Round Up for week of Tuesday, 27th October 2020

Tuesday, 27th October 2020

Championship

Barnsley 3-0 QPR

Conor Masterson came off the bench for his first appearance in eight weeks

Swansea 2-0 Stoke City

Ryan Manning made his first appearance for new club Swansea, this was his first appearance in eight weeks

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Blackpool

Callum Reilly's goal was the 15th strike of his career, and his tenth in League One

Charlton 2-0 Oxford United

Olamide Shodipo made his first start for loan club Oxford United

Ipswich 1-0 Gillingham

Mark McGuinness' start was his league debut, and his first appearance for loan club Ipswich
Stephen Ward assisted a goal for the first time since October 2017

Portsmouth 4-0 Northampton

Ronan Curtis scored his 30th goal for Portsmouth
After signing an appearance based contract with Northampton, Alan Sheehan made his debut for the Cobblers

Rochdale 2-2 Sunderland

Eoghan O'Connell's start was his 70th appearance in League One

League 2

Bolton 1-0 Bradford City

Paudie O'Connor started a game for the 50th time in his career, and was also his 60th career appearance

Mansfield Town 2-4 Barrow

Aaron O'Driscoll was sent off for the first time in his career

Wednesday, 28th October 2020

Championship

Preston North End 0-2 Millwall

Alan Browne's start was his 200th appearance in the Championship

Bournemouth 1-0 Bristol City

Callum O'Dowda was named in the starting XI for the first time this season

Luton 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Glen Rea scored his first goal since October 2018

Thursday, 29 October 2020

MLS

Orlando City 4-1 Atlanta United

Jake Mulraney came off the bench for his 150th career appearance

Landmark Goals

Recently, Diego Jota scored the 10,000th goal in Liverpool's history. John Aldridge tweeted the list of players who have scored landmark goals for the club, which included the former Ireland striker - who scored the Reds' 7,000th goal in a victory against Spurs.

Scorers of milestone #LFC goals:

1 - Jock Smith
1,000 - Bobby Robinson
2,000 - Harry Chambers
3,000 - Jack Balmer
4,000 - Jimmy Melia
5,000 - Ian St John
6,000 - Terry McDermott
7,000 - John Aldridge
8,000 - Michael Owen
9,000 - Sotirios Kyrgiakos
10,000 - Diogo Jota.

— John Aldridge (@Realaldo474) October 28, 2020

This inspired us to look up the landmark goals scored by Ireland players.

The first goal scored by an Irish player was Bob Fullam's consolation strike in a 2-1 loss to Italy in April 1927 - the second international played by the team.

It would take 27 years before the 100th goal was scored by the Republic of Ireland national side, when Reg Ryan scored the third goal in a 4-0 win over Luxembourg in October 1953 from the penalty spot in a qualifier for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland.

18 years later, in the final group game of the Brazil Independence Cup, held in 1972 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence, Shamrock Rovers' Mick Leech scored the 200th Irish goal in international football - the last goal of a 2-1 loss to Portugal in Ireland's final group game in the tournament. All three goals were scored in quick succession, with Portugal opening the scoring in the 35th minute, before doubling their advantage in the 37th minute, with Leech scoring in the 38th minute.

It would take almost 13 years for the 300th goal to be scored for the Republic in international football, when, on his 45th cap, Frank Stapleton opened the scoring in a 3-0 win against Switzerland in June 1985 in a qualifier for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. This was only the second goal scored by the Republic in the qualifying series, in the team's fifth group game, after being held scoreless since the group opener against the Soviet Union in September 1984.

Eight years later, John Aldridge scored Republic's 400th goal, the opener in a 2-0 win against Latvia in June 1993 in a qualifier for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. This was Aldridge's fourth goal against Latvia in two games against the Balkan state, half the total he would finish on against the Latvians - which is still a record for an Irish player against a single side.

Seven years after Aldridge's strike, Kevin Kilbane scored the 500th international goal for the Boys In Green, when he scored the first of his eight international goals in a 3-0 friendly win against Finland in November 2000.

Another seven years would pass before the 600th goal was scored. Record international goalscorer Robbie Keane scored the first of the Republic's goals in a 4-0 friendly victory against Denmark in August 2007.

