Repeat XIs

 A recent post on twitter asked which game did this Ireland lineup photo come from?

Your Choice #Eire #Tiger 1978-08-26 pic.twitter.com/MyzdtD8LxQ

— Scottish Footy Cards (@ScotsFootyCards) February 13, 2022

It's from a friendly against Denmark in May 1978 that ended 3-3, with the goals coming from Frank Stapleton, Tony Grealish, and Gerry Daly. This was the only time these eleven players would start together. This is not uncommon for the national side, in the 587 games played by the Republic, there have been 453 unique selections for the the starting XI. 

But what of the repeated selections? What collection of starting players has been selected more than any other for the Boys in Green?

On Friday, 2nd September 2011, Giovanni Trapattoni selected Shay Given, John O'Shea, Stephen Ward, Sean St Ledger, Richard Dunne, Glen Whelan, Keith Andrews, Aidan McGeady, Damien Duff, Kevin Doyle, and captain Robbie Keane to face Slovakia at home in a qualifier for Euro 2012 that finished 0-0.

Ireland Team: Given, O'Shea, Dunne, St. Ledger, Ward, Duff, Andrews, Whelan, McGeady, Keane, Doyle #IreSlo

— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) September 2, 2011

The same starting XI would go on to be selected against Hungary the following June in a pre-tournament friendly, then faced Croatia in Euro 2012 six days later, before being named for the fourth, and final, time to face Italy in the final game of the group - the most the same starting XI has played together for Ireland.

The most recent repeat selection came in June 2019, when Mick McCarthy named Darren Randolph, Seamus Coleman, Enda Stevens, Shane Duffy, Conor Hourihane, Richard Keogh, Robert Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Glen Whelan, David McGoldrick, and James McClean in the starting XI to face Denmark, the same team named by the manager to face Georgia the previous March.

Scoring Streaks Part III: Premier League

In 2017, we wrote about the Irish players who have scored in the most consecutive international games, and the most consecutive appearances, with Jimmy Dunne scoring in five consecutive appearances and Robbie Keane and Fionan Fagan sharing the record of scoring in four consecutive games.

Following Shane Long's second goal in consecutive games against Wolves at the weekend, the first Irish player to manage the feat since Long himself scored against Aston Villa and Manchester City in May 2016, we wondered who holds the record for most goals scored by an Irish player in consecutive Premier League games?

Eddie McGoldrick was the first Irish player to score in two consecutive games in the Premier League. The winger scored in Crystal Palace's second and third games in the newly formed top tier in August 1992 against Oldham and Tottenham Hotspur. Before the end of the season, Ian Power, Paul McGrath, Kevin Moran, Roy Keane, John Sheridan, and Denis Irwin would all match the achievement.

An Irish player would not score in three consecutive Premier League games until 1999, when, as with many Irish goalscoring records, it was achieved by Robbie Keane. Following his move from Wolves to Coventry in August 1999, he went on to score against Arsenal in December 1999, followed by strikes against Chelsea and Wimbledon in January 2000

This record would stand until March 2003 when Damien Duff scored in five consecutive games for Blackburn Rovers, against Birmingham, Arsenal, Newcastle, Fulham, and Charlton. During this run, Duff also scored for Ireland against Georgia.

Keane has matched this achievement on three separate occassions for Tottenham, in 2004 against Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Fulham, and Portsmouth. Three years later, Keane repeated the run by scoring against Bolton, Reading, Wigan, Arsenal and Middlesbrough. He was sent off against Bolton, and missed the following games against West Ham and Watford, before returning to score against Reading. This run also included a strike against Manchester City in a cup replay. The following October, Keane would again scored in five successive league games against Bolton, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Blackburn.

Only one other player has scored in more than three consecutive games - Kevin Doyle scored in four games in a row for Reading during the 2006/07 season against Tottenham, Charlton, Fulham, and Bolton. Doyle also scored for Ireland against San Marino in the final international at the old Lansdowne Road during this run.

Can Shane Long continue his run against Newcastle this weekend?

Further Reading
Scoring Streaks Part I: Consecutive Games
Scoring Streaks Part II: Consecutive Appearances

Last Irish Player To Score For Each 2018/19 Premier League Club

With the new Premier League season only a few days away, we've planned a series of blogs this week based on Irish player appearances in the PL.

