Round Up for week of Tuesday, 28th August 2018

Tuesday, 28th August 2018

English League Cup

Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Southampton

Aaron Connolly made his first appearance since November 2017

Burton Albion 1-0 Aston Villa

Stephen Quinn's start for Burton was his first start in a year

Cardiff 1-3 Norwich

After signing for Cardiff in the summer, Greg Cunningham made his first appearance for the Bluebirds

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Blackpool

Ian Lawlor made his first appearance of the season

Fulham 2-0 Exeter

Dara O'Shea was booked for the first time since August 2016 in his debut for Exeter

Leeds United 0-2 Preston North End

Conor Shaughnessy's start for Leeds was his first appearance since January

Middlesbrough 2-1 Rochdale

Ryan Delaney scored his first goal of the season in his 25th start for Rochdale

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty's start was the 250th appearance of his career

Walsall 3-3 Macclesfield

Kieran O'Hara made his first appearance in the League Cup

Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 Forest Green

Gavin Gunning made his 25th appearance for Forest Green

Wednesday, 29th August 2018

English League Cup

Millwall 3-2 Plymouth

Shaun Williams made his 200th appearance for Millwall

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Newcastle Utd

Daryl Murphy's first goal in the League Cup was also his tenth goal for Forest, and the landmark 100th goal of his career

Reading 0-2 Watford

John O'Shea started his first game for Reading

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 25th August 2018

Saturday, 25th August 2018

Premier League

Southampton 1-2 Leicester City

Shane Long made his first start of the season

Championship

Derby County 2-0 Preston North End

Richard Keogh's first goal since February was also his tenth goal for Derby

Stoke City 2-0 Hull City

James McClean's first goal for Stoke (his first goal since January), was also his tenth strike in the Championship

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Birmingham City

In his 25th start for Forest, Daryl Murphy booked for the first time since March 2015!

League 1

Gillingham 1-1 Coventry

Bradley Garmston was booked for the first time since February

Luton 3-2 Shrewsbury

James Collins made his 50th appearance for Luton

Oxford United 3-1 Burton Albion

After signing a short term contract with Burton during the week, Stephen Quinn made his first appearance for the Brewers. This was his first appearance in more than a year

League 2

Cambridge United 0-1 Cheltenham

Gary Deegan made his 50th appearance for Cambridge United
Kevin Dawson's booking was his first yellow card since February

Yeovil 2-0 Stevenage

Michael Timlin was sent off for the fourth time in his career

Scottish Premier League

Hibernian 1-1 Aberdeen

Tommie Hoban marked his first appearance in the SPL with his first goal for loan club Aberdeen. This was the defender's first goal since April 2017

Kilmarnock 0-1 Hearts

Jimmy Dunne made his first appearance for loan club Hearts
Gary Dicker was sent off for the third time in his career, his second while at Kilmarnock

Sunday, 26th August 2018

Premier League

Fulham 4-2 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick scored his fifth goal for Burnley, all of which have come in the Premier League. This was his first goal since October

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 3-3 Rangers

Carl McHugh's goal was the 15th goal of his career

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 21st August 2018

Tuesday, 21st August 2018

League 1

Bradford City 1-0 Burton Albion

Anthony O'Connor's start for Bradford was the defender's 250th career appearance

League 2

Lincoln City 2-1 Bury

After scoring his first goal since January 2017 last week, Eoghan O'Connell scored his first goal in League Two - this is a career high for goals in a season for the defender

Macclesfield 1-1 Cheltenham

After signing for Macclesfield on loan, Kieran O'Hara made his first appearance for the Silkmen. This was the goalkeeper's first appearance at senior level since April 2016
Liam McAlinden's booking was the striker's first yellow card since since December 2017

Morecambe 1-0 Northampton

Barry Roche was sent off for the fourth time for Morecambe, 28 months after his last red card in April 2016

Wednesday, 22nd August 2018

Championship

League 1

Scunthorpe 0-5 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden's start was his 25th appearance for Fleetwood