Just over six years later, the shortest time between landmark goals, Shane Long scored the national side's 700th international goal, and his tenth international goal, and when he found the back of the net for the final goal in Martin O'Neill's first game in charge - a 3-0 friendly win against Latvia in November 2013.

Since that game, seven years and 68 games ago, 79 goals have been scored - a rate of 1.16 goals per game. If that rate continues, it will take 18 games before the 800th goal will be scored. Given the team plays an average of ten games a year, it could be September of 2022 before that happens, which would be the longest time between landmark goals since the 13 years between the 200th and 300th goals.

But it'll probably be against Latvia in June.

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 23rd October 2020

Friday, 23rd October 2020

Championship

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County

Both Cyrus Christie and Harry Arter were booked for the first time this season

Scottish Championship

Arbroath 0-1 Hearts

Aidan White made his 20th appearance for Hearts

Polish Ekstraklasa

Piast Gliwice 2-2 Wisła Płock

Cillian Sheridan assisted a goal for the first time this season

Saturday, 24th October 2020

Premier League

Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens was booked for the first time this season

Championship

Huddersfield 1-2 Preston North End

Alan Browne's brace was his first goal since Saturday, 22nd February

Millwall 1-1 Barnsley

Shaun Williams' start was his first appearance in a month

Norwich 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Adam Idah was sent off for the first time in his career

Stoke City 3-2 Brentford

James McClean's first goal of the season was his 20th goal in the Championship

League 1

Gillingham 0-2 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden's goal was his 110th goal in League One

Blackpool 1-0 MK Dons

Richard Keogh was booked for the first time this season - his first yellow card since Friday, 13th September 2019

Northampton 0-2 Charlton

Michael Harriman was booked for the first time this season

Shrewsbury 1-2 Rochdale

Jimmy Keohane made his first assist of the season

Sunderland 1-3 Portsmouth

Marcus Harness' goal was his 15th strike for Portsmouth

League 2

Exeter 3-1 Scunthorpe

Mason O'Malley assisted a goal for the first time in Scunthorpe colours

Bradford City 0-3 Newport Co.

Padraig Amond scored his first goal in a month

Cheltenham 0-0 Mansfield Town

Harry Charsley's start was his 30th career appearance

Oldham 1-2 Port Vale

Ian Lawlor made his 120th career appearance - starting each one

Stevenage 0-2 Leyton Orient

Conor Wilkinson's fifth goal of the season was also his tenth goal for Leyton Orient

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 0-1 Hibernian

Alan Power was booked for the fifth time this season

St Johnstone 0-0 Dundee Utd

Mark Connolly made his 50th appearance for Dundee Utd

Scottish Championship

Dundee 1-0 Greenock Morton

Jonathan Afolabi marked his first appearance for loan club Dundee with a goal
Sean McGinty was booked for the first time this season

Inverness CT 1-1 Ayr

In his first start of the season, Daniel Devine was booked for the first time in 2020/21

MLS

Atlanta United 1-2 D.C. United

Jon Gallagher scored his fifth goal of his career

Sunday, 25th October 2020

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 3-3 Celtic

Tommie Hoban's start was his 15th appearance in the SPL

Monday, 26th October 2020

Premier League

Burnley 0-1 Tottenham

Kevin Long was unfortunately booked for the first time this season in what was his 80th appearance for Burnley

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 20th October 2020

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Championship

Coventry 1-1 Swansea

Jordan Shipley scored his first goal of the season - also his first goal in the Championship

Millwall 2-0 Luton

Glen Rea made his 20th appearance in the Championship

Norwich 1-0 Birmingham City

Adam Idah made his first assist of the season - also his first assist for Norwich

League 1

Gillingham 0-2 Portsmouth

Jack Bonham's start was made his 50th appearance for Gillingham
Thomas O'Connor made his 30th appearance in League One
Marcus Harness completed his first assist of the season

Accrington Stanley 1-0 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden was named in the starting XI for his 120th appearance for Fleetwood

Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Ipswich

Alan Judge started his 50th game for Ipswich

Hull City 1-0 AFC Wimbledon

Shane McLoughlin made his 40th appearance in League One

Oxford United 3-2 MK Dons

Olamide Shodipo marked his first appearance for Oxford United with the first goal of his career