Before last season, we published an article with the list of the last Irish player to start a game in the Premier League for each of the teams in the top division.
Following on from that, we've compiled the following list of the last Irish player to score for each of the teams in the upcoming season.

Damien Duff and Robbie Keane hold the distinction of being the last Irish goalscorer for two different clubs - Duff for Chelsea against Newcastle in 2005 and Fulham against Wigan in 2012, and Keane for Liverpool against Bolton in 2008 and Spurs against Sunderland in 2009. Keane actually scored twice for Liverpool against Bolton that day - finding the back of the net on 53 and 58 minutes.

Arsenal, Brighton and Hove Albion, Cardiff, Huddersfield, and Leicester City have had no Irish goalscorers in the Premier League era, and with no Irish players named in the Arsenal, Huddersfield and Leicester squads (at the time of writing) this does not look like changing in the next 12 months.

Of the teams with one, or more, goalscorers, Watford fans have waited the longest to see another goalscorer from the Boys in Green. More than 18 years have passed since Limerick's Dominic Foley scored for the Hornets against Leeds in May 2000, although much is thought of teenage scoring sensation Ryan Cassidy in the current underage setup at Vicarage Road.

Club	Date	Home	Score	Away	Goalscorers
Bournemouth	18th November 2017	Bournemouth	4-0	Huddersfield	Harry Arter
Burnley	19th April 2010	Burnley	1-2	Chelsea	Kevin Long
Crystal Palace	2nd April 2016	West Ham United	2-2	Crystal Palace	Damien Delaney
Chelsea	19th November 2005	Chelsea	3-0	Newcastle Utd	Damien Duff
Everton	4th February 2017	Everton	6-3	Bournemouth	James McCarthy
Fulham	22nd September 2012	Wigan	1-2	Fulham	Damien Duff
Liverpool	26th December 2008	Liverpool	3-0	Bolton	Robbie Keane
Manchester City	21st November 2009	Liverpool	2-2	Manchester City	Stephen Ireland
Manchester United	27th March 2010	Bolton	0-4	Manchester United	Darron Gibson
Newcastle Utd	28th November 2017	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Newcastle Utd	Ciaran Clark
Southampton	8th April 2010	Arsenal	3-2	Southampton	Shane Long
Tottenham	7th November 2009	Tottenham	2-0	Sunderland	Robbie Keane
Watford	3rd May 2000	Leeds United	3-1	Watford	Dominic Foley
West Ham United	30th January 2013	Fulham	3-1	West Ham United	Joey O'Brien
Wolverhampton Wanderers	25th February 2012	Newcastle Utd	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kevin Doyle

Round Up - Week of 22nd November 2016

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

League 1

MK Dons 2-3 Chesterfield
Connor Dimaio made his 25th appearance for Chesterfield.
In the same game, Jay O'Shea scored his 40th goal for the Spirites, and unfortunately picked up his first booking this season

League 2

Cheltenham 0-3 Colchester
Owen Garvan marked his first appearance of the season (his first appearance since the end of April) with an assist

Luton 1-3 Portsmouth
Defender Glen Rea made his 25th appearance for Luton

Plymouth 0-2 Barnet
Connor Smith returned to the Plymouth starting XI for the first time October 4th, and was booked for the first time in three months

Scottish Championship

Raith 1-1 Ayr
Joel Coustrain marked the first start of his career with his first senior strike

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 Colorado Rapids
Kevin Doyle scored his first goal for the Rapids since October 14th, and was booked for the first time since October 16th

Thursday, 24 November 2016

Europa League

Sparta Prague 1-0 Southampton
Shane Long returned from injury last weekend, and made his first start for the Saints since October 20th in their Europa League trip to Prague

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 2-0 Perth Glory
Roy O'Donovan scored his fifth goal against Andy Keogh's side

Round Up - Weekend of 14th October 2016

Friday, 14 October 2016

Scottish Premier League

Inverness CT 0-1 Rangers
Robert Kiernan returned to the Rangers' starting XI for his first appearance since September 10th

MLS

Colorado Rapids 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes
Kevin Doyle marked his return to the Rapid's starting XI (his first start since September 4th) with two strikes, his first goals since July. Before this brace, the Wexford striker hadn't scored twice in the same game since December 2012!