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 18th August 2018

Saturday, 18th August 2018

Premier League

Cardiff 0-0 Newcastle Utd

After signing for Cardiff on a season long loan, Harry Arter made his first appearance for the Bluebirds - this was the midfielder's first appearance since January

Leicester City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty scored his first own goal since signing for Wolves

Championship

Leeds United 2-0 Rotherham

Ryan Manning made his first appearance for new loan club Rotherham

Millwall 2-1 Derby County

Shaun Williams scored his 15th goal for Millwall, also his 40th goal since leaving the League of Ireland

Sheffield United 2-1 Norwich

John Egan scored his first goal for Sheffield United, this was the 20th goal of his career
David McGoldrick was booked for the first time since November 2017

League 1

Southend United 2-0 Bradford City

Simon Cox scored his first goal of the season

League 2

Bury 1-1 Forest Green

Gavin Gunning was sent off for the fourth time in his career, just over a year after his last red card on Wednesday, 9th August 2017

Mansfield Town 1-1 Colchester

Ryan Sweeney was booked for the first time since Saturday, 2nd December 2017

Northampton 2-2 Cambridge United

Gary Deegan scored his first goal for Cambridge, more than five years after his last goal in August 2013

Stevenage 1-0 Morecambe

Michael Timlin scored his first goal for Stevenage

Sunday, 19th August 2018

Premier League

Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United

Shane Duffy scored his first goal in the Premier League, 18 months after his last goal in February 2017
Duffy is the first Irish player to score for Brighton in the Premier League, and also the 103rd Irish player to score in the Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Kilmarnock 1-3 Rangers

Alan Power and Gary Dicker were both booked for the first time this season. Coincidentally both players were last booked on the same day - Saturday, 28th April

Hibernian 3-2 Ross County

Daryl Horgan marked his first start for Hibernian (his first start since Saturday, 27th January) with his first goal for the club, this was the winger's first goal since Saturday, 6th January

MLS

Atlanta United 3-1 Columbus Crew

Chris McCann was booked for the first since Monday, 16th April in his 25th start for Atlanta

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 14th August 2018

Tuesday, 14th August 2018

English League Cup

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury

Eoghan O'Connell scored his first goal for Bury, 18 months after his last goal in January 2017
Joe Murphy was booked for the first time this season, almost a year to the day since his last booking on Sunday, 13th August 2017

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood

Eddie Nolan made his 50th appearance for Crewe Alexandra

Macclesfield 1-1 Bradford City

Fiacre Kelleher scored his first goal for Macclesfield

Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City

Enda Stevens made his 50th start for Sheffield United

Leeds United 2-1 Bolton

After signing for Bolton during preseason, Marc Wilson made his debut for the Trotters

Mansfield Town 6-1 Accrington Stanley

Ryan Sweeney made his first appearance for loan club Mansfield Town

Preston North End 3-1 Morecambe

Graham Burke marked his first start for Preston North End with his first goal for the Lilywhites

Blackpool 3-1 Barnsley

John O'Sullivan's first start for Blackpool was also his first start since February

Yeovil 0-1 Aston Villa

Jake Doyle-Hayes's start for Aston Villa was the midfielder's first appearance at senior level since September 2017
Conor Hourihane's late winner was his first goal in the League Cup and the 60th goal of his career

Southend United 2-4 Brentford

Alan Judge made his 100th start for Brentford

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley

Mark Connolly scored his first goal in the League Cup, this was the defender's first goal since February

Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth

Niall Canavan made his first appearance for Plymouth

Cambridge United 1-4 Newport Co.

