Round Up for week of Tuesday, 7th September 2019

Tuesday, 17th September 2019

League 1

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Gillingham

Thomas O'Connor scored his first goal of his career, at 1:15 in this video

Portsmouth 2-2 Burton Albion

John-Joe O'Toole was sent off for the second time for Burton, 11 months after his last red card in October 2018

Rochdale 1-1 Lincoln City

Cian Bolger's start was his 250th career appearance

Tranmere 2-2 Peterborough

Strangely, Darren Potter was booked, and completed an assist, for the first time October 2017

League 2

Cheltenham 3-2 Bradford City

Jake Doyle-Hayes scored his first goal of his career, see 1:18 in this video

Crawley 2-2 Plymouth

Reece Grego Cox scored his first goal of the season

Leyton Orient 1-2 Crewe Alexandra

Eddie Nolan scored his fifth goal Crewe - all of which have come in League Two

Macclesfield 1-1 Newport Co.

Padraig Amond scored his fifth goal of the season

Wednesday, 18th September 2019

Serie C

Arezzo 1-2 Juventus II

After his first appearance for Arezzo as a sub midweek, Ryan Nolan was named in the starting XI for the first time in his career

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 14th September 2019

Saturday, 14th September 2019

Premier League

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick marked his 100th appearance in the Premier League with his first goal of the season

Sheffield United 0-1 Southampton

David McGoldrick made his 50th appearance for Sheffield United - all of which have come in league games

Championship

Blackburn 2-0 Millwall

Darragh Lenihan's start was his 150th career appearance
Greg Cunningham completed his first assist February 2018

Preston North End 2-0 Brentford

Sean Maguire scored his 15th goal for the club - all of which have come in the Championship

QPR 3-2 Luton

James Collins marked his 100th appearance for Luton with his fourth goal of the season

League 1

Ipswich 0-0 Doncaster Rovers

Alan Judge start was his 350th career appearance

Southend United 3-3 Fleetwood

Stephen McLaughlin scored his first goal of the season, this was his first goal since Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Jimmy Dunne scored his first goal of the season
Robert Kiernan was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United

Paul Green was sent off for the first time for the club - before this the midfielder has not been shown a red card since November 2016

Exeter 2-2 Leyton Orient

Pierce Sweeney scored his 15th goal of his career - all of which have been for Exeter

Port Vale 1-0 Plymouth

Niall Canavan was booked for the first time this season

Swindon Town 3-0 Macclesfield

The first goal of Eoin Doyle's brace was his 100th goal in British football

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 2-0 Hibernian

Alan Power made his first assist of the season - his first since December 2018

Scottish Championship

Queen of the South 1-0 Greenock Morton

Danny Rogers made his 100th appearance in the Scottish Championship

Football League Trophy

Portsmouth 3-1 Norwich City U21

Andrew Omobamidele's second half introduction for Norwich City was his first appearance in senior football

Bulgarian Championship

Botev Plovdiv 0-1 CSKA Sofia

Graham Carey's start was his first time being named in the CSKA starting XI for a month

Sunday, 15th September 2019

Championship

Huddersfield 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Keiren Westwood made his 300th appearance in the Championship

Serie C

Pergolettese 1-1 SS Arezzo

After playing in a friendly last week, Ryan Nolan made his senior club football debut as a substitute

Centurions

Following Jack Byrne's first cap, Ireland have now awarded senior international caps to 500 players. But who are the other players to earn caps at the various multiples of 100?

100. Ned Weir.
Awarded caps by both the Irish Football Association, and the Football Association of Ireland, Ned Weir was spotted playing football in Scotland and recommended to both associations. He made his debut for the FAI in March 1939, four days after earning his only cap for the IFA, drawing 2-2 with Hungary in the first international held in Cork. He went on to earn two more caps for the association, and later managed Dundalk, winning the FAI Cup ten years after his international debut

200. Andy McEvoy.
22 years later, in May 1961, Andy McEvoy became the 200th player to earn an international cap for the Republic, losing to Scotland in a qualifier for the 1962 World Cup. McEvoy himself was born in Dublin in July 1938, less than a year before Weir's first appearance. After spending 11 years with Blackburn, McEvoy returned to Ireland to play for Limerick, winning the FAI Cup in 1971

