Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Round up for weekend of Friday, 26th November 2021

Friday, 26th November 2021
Championship
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Jayson Molumby was sent off for the first time in senior football

League 2
Colchester 1-1 Newport County
In his first appearance since Friday, 8 October, Alan Judge made his first assist of the season - this was his first assist in 13 months

Saturday, 27th November 2021
Championship
Hull City 2-1 Millwall
Dan McNamara was booked for the first time since Wednesday, 29th September

Luton 1-2 Cardiff
Glen Rea was booked for the first time in eight weeks
James Collins was named in the Cardiff starting XI for the first time in five weeks

Peterborough 0-0 Barnsley
Conor Coventry was booked for the first time this season - this was his first booking since January 2020

Swansea 2-3 Reading
Ryan Manning scored his first goal for Swansea - this was his first goal since September 2020


League 1
Bolton 2-2 Cheltenham
Dan Crowley assisted a goal for the first time this season

Burton Albion 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Thomas O'Connor scored his fifth goal of the season


Morecambe 0-4 MK Dons
Shane McLoughlin was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Wigan
Will Keane scored his 20th goal for Wigan


Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Olamide Shodipo scored his first goal of the season


Scottish Premier League
Dundee 3-0 Motherwell
Ryan Sweeney's first goal since Saturday, 2 October 2021(57 days)


Hearts 2-0 St Mirren
Joe Shaughnessy was sent off for the fourth time in his career, a year after his last red card in November 2020

Scottish FA Cup
Cove Rangers 2-2 Queen of the South
Ruairi Paton's first goal since Sunday, 5 September 2021(84 days)

Sunday, 28th November 2021
Championship
Sheffield United 2-0 Bristol City
Callum O'Dowda's start was his 150th appearance in the Championship

Scottish Premier League
Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen
James McCarthy completed 90 minutes for the first time since January 2021
Jonathan Hayes started a game for the first time in a month

Norwegian Eliteserien
Kristiansund 2-3 Viking
Sean McDermott was booked for the first time this seaso


Thursday, 11 November 2021

Episode 35 - The Proverbial Cup Final

Before Stephen Kenny's Ireland team face Portugal and Luxembourg in their final qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, myself and Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick run the rule over the 26 man squad selected by the manager, we take a look at the first two games for the U21 team at a capacity Tallaght Stadium, discuss the announcement by Ruud Dokter that he's leaving the association, and give our thoughts on the new away kit

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 6th November 2021

Saturday, 6th November 2021
Premier League
Brentford 1-2 Norwich
Andrew Omobamidele was booked for the first time this season

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Newcastle United
Ciaran Clark made his first assist of the season - this was the defender's first assist since January 2018

Championship
Millwall 1-1 Derby County
Festy Ebosele scored his first goal in senior football


Birmingham City 1-2 Reading
Scott Hogan scored his 20th goal for Birmingham City - all of which have come in the league



Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 0-2 Motherwell
Jake Carroll's introduction was his 250th appearance in British football

Hearts 5-2 Dundee Utd
In his first appearance since Sunday, 22 August, Aaron McEneff scored his first goal in the SPL


St Johnstone 0-0 St Mirren
Conor McCarthy was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Championship
Ayr 2-2 Inverness CT
Jonathan Afolabi assisted a goal for the first time this season

Dunfermline 1-3 Greenock Morton
Oisin McEntee started a game for the tenth time in his career

Queen of the South 1-1 Raith
Ruairi Paton assisted a goal for the first time in two months
Ethon Varian completed an assist for the first time since Saturday, 2nd October

FA Cup
Sunderland 0-1 Mansfield Town
Harry Charsley assisted a goal for the first time since Tuesday, 5th January 2021

Rotherham 3-0 Bromley
Chiedozie Ogbene made his first assist of the season

Portsmouth 1-0 Harrow Borough
Shaun Williams' start was his 450th appearance in English football

Northampton 2-2 Cambridge United
Conor Masterson scored his first goal for Cambridge United