Padraig Amond's brace were his first goals in the League Cup

Reading 2-0 Birmingham City

John O'Shea came off the bench late in the second half to make his debut for Reading

Scottish League Challenge Cup

Inverness CT 1-2 Dunfermline

Aaron Doran made his 200th appearance for Inverness CT

Thursday, 16th August 2018

UEFA Cup

Burnley 1-0 Istanbul Buyuksehir

In his first appearance of the season, Kevin Long was booked for the first time since February
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since November 2017

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 11th August 2018

Saturday, 11th August 2018

Premier League

The five Irish defenders that started today's Premier League fixtures was the most since six defenders started on Saturday, 11th April 2015

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Tottenham

Ciaran Clark's start today was the defender's first appearance since Sunday, 4th February

Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace

Cyrus Christie was named in the Fulham starting XI was his first start since Wednesday, 21st February

Championship

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Reading

Congratulations to Paul McShane on his 100th appearance for Reading

Our skipper @pmacca15 starts this afternoon, which will be his 100th appearance as a Royal! 💙#FORvREA pic.twitter.com/Ahq8v37l16

— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) August 11, 2018

QPR 1-2 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens made his 50th appearance for Sheffield United
David McGoldrick scored his first goal for the Blades, this was the striker's first goal since Saturday, 18th November 2017

Swansea 1-0 Preston North End

After signing for Preston during the summer transfer window, Graham Burke made his first appearance for the club as a second half substitute

Derby County 1-4 Leeds United

Richard Keogh was booked for the first time since February

League 1

Blackpool 1-2 Portsmouth

Following his debut last week, Ronan Curtis opened his account for Portsmouth with a brace

Plymouth 1-1 Southend United

Graham Carey's start against Southend was his 150th appearance for Plymouth

League 2

Cambridge United 3-2 Notts County

Jake Carroll made his 50th start for Cambridge United

Carlisle United 2-2 Northampton

Jamie Devitt's first goal of the season was his first goal since Saturday, 14th April

Morecambe 0-2 Exeter

Pierce Sweeney scored his tenth goal of his career

Newport Co. 1-0 Crewe Alexandra

Padraig Amond's goal was his 15th goal for Newport

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-0 Celtic

Jake Mulraney was booked for the first time since January

Motherwell 0-1 Hamilton Academical

Conor Sammon was booked for the first time since Saturday, 30th December 2017

Sunday, 12th August 2018

Scottish Premier League

St Johnstone 1-1 Hibernian

After signing for Hibernian midweek, Daryl Horgan made his first appearance for Hibs as a second half substitute

Republic of Ireland Premier League Starting XI

While researching yesterday's article on Irish starting XI's of players with Premier League experience, we wondered how many times the Republic of Ireland started a game with eleven players who were under contract at a club in the PL at that time.

As we said in the article, the Boys in Green have played 269 games since the breakaway league was formed in 1992. According to our research, of these, only eight (3% of the total amount) of these were started by eleven players who were all playing Premier League football at the time. As always, we are open to correction on this.

When we investigated this, we realised that, in the early years of the league, squad mainstays like Packie Bonner and John Aldridge never played in England's top division, and in more recent years Robbie Keane's time in MLS as well as Sean St Ledger's time in the Irish starting XI meant that there was a narrow window where regular starters for Ireland were all playing in the PL.

Even though the first game of the league was played in 1992, it took nine years before an Irish manager named a starting XI of players from the league. Mick McCarthy had the honour of being the first Irish manager to name 11 Premier League players to face Portugal in 2001 for a qualifier for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. A year later, in August, he would repeat the feat in a 3-0 friendly win against Finland following the tournament.

Brian Kerr has named a team of players in the Premier League in five games, more than any of the other managers since the league was formed, four of which were in 2005. The last time an Irish manager named a starting XI of Premier League players was Steve Staunton's first competitive game against Germany in 2006 - 130 games have been played since that 1-0 loss in Stuttgart.

No player started all eight games, but Shay Given, Kevin Kilbane, Damien Duff, and Robbie Keane started seven of the eight, while John O'Shea, Steve Finnan, and Kenny Cunningham started six.

Of the eight games, three finished all square, there are three wins (although only one of these was in a competitive game) and two were losses.