Saturday, 15 October 2016

Premier League

Manchester City 1-1 Everton
James McCarthy came off the bench to make his first appearance for Everton since the end of August
Seamus Coleman was booked for the first time this season

West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Tottenham
James McClean made his 50th appearance for West Brom. THe Baggies have yet to lose a game the winger has started this season (via football365)

League 1

Charlton 3-0 Coventry
Chris McCann was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Fleetwood 2-0 Peterborough
Jimmy Ryan was booked for the first time this season

Northampton 1-3 Millwall
Shaun Williams made his 250th appearance in England

Scunthorpe 2-1 MK Dons
Paddy Madden's two goals were the striker's first goals in more than a month, and the first time the former League of Ireland player had scored a brace since January

League 2

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Blackpool
John O'Sullivan made his 25th start for Accrington Stanley

Cambridge United 0-1 Grimsby
James Berrett scored his first goal for Grimsby

Carlisle United 3-2 Hartlepool
Padraig Amond's opener was his fifth goal for Hartlepool and his 40th goal in League Two

Leyton Orient 1-2 Luton
Glen Rea's return to Luton's starting XI after seven weeks was his 25th career start

Plymouth 2-2 Portsmouth
Connor Smith marked his 50th career appearance with his first goal in League Two

Scottish League One

Airdrie Utd 1-3 Peterhead
Joe Gorman made his first appearance in two months

Cypriot Premier League

Omonia Nicosia 2-0 Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Cillian Sheridan scored his fifth goal in his last five games

Sunday, 16 October 2016

MLS

Portland Timbers 1-0 Colorado Rapids
Kevin Doyle was booked for the fifth time this season

Further Reading
The Premier League's most defensive attackers - football365

First goalscorer

James McClean's goal against West Ham ended an unwanted streak for Irish players in the Premier League - before the Derry winger found the back of the net from close range, no Irish player had scored in the top division in England in the 2016/17 season.

This was also the first time none of the Boys in Green had found the back of the net in a Premier League game in August since 2010-11, when fans of the Irish team had to wait until the second of October for Jonathan Walters to end the run without a goal when he scored the winner for Stoke against former club Blackburn Rovers.

Season	First Goalscorer	Date
2006-2007	Kevin Doyle	23rd August 2006
2007-2008	Stephen Hunt	18th August 2007
2008-2009	Caleb Folan	16th August 2008
2009-2010	Stephen Ireland	15th August 2009
2010-2011	Jonathan Walters	2nd October 2010
2011-2012	Stephen Ward	13th August 2011
2012-2013	Damien Duff	18th August 2012
2013-2014	Seamus Coleman	17th August 2013
2014-2015	Aiden McGeady	16th August 2014
2015-2016	Damien Delaney	8th August 2015
2016-2017	James McClean	17th September 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 13th May 2016

Friday, 13 May 2016
Championship Play-Off
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Richie Towell made his league debut for Brighton, this was his first appearance since starting for the Seagulls in the FA Cup in January

Scottish Championship Play-Off
Falkirk 3-2 Hibernian
Anthony Stokes was booked for the fifth time this season

Saturday, 14 May 2016
League 1 Play Off
Barnsley 3-0 Walsall
Conor Hourihane made his one hundredth start for Barnsley in the first leg of their play off semi final
Anthony Forde made his fiftieth appearance of the season

League 2 Play Off
AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Seamus Conneely came off the bench to make his fiftieth appearance of the season

Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 4-0 Dundee
In Inverness' last game of the season, Richie Foran scored his first goal since September 2013. After scoring the fourth goal of his career in the previous game, Daniel Devine scored his fifth goal of his career, and scored for two consecutive games for the first time in his career!