300. Eamon Deacy
After winning the 1980-81 first division championship with Aston Villa, Deacy was called up by Ireland manager Eoin Hand in April 1982 to face Algeria, becoming the 300th player to earn an international cap in the process. Deacy has the unfortunate record of the most caps by a player who lost in each of those games - losing to Algeria on his debut, then to Chile, Brazil, and Trinidad & Tobago on a South American tour the following month

400. Paddy Kenny
Kenny made his debut in March 2004 (coincidentally also 22 years after Deacy's debut) in a friendly against the Czech Republic, coming on for Shay Given in the 81st minute. This was only 12 minutes after the Republic's 399th player made his first appearance when Liam Miller came on for Gary Doherty

500. Jack Byrne
501. James Collins
502. Kieran O'Hara

Three Broken Ducks

In the friendly win over Bulgaria, Alan Browne, Kevin Long, and James Collins all scored their first goal for Ireland. This was only the fourth time in the 562 game history of the Republic of Ireland where three players all scored their first international goal in the same fixture.

In the third international played by the Republic, a 4-2 win over Belgium in 1928, Jimmy White, Billy Lacey, and Jack Sullivan scored their first goals for the international side, with White notching a brace. This was the first win for the team.

It would take 48 years for the feat to be repeated, when, in a friendly game against Norway in March 1976, Liam Brady, a Jimmy Holmes penalty, and Mickey Walsh(on his debut) all scored their first goals in a 3-0 win. The game was also notable for being Tony Grealish's debut.

Fans would only have to wait 11 years for three players to open their international account in the same game, when David Kelly, John Byrne, and Niall Quinn all scored in a 5-0 win over Israel in November 1987. Kelly actually notched a hat trick in what was his first cap - the only Irish player ever to mark his debut with three goals.

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 7th September 2019

Saturday, 7th September 2019

League 1

MK Dons 2-1 AFC Wimbledon

Ryan Delaney made his first appearance of the season, starting for loan club AFC Wimbledon

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham

Ian Lawlor's 100th career start was also his 100th career appearance

Bristol Rovers 3-3 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely was sent off for the first time in his career

Fleetwood 2-1 Oxford United

Jimmy Dunne made his first appearance of the season, at loan club Fleetwood. This was also his first starting since April

League 2

Bradford City 2-1 Northampton

Dylan Connolly made his first appearance for loan club Bradford City
Michael Harriman unfortunately marked his first start for new club Northampton with an own goal, his first OG since April 2018
Paudie O'Connor scored his first goal in League Two

Cheltenham 4-2 Stevenage

Sean Long scored his first goal of his career, five years after his career debut in August 2014

Macclesfield 1-1 Crawley

Fiacre Kelleher was booked for the first time this season

Mansfield Town 2-0 Scunthorpe

Conor Shaughnessy made his first appearance of the season, starting for loan club Mansfield Town

Morecambe 2-2 Salford City

Richie Towell made his first assist of the season

Tuesday, 10th September 2019

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 3-1 Bulgaria

Ireland scored three goals in a game for the first time since beating Uruguay 3-1 in June 2017
This was the first win against Bulgaria since beating them 2-0 in a Euro '88 qualifier in October 1987
Three players all scored their first international goal in the same game for the fourth time in Irish football history, and the first time since 1987
John Egan captained his country in his first appearance since Thursday, 15th November 2018
The starts of Kevin Long, Cyrus Christie, and Callum O'Dowda was their first appearance since Monday, 19th November 2018
Alan Judge's was named in an Ireland starting XI for the first time since Friday, 25th March 2016
Alan Browne marked his fifth appearance for Ireland, and his first start since Monday, 28th May 2018, with his first goal at international level
Ireland awarded debuts to five players (Mark Travers, Josh Cullen, Kieran O'Hara, Jack Byrne, and James Collins) in a single game for the first time since May 2009
Byrne was also the 500th player to play for the Republic of Ireland 
James Collins marked his debut with a goal, the 38th player to do so, and the 178th player overall to score for Ireland

Goalkeeping debut double

Following the friendly against Bulgaria, former goalkeeper Alan Kelly noticed that, in amongst the five debutants, two goalkeepers made their first international appearance, and wondered if this had ever happened in a senior international before?

Fantastic debuts from the five lads last night .... When was the last time 2 Irish GKs made their debuts in the same game? A proud moment for the players, their families & the Staff🇮🇪 #IREBUL #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/F3ysneM8Sd

— Goalkeeping Skills (@Keepingskills) September 11, 2019

We've examined the history of senior internationals, and produced this table of the debuts of each of the 45 goalkeepers to player for Ireland - and can confirm that the game was the first time that two goalkeepers made their debut in the same game!

