A New Kid In Town

Stephen Kenny announced his first senior Ireland squad earlier this week, as did his successor in charge of the U21s, Jim Crawford. I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit Of Football to discuss the makeup of both squads, and Irish players on the move so far in the Summer 2020 Transfer Window. 

 

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 7th August 2020

Friday, 7th August 2020

Bulgarian Second League

Hebar 1918 1-1 Pirin Blagoevgrad

Conor Henderson was sent off for the first time in his career

Saturday, 8th August 2020

Scottish Premier League

Livingston 1-4 Hibernian

Daryl Horgan assisted a goal for the first time since Saturday, 17 August 2019

Sunday, 9 August 2020

Scottish Premier League

Rangers 3-0 St Mirren

In his 15th appearance for St Mirren, Conor McCarthy scored an OG for the first time for the club

Kilmarnock 1-1 Celtic

Gary Dicker started a game in British football for the 400th time
Alan Power made his 90th appearance in the SPL
Danny Rogers made his first start for Kilmarnock, following his move in the summer from Aberdeen

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 31st July 2020

Friday, 31st July 2020

Australian A-League

Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Wellington Phoenix

Simon Cox was named in the Western Sydney Wanderers starting XI for the fifth time

Saturday, 1st August 2020

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 0-1 Rangers

Follow his return to Aberdeen during the extended close season in Scotland, Jonathan Hayes made his first appearance for the Dons since May 2017

Dundee Utd 1-1 St Johnstone

Dan McNamara's start was his first appearance for St Johnstone

Hibernian 2-1 Kilmarnock

Danny Rogers came off the bench at half time to make his debut for new club Kilmarnock

St Mirren 1-0 Livingston

Danny Rogers' introduction at half time made him the first Irish goalkeeper to play since football restarted, and the first goalkeeper to play since Saturday, 7th March when Rogers, James McKeown, Jack Bonham, and Max O'Leary all started for their respective clubs

Joe Shaughnessy debut for new club St Mirren was also his 200th appearance in the SPL

4️⃣ @saintmirrenfc are the first team to start four @FAIreland players in an @spfl game since Hearts started Glenn Whelan, Colin Doyle, Aidan White, and Jake Mularaney against Hamilton Academical on Saturday, 31st August 2019#COYBIG #StMirrenFChttps://t.co/IhJSSejs4r

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 1, 2020

Sunday, 2 August 2020

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 1-0 Western United

Roy O'Donovan scored his tenth goal of the season

⚽️ GOAL ‼️

Roy O'Donovan gets his 1️⃣0️⃣th goal of the season 🔥

📺 Stream #NEWvWUN: https://t.co/BVjrotjLKi
📱 Match Centre: https://t.co/G8eKs43Xiq pic.twitter.com/bfyiVzJP6S

— Fox Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) August 2, 2020

2019/20 - The Neverending Season

In the final podcast of the English season, I'm joined by Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit Of Football to review the highs and lows for Irish players in the 2019/20 season in England, and we reference classic football show Dream Team

before picking our Team of the Season.