Sunday, 15 May 2016
Premier League
Southampton 4-1 Crystal Palace
Shane Long made his twenty-fifth start of the season

West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool
James McClean was booked for the eleventh time this season, three months after his last booking in February

Everton 3-0 Norwich
James McCarthy's goal this afternoon was his fifth goal for Everton, all five of which have come in the league

Watford 2-2 Sunderland
John O'Shea returned to the Sunderland starting XI to captain the side on the last day of the season, this was the defender's first start since 1st March

Stoke City 2-1 West Ham United
Shay Given and Darren Randolph are the first two Irish keepers to face each other in a Premier League game since Shay Given faced Paddy Kenny for Aston Villa and QPR, respectively, in February 2012 Given was booked for the first time this season, more than a year since his last yellow in May 2015

League 2
Plymouth 1-0 Portsmouth
Michael Doyle made his fiftieth appearance of the season

Scottish Premier League
Hearts 2-2 St Johnstone
Joe Shaughnessy scored the first own goal of his career

MLS
Columbus Crew 1-1 Colorado Rapids
Kevin Doyle marked his 25th appearance for Colorado Rapids with his second goal and second booking of the season

Round Up - Weekend of 22nd April 2016

Friday, 22 April 2016
Scottish Premier League
St Johnstone 3-0 Aberdeen
Jonathan Hayes made his 150th start for Aberdeen, and picked up his first booking since December

Saturday, 23 April 2016
Premier League
Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton
Kevin Toner made his first appearance for Aston Villa as a second half substitute, and marked the occasion with an assist on their second goal
Shane Long's ninth Premier League goal of the season is a new personal best for the Tipperary striker

League 1 
Bradford City 4-0 Walsall
Liam Kinsella returned to the Walsall starting XI for his first start since 19th March

Colchester 0-3 Burton Albion
Louis Dunne made his first start for Colchester

Peterborough 0-2 Scunthorpe
Paddy Madden made his 50th appearance of the season
Stephen Dawson fourth booking of the season was more than three month since his last yellow card

Wigan 4-1 Southend United
David Mooney returned to the Southend team for his first appearance since 5th March
Chris McCann scored his third goal of the season, this was his first strike since 12th January

League 2
Luton 1-1 Newport Co.
Like Paddy Madden, Mark Byrne made his 50th appearance of the season!

Morecambe 1-4 Stevenage
Jamie Devitt was booked for the fifth time in 2015/16

English FA Cup
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
Darron Gibson made his fiftieth start for Everton

Sunday, 24 April 2016
MLS
Colorado Rapids 3-1 Seattle Sounders FC
Kevin Doyle marked his first appearance for the Rapids since 20th March with his fifth goal for the club

Further Reading
Vox in the Box: Guardian cartoonist David Squires - [thesetpieces]
Long Lacks Star Quality But Remains Key Saints Regular - whoscored.com
Next Jamie Vardy? Padraig Amond Interview - pogmogoal.com
Interview: Jeff Hendrick on choosing soccer over Gaelic and Martin O’Neill’s magic touch - The Irish Post

Round Up - Weekend of 25th March 2016

Friday, 25 March 2016
League 1
Rochdale 4-1 Southend United
Joe Rafferty scored his first goal of the season, more than a year after his last strike in February 2015

Shrewsbury 1-1 Port Vale
Sam Kelly made his twenty-fifth appearance for Port Vale in his first start since 23rd January

League 2
Oxford United 1-1 Stevenage
After signing for Stevenage on loan during the week, Keith Keane went straight into their starting XI for his first start since early February

Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Mansfield Town
Michael Harriman's winner for Wycombe was the tenth goal of the midfielder's career, coming 101 days after his last goal in December

York City 2-2 Crawley
Liam McAlinden scored his first goal for Crawley Town, in only his third appearance for them. Prior to this, the Wolves loanee hadn't scored since September

International Friendly
Republic of Ireland 1-0 Switzerland
Congratulations to Alan Judge, Eunan O'Kane and Jonathan Hayes on making their senior international debuts in this game!
Ciaran Clarke scored his second goal for Ireland, more than three years after his first international goal in February 2013
Kevin Doyle made his first appearance for Ireland since October 2014, and his first start since September 2014. We wish him well in his recovery
This was both David Meyler and Stephen Quinn's first time starting for Ireland since November 2014
After his start against Costa Rica in Philadelphia in June 2014, Shane Duffy had to wait more than 600 days for his second international cap!
This game was also Shane Long's sixtieth, Daryl Murphy's twentieth, and James McCarthy's twentieth home cap for Ireland

Saturday, 26 March 2016
League 1
Bradford City 1-0 Millwall
Shaun Williams and Aiden O'Brien both returned to the Millwall starting XI for their first starts since 13th February and 16th February, respectively
Congratulations to U19 midfielder Kyron Farrell on making the matchday squad for the Lions for the first time!

