Irish Abroad: Conor McCarthy

Jack Taylor scored his first goal in seven weeks
Marcus Harness assisted three goal in one game - the first Irish player to do that in English football since Will Smallbone did so for Stoke against Sunderland in March 2023

Port Vale 2-1 Sutton United

Aiden O'Brien was booked for the first time this season

Bradford City 0-2 Middlesbrough

Alex Gilbert made his first appearance for Middlesbrough - this was the striker's first appearance in senior football since December 2021

Salford City 0-4 Burnley

Dara O'Shea scored his first goal for Burnley - just over a year after the defender's last goal on Saturday, 17th September 2022

Scottish League Cup

Kilmarnock 1-2 Hearts

Corrie Ndaba's introduction was his first appearance in five weeks

Football League Trophy

Barnsley 3-1 Manchester City U21

Conor McCarthy scored his first goal for Barnsley - this was the defender's first goal since April 2022

Burton Albion 2-0 Everton U21

Ryan Sweeney started a game for the first time in six weeks

Wednesday, 27th September 2023

English League Cup

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Cardiff

Sammie Szmodics' introduction was his 50th appearance for Blackburn Rovers
Andrew Moran scored twice (including his first goal for Blackburn) and assisted twice in the same game - the first Irish player to score and assist more than one goal in the same game since Aaron Drinan for Leyton Orient against Hartlepool in October 2021
Callum Robinson scored his first goal of the season in his first start since February 2023

Scottish League Cup

Ross County 1-2 Aberdeen

Jonathan Hayes started a game for the first time in a month

Serie A

Napoli 4-1 Udinese

Festy Ebosele started a game Udinese for the tenth time - this was his 25th appearance for Udinese

Friday, 2 September 2022

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 30th August 2022

Tuesday, 30th August 2022

Championship

Birmingham City 1-2 Norwich City

In his 25th career start, Andrew Omobamidele scored his first goal of the season - this was his first goal since Sunday, 31st October 2021

QPR 3-1 Hull City

Jimmy Dunne's start was his 50th appearance for QPR

Scottish League Cup

Annan 1-4 Aberdeen

Jonathan Hayes made his fifth assist of the season

Football League Trophy

Morecambe 3-3 Everton U21

Tom Cannon scored his first goal in senior football

Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

Joe Hodge and Nathan Fraser made their first appearances in senior football, with Hodge marking the occasion with two goals

Fleetwood Town 1-1 Barrow

Promise Omochere was booked for the first time this season

Burton Albion 4-2 Leicester City U21

Shane Flynn's start was his first appearance of the season

AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa U21

Aaron O'Reilly made his career appearance in senior football

MK Dons 1-2 Cheltenham

Joshua Kayode made his first start for MK Dons

Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur U21

Josh Keeley made his first appearance in senior football

2️⃣ @SpursOfficial named two @FAIreland goalkeepers in their U21 team against Wycombe - Josh Keeley and Aaron Maguire - the first team to do so in English football since Shrewsbury named Joe Murphy and Max O'Leary in their team against Accrington Stanley in February 2020#COYBIG https://t.co/LVcsFWH3HV
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 30, 2022

Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Bristol Rovers

Trevor Clarke's start was his first appearace in a month

Swindon Town 0-2 Crystal Palace U21

Sean Grehan made his first appearance in Engilsh football
Fionn Mooney was named in a starting XI in senior football for the first time

Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Southampton U21

Dominic Bernard scored his first goal of the season
Luke Pearce made his first appearance in senior football

Cambridge United 0-2 Arsenal U21

Jack Henry-Francis' start was his first appearance since Tuesday, 25th January

Port Vale 1-0 Stockport County

Mipo Odubeko made his first appearance for Port Vale

Salford City 2-1 Liverpool U21

Joshua O'Brien was booked in what was his first career debut

Carlisle United 1-2 Manchester United U21

Jamie Devitt scored his first goal of the season

Bradford City 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Alex Hunt started a game for the first time this season

Barnsley 0-3 Lincoln City

William Hondermarck was booked for the first time in almost a year, his last yellow card came on Wednesday, 15th September 2021

Ipswich Town 6-0 Northampton Town

Richard Keogh's start was his first appearance for Ipswich Town

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Scottish League Cup

Motherwell 4-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Daniel Devine scored and own goal for the first teim since Saturday, 13th November 2021

Ross County 1-4 Celtic

James McCarthy's introduction was his first appearance of the season

Australian FFA Cup

Adelaide United 1-2 Brisbane Roar

Jay O'Shea scored his tenth goal for Brisbane Roar

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 8th May 2021

Saturday, 8th May 2021

Premier League

Liverpool 2-0 Southampton

Michael Obafemi's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 26 September

