Robbie Brady completed his first assist since 26 October 2019 Enda Stevens started a game in English football for the 300th time
Championship
Birmingham City 0-4 Derby County
Louis Watson's late substitute introduction was his first senior career appearance
Luton 2-1 Bristol City
James Collins was named in the Luton starting XI for the 150th time
Glen Rea scored his second goal of the season, this is the first time the defender scored more than once in a single season since the 2016/17 season when he scored three
Preston North End 2-0 Coventry
Sean Maguire was booked for the first time in two months
Stoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Cyrus Christie's start was his 20th appearance for Nottingham Forest
League 1
Burton Albion 3-4 Wigan
John-Joe O'Toole scored his first goal for Burton Albion, this was the 70th goal of his career, and his first goal since March 2019
Northampton 3-1 Gillingham
Alan Sheehan scored his first goal for Northampton, this was the 30th goal of his career, and his first goal since August 2019 Thomas O'Connor's start was his 50th senior career appearance
Plymouth 2-3 Oxford United
Olamide Shodipo scored his fifth goal for Oxford United
Liam Kelly was booked for the fifth time this season
League 2
Leyton Orient 2-0 Southend United
Conor Wilkinson's first goal in a month was his tenth of the season, and his fifteenth for Leyton Orient
Scottish Championship
Inverness CT 1-1 Dunfermline
Aaron Doran was named in the Inverness starting XI for the first time in seven weeks
Wednesday, 30th December 2020
Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 0-2 Rangers
Jake Doyle-Hayes was named in a starting XI for the 50th time in his career
Motherwell 0-2 Kilmarnock
Jake Carroll's introduction was his first appearance of the season
Thursday, 31th December 2020
Australian A-League
Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Newcastle Jets
Roy O'Donovan's start was his 100th appearance in the A-League
Shane Long's first start of the season was his 329th Premier League appearance, overtaking Denis Irwin as the Irish player with the tenth most appearances in the competition
Sheffield United 0-1 Everton
John Egan's start was his 50th appearance in the Premier League
Championship
Blackburn 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season
Bristol City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Callum O'Dowda completed his first assist of the season, this was his first asssit since August 2019
Coventry 0-0 Stoke City
James McClean's start was his 100th appearance for Stoke City
Derby County 0-1 Preston North End
Alan Browne's late winner was his first goal in two months
League 1
Lincoln City 5-1 Burton Albion
Zachary Elbouzedi's start was his tenth appearance for Lincoln City
Anthony Scully made his fifth assist for Lincoln City
Oxford United 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Liam Kelly made his 25th appearance for Oxford United
League 2
Cambridge United 2-1 Leyton Orient
Wes Hoolahan scored for the first time since Saturday, 19th September
Conor Wilkinson made his 50th appearance for Leyton Orient
Scunthorpe 2-3 Mansfield Town
Ryan Sweeney made his 100th appearance in League Two
Carlisle United 3-3 Bolton
Joshua Kayode made his 25th appearance for Carlisle United
Scottish Premier League
Dundee Utd 1-1 Motherwell
Mark Connolly was named in a Dundee Utd starting XI for the 50th time
Sunday, 27th December 2020
Premier League
Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
On his tenth Premier League appearance, Dara O'Shea was booked for the first time in three months
Anthony O'Connor made his 110th appearance for Bradford City
Paudie O'Connor made his 20th start of the season
Billy Clarke completed his first assist since Tuesday, 3rd November
Scottish League One
Peterhead 1-1 Montrose
Sean Dillon's start was his first appearance in ten weeks
Norwegian Eliteserien
Kristiansund 1-3 Haugesund
Sean McDermott made his 100th appearance for Kristiansund - starting each one
Wednesday, 23rd December 2020
Scottish Premier League
Hibernian 1-0 St Mirren
Dylan Connolly's start was his tenth appearance in the SPL
Motherwell 0-0 Aberdeen
Tommie Hoban's start (the 90th of his career) was his 30th appearance for Aberdeen
Dundee Utd 2-0 Kilmarnock
Alan Power made his 120th start for Kilmarnock
English League Cup
Stoke City 1-3 Tottenham
Andy Lonergan's start was his first appearance for Stoke City
Everton 0-2 Manchester United
Seamus Coleman was named in the Everton starting XI for the first time in seven weeks
When the Euro 2020 Play Offs were postponed, due to the global pandemic, earlier this year, Stephen Kenny was promoted to manager of the Ireland senior men's international side ahead of schedule. I'm joined by Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football, and special guest James Carew of pogmogoal.com to review the new manager's first year in charge, looking at the players, the results, the performances, and what the manager has learned before the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup start in March.