Harrogate Town 2-1 Wrexham
Simon Power scored his first goal of the season


Hartlepool 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Daryl Horgan was booked for the first time this season

Crawley Town 0-1 Tranmere
Lee O'Connor started a game for the first time in eight weeks

Lincoln City 1-0 Bowers and Pitsea
Sean Roughan's start was his first appearance of the season

Sunday, 7th November 2021
Premier League
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
Matt Doherty's second half introduction was his first appearance in six weeks

Rochdale 1-1 Notts County
Corey O'Keeffe scored his first goal in two months


Bolton 2-2 Stockport County
Eoin Doyle scored his 25th goal for Bolton

Belgian Super League
Royal Antwerp 2-0 Anderlecht
Josh Cullen's start was his 200th career appearance

Swedish Allsvenskan
AIK 3-0 Östersunds FK
Zachary Elbouzedi scored his first goal in the Allsvenskan


Monday, 8 November 2021
MLS
LA Galaxy 3-3 Minessota United
Derrick Williams made his 20th start for LA Galaxy

Friday, 5 November 2021

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 2nd November 2021

Tuesday, 2nd November 2021
Championship
Birmingham City 3-0 Bristol City
Scott Hogan scored his fifth goal of the season


Millwall 1-0 Reading
Dan McNamara's introduction was his 25th appearance for Millwall

League 1
Fleetwood 2-3 Wigan
James McClean made his 100th appearance for Wigan
Will Keane scored his 20th goal in League Two


Portsmouth 1-1 Cheltenham
Shaun Williams was booked for the first time in seven weeks
Dan Crowley was booked for the first time this season

Football League Trophy
Rochdale 0-3 Bolton
Eoin Doyle scored his fifth goal of the season, eight weeks after his last goal


Northampton 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion U21
Andrew Moran made his first start in senior football
Evan Ferguson scored his first senior goal of his career


Salford City 5-3 Leeds United U21
Tyreik Wright was named in the Salford starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 18th September

Wednesday, 3rd November 2021
Championship
Bournemouth 1-2 Preston North End
Mark Travers made his 25th appearance for Bournemouth - starting in each one

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Hull City
Callum Robinson assisted a goal for the fifth time in the 2021/22 season

Thursday, 4th November 2021
Europa League
Ferencvaros 2-3 Celtic
James McCarthy came off the bench for his first appearance in five weeks

MLS
Austin FC 3-1 Sporting Kansas City
In his first start in five weeks, Jon Gallagher was shown his first yellow card of the season

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 30th October 2021

Saturday, 30th October 2021
Championship
Fulham 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Callum Robinson's introduction was his 250th appearance in senior football

Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the first time in seven weeks

Middlesbrough 0-2 Birmingham City
Scott Hogan scored his first goal since Friday, 10th September


Swansea 3-0 Peterborough
Ryan Manning was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

League 1
Fleetwood 3-3 Wycombe Wanderers
Anthony Pilkington started a game for the first time in two months

Oxford United 3-1 Morecambe
Anthony O'Connor made his 400th career appearance

Rotherham 5-1 Sunderland
Joshua Kayode made his first assist of the season
Aiden McGeady was send off for the first time since January 2015

League 2
Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool
After not scoring for six weeks, Aaron Drinan scored the third hat trick of the season for an Irish player
Gavan Holohan was booked for the first time this season


Mansfield Town 2-0 Tranmere
After signing a short term deal with Mansfield Town, John-Joe O'Toole made his first appearance for the Stags

Barrow 1-2 Rochdale
Eoghan O'Connell made his first assist of the season, exactly a year to the day since his previous assist

Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 0-1 Dundee
Iin his first start for Dundee since Sunday, 8th August, Cillian Sheridan unfortunately ruptured his achilles and will be out injured for some time

Sunday, 31th October 2021
Premier League
Norwich 1-2 Leeds United
In his first start in six weeks, Andrew Omobamidele scored the first goal of his career


Monday, 1st November 2021
Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Everton
Seamus Coleman was booked for the first time since Saturday, 21 August