Name	Date	Level	Home	Score	Away
Harry Cannon	Sun 21 March 1926	Friendly	Italy	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Frank Collins	Sat 23 April 1927	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-2	Italy
Tom Farquharson	Sat 20 April 1929	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	4-0	Belgium
Mick McCarthy	Sun 8 May 1932	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-0	Poland
Jim Foley	Sun 25 February 1934	World Cup Qualifier	Republic of Ireland	4-4	Belgium
Bill Harrington	Sun 8 December 1935	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-5	Netherlands
Tommy Breen	Mon 17 May 1937	Friendly	Switzerland	0-1	Republic of Ireland
George McKenzie	Sun 10 October 1937	World Cup Qualifier	Norway	3-2	Republic of Ireland
Ned Courtney	Sun 16 June 1946	Friendly	Portugal	3-1	Republic of Ireland
George Moulson	Sun 23 May 1948	Friendly	Portugal	2-0	Republic of Ireland
Willie Hayes	Sun 24 April 1949	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Belgium
Tommy Godwin	Sun 22 May 1949	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Portugal
Fred Kiernan	Sun 13 May 1951	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-1	Argentina
Jimmy O'Neill	Sun 1 June 1952	Friendly	Spain	6-0	Republic of Ireland
Tom Scannell	Sun 7 March 1954	World Cup Qualifier	Luxembourg	0-1	Republic of Ireland
Alan Kelly Snr	Sun 25 November 1956	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Germany
Noel Dwyer	Sun 1 November 1959	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-2	Sweden
Maurice Swan	Wed 18 May 1960	Friendly	Sweden	4-1	Republic of Ireland
Dinny Lowry	Sun 8 April 1962	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-3	Austria
Pat Dunne	Wed 5 May 1965	World Cup Qualifier	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Spain
Mick Smyth	Wed 30 October 1968	Friendly	Poland	1-0	Republic of Ireland
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tue 7 October 1969	World Cup Qualifier	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Mick Kearns	Wed 23 September 1970	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Poland
Paddy Roche	Sun 10 October 1971	European Cup Qualifier	Austria	6-0	Republic of Ireland
Peter Thomas	Sun 21 October 1973	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Poland
Gerry Peyton	Wed 9 February 1977	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-1	Spain
ron Healey	Sun 24 April 1977	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-0	Poland
Seamus McDonagh	Tue 24 Feb 1981	Friendly	republic of Ireland	1-3	Wales
Packie Bonner	Sun 24 May 1981	Friendly	Poland	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Kelham O'Hanlon	Tue 10 November 1987	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	5-0	Israel
Alan Kelly Jnr	Wed 17 February 1993	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-1	Wales
Shay Given	Wed 27 March 1996	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Russia
Keith Branagan	Tue 11 February 1997	Friendly	Wales	0-0	Republic of Ireland
Dean Kiely	Sat 13 November 1999	European Cup Play off	Republic of Ireland	1-1	Turkey
Nick Colgan	Wed 27 March 2002	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Denmark
Joe Murphy	Tue 9 September 2003	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-2	Turkey
Paddy Kenny	Wed 31 March 2004	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-1	Czech Republic
Wayne Henderson	Wed 1 March 2006	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Sweden
Colin Doyle	Wed 23 May 2007	Friendly	Ecuador	1-1	Republic of Ireland
Keiren Westwood	Fri 29 May 2009	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-1	Nigeria
David Forde	Tue 24 May 2011	Carling Nations Cup	Republic of Ireland	5-0	Northern Ireland
Darren Randolph	Tue 11 September 2012	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	4-1	Oman
Robert Eliott	Sun 25 May 2014	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-2	Turkey
Mark Travers	Tue 10 September 2019	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-1	Bulgaria
Kieran O’Hara	Tue 10 September 2019	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-1	Bulgaria

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Football League Trophy

Bolton 1-1 Bradford City

Paudie O'Connor scored his first goal for Bradford, this was his first goal since October 2018

Blackpool 5-1 Morecambe

After moving to Blackpool following the cancellation of his contract with Bradford, Sean Scannell made his first appearance for the Tangerines

Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Burton Albion

In his first appearance in the Football League Trophy, Stephen Quinn scored for the first time in a year
John-Joe O'Toole's assist on Burton's second goal was his first assist since November 2018

AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Brighton U21

Shane McLoughlin was named in a starting XI for the first time in 2019/20

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden's fifth goal of the season was also his 30th goal for Fleetwood

Coventry 0-0 Walsall

After signing for Walsall on loan for the rest of the season, Rory Gaffney came off the bench for his first appearance for the Saddlers

Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Lincoln City

Kieran Sadlier's start was his 25th appearance for Doncaster Rovers

Leyton Orient 2-0 Southend United

Congratulations to U19 call up Shadrach Ogie, his start against Southend was his senior career debut
Robert Kiernan made his first start of the season

Macclesfield 2-1 Newcastle United U21

Oisin McEntee's start was his first appearance in senior football

Salford City 2-0 Aston Villa U21

Adam Rooney scored his first goal of the season
Both Jack Clarke and Tyreik Wright made their first appearances in senior football - unfortunately Clarke marked the occasion with a booking

Wednesday, 4th September 2019

Football League Trophy

Newport Co. 4-5 West Ham U21

Anthony Scully marked his appearance of the season with his first goals in senior football

Thursday, 5th September 2019

European Championships Qualifier

Republic of Ireland 1-1 Switzerland

Glenn Whelan's 88th cap was the 80th time he was named in an Irish starting XI
Jeff Hendrick's start was his 50th international cap - Hendrick is the 42nd player to reach the milestone
Shane Duffy continued his record of being named in the starting XI for every cap - 30 games, 30 starts
In his 11th cap for Ireland, David McGoldrick scored his first goal
Alan Browne's introduction was his first cap since May 2018

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 30th August 2019

Friday, 30th August 2019

Championship

Cardiff 1-1 Fulham

Harry Arter was sent off for the fourth time in his career, three years after his last red card in August 2016

Scottish Championship

Inverness CT 5-0 Greenock Morton

Aaron Doran's start was the 200th time he was named in a starting XI in his career

Dundee Utd 6-2 Dundee

Mark Connolly completed an assist for the first time since January 2018

Saturday, 31st August 2019

Premier League

The 2019/20 season has the lowest number of Premier League goals by Irish players in August since the 2016/17 season - when no goals were scored.

Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United

John Egan made his 50th appearance for Sheffield United - all of which have been starts
Callum Robinson scored his first goal for the Blades, this was also his first goal in the Premier League
Enda Stevens' assist on Robinson's goal was his first since December 2018

Manchester City 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly came off the bench for made his first appearance in the Premier League

Championship

Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Callum O'Dowda made his first assist of the season

Birmingham City 2-1 Stoke City

Stephen Ward start was his 200th appearance in the Championship

League 1

Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth

Ronan Curtis' start was his 50th start for Portsmouth

Gillingham 5-0 Bolton

After signing for Gillingham on loan until January, Thomas O'Connor made his first start for the club
Mark Byrne made his first assist of the season

Oxford United 3-3 Coventry

Both Anthony Forde and Jordan Shipley were booked for the first time this season.
Shipley also completed his first assist of the season

Southend United 0-3 Rochdale

Robert Kiernan's second half introduction was his first appearance of the season

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City

Paul Green made his 50th start for Crewe Alexandra
Jamie Devitt was named in a starting XI for the first time this season
Paudie O'Connor's start was his first appearance in League Two

Exeter 1-0 Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the third time in his career, this was his first red card since September 2017

Forest Green 0-2 Newport Co.

Padraig Amond's goal was his 80th strike in League Two

Port Vale 1-0 Cambridge United

After signing a one year contract with Cambridge during the week, Samir Carruthers made his first appearance for the U's

Salford City 1-1 Leyton Orient

Richie Towell's goal was his first for Salford
Adam Rooney was booked for the first time this season

Scunthorpe 0-1 Carlisle United

Canice Carroll was named in Carlisle United's starting XI for the first time

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 3-0 Ross County

Simon Power's second half introduction (his first appearance in a month) was  his first appearance in the SPL

Scottish Championship

Arbroath 1-0 Dunfermline

Daniel Devine's start was his first appearance of the 2019/20 season

Sunday, 1st September 2019

Scottish Premier League

Rangers 0-2 Celtic

Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal of the season as a late second half substitute, this was his first goal since December 2017

Bulgarian

CSKA Sofia 2-2 Levski Sofia

Graham Carey assisted both of CSKA Sofia's goals in his seventh appearances for the club