Date	Home	Score	Away	Starting XI
2-June-2001	Republic of Ireland	1-1	Portugal	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) Ian Harte(Leeds United) Steve Staunton(Aston Villa) Richard Dunne(Manchester City) Stephen Carr(Tottenham) Kevin Kilbane(Sunderland) Roy Keane(Manchester United) Mark Kinsella(Charlton) Gary Kelly(Leeds United) Niall Quinn(Sunderland) Robbie Keane(Leeds United)
21-August-2002	Finland	0-3	Republic of Ireland	Dean Kiely(Charlton) Ian Harte(Leeds United) Gary Breen(West Ham United) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) Gary Kelly(Leeds United) Thomas Butler(Sunderland) Mark Kinsella(Charlton) Lee Carsley(Everton) Jason McAteer(Sunderland) Damien Duff(Blackburn) Robbie Keane(Leeds United)
9-October-2004	France	0-0	Republic of Ireland	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) Kevin Kilbane(Everton) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) Andy O'Brien(Newcastle Utd) Stephen Carr(Newcastle Utd) Damien Duff(Chelsea) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Roy Keane(Manchester United) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Clinton Morrison(Birmingham City) Robbie Keane(Tottenham)
9-February-2005	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Portugal	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) Kevin Kilbane(Everton) Andy O'Brien(Newcastle Utd) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Damien Duff(Chelsea) Andy Reid(Tottenham) Matt Holland(Charlton) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Clinton Morrison(Birmingham City) Robbie Keane(Tottenham)
26-March-2005	Israel	1-1	Republic of Ireland	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Andy O'Brien(Newcastle Utd) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) Stephen Carr(Newcastle Utd) Kevin Kilbane(Everton) Roy Keane(Manchester United) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Damien Duff(Chelsea) Clinton Morrison(Birmingham City) Robbie Keane(Tottenham)
17-August-2005	Republic of Ireland	1-2	Italy	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Richard Dunne(Manchester City) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Damien Duff(Chelsea) Kevin Kilbane(Everton) Matt Holland(Charlton) Steven Reid(Blackburn) Andy Reid(Tottenham) Clinton Morrison(Birmingham City)
8-October-2005	Cyprus	0-1	Republic of Ireland	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Kenny Cunningham(Birmingham City) Richard Dunne(Manchester City) Stephen Carr(Newcastle Utd) Damien Duff(Chelsea) Kevin Kilbane(Everton) Graham Kavanagh(Wigan) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Stephen Elliott(Sunderland) Robbie Keane(Tottenham)
2-September-2006	Germany	1-0	Republic of Ireland	Shay Given(Newcastle Utd) John O'Shea(Manchester United) Andy O'Brien(Portsmouth) Richard Dunne(Manchester City) Stephen Carr(Newcastle Utd) Damien Duff(Newcastle Utd) Steven Reid(Blackburn) Kevin Kilbane(Wigan) Steve Finnan(Liverpool) Kevin Doyle(Reading) Robbie Keane(Tottenham)

Premier League Appearances In Starting XI

For the penultimate of our articles before the start of the 2018-19 season, we wondered how many times the starting XI of the senior international side was comprised entirely of players with one, or more, appearance in the Premier League.

The Premier League was launched in 1992, but it would take three years before the feat was achieved, in the 3-1 loss to Austria in September 1995. It wasn't repeated until February 2000 when the Czech Republic were beaten 3-2 in a friendly. Fans of the national side would not have to wait as long between games for a starting XI of players with Premier League experience until 2011, when the first team of current and former PL players was named 4 years and eight months after the last. More recently, the last time eleven players with Premier League appearances lined out was the 1-0 win away to Austria in November 2016.

The first game where the Irish starting XI had more than 1000 Premier League appearances between them was held, fittingly enough, at a Premier League ground when Ireland faced Holland at Anfield in December 1995 in the Euro'96 Play Off. The next two combined appearance landmarks were also in qualifiers, the 1-1 draw against Portugal in June 2001 was the first time the starting XI had more than 1500 combined PL appearances, and, almost four years later, in March 2005, eleven players with more than 2000 PL appearances lined out for Ireland for the first time in a qualifier away to Israel.

The current highest combined total in an Irish starting XI is 2284. Giovanni Trapattoni named the same XI in three of the four games played by the Boys in Green in June 2012 - the friendly against Hungary before Euro 2012 and the two group games against Croatia and Italy - and since no Premier League games were played between these the total never changed.