Chesterfield 0-0 Fleetwood
Jimmy Ryan picked up his tenth booking of the season, more than two months after his last yellow card on 9th January

Australian A-League
Newcastle Jets 1-2 Perth Glory
Andy Keogh's goal in this games was his ninth goal in his last nine games was also his twenty-fifth goal for Perth Glory!

Sunday, 27 March 2016

Australian A-League
Adelaide United 4-2 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O'Donovan's brace in this game was his third goal in four games since returning from suspension

Further Reading
Shane Long relishing Euro 2016 encore with Republic of Ireland - The Guardian
Denise O’Sullivan: ‘When I told him about Houston Dash he was over the moon’ - The Irish Times
Kieron Brady: The former teenage sensation at Sunderland striving for equality - The Northern Echo

Irish Abroad player statistics for March 2015

Appearance data for March 2015: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=3
Charlton's goalkeeper Stephen Henderson won the most games in March, finishing on the winning side four times
With a reduced number of games in March, a number of players all finished two games all square - David Forde, Darren Randolph, Keiren Westwood, Paul McShane, Richard Keogh, Shaun Williams, Matt Doherty, Alex Pearce, Enda Stevens, Jonathan Douglas, Robert Kiernan, Jeff Hendrick, John O'Sullivan, Robbie Keane, Aiden O'Brien and Andy Keogh
Seamus Coleman, Jay Tabb, James McCarthy, and Michael Harriman (on loan at Luton Town) all started six games in March and only Coleman completed all six games. Harriman lost all six games he started
Fulham's Sean Kavanagh started four games and was substituted in each one
Future Colorado Rapids striker Kevin Doyle came off the bench three times in March, along with Cardiff City's Eoin Doyle
Blackburn's Darragh Lenihan remained on the bench in the most games in March, the Dublin born player was an unused substitute six times
Wes Hoolahan scored the most goals in March, finding the back of the net three times
Defender Cyrus Christie received the most bookings, the full back was shown the yellow card three times

Talking Points

Darron Gibson has come off the bench for Everton in their last two league games, after almost three months out with an injury, is he going to appear for Ireland in a month's time?
Sean St Ledger is reportedly going to sign for Orlando City SC very soon, will he return to the national side, will Martin O'Neill or Roy Keane be flying to the Citrus Bowl to watch him?
Will Shane Long's return to Southampton, albeit as an unused substitute, what strikers will be looking to impress the management ahead of the squad announcement?
Robbie Brady has been impressing for Hull City in recent weeks in a left wing-back berth, should he be playing there for Ireland, or as an out and out winger?
Stephen Ireland has started three games in a row for Stoke for the first time this season. Let's just leave that one alone....
Kevin Doyle appeared for Wolves for the first time in over a year with a second half substitute appearance, should he look to push in the starting XI, or pursue a rumoured move to the MLS?
With Everton facing a striker shortage, can U21 striker Sam Byrne force his way into the first team at Goodison Park?
Conor Clifford scored for on Barnet at the weekend, can he make a return to league football?
Kevin Walker made his debut for Djurgårdens in their Swedish Cup game, can he make it to the senior Irish side?
The U19s are playing two friendlies against Azerbaijan in Tallaght Stadium this week ahead of the elite round qualifiers in Germany in a month's time. What players from the side will look to appear for the senior side?