Seamus Coleman's introduction was his first appearance in six weeks
Newcastle Utd 1-1 Fulham
Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season
Championship
Norwich 2-0 Cardiff
Greg Cunningham started a game for the first time in nine weeks
Birmingham City 1-4 Middlesbrough
Scott Hogan made his 30th appearance for Birmingham City
Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn
Nathan Collins started a game for the 25th time
League 1
Rochdale 1-4 Gillingham
Eoghan O'Connell scored his second goal of the season, the second time the defender scored more than once in a season
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
Callum Reilly started his 50th game for AFC Wimbledon
Shane McLoughlin made his 50th appearance in League One
Northampton 0-4 Lincoln City
Zachary Elbouzedi made his 20th appearance in British football
Anthony Scully scored his tenth goal of his career
Plymouth 1-0 MK Dons
Joe Mason's second half introduction was his first appearance since Tuesday, 27th October
League 2
Bradford City 1-0 Cambridge United
Billy Clarke's start was his 150th appearance for Bradford City
Paudie O'Connor completed his first assist since January 2019
Colchester 1-2 Morecambe
John O'Sullivan scored his fifth goal for Morecambe
Mansfield Town 1-1 Southend United
Ryan Sweeney was named in a starting XI for the 150th time in his career
Harry Charsley completed his fifth assist of the season
Walsall 4-3 Port Vale
Liam Kinsella made his 50th appearance in League Two
Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 3-2 St Johnstone
Joe Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season - his first yellow card since October 2019
Scottish Championship
Alloa 2-1 Inverness CT
Aaron Doran's introduction was his 300th career appearance
Sunday, 20th December 2020
Premier League
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Sheffield United
In his 40th Premier League appearance, David McGoldrick was booked for the first time in a year (his last yellow card was on Saturday, 21st December 2019) and completed his first assist since Saturday, 14th December 2019
West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa
Callum Robinson's introduction was his 30th appearance for West Bromwich Albion
Scottish Premier League
Kilmarnock 0-2 Aberdeen
Danny Rogers made his 25th appearance in the SPL
Monday, 21 December 2020
Premier League
Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Robbie Brady's start was his 150th appearance in the competition
Daryl Horgan made his 20th appearance for Wycombe Wanderers
Barnsley 2-1 Preston North End
Joe Rafferty made his 50th appearance in the competition
Sean Maguire's first goal since Sunday, 4 October was his 20th goal in the Championship
Bristol City 0-2 Millwall
Callum O'Dowda came off the bench in the second half for his 150th appearance for Bristol City
Shaun Williams was named in the Millwall starting IX for the 250th time
League 1
Gillingham 0-2 Accrington Stanley
Jack Bonham made his 60th appearance for Gillingham - starting every time Thomas O'Connor was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 22 September
Sunderland 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Aiden O'Brien's start was first appearance since Tuesday, 10th November Callum Reilly was booked for the first time since Saturday, 31st October
Wigan 0-5 Rochdale
Jimmy Ryan's start was his 50th appearance for Rochdale
Ipswich 2-1 Burton Albion
John-Joe O'Toole's first start in five weeks was his 50th appearance for Burton Albion
MK Dons 1-1 Peterborough
Jack Taylor made his 30th appearance for Peterborough, continuing his record of starting each game
Portsmouth 0-0 Fleetwood
Marcus Harness' 50th start for Portsmouth was also his 60th appearance for Pompey Paddy Madden was booked for the fifth time this season
League 2
Carlisle United 1-0 Mansfield Town
Ryan Sweeney was named in the Mansfield starting XI for the 100th time
Oldham 2-3 Walsall
Liam Kinsella's start was his 150th appearance for Walsall
Cheltenham 0-1 Bolton
Eoin Doyle's start was his 350th appearance in British football
Ryan Delaney's goal was his first in League Two
Indian Super League
Hyderabad 3-2 SC East Bengal
Anthony Pilkington completed his first assist for SC East Bengal, in his fifth appearance for the club.
