Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 5th October 2024

Saturday, 5th October 2024

Premier League

Arsenal 3-1 Southampton

Ryan Manning's start, his first appearance of the season, was also his first appearance in the Premier League

Brentford 5-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nathan Collins scored his first goal of the season - the defender's first goal since January

Championship

Norwich City 4-0 Hull City

Shane Duffy made his 50th appearance for Norwich City

Derby County 2-0 QPR

Marcus Harness scored his first goal for Derby County - this was the midfielder's first goal since November 2023

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Michael Obafemi scored his first goal for Plymouth Argyle, this was the striker's twentieth goal in the Championship

West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Millwall

Mikey Johnston was booked in what was his first start of the season
Dan McNamara started a game for the first time in six weeks

League 1

Huddersfield Town 2-0 Barnsley

Joe Hodge was booked for the first time this season

Peterborough 2-1 Stevenage

Cian Hayes started a game for the first time in five weeks

Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Shrewsbury Town

Jordan Shipley scored his 15th goal for Shrewsbury Town

Charlton Athletic 1-0 Birmingham City

Conor Coventry was booked for the fifth time this season

Lincoln City 2-1 Leyton Orient

Sean Roughan was booked for the first time this season

Mansfield Town 2-0 Blackpool

Stephen McLaughlin was shown his first yellow card in seven weeks

Rotherham 2-1 Reading

Joe Rafferty made his first assist of the season - the first time the defender assisted a goal since November 2023

Wrexham 4-1 Northampton Town

James McClean scored his first goals of the season

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Gillingham

Adrien Thibaut made his first assist of the season

Salford City 1-0 AFC Wimbledon

James Furlong was booked for the first time this season, in his first start in five weeks
    

Swindon Town 0-0 Harrogate Town

Aaron Drinan's start was his 100th appearance in League Two

Scottish Premiership

St Mirren 0-1 Dundee United

Charles Dunne's start was his first appearance of the season
Emmanuel Adegboyega scored his first goal of the season

Sunday, 6th October 2024

Championship

Bristol City 1-1 Cardiff

Luke McNally scored his first goal of the season
Mark Sykes was booked for the fifth time this season

Scottish Premiership

Ross County 1-2 Celtic

Adam Idah started a game for Celtic for the tenth time

Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts

Jamie McGrath assisted a goal for the first time in six weeks

Segunda Division

Deportivo La Coruna 0-0 Malaga

Aaron Ochoa Moloney was booked for the first time this season

Monday, 7th October 2024

League 2

Bradford City 3-1 Newport County

Calum Kavanagh made his 25th appearance for Bradford City

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 1st October 2024

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

Championship

Luton Town 2-2 Oxford United

Tyler Goodrham scored his first goal in five weeks

Sunderland 2-0 Derby County

Eiran Cashin made his 25th appearance in the competition
Marcus Harness was booked for the first time this season in what was his first start for Derby County

League 1

Barnsley 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Kieran Sadlier assisted a goal for the first time in six weeks

Bristol Rovers 3-2 Charlton Athletic

Promise Omochere assisted a goal for the first time this season

Leyton Orient 0-1 Exeter City

Pierce Sweeney was booked for the first time in five weeks

Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Stockport County

Tayo Adaramola was booked for the first time this season

Stevenage 1-0 Wrexham

Thomas O'Connor was booked for the first time in seven weeks

Wigan 3-0 Peterborough

Babajide Adeeko was named in the Wigan starting XI for the fiftieth time
Cian Hayes' introduction was his first appearance in five weeks
Sam Curtis was booked for the fifth time this season

League 2

Cheltenham 2-1 Accrington Stanley

Both Connor O'Brien and Liam Kinsella assisted a goal for the first time this season, Kinsella did so in his first start in five weeks
Dara Costelloe scored his first goal for Accrington Stanley - almost a year to the date after his previous goal on Saturday, 30 September 2023

Morecambe 1-1 Bradford City

Calum Kavanagh started a game for the first time in five weeks

Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Swindon Town

Gavin Kilkenny was named in a starting XI for the fiftieth time in his career

Walsall 2-6 Fleetwood Town

David Okagbue made his first assist of the season
David Harrington was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 2nd October 2024

Championship

Preston North End 3-0 Watford

Robbie Brady's start, his first in seven weeks, was his 75th appearance for Preston North End

Stoke City 6-1 Portsmouth

Andrew Moran scored his first goal of the season
Tom Cannon broke his duck with loan club Stoke City by scoring four goals - the first player to do so for the Potters since Peter Thorn in 2000
Mark O'Mahony scored his first goal for Portsmouth