Championship

Barnsley 2-2 Norwich

Adam Idah scored his first goal in ten weeks in his first appearance in nine weeks

Coventry 6-1 Millwall

Dan McNamara was booked for the tenth time this season

Derby County 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday

Without coming off the bench, Festy Ebosele was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Morecambe 2-0 Bradford City

Liam McAlinden first goal in six weeks was his tenth goal in League Two

Port Vale 0-3 Mansfield Town

James Clarke was named in the starting XI for the first time since Tuesday, 10 November
Stephen Quinn scored his first goal in six weeks

Salford City 3-0 Leyton Orient

Darron Gibson's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 17th October

Belgian Super League

Anderlecht 2-2 Royal Antwerp

Josh Cullen started a game for Anderlecht for the first time in two months

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 1-1 Sydney

Roy O'Donovan scored his 30th goal for Newcastle Jets

Sunday, 9th May 2021

League 1

Ipswich 3-1 Fleetwood

Troy Parrott scored his first goal in two months

MK Dons 0-3 Rochdale

Jimmy Keohane scored his tenth goal of the season in his 50th appearance of the season
Jimmy Ryan's introduction was his first appearance since Tuesday, 15 December

Oxford United 4-0 Burton Albion

Olamide Shodipo's first goal since Tuesday, 16 March was his tenth goal in League Two

Portsmouth 0-1 Accrington Stanley

Marcus Harness was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 2nd March

Scottish FA Cup

St Mirren 1-2 St Johnstone

Conor McCarthy scored his first goal since Wednesday, 16th December

MLS

LA Galaxy 2-1 Los Angeles FC

Derrick Williams made his first assist for LA Galaxy

Norwegian Eliteserien

Molde 2-0 Kristiansund

With the return of the Norwegian league, Sean McDermott started Kristiansund's first game of the new season

Monday, 10th May 2021

MLS

Sporting Kansas City 2-1 Austin FC

In his first start for new club Austin FC, Jon Gallagher scored his first goal for the Green - this was his fifth goal in MLS

What a ball from Jared.
What a finish from Jon.

Yep, that was perfect. pic.twitter.com/wUXJ1g29ul
— Austin FC (@AustinFC) May 10, 2021

Monday, 22 March 2021

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 20th March 2021

Saturday, 20th March 2021

Premier League

Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 Newcastle Utd

Ciaran Clark started a game for the 250th time in his career

Championship

Bristol City 0-2 Rotherham

Callum O'Dowda started a game for the first time since Saturday, 26th December

Millwall 1-0 Middlesbrough

Dan McNamara was booked for the first time in two months in his first start since Tuesday, 2 February

Preston North End 0-1 Luton

Joe Rafferty started a game for Preston for the first start time in six weeks

Swansea 0-1 Cardiff

Conor Hourihane made his 400th career start

League 1

Portsmouth 2-1 Ipswich

Marcus Harness scored his first goal since Saturday, 28 November
Ronan Curtis assisted a goal for the first time in two months
Stephen Ward was named in the Ipswich starting XI for the first time in six weeks

Rochdale 3-3 Peterborough

Jimmy Keohane scored his first goal in eight weeks

League 2

Newport Co. 0-1 Leyton Orient

Conor Wilkinson scored his first goal since Tuesday, 29th December, and was booked for the fifth time

Bolton 2-1 Walsall

Eoin Doyle scored his 15th goal of the season

Cambridge United 1-0 Forest Green

Wes Hoolahan scored his fifth goal of the season, this was the midfielder's first goal since Saturday, 30 January

Harrogate Town 0-1 Morecambe

Simon Power made his tenth start for Harrogate Town

Mansfield Town 2-2 Grimsby

Stephen McLaughlin assisted a goal for the first time since Tuesday, 3 November in what was his 250th appearance in English football

Scottish Premier League

Hamilton Academical 1-1 St Mirren

Conor McCarthy was booked for the fifth time this season. This was his 50th appearance for St Mirren, remarkably starting each one

Kilmarnock 4-1 Motherwell

Alan Power completed an assist for the first time since Wednesday, 12th August

Scottish League Two

Queen's Park 3-0 Stranraer

Luca Connell assisted a goal on his first appearance for loan club Queen's Park. Connell's start was his first appearance since Tuesday, 13th August 2019

FA Cup

Bournemouth 0-3 Southampton

Gavin Kilkenny's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 9th January