The combined total hasn't been higher than 2000 since the September 2015 1-0 defeat of Georgia, and there were only 234 against Mexico in June 2017, more than half of which were the 128 appearances in the top flight by James McClean.

Only 36 of the 269 games (13.3%) played by the Republic since the breakaway league was formed have had a starting XI of players with Premier League experience. The record for the longest run of consecutive games where a starting XI was named, all of whom had appeared at least once in the new top division in England, was set with the seven games between May and September 2002.

Premier League Players Without International Caps

With the Premier League about to return, we've wondered what Irish players have appeared in the top division in England without going on to play international football.

Scott Fitzgerald made 69 appearances for Wimbledon in the Premier League - as many as the bottom 27 players in the final table made combined - and earned four caps for the Republic's U21 side, scoring once, but never played at a higher level than a B international against Denmark in 1992.

Only five players have scored in the Premier League, and not earned a senior international cap. Current Waterford FC chairman Lee Power scored six goals in the 1992/93 season, and played in the same B international in 1992, but also never earned a senior cap

Of the players who have yet to progress to the senior international side, only Michael Obafemi and Josh Cullen are currently registered with teams who will play in the Premier League in 2018/19.

Player	Starts	Intros	Apps	Goals
Scott Fitzgerald	61	8	69	0
Willie Boland	43	20	63	0
Gareth Whalley	33	2	35	1
Jason Gavin	19	12	31	0
Derek Geary	26	0	26	0
Lee Power	13	10	23	6
Andy Turner	8	12	20	3
Roy O'Donovan	4	13	17	0
Willo Flood	5	9	14	1
Sean Thornton	11	0	11	1
Michael Reddy	0	10	10	1
Tony Sheridan	5	4	9	0
Neale Fenn	0	8	8	0
Chris McCann	7	0	7	0
Anthony Forde	3	3	6	0
Rory Ginty	2	3	5	0
Mark McKeever	2	3	5	0
Marcos Painter	2	2	4	0
Reece Grego Cox	1	3	4	0
Kevin Toner	3	1	4	0
Brian Launders	1	2	3	0
Paul McGee	1	2	3	0
Keith O'Halloran	2	1	3	0
John McGrath	0	3	3	0
Mark Yeates	1	2	3	0
Aaron Doran	0	3	3	0
Samir Carruthers	0	3	3	0
Josh Cullen	0	3	3	0
Jim Crawford	0	2	2	0
David McDonald	2	0	2	0
Michael Cummins	1	1	2	0
Shaun Byrne	0	2	2	0
Richie Ryan	0	2	2	0
Michael Harriman	1	1	2	0
Danny Boxall	0	1	1	0
Rob Quinn	0	1	1	0
Tony Folan	0	1	1	0
Lee Boylan	0	1	1	0
Brian McGovern	0	1	1	0
Paddy McCarthy	0	1	1	0
Jay O'Shea	0	1	1	0
Michael Obafemi	0	1	1	0

Last Irish Player To Score For Each 2018/19 Premier League Club

With the new Premier League season only a few days away, we've planned a series of blogs this week based on Irish player appearances in the PL.

Before last season, we published an article with the list of the last Irish player to start a game in the Premier League for each of the teams in the top division.
Following on from that, we've compiled the following list of the last Irish player to score for each of the teams in the upcoming season.

Damien Duff and Robbie Keane hold the distinction of being the last Irish goalscorer for two different clubs - Duff for Chelsea against Newcastle in 2005 and Fulham against Wigan in 2012, and Keane for Liverpool against Bolton in 2008 and Spurs against Sunderland in 2009. Keane actually scored twice for Liverpool against Bolton that day - finding the back of the net on 53 and 58 minutes.

Arsenal, Brighton and Hove Albion, Cardiff, Huddersfield, and Leicester City have had no Irish goalscorers in the Premier League era, and with no Irish players named in the Arsenal, Huddersfield and Leicester squads (at the time of writing) this does not look like changing in the next 12 months.