Wednesday, 16th December 2020
Premier League
Leeds United 5-2 Newcastle Utd
Jeff Hendrick scored his second goal of the season in his 300th career start
Ciaran Clark's first goal of the season, his first in 13 months, was his 15th Premier League goal
Championship
Derby County 2-0 Swansea
Jason Knight's start was his 50th Championship appearance
Cardiff 3-2 Birmingham City
Greg Cunningham's late substitute introduction was his first appearance since Sunday, 18th October
Scottish League Cup
St Mirren 3-2 Rangers
Conor McCarthy scored his first goal of the season in his 30th appearance for St Mirren
Jamie McGrath's brace was his fifth goal in four games
Copa del Rey
CD Calaharra 0-1 La Nucia
Kevin Toner's introduction made the defender the first Irish player to appear in the Copa del Rey since Steve Finnan started for Espanyol against Barcelona in January 2009
Thursday, 17th December 2020
Premier League
Sheffield United 2-3 Manchester United
David McGoldrick scored his fifth and sixth goals in the Premier League
Copa del Rey
Anaitasuna 1-2 Getafe
John-Joe Finn was named in the starting XI for the first time in his career
Dara O'Shea first start in five weeks was also his 30th appearance for West Bromwich Albion
Championship
Blackburn 1-2 Norwich
Darragh Lenihan made his 200th career appearance
Derby County 0-0 Stoke City
Jason Knight was booked for the first time in six weeks
Luton Town 3-0 Preston
James Collins scored his second hat trick of the season
League 1
Blackpool 0-0 Oxford United
Liam Kelly was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 27th October
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton
Cian Bolger was booked for the fifth time this season
Ipswich 0-2 Portsmouth
Alan Judge's start was his 70th appearance for Ipswich
Mark McGuinness was booked for the first time this season
Ronan Curtis was booked for the first time in seven weeks
Lincoln City 0-4 Sunderland
Anthony Scully made his 25th appearance for Lincoln City
Aiden McGeady completed his first assist of the season, this was his first assist since August 2019
MK Dons 1-1 Burton Albion
Kieran O'Hara started his 100th career game
Swindon Town 0-1 Fleetwood
Paddy Madden scored his 50th goal for Fleetwood
Wigan 4-3 Accrington Stanley
Seamus Conneely was booked for the first time this season
League 2
Carlisle United 4-0 Stevenage
Joshua Kayode scored his third goal of the season, in his 20th start for Carlisle United
Exeter 5-0 Tranmere
Lee O'Connor's start was his 25th career appearance
Forest Green 2-0 Cambridge United
Dominic Bernard's first start in eight weeks was his 30th appearance in League Two
Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport Co.
Padraig Amond completed his first assist since Saturday, 19th October 2019
Morecambe 1-0 Harrogate Town
John O'Sullivan's start was his 60th appearance for Morecambe
Oldham 3-1 Bradford City
Paudie O'Connor scored his first goal of the season in his 50th appearance for Bradford City
Walsall 2-1 Bolton
Ryan Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 2-0 Ross County
Tommie Hoban's start was his 20th appearance in the SPL
Motherwell 0-1 St Mirren
Jamie McGrath scored his third goal in three games in his 30th appearance for St Mirren
Sunday, 13th December 2020
Premier League
Southampton 3-0 Sheffield United
Enda Stevens' start was his first appearance in five weeks
Arsenal 0-1 Burnley
Robbie Brady was booked for the first time this season
Scottish Premier League
Celtic 2-0 Kilmarnock
Shane Duffy's goal was the 20th goal of his career
Monday, 14th December 2020
Polish Ekstraklasa
Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Wisła Płock
Cillian Sheridan's first start Friday, 23 October was his 20th start for Wisła Płock
The draw for the UEFA qualification groups for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has taken place, and Stephen Kenny now knows his Republic of Ireland side will face Portugal, Serbia, Luxembourg, and Azerbaijan as they bid to qualify for the biggest football tournament in the world for the first time since 2002. I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the group, Caoimhin Kelleher's Liverpool debut, and John Joe Patrick Finn, a 17 year old who made his first appearance for Getafe at the weekend, who qualifies to play for the Boys In Green.