Thursday, 3rd October 2024

MLS

Atlanta United 1-2 CF Montreal

Derrick Williams made his 25th start for Atlanta United

Toronto FC 1-4 New York Red Bulls

Kevin Long made his 25th start for Toronto FC
Ryan Meara was booked for the first time this season

Colorado Rapids 1-3 LA Galaxy

In his 60th start for Colorado Rapids, Connor Ronan scored his first goal since May 2023

Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for July 2024

Transfers

Tuesday, 2nd July

Harry Charsley signed for non league Oldham Athletic

Wednesday, 3rd July

21 year old winger Cian Hayes joined Peterborough

Thursday, 4th July

David Okagbue signed for Walsall until the summer of 2026

Following a successful loan spell with Bradford in the 2023/24 season, Tyreik Wright signed a two year contract with the Bantams

Friday, 5th July

Promising U21 midfielder Rocco Vata signed a four year contract with Watford, with the option of a further 12 months

Former U19 player Liam Kelly signed for MK Dons

Monday, 8th July

Gavan Holohan joined Crawley Town, signing a two year contract with the Red Devils

Drogheda United goalkeeper Andrew Wogan signed a four year contract with Stockport County, and returned on loan to the Drogs until the end of the 2024 League of Ireland season

Tuesday, 9th July

Defender Adam Alimi-Adetoro signed a two year contract with FC Halifax Town

Thursday, 11th July

After making more than 400 appearances for Preston North End, Alan Browne signed a three year contract with Sunderland

Saturday, 13th July

Following a succesful loan in the Eredivisie last season, Troy Parrott signed for AZ Alkmaar, where he will wear the number 9 jersey

Monday, 15th July

Ruari Paton signed a three year contract with League Two Side Port Vale

Goalkeeper turned centre-half AJ Doyle was announced as one of twelve scholars for Derby County's Academy

Tuesday, 16th July

Dawson Devoy returned from England to sign for Bohemians, signing a multi-year contract with the Gypsies

Following his release from Bournemouth, Ben Greenwood signed for non-league Weymouth

Wedneday, 17th July

After more than 300 games in English football, Greg Cunningham returned to his native Galway to sign for Galway United

Zach Elbouzedi returned to Ireland, signing a multi-year contract with St Patrick's Athletic

Friday, 19th July

Three-times capped Ireland striker Saoirse Noonan signed a three year contract with Celtic FC Women

Following the bankruptcy of KV OOstende, Liam Bossin returned to former club FC Dordrecht

Promise Omochere signed a three year contract with Bristol Rovers

21 year old striker Sinclair Armstrong signed for Bristol City

Saturday, 20th July

Sophie Whitehouse signed a one year contract with Charlton Athletic Women

Wednesday, 24th July

Ricardo Dinanga signed a one year contract with AFC Telford

Friday, 26th July

Freddie Turley signed a three year contract with Derby County, where he will initially line out for their U21 side

Saturday, 27th July

Erin McLaughlin signed a 12 month contract, with the option of a further year, with Portsmouth Women

Sunday, 28th July

Aidan Keena returned from England to sign for St Patrick's Athletic

Tuesday, 30th July

Recent senior international debutant Jake O'Brien signed for Everton

Corrie Ndaba signed a three year contract with Kilmarnock

Wednesday, 31st July

Rory Finneran, who set a new record as Blackburn Rovers' youngest ever player in 2023/24, signed for Newcastle

Striker Aoife Colvill signed a two year contract with Belgian side Standard Liege

Loans

Monday, 15th July

Wrexham goalkeeper Luke McNicholas signed a season long loan with AFC Rochdale

Tuesday, 16th July

Striker Luke Pearce signed for Sligo Rovers until the end of the 2024 League of Ireland season

U21 player Jack Henry-Francis signed a loan deal with Sligo Rovers for the rest of the current LOI season

Friday, 26th July

U21 defender Tayo Adaramola will spend the 2024/25 season on loan with Stockport County

Saturday, 27th July

Shrewsbury Town announced the loan signing of Rotherham striker JJ Kayode for the 2024/25 season

Tuesday, 30th July

Former Shamrock Rovers defender James Furlong signed a season-long loan with AFC Wimbledon

Contracts

Thursday, 4th July

Durham confirmed their retained player list for 2024/25, including a new contract for Eleanor Ryan Doyle

Monday, 8th July

U18 cap Joe Gibbard signed his first professional contract with Crystal Palace

Wednesday, 10th July

Tom O'Connor extended his contract with Wrexham AFC, signing a new deal with the Welsh side until summer 2027

Friday, 12th July

U21 goalkeeper Killian Cahill signed a 12 month extension to his contract with Brighton and Hove Albion, with the option of a further year

