Tuesday, 7 August 2018

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.

ClubDateHomeScoreAwayGoalscorers
Bournemouth18th November 2017Bournemouth4-0HuddersfieldHarry Arter
Burnley19th April 2010Burnley1-2ChelseaKevin Long
Crystal Palace2nd April 2016West Ham United2-2Crystal PalaceDamien Delaney
Chelsea19th November 2005Chelsea3-0Newcastle UtdDamien Duff
Everton4th February 2017Everton6-3BournemouthJames McCarthy
Fulham22nd September 2012Wigan1-2FulhamDamien Duff
Liverpool26th December 2008Liverpool3-0BoltonRobbie Keane
Manchester City21st November 2009Liverpool2-2Manchester CityStephen Ireland
Manchester United27th March 2010Bolton0-4Manchester UnitedDarron Gibson
Newcastle Utd28th November 2017West Bromwich Albion2-2Newcastle UtdCiaran Clark
Southampton8th April 2010Arsenal3-2SouthamptonShane Long
Tottenham7th November 2009Tottenham2-0SunderlandRobbie Keane
Watford3rd May 2000Leeds United3-1WatfordDominic Foley
West Ham United30th January 2013Fulham3-1West Ham UnitedJoey O'Brien
Wolverhampton Wanderers25th February 2012Newcastle Utd2-2Wolverhampton WanderersKevin Doyle

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