Burton Albion 0-1 Rochdale

Jimmy Ryan made his 40th appearance for Rochdale

Northampton 2-1 Swindon Town

Michael Harriman made his 40th appearance for Northampton

League 2

Morecambe 1-1 Mansfield Town

John O'Sullivan made his 50th appearance for Morecambe
Harry Charsley scored his first goal for Mansfield Town - his first goal since November 2016
Stephen McLaughlin was booked for the first time this season

Bradford City 1-1 Walsall

Billy Clarke scored his 80th goal of his career
Liam Kinsella completed his first assist since Saturday, 10 November 2018

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 4-2 Hamilton Academical

Tommie Hoban scored his fifth goal of his career on his 20th appearance for Aberdeen

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Championship

QPR 0-2 Preston North End

Sean Maguire made his 100th appearance in the Championship

Stoke City 2-2 Barnsley

Nathan Collins made his 25th appearance for Stoke City

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 16th October 2010

Friday, 16th October 2020

Championship

Derby County 0-1 Watford

48 hours after making his international debut, Jason Knight made his 30th start for Derby County

Scottish Championship

Hearts 6-2 Dundee

Jonathan Afolabi made his first appearance for loan club Dundee

Saturday, 17th October 2020

Championship

Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City

Callum O'Dowda came off the bench for his first appearance of the season

Birmingham City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Dan Crowley was named in the Birmingham starting XI for the first time in since Saturday, 5 September

Luton 0-2 Stoke City

Nathan Collins made his first assist for Stoke City

Rotherham 1-2 Norwich

Adam Idah was named in the Norwich starting XI for the first time this season

League 1

MK Dons 2-0 Gillingham

Jack Bonham started a game for the 150th time in his career

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion

Kieran O'Hara made his 90th career start
John-Joe O'Toole was booked for the first time this season

Fleetwood 0-0 Lincoln City

Paddy Madden's start was his 400th appearance in English football

Ipswich 2-0 Accrington Stanley

Alan Judge made his 60th appearance for Ipswich

Peterborough 2-0 Oxford United

Jack Taylor made his first assist of the season

Rochdale 0-3 Hull City

Eoghan O'Connell's was his 130th career appearance

League 2

Carlisle United 3-2 Colchester

Joshua Kayode made his tenth appearance for Carlisle United

Mansfield Town 1-3 Bradford City

Ryan Sweeney's start was his 150th career appearance 
Corey O'Keeffe made his first assist for Mansfield Town - his first since October 2019

Port Vale 1-0 Salford City

Darron Gibson made his tenth appearance for Salford City

Scottish Premier League

Dundee Utd 0-0 Aberdeen

Jonathan Hayes was booked for the first time this season - more than a year after his last yellow card in September 2019

Sunday, 18th October 2020

Premier League

Sheffield United 1-1 Fulham

John Egan made his 40th appearance in the Premier League
Enda Stevens made his 50th appearance in the competition

Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly completed his first assist of the season

Polish Ekstraklasa

Wisła Płock 1-0 Śląsk Wrocław

Cillian Sheridan started a game for Wisla for the first time in a month

Monday, 19th October 2020

Premier League

West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Burnley

Callum Robinson came off the bench for his 25th appearance in the competition

MLS

FC Toronto 1-0 Atlanta United

Jake Mulraney started his tenth start for Atlanta United

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 13th October 2020

Tuesday, 13th October 2020

League 2

Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient

Emmanuel Osadebe was booked for the first time in a month

Scottish League Cup

Inverness CT 0-0 Cowdenbeath

Daniel Devine made his first appearance of the season
Cian Kavanagh was booked for the first time this season

Falkirk 2-1 Clyde

Aidan Keena scored his first goal for Falkirk

Kilmarnock 0-3 Dunfermline

Colin Doyle made his first appearance for Kilmarnock

Greenock Morton 1-0 Queen's Park

Sean McGinty made his first appearance of the season

Football League Trophy

Crawley 1-2 Arsenal U21

Jordan McEneff's goal was his first in senior competition

Thursday, 15 October 2020

MLS

Inter Miami 1-1 Atlanta United

Jake Mulraney scored his first goal for Atlanta United - his first goal since November 2019

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 10th October 2020

Saturday, 10 October 2020

League 1

Gillingham 3-1 Oxford United

Liam Kelly made his 110th career appearance

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Rochdale

Ryan Cassidy made his fifth appearance in the competition

Plymouth 2-0 Burton Albion

Stephen Quinn made his 90th start for Burton Albion

League 2

Barrow 1-1 Leyton Orient

Conor Wilkinson was booked for the first time this season

Cambridge United 2-1 Newport Co.