Talking Points

Lamar Neagle of Seattle Sounders has expressed an interest in playing for the Republic of Ireland, but does he have the ability to replace one of the current squad's wingers - McClean, McGeady, Brady, or Pilkington?
Sean St Ledger is currently on trial at new MLS franchise Orlando City SC, after failing to get a contract at DC United, what would playing in Florida do for his international prospects?
Staying the MLS, with Kevin Doyle linked to Colorado Rapids, will a move to Denver affect his position in the Ireland squad?
Another recent exile is Kevin Foley, after moving to FC Kobenhavn of Denmark. Currently lying second in the Superliga, can playing on the continent get the full back into the senior side?
Kevin Walker scored a superb free kick for his new club Djurgårdens IF of Sweden, should the management team be booking a flight to Stockholm to watch the midfielder?
Following Rob Kiernan's loan move to Birmingham, and ironically moving up the Championship table, can he solidify their backline and make a late push for the play offs?
19 year old former Shelbourne winger Dylan Connolly was named on the bench for Ipswich this weekend, after a protracted transfer was finally completed. With the Tractor Boys challenging for a promotion this season, will we see him in the Premier League next season?
Seamus Coleman was linked with a move to German giants Bayern Munich in the weekend's papers, but can he replace Philip Lahm?
With a change in management at Aston Villa, how will this affect the careers of the Irish contingent at Villa Park?
Stephen Henderson returned in goals for Charlton at the weekend, with the keepers in the squad aging, can he make a case for inclusion?

Irish Scorers week of 1st January 2015

01 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Ross County 1-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aaron Doran(27) Aaron Doran(58)	02 January 2015 Australian A-League Melbourne Victory 1-2 Perth Glory Andy Keogh(9)
03 January 2015 Sky Bet League 2 Dagenham and Redbridge 1-0 Bury Rhys Murphy(51) Scottish Championship Rangers 3-1 Dumbarton Jon Daly(22) The FA Cup Cambridge United 2-1 Luton Town Michael Harriman(74)	04 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen Adam Rooney(89, penalty) Adam Rooney(36) The FA Cup Dover 0-4 Crystal Palace Kevin Doyle(87) Stoke City 3-1 Wrexham Stephen Ireland(90) Stephen Ireland(88)

Goals VS Premier League sides

Frank Lampard's goal against Chelsea on Sunday means he has now scored against a record 39 Premier League teams, eclipsing Andrew Cole on 38. This led me to research how the strikers in the 37 man squad announced yesterday by Martin O'Neill fared in the top division in England?

Unsurprisingly, Robbie Keane has scored against the most teams in the Premier League from the current squad - 33 in total, including former clubs Aston Villa, Coventry City, Leeds United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, and you can see the records of his fellow strikers in the table below

Player	Teams
Robbie Keane(33)	Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Charlton, Chelsea, Coventry, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Ipswich, Leicester, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Newcastle Utd, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan, Wimbledon, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kevin Doyle(22)	Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Charlton, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle Utd, Portsmouth, QPR, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea, Tottenham, West Ham United
Shane Long(18)	Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle Utd, Norwich, Portsmouth, QPR, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan
Jonathan Walters(14)	Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool, Newcastle Utd, Norwich, QPR, Sunderland, Swansea, Wigan, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
Daryl Murphy(4)	Birmingham City, Bolton, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan
Anthony Stokes(1)	Derby County
Conor Sammon(1)	West Ham United
Simon Cox(1)	Tottenham Hotspur

Of the teams Lampard has failed to score against in the Premier League, Keane has found the net against Burnley, Ipswich and Watford
Bolton Wanderers are the team most Irish strikers have found the net against with Keane, Doyle, Long, Walters and Murphy all scoring against the Trotters in the Premier League

A Pair Of Trebles

Eoin Doyle and Joe Mason both notched hat tricks last night, for Chesterfield and Bolton Wanderers respectively. While hat tricks for Irish players are not uncommon, two on the same day is a rare occurance. The last time two Irish players scored hat tricks on the same day was Saturday, 30th August 2008. Kevin Doyle scored three in the second half, including two in two minutes, as Reading came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at the Madejski Stadium in the Championship, while Billy Clarke notched four goals for Darlington in a 6-0 win over Macclesfield in League Two.

Fans of Irish football did not have long to wait from the previous time a pair of boys in green had scored hat tricks, as only four days earlier, Dubliner Jon Daly and former U21 striker Billy Mehmet both scored three in the Scottish League Cup for Dundee United against Cowdenbeath and St Mirren against Dumbarton!

Here's hoping we're only waiting four days to the next pair of trebles!