Sunday, 21st March 2021

Bulgarian Championship

Beroe Stara Zagora 1-0 CSKA Sofia

Graham Carey was named in the CSKA starting XI for the first time since Sunday, 13th December

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 20th February 2021

Saturday, 20th February 2021

Premier League

Liverpool 0-2 Everton

Following his 350th appearance in English football last week, Seamus Coleman made his 300th start for Everton, and is now the Irish player with the 15th most appearances in the Premier League

2️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ Seamus Coleman's start is his two hundred and eighty ninth appearance in the @premierleague, overtaking Steve Staunton as the @FAIreland player with the fifteenth most appearances in the #PL #COYBIG #EFC pic.twitter.com/4rCL3mefKw
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 20, 2021

Championship

Huddersfield 4-1 Swansea

Conor Hourihane scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also his 30th goal in the Championship, and the 80th goal of his career

Norwich 1-0 Rotherham

Kieran Sadlier's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 7th November

QPR 2-1 Bournemouth

Shane Long scored his first goal for Bournemouth, this was his first goal in a year

Stoke City 3-0 Luton

James Collins was booked for the first time in three months

League 1

Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Thomas O'Connor completed his first assist in a year

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Shrewsbury

Seamus Conneely scored his first goal of the season

Burton Albion 0-3 Sunderland

Aiden O'Brien was booked for the first time in a month
Aiden McGeady completed his tenth assist of the season, this was also his 20th assist for Sunderland

Ipswich 0-0 Oxford United

Anthony Forde was booked for the first time this season

MK Dons 4-3 Northampton

Joe Mason made his first assist for MK Dons

Portsmouth 0-1 Blackpool

Ronan Curtis was booked for the first time in two months

Rochdale 0-0 Plymouth

On his 19th birthday, Gavin Bazunu's start was his 25th career appearance
Paul McShane was named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 17th October

Wigan 1-2 Lincoln City

Anthony Scully scored his 15th goal of his career

League 2

Stevenage 1-1 Walsall

Emmanuel Osadebe's start was his first appearance in a month
Liam Kinsella was sent off for the first time in his career

Tranmere 2-2 Oldham

Lee O'Connor made his 25th appearance for Tranmere

Scottish Premier League

St Mirren 1-1 Livingston

Conor McCarthy scored his second own goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Hearts 1-1 Greenock Morton

Aaron McEneff made his first start for Hearts

Sunday, 21st February 2021

League 2

Newport Co. 0-2 Forest Green

Dominic Bernard was booked for the first time this season

Friday, 18 December 2020

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 15th December 2020

Tuesday, 15th December 2020

Championship

Bournemouth 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

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

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

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

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Round up for weekend of Friday, 17th January 2020

Friday, 17th January 2020

Championship

Fulham 1-0 Middlesbrough

Harry Arter's appearance off the bench was his 300th career appearance

Saturday, 18th January 2020

Premier League

Nine Irish players were named in the starting XI of their respective clubs - the first time this has happened in one day's Premier League fixtures since Saturday, 4th February 2017

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time in three months

Southampton 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Shane Long scored his first goal of the season was his 54th Premier League goal, which equals Damien Duff's tally

West Ham United 1-1 Everton

Darren Randolph completed his move to former club West Ham, and made his first appearance since starting for Middlesbrough on Sunday, 24 November

Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 0-5 Blackburn

In his 150th appearance for Blackburn, and coincidentally his 150th career start, Darragh Lenihan scored his fifth goal for the club

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Peterborough

Callum Reilly's start was the 150th of his career

Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Coventry

Kieran Sadlier's start against Coventry was his 50th appearance for Doncaster Rovers

League 2

Colchester 2-1 Macclesfield

Fiacre Kelleher scored his first own goal since August 2016, and was booked for the first time since September

Grimsby 0-1 Exeter

Billy Clarke was named in the Grimsby starting XI for the first time

Oldham 1-1 Carlisle United

Joshua Kayode came off the bench for his first appearance for loan club Carlisle United

Plymouth 3-1 Mansfield Town

Harry Charsley made his first appearance for new club Mansfield Town

Scottish FA Cup

Ayr 1-0 Ross County

Aaron Drinan made his first appearance for loan club Ayr

Kilmarnock 6-0 Queen's Park

Alan Power made his 100th appearance for Kilmarnock, in the same game that Gary Dicker made his 150th appearance for Kilmarnock

St Mirren 3-0 Broxburn

Both Conor McCarthy and Jamie McGrath made their debuts for St Mirren

Sunday, 19th January 2020

Scottish FA Cup

Dundee Utd 2-2 Hibernian

Mark Connolly made his 250th career start