Wes Hoolahan assisted two goals - his first assist since Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Mansfield Town 0-0 Stevenage

Corey O'Keeffe made his 40th career start
Ryan Sweeney made his 90th start for Mansfield Town

Oldham 2-3 Morecambe

John O'Sullivan made his first assist of the season - his fifth for Morecambe

Salford City 2-2 Tranmere

Richie Towell scored his fifth goal in the competition

Walsall 1-1 Colchester

Liam Kinsella's first booking since Tuesday, 8 September 2020(34 days)

Scottish League Cup

Annan 1-1 Stranraer

Ruairi Paton scored his first goal for Stranraer

Queen of the South 2-2 St Mirren

Jamie McGrath scored his first goal for St Mirren

Sunday, 11 October 2020

MLS

Atlanta United 0-1 New York Red Bulls

Jon Gallagher made his tenth appearance for Atlanta United

Come On You Girls In Green

I'm delighted to be joined by ESPN journalist Kathleen McNamee to discuss the recent FAI women's team's loss to Germany, look ahead to the qualifier against Ukraine on Thursday, 22nd October, discuss the rise of the Women's Super League in England, what it means for the Women's League here in Ireland, and why so many Irish women are playing across the continent

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 2nd October 2020

Friday, 2nd October 2020

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-1 St Mirren

Tommie Hoban started his fifteenth game for Aberdeen

Dundee Utd 1-2 Livingston

Mark Connolly was named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 29 August

Polish Ekstraklasa

Raków Częstochowa 3-0 Wisła Płock

Cillian Sheridan was booked for the first time this season

Saturday, 3rd October 2020

Premier League

Everton 4-2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly's start was his 40th career appearance

Championship

Norwich 0-1 Derby County

Adam Idah came off the bench for his 20th appearance for Norwich
Jason Knight was booked for the first time this season

Blackburn 0-0 Cardiff

Greg Cunningham was booked for the first time since Saturday, 21 September 2019

Luton 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers

James Collins' start was his 50th appearance in the Championship
Daryl Horgan's start was his tenth appearance of the season

Rotherham 1-1 Huddersfield

Kieran Sadlier completed his first assist of the season

Swansea 2-1 Millwall

Alex Pearce made his 50th appearance for Millwall

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Accrington Stanley

Ryan Cassidy was booked for the first time this season

Blackpool 2-3 Lincoln City

Sean Roughan's start was his fifth career appearance

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton

Cian Bolger was booked for the first time this season

Burton Albion 2-4 Portsmouth

John-Joe O'Toole made his 40th appearance for Burton Albion
Ronan Curtis made his 100th appearance for Portsmouth

MK Dons 1-1 Ipswich

Richard Keogh was named in the MK Dons starting XI for the first time, this was the defneder's first start since Saturday, 21 September 2019

Peterborough 3-1 Swindon Town

Jack Taylor's start was his 15th appearance in League One

Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood

Paul McShane's start was his 20th appearance in League One
Paddy Madden started his 90th game for Fleetwood

Shrewsbury 1-1 Gillingham

Jack Bonham's start was his 150th career appearance
Thomas O'Connor's first start of the season was his 40th career appearance

League 2

Harrogate Town 1-2 Bolton

Ryan Delaney made his first appearance in League Two
Eoin Doyle scored his first goal for Bolton, this was also his 40th goal in League Two

Newport Co. 2-1 Mansfield Town

Stephen McLaughlin marked his first start for Mansfield Town with his first goal for the Stags

Swiss Challenge League

Grasshopper 3-0 Wil

Connor Ronan was booked in his first appearance for Grasshopper, as a second half substitute

Bulgarian Second League

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 3-1 Pirin Blagoevgrad

Conor Henderson scored his first goal of the season

Sunday, 4 October 2020

Premier League

Southampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

Dara O'Shea started his 25th game for West Bromwich Albion, this was also his 60th career start

Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United

David McGoldrick scored his 22nd goal for Sheffield United in his 80th appearance for the Blades