Of the teams with one, or more, goalscorers, Watford fans have waited the longest to see another goalscorer from the Boys in Green. More than 18 years have passed since Limerick's Dominic Foley scored for the Hornets against Leeds in May 2000, although much is thought of teenage scoring sensation Ryan Cassidy in the current underage setup at Vicarage Road.

Club	Date	Home	Score	Away	Goalscorers
Bournemouth	18th November 2017	Bournemouth	4-0	Huddersfield	Harry Arter
Burnley	19th April 2010	Burnley	1-2	Chelsea	Kevin Long
Crystal Palace	2nd April 2016	West Ham United	2-2	Crystal Palace	Damien Delaney
Chelsea	19th November 2005	Chelsea	3-0	Newcastle Utd	Damien Duff
Everton	4th February 2017	Everton	6-3	Bournemouth	James McCarthy
Fulham	22nd September 2012	Wigan	1-2	Fulham	Damien Duff
Liverpool	26th December 2008	Liverpool	3-0	Bolton	Robbie Keane
Manchester City	21st November 2009	Liverpool	2-2	Manchester City	Stephen Ireland
Manchester United	27th March 2010	Bolton	0-4	Manchester United	Darron Gibson
Newcastle Utd	28th November 2017	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Newcastle Utd	Ciaran Clark
Southampton	8th April 2010	Arsenal	3-2	Southampton	Shane Long
Tottenham	7th November 2009	Tottenham	2-0	Sunderland	Robbie Keane
Watford	3rd May 2000	Leeds United	3-1	Watford	Dominic Foley
West Ham United	30th January 2013	Fulham	3-1	West Ham United	Joey O'Brien
Wolverhampton Wanderers	25th February 2012	Newcastle Utd	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kevin Doyle

Round Up for weekend of Thursday, 2nd August 2018

Thursday, 2nd August 2018

UEFA Cup

Rio Ave 4-4 Jagiellonia Białystok

Cillian Sheridan's opener was his 15th goal for the club, and the 90th goal of his career

Friday, 3rd August 2018

Championship

Reading 1-2 Derby County

On the opening day of the Championship season, Paul McShane made his first start since Saturday, 13th January
After transferring from Hull during the summer, David Meyler was booked on his first appearance for Reading

Persian Gulf Pro League

Tractor Sazi 1-1 Nassaji Mazandaran

In his first appearance for Tractor Sazi, Anthony Stokes scored his first goal since Saturday, 23rd December 2017

Saturday, 4th August 2018

Championship

Bristol City 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Daryl Murphy marked his 300th appearance in the Championship with his 90th goal in the competition - this was the striker's first goal since Tuesday, 21st November 2017

Millwall 2-2 Middlesbrough

Similarly, Aiden O'Brien marked his 50th Championship appearance with his first goal since Saturday, 20th January

Wigan 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

After signing a short term contract with Wigan on Friday, Darron Gibson made his first start for the Latics. This was the midfielder's first appearance in senior football since Monday, 1st January

Sheffield United 1-2 Swansea

David McGoldrick's debut for new club Sheffield United was the striker's first appearance since Sunday, 18th February 2018

League 1

Accrington Stanley 0-2 Gillingham

Seamus Conneely's start was his 150th appearance for Accrington Stanley

Barnsley 4-0 Oxford United

Samir Carruthers made his first start for loan club Oxford United. Before this, the midfielder had not appeared since Friday, 16th February 2018

Portsmouth 1-0 Luton

Ronan Curtis was booked on his first appearance for new club Portsmouth

Shrewsbury 0-1 Bradford City

Sean Scannell's first appearance for Bradford City was the winger's first appearance since Tuesday, 6th February

Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Blackpool

Michael Harriman was sent off for the first time in his career

League 2

Bury 1-0 Yeovil

Eoghan O'Connell's start against Yeovil was his 50th career appearance

Cheltenham 0-1 Crawley

Liam McAlinden made his first appearance for Cheltenham
Reece Grego Cox made his first appearance for Crawley

Mansfield Town 3-0 Newport Co.