Monday, 29th July

Women's National Team midfielder Denise O'Sullivan signed a new contract with NWSL side North Carolina Courage until the end of the 2026 season

Management

Monday, 1st July

Brentford appointed former Republic of Ireland assistant manager Keith Andrews as their set piece coach

Thursday, 11th July

Hull City confirmed that former player David Meyler was promoted to assistant coach of their U18 side

Friday, 12th July

Stoke City announced that Liam Lawrence will be in charge of their U21 side for the upcoming season

Further reading

Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for May/June 2024
Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for August 2024

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 2nd September 2023

Saturday, 2nd September 2023

Premier League

Brentford 2-2 Bournemouth

Nathan Collins assisted a goal for the first time since Saturday, 17th October 2020

Burnley 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur

Josh Cullen assisted a goal for Burnley for the fifth time

Championship

Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City

Mark Sykes scored his first goal of the season

Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Finn Azaz scored his first goal of the season
Following his senior debut in the League Cup, Thomas Bloxham made his first league appearance

Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End

Enda Stevens was booked for the first time since Saturday, 12th November 2022
Greg Cunningham's introduction, his first appearance of the season, was his 350th career appearance

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Huddersfield Town

Jayson Molumby's start was his 150th career appearance

League 1

Charlton 2-1 Fleetwood Town

Cian Hayes was booked for the first time this season

Northampton Town 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Richard Keogh scored his first goal for Wycombe Wanderers - this was the defenders first goal since Wednesday, 1st May 2019

League 2

Grimsby Town 2-0 Gillingham

Gavan Holohan scored his first goal of the season

Walsall 1-0 Colchester United

David Okagbue made his first appearance for Walsall

Eredivisie

Almere City 1-2 PEC Zwolle

Anselmo Garcia MacNulty was named in the PEC Zwolle starting XI for the first time

Sunday, 3rd September 2023

Scottish Premiership

Rangers 0-1 Celtic

In his tenth start for Celtic, Liam Scales was booked for the first time this season

Round up for week of Tuesday, 28th February 2023

Tuesday, 28th February 2023

Championship

Preston North End 0-0 Coventry

Alan Browne's start was his 300th appearance in the competition

League 1

Derby County 2-0 Cheltenham

Glen Rea was named in the Cheltenham starting XI for the first time, this was the player's first start in twelve months
This was the first time ten Irish players appeared in an English league game since 2006

Gary Kelly, Paul Butler, and Jonathan Douglas started for Leeds
Kenny Cunningham, Liam Miller, @graham_kavanagh, Daryl Murphy, and @MrDavidConnolly started for Sunderland, with @LiamLawrence07 and @SleevesElliott coming off the bench for the Black Cats in a 3-0 win

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 28, 2023

Lincoln City 1-1 MK Dons

In his first start in a month, Daniel Mandroiu scored his fifth goal for Lincoln City

Portsmouth 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

Joe Rafferty made his first assist of the season

League 2

Gillingham 0-2 Bradford

Congratulations to Aiden O'Brien on reaching 350 career appearances with his start in this game

Hit the half way mark👊🏻... Honoured and proud to hit this milestone in my career. Just a kid from Islington, North London living his dream. Here’s to another 350🥳🙏🏼🙌🏻🥳 pic.twitter.com/i316i3Nwtc

— AidenObrien🤷🏼‍♂️ (@AidenObrien22) March 1, 2023

Harrogate Town 1-1 Northampton Town

William Hondermarck started a game for Northampton Town for the first time, this was his first start since Tuesday, 20 September

AFC Wimbledon 2-3 Stevenage

Daryl Horgan made his first start for Stevenage, his first start in two months

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Crawley Town

Lee O'Connor started a game for Tranmere for the 100th time

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FA Cup

Stoke City 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Evan Ferguson scored his first goal in the FA Cup, the youngest Irish goalscorer in the competition for 14 years

1️⃣4️⃣ At 18 years and 132 days old, @Evan_Ferguson9 is the youngest @FAIreland player to score in the @EmiratesFACup in fourteen years, since Sean Scannell scored for Crystal Palace against Leicester in January 2009 aged 18 years and 119 days#COYBIGhttps://t.co/Jeqi2Y6YFf

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 28, 2023

Leicester City 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Sammie Szmodics scored his fifth goal of the season

Wednesday, 1st March 2023

Burnley 1-0 Fleetwood Town

Michael Obafemi started a game for Burnley for the first time, almost four months after his last start on Saturday, 5 November
Josh Cullen's start was his 250th start in senior football
Cian Hayes was sent off for the first time in his career