Championship

Brentford 2-4 Preston North End

Sean Maguire scored his 20th goal for Preston North End

Stoke City 1-1 Birmingham City

Scott Hogan came off the bench for his 20th appearance for Birmingham City

Scottish Premier League

St Johnstone 0-2 Celtic

Dan McNamara's start was his tenth appearance for St Johnstone
Shane Duffy made his first assist for Celtic, this was the defender's first assist since Saturday, 5 January 2019

Bulgarian Championship

ETAR 2-2 CSKA Sofia

Graham Carey made his tenth appearance of the season

MLS

D.C. United 0-4 Atlanta United

Jon Gallagher scored a brace for the first time in his career

Norwegian Eliteserien

Aalesund 1-2 Kristiansund

Sean McDermott made his 90th appearance for Kristiansund - remarkably starting each one

Stephen Kenny's Second Squad

Stephen Kenny has named his second squad. The Republic of Ireland manager has called up 25 players to face Slovakia in a Euro 2020 play off, followed by two Nations League games against Wales and Finland. I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit Of Football to discuss the players, the omissions, and what we can expect from the Slovakian players in Bratislava

Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for September 2020

Transfers

Wednesday, 2nd September

Daryl Horgan returned to the Championship, and signed a two year contract with newly promoted Wycombe Wanderers

Sean Scannell joined Grimsby Town, signing a two year deal with the Mariners

Thursday, 3rd September

Following his departure from Macclesfield Town, defender Emmanuel Osadebe signed for Walsall

Wednesday, 9th September

Callum Robinson returned to West Bromwich Albion, where he spent the 2019/20 season on loan, signing a five year contract with the Baggies

Thursday, 10th September

Tyrone Duffus reunited with former boss Peter Beadle at non-league side Barnet

Friday, 11th September

Stephen McLaughlin joined former manager Graham Coughlan at Mansfield Town, signing a short term deal with the Stags

Following his season long loan at Burton Albion last season, goalkeeper Kieran O'Hara signed a two year contract with the Brewers

Saturday, 12th September

Defender Fiacre Kelleher signed a one year contract with Welsh side Wrexham

Wednesday, 16th September

Following his successful loan at St Andrews during the 2019/20 season, Scott Hogan signed a four year contract with Birmingham City

Thursday, 17th September

Alan McCormack returned to Southend United, where he left in 2010 after more than 150 games, signing a contract until January 2021

Friday 18th September

Defender Kevin Toner signed for Spanish fourth division side Club de Futbol la Nucia

Monday, 21st September

Shamrock Rovers' Ireland underage international Edwin Agbaje signed for Ipswich Town

Roland Idowu left Southampton to sign his first professional contract with Cardiff City

Tuesday, 22nd September

After making more than 250 appearances for Bournemouth, Harry Arter has signed for fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest

Sunday, 27th September

U21 striker Michael O'Connor left Waterford to sign for Scottish Premiership side Ross County

Wednesday, 30th September

Deji Sotona has signed for Ligue Un side OGC Nice, and will go straight into their first team squad

Loans

Wednesday, 2nd September

Shane Duffy completed a season long loan to Celtic during the international break

Thursday, 10th September

Denise O'Sullivan signed a loan deal with Brighton and Hove Albion, and will play for the Women's Super League side until the end of 2020

Friday, 18th September

Fulham defender Cyrus Christie signed a season long loan deal with Nottingham Forest

Tuesday, 22nd September

Birmingham City defender Ryan Burke signed for Yeovil Town on loan until January 2021

Ireland U19 and Arsenal defender Mark McGuinnes signed a season long loan deal with Ipswich

Tuesday, 29th September

Celtic striker Jonathan Afolabi signed a season long loan deal with Dundee

Tom O'Connor returned to Gillingham on loan for the remainder of the 2020/21 season

Contracts

Tuesday, 8th September

Conor Masterson extended his contract with QPR until the summer of 2023

Wednesday, 16th September

Connor Ronan signed a four year extension to his contract with Wolves

Friday, 18th September

Bradford defender Reece Staunton signed a new four year contract at Valley Parade

Tuesday, 22nd September

After signing a one year scholar contract in July, Calum Kavanagh signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough

Tuesday, 29th September

Goalkeeper Max O'Leary signed a three year extension to his contract with Bristol City

Before completing his loan move to Dundee, Jonathan Afolabi signed an extension to his contract with Celtic until the end of the 2022/23 season