Conrad Logan made his 50th appearance for Mansfield Town - all of which were starts for the goalkeeper

Stevenage 2-2 Tranmere

Michael Timlin made his first appearance for Stevenage

Swindon Town 3-2 Macclesfield

Fiacre Kelleher made his first appearance for Macclesfield

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 2-0 St Johnstone

Alan Power made his 25th appearance in the SPL

Celtic 3-1 Livingston

After recovering from a serious injury, Jonathan Hayes made his first appearance since Tuesday, 26th December 2017

Sunday, 5 August 2018

Championship

Leeds United 3-1 Stoke City

James McClean made his first appearance for Stoke City

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers

Stephen Gleeson made his first start for Aberdeen
Chris Forrester made his first appearance for Aberdeen

Irish Player Transfers, Loans and Contracts - July 2018

Transfers

Monday, 2nd July
Former Dundalk player Patrick McEleney returned to the Lilywhites after a brief spell at Oldham: 🔗

Tuesday, 3rd July
Following his loan spell at Gillingham in the second half of 2017/18, Callum Reilly signed a two year contract with the Gills: 🔗

Friday, 6th July
Former finalist of “Football’s Next Star” Connor Smith signed for Boreham Wood: 🔗

Monday, 9th July
Following his release from Everton, Sam Byrne signed an 18 month contract with former loan club Dundalk: 🔗

Thursday, 12th July
Rhys Murphy signed for non league Chelmsford Town: 🔗

Monday, 16th July
After a short trial, Reece Grego-Cox signed a two year deal with Crawley Town: 🔗

Wednesday, 18th July
19 year old FAI Women’s Team striker Leanne Kiernan signed for West Ham Ladies: 🔗

Thursday, 19th July
Adam Rooney signed a three year deal with non league side Salford City: 🔗

Sheffield United broke their transfer record to sign John Egan to a four year contract: 🔗

Huddersfield Town’s longest serving player Sean Scannell left the John Smith’s Stadium to sign for Bradford City: 🔗

Following his release from Bradford City, four times capped goalkeeper Colin Doyle signed a two year contract with Hearts: 🔗

Sunday, 22nd July
James McClean left West Brom to sign for fellow Championship side Stoke City: 🔗

Tuesday, 24th July
Following a short trial, Marc Wilson signed a 12 month contract with Bolton Wanderers: 🔗

Following a trial during preseason, David McGoldrick signed for Sheffield United: 🔗

Saturday, 28th July
Ireland U21 striker Liam McAlinden signed a two year contract with Cheltenham Town: 🔗

Loans

Friday, 6th July
After signing a two year extension to his contract with Leeds, Paudie O’Connor signed a season long loan deal with Blackpool: 🔗

Wednesday, 11th July
Danny Rogers signed a season long loan deal with newly promoted Scottish Premiership side St Mirren: 🔗

Monday, 16th July
Conor Sammon signed a season long loan deal with Motherwell: 🔗

Tuesday, 24th July
Former Finn Harps defender Shane Blaney signed for non league Tamworth Town on a six month loan: 🔗

Contracts

Thursday, 3rd July
Darragh Lenihan signed an extension to his contract with Blackburn Rovers, keeping the defender at Ewood Park until 2022: 🔗

Friday, 4th July
Ryan Delaney signed a new contract with Rochdale: 🔗

Wednesday, 11th July
Preston’s international midfielder Alan Browne signed a new three year contract at Deepdale: 🔗

Thursday, 12th July
Blackburn Rovers defender Derrick Williams signed a new deal that will keep him with the Lancashire side until 2021: 🔗

Tuesday, 17th July
Highly rated teenage striker Troy Parrott signed his professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur and will play for their U18 side as a first year scholar

Wednesday, 18th July
Former St Francis player Jack Connolly signed his first professional contract with Sunderland: 🔗

Thursday, 19th July
Southampton due Sean Brennan and Kameron Ledwidge signed their first professional contracts: 🔗