town
James Collins was shown his first yellow card of the season in what was his 200th appearance in League Two

Scottish Premier League
Hearts 0-0 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney started his first game since July

Ross County 1-1 Partick Thistle
Daniel Devine's first appearance in a month was his 100th appearance in the SPL

Polish Ekstraklasa
Cracovia Kraków 1-1 Jagiellonia Białystok
Cillian Sheridan made his 25th start for Jagiellonia Białystok

Thursday, 7 September 2017

August 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for August 2017
 
Wins
Aberdeen full back Anthony O'Connor started five wins in the opening month of the 2017/18 season, two more than any other player

Draws
Sheffield Wednesday's Kieren Westwood started three draws for the Owls in August

Losses
Partick Thistle teammates Niall Keown and Adam Barton both started all four of the Jags' losses

Starts/Completed Games
O'Connor, Liam Kelly and Aiden McGeady all started six games in August. Of these, only the Dons player went on to complete 90 minutes in all six games

Substitutions/Introductions
McGeady, Samir Carruthers, Aiden O'Brien and Sean Maguire were all substituted three times. Bristol City's Callum O'Dowda was introduced from the bench five times

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Aaron McCarey were joined by Brian Lenihan and Alex Pearce in being unused in five games

Goals
Conor Hourihane and Anthony Stokes both scored four goals in August, while David Meyler and Daryl Murphy were the only players to score a penalty.

Discipline
Enda Stevens, Anthony O'Connor, Harry Arter, David Meyler, and Anthony Stokes were all booked twice

Monday, 4 September 2017

Report Card - Weekend of Saturday, 2nd September 2017

Saturday, 2 September 2017
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
Georgia 1-1 Republic of Ireland
Darren Randolph made his 23rd appearance for Ireland
Stephen Ward made his 44th appearance for Ireland
Shane Duffy scored his first international goal in his 12th appearance for Ireland
Ciaran Clark made his 25th appearance for Ireland, this was the defender's first international appearance since Saturday, 12 November 2016
Cyrus Christie made his 12th appearance for Ireland
James McClean made his 53rd appearance for Ireland
Glenn Whelan made his 82nd appearance for Ireland
Harry Arter made his seventh appearance for Ireland
Robbie Brady made his 35th appearance for Ireland was also his 30th start for his country
Shane Long was booked for the first time at international level since June 2016 in his 74th appearance for Ireland
Jonathan Walters made his 50th appearance for Ireland
Aiden McGeady's appearance off the bench was his 91st appearance for Ireland
Daryl Murphy made his 27th appearance for Ireland

League1
Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Peterborough
Ian Lawlor made his 25th appearance for Doncaster Rovers

Oldham 3-4 Charlton
Eoin Doyle marked his appearance for Oldham with his first goal of the season, and also picked up his first yellow card of the season
Jack Byrne scored the first goal of his loan spell at the Latics

Southend United 0-0 Rochdale
Stephen McLaughlin was booked for the first time this season, the midfielder hadn't been booked before this since November 2016

Walsall 2-1 Plymouth
Graham Carey marked his 100th start for Plymouth with his first goal of the season

League 2
Swindon Town 1-4 Barnet
Donal McDermott's red card was the second time the midfielder had been sent off in his career

Scottish League Challenge Cup
Dundee Utd 3-1 Alloa
Willo Flood scored his 15th goal of his career, and the winger's first goal in more than a year

Sunday, 3 September 2017
League 1
Portsmouth 0-1 Rotherham
Richie Towell made his first appearance for Rotherham as a late second half substitute
Darren Potter was booked for the first time this season

Saturday, 2 September 2017

Report Card - Tuesday, 29th August 2017

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Football League Trophy
Blackpool 1-1 Wigan
Rowan Roche made his first appearance of the season

Chesterfield 2-4 Bradford City
Connor Dimaio made his first appearance of the season

Oldham 0-0 Port Vale
After signing for Oldham on loan, Jack Byrne made his first start for the Latics. This was the midfielder's first start in almost a year.
Gavin Gunning's start for Port Vale was the defender's 200th career appearance

Colchester 2-2 Reading U21
After signing for Colchester in the summer, Rene Gilmartin made his first start for the U's. This was the goalkeeper's first appearance since January 2013
Josh Barrett scored his first goal of the season

Morecambe 0-2 Carlisle United
Jamie Devitt made his 50th appearance for Carlisle United

Gillingham 2-1 Southend United
Stephen McLaughlin scored his first goal of the season
Conor Wilkinson was booked for the first time this season

Wycombe Wanderers 1-5 Bristol Rovers
Michael Harriman made his 200th career appearance

Stevenage 2-6 Oxford United
Kevin Toner made his first start for Stevenage
Canice Carroll made his first start of the season

Northampton 1-1 Cambridge United
Jake Carroll made his 25th appearance for Cambridge United

Peterborough 2-0 Southampton U21
Conor O'Malley made his first start for Peterborough
Chris Forrester was booked for the first time this season

Friday, 1 September 2017

August 2017 Transfers, Loans and Contracts

Transfers
Thursday, 3rd August
Rob Kiernan returned to Southend, having spent a brief loan spell at Roots Hall in 2013, signing a three year deal: 🔗

After impressing on trial in preseason, Noel Hunt signed a one year deal with Wigan Athletic: 🔗

Following his release from Blackburn Rovers, Anthony Stokes has returned to Hibernian for his third spell at Easter Road: 🔗

Tuesday, 15th August
Patrick Cregg returned to Scotland from St Patrick’s Athletic to sign a one year deal with Forfar Athletic: 🔗

Wednesday, 23rd August
Padraig Amond returned to League Two to sign for Newport County: 🔗

Thursday, 31st August
Marc Wilson left Bournemouth to sign a contract with Sunderland until the end of the season: 🔗

Loans
Tuesday, 1st August
Ahead of the new Championship season, Josh Cullen signed a six month loan deal with Bolton Wanderers: 🔗
 
Wednesday, 2nd August
Blackpool winger Rowan Roche signed for non league Southport until January: 🔗

Friday, 18th August
Bournemouth striker Joe Quigley signed on loan with Newport County until January: 🔗

Wednesday, 23rd August
Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Joe Mason signed for fellow Championship side Burton Albion on loan until January: 🔗

Thursday, 24th August
Aston Villa defender Kevin Toner signed a one year loan deal with Stevenage FC: 🔗

Tuesday, 29th August
Jack Byrne signed for fellow Irish midfielder John Sheridan on loan at Oldham until January: 🔗

Wednesday, 30th August
Ipswich midfielder Adam McDonnell signed for Aldershot Town on a one month’s loan: 🔗

Bostik League side Worthing Town took Brighton defender Rian O’Sullivan on a six month loan: 🔗

Thursday, 31st August
Preston striker Eoin Doyle joined John Sheridan’s Oldham on loan until January: 🔗

Burton full back Damien McCrory signed a loan deal with Portsmouth until January: 🔗

Rotherham United signed a late loan deal with Richie Towell until the end of the season: 🔗
 
Contracts
Friday, 11th August
Eunan O’Kane signed a new four year deal at Leeds United, extending his stay at Elland Road until the 2020/21 season: 🔗

Monday, 14th August
Following his stunning opening day goal for Burnley, Stephen Ward signed a new contract with the Clarets until June 2019: 🔗

Thursday, 17th August
Defender Shane Duffy was one of three players to sign new deals with Brighton and Hove Albion, the defender signed a new four year deal with the Seagulls: 🔗

Wednesday, 30th August
Reading captain Paul McShane signed a one year extension to his contract, keeping him with the Royals until 2019: 🔗