Gavin Kilkenny came off the bench late in this game to make his league debut, this was his first appearance in ten weeks
Scottish Championship
Queen of the South 0-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Daniel Devine's start was the defender's 90th appearance for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Saturday, 5th December 2020
Premier League
Burnley 1-1 Everton
In his 40th start for Burnley, Robbie Brady scored his first goal of the season, this was his tenth goal in the Premier League, and his first goal in a year
Championship
Brentford 2-2 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the second time in his career, almost four years to the day since his first red card on Monday, 26th December 2016
Millwall 0-1 Derby County
Jason Knight scored for the first time in three months in what was the midfielder's 40th career start
Preston North End 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Daryl Horgan completed his first assist for Wycombe Wanderers
Swansea 2-0 Luton
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season
League 1
Accrington Stanley 2-1 MK Dons
Warren O'Hora completed his first assist of the season
Burton Albion 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
Kieran O'Hara's start was his 100th career appearance
Fleetwood 0-1 Blackpool
Paddy Madden made his 130th appearance for Fleetwood
Northampton 0-2 Doncaster Rovers
Michael Harriman made his 50th appearance for Northampton
Oxford United 1-1 Hull City
Liam Kelly made his 120th career appearance
Rochdale 0-2 Lincoln City
Eoghan O'Connell was booked for the fifth time this season
Sunderland 0-1 Wigan
Aiden McGeady's start was his first appearance of the season
League 2
Scunthorpe 2-0 Leyton Orient
Mason O'Malley completed his first assist in six weeks Conor Wilkinson was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 27th October
Barrow 0-1 Salford City
Richie Towell's introduction was his first appearance in two months
Bolton 3-6 Port Vale
Ryan Delaney made his 20th appearance for Bolton
Bradford City 0-1 Carlisle United
Joshua Kayode made his 25th career appearance
Mansfield Town 3-3 Crawley
Ryan Sweeney made his 100th appearance for Mansfield Town
Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 1-1 Aberdeen
Jamie McGrath scored his for SPL goal in his 20th appearance in the competition
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal since Thursday, 27 August
La Liga
Levante 3-0 Getafe
John-Joe Finn's introduction was his career debut - Finn is the first Irish player to appear in La Liga since Steve Finnan in December 2008 for Espanyol
Sunday, 6th December 2020
Premier League
Liverpool 4-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Caoimhin Kelleher made his first appearance in the Premier League, the third Irish goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet on his Premier League debut
Monday, 7th December 2020
Swiss Challenge League
Grasshopper 3-0 Neuchâtel Xamax
Connor Ronan scored his first goal for Grasshopper, this was the fifth goal of his career
Sean Maguire completed his first assist since October 2019 in his 110th appearance for Preston North End
League 1
Blackpool 1-0 Portsmouth
Both Marcus Harness and Ronan Curtis made their 20th appearance of the season
Lincoln City 2-1 Wigan
Anthony Scully completed his first assist since September
Oxford United 0-0 Ipswich
Aaron Drinan's started his first game since Sunday, 13th September 2020
Mark McGuinness' start was his tenth career appearance
Sunderland 1-1 Burton Albion
Stephen Quinn was named in the Burton Albion for the 100th time
Northampton 1-0 Fleetwood
Cian Bolger scored his first goal for Northampton, this was his first goal since March 2019 Paddy Madden made his 100th start for Fleetwood
Plymouth 0-4 Rochdale
Jimmy Keohane scored his first goal in eight weeks
League 2
Oldham 0-1 Tranmere
Ian Lawlor's start was his 130th career appearance
Champions League
Liverpool 1-0 Ajax
Caoimhin Kelleher's start was the first appearance by an Irish player in the Champions League since Eoghan O'Connell played for Celtic against Barcelona in September 2016, and is the first Irish goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in the competition
Wednesday, 2nd December 2020
Championship
Middlesbrough 2-1 Swansea
Ryan Manning made his first assist of the season in his first start in five weeks
Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Stoke City
James McClean's first assist since Saturday, 24 October was his 15th assist for Stoke
League 1
Shrewsbury 2-2 Accrington Stanley
Ryan Cassidy scored his first goal in since Saturday, 26 September
League 2
Cambridge United 0-1 Mansfield Town
Ryan Sweeney was booked for the first time in three months
Harry Charsley assisted his fifth goal for Mansfield Town
Polish Ekstraklasa
Wisła Płock 0-0 Pogoń Szczecin
Cillian Sheridan's first appearance in seven weeks was his 25th appearance for Wisła Płock
Glenn Whelan was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 15th September
Indian Super League
SC East Bengal 0-2 ATK Mohun Bagan
Anthony Pilkington made his first appearance for SC East Bengal With Carl McHugh name in the starting XI, this was the first time two Irish players faced off in the Indian Super League
Saturday, 28th November 2020
Premier League
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Liverpool
Aaron Connolly's first start in eight weeks was his 20th start for Brighton and Hove Albion
West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Sheffield United
Callum Robinson's start was made his 30th appearance in the Premier League
Championship
Reading 3-1 Bristol City
Callum O'Dowda's start was his 130th appearance in the Championship
Birmingham City 0-0 Millwall
Alex Pearce's first appearance in a month was his 50th start for Millwall
Troy Parrott's start was made his tenth appearance in senior football
Blackburn 2-1 Barnsley
Darragh Lenihan's start was his 150th Championship appearance
Cardiff 4-0 Luton
Glen Rea was named in the Luton starting XI for the 150th time
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Stoke City
Nathan Collins was booked for the first time this season, in his first start in a month - this was also his 30th appearance for Stoke City
Watford 4-1 Preston North End
Sean Maguire was named in the starting XI for the first time in six weeks
League 1
Ipswich 0-2 Charlton
Aaron Drinan's introduction was his first appearance since Sunday, 13th September
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time this season
Oxford United 1-2 Swindon Town
Liam Kelly completed his first assist of the season in his 20th appearance for Oxford United
Mark Sykes was booked for the first time this season
League 2
Bolton 3-0 Southend United
Eoin Doyle scored his fifth and sixth goals for Bolton
Alan McCormack started a agame for the first time since Saturday, 19 September
FA Cup
Morecambe 4-2 Solihull Moors
John O'Sullivan scored his first goal of the season
Plymouth 2-0 Lincoln City
Anthony Scully's start was his 25th career appearance
Portsmouth 6-1 King's Lynn Town
Ronan Curtis started his 100th game for Portsmouth
Marcus Harness scored his first goal in a month
Both Curtis and Harness completed their fifth assist of the season
Bradford City 1-2 Oldham
Anthony O'Connor made his 350th career appearance
Ian Lawlor made his 20th appearance for Oldham
Peterborough 1-2 Chorley
Jack Taylor was booked for the first time this season. and scored his fifth goal of the season
Scottish League Cup
Alloa 1-0 Hearts
Aidan White made his 25th appearance for Hearts
St Mirren 2-1 Aberdeen
Jake Doyle-Hayes was booked for the first time this season, in his 50th career appearance
Jamie McGrath scored his first goal in seven weeks Jonathan Hayes' start was his first appearance in a month
Tommie Hoban's made his first appearance in the competition was his 100th career appearance
Sunday, 29th November 2020
Championship
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Swansea
Harry Arter made his 110th appearance in the Championship
FA Cup
Mansfield Town 2-1 Dagenham and Redbridge
Harry Charsley's equaliser was the fifth goal of his career
Carlisle United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
Joshua Kayode was booked for the first time this season
Barnet 0-1 MK Dons
Richard Keogh's start was his 30th appearance in the FA Cup
Scottish League Cup
Celtic 0-2 Ross County
Shane Duffy was booked for the first time in six weeks in his first appearance in the Scottish League Cup
Monday, 30th November 2020
Premier League
West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa
Conor Hourihane's start was his 150th appearance for Aston Villa