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 3rd December 2021

Friday, 3rd December 2021

Championship

Fulham 1-1 Bournemouth

Robbie Brady came off the bench for his first appearance of the season, this was his first appearance since Saturday, 13th March 2021(268 days)
Mark Travers was booked for the first time this season

Eerste Divisie

Dordrecht 2-5 Roda JC

Liam Bossin was booked for the first time in eight weeks

Saturday, 4th December 2021

Premier League

Newcastle United 1-0 Burnley

Nathan Collins was booked for the first time since Wednesday, 25th August 2021

Southampton 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly came off the bench for his first appearance since Wednesday, 27th October 2021
Shane Duffy was booked for the first time in five weeks, unfortunatel this was the defender's fifth booking this season and is suspended for the next game

Championship

Coventry 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Callum Robinson assisted a goal for the first time in a month

Blackburn 1-0 Preston North End

Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season

Bristol City 1-0 Derby County

Jason Knight was booked for the first time this season

Cardiff 2-3 Sheffield United

James Collins was booked for the first time in two months
On his 100th start for Sheffield United, David McGoldrick scored his 30th goal the Blades

Millwall 3-1 Birmingham City

Dan McNamara assisted a goal for the first time in 10 months
Scott Hogan made his first assist of the season - this was his first assist since February 2020

League 1

Accrington Stanley 5-1 Fleetwood

John O'Sullivan's introduction was his 50th appearance for Accrington Stanley, across three spells with the club
Cian Hayes was booked for the first time this season in his first appearance in League One

Scottish Championship

Queen of the South 0-0 Partick Thistle

Ruairi Paton was booked for the fifth time this season

FA Cup

Burton Albion 1-2 Port Vale

Conor Shaughnessy 'was booked for the first time in three months

Lincoln City 0-1 Hartlepool

Gavan Holohan was booked for the first time in five weeks

Leyton Orient 4-0 Tranmere

Aaron Drinan scored his seventh goal in his previous seven games

Cambridge United 2-1 Exeter

Wes Hoolahan assisted a goal for Cambridgee for the 15th time

Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town

Emmanuel Osadebe scored his first goal since Tuesday, 19th October

Carlisle United 1-2 Shrewsbury

Corey Whelan was booked for the first time since Saturday, 7th August
Joshua Daniels' introduction was his first appearance in six weeks

Portsmouth 1-2 Harrogate Town

Coincidentally, both Gavin Bazunu and Shaun Williams were named in the Portsmouth starting XI for the 20th time

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 0-0 Adelaide United

Jay O'Shea was booked for the first time this season

Sunday, 5th December 2021

Premier League

Tottenham 3-0 Norwich

Adam Idah started a game for the first time in eleven weeks

Scottish Premier League

Dundee Utd 0-3 Celtic

Liam Scales scored his first goal for Celtic in his league debut for the Bhoys

Round Up for week of Thursday, 30th November 2021

Tuesday, 30th November 2021

Premier League

Newcastle United 1-1 Norwich

Ciaran Clark was sent off for the first time for Newcastle United. This was the third sending off of his career, and his first since being sent off in January 2015

FA Cup

Exeter 2-1 Bradford City

Paudie O'Connor was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game - this was his first yellow card in eight weeks

Football League Trophy

Bolton 1-0 Fleetwood

Eoin Doyle assisted a goal for the first time since August
Cian Hayes started a game in senior football for the first time in his career

Rotherham 1-1 Port Vale

JJ Kayode started a game for the first time in five weeks
Kieran Sadlier assisted a goal for the first time since Tuesday, 26th October

Leyton Orient 0-0 MK Dons

Troy Parrott was sent off for the first time in his career

Cambridge United 2-0 Walsall

Liam Kinsella was named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 18th September

Swindon Town 1-2 Colchester

Alan Judge was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 1st December 2021

Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Burnley

Nathan Collins' start was his first appearance since Wednesday, 27th October

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-0 Livingston

Jonathan Hayes assisted a goal for the first time this season

Hibernian 0-1 Rangers

Jake Doyle-Hayes was booked for the first time in two months

St Mirren 0-0 Ross County

Both Charles Dunne and Connor Ronan were booked for the first time this season. Dunne's yellow card was his first booking since December 2018

Sunderland 0-1 Oldham

In his first start in six weeks, Harry Vaughan scored his first goal in nine weeks

Thursday, 2nd December 2021

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 1-0 Hearts

Aaron McEneff started a game for Hearts for the first time since Saturday, 10th July

Bulgarian Parva Liga

CSKA Sofia 2-0 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929

Graham Carey was booked for the first time since Thursday, 22 July