Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 17th August 2024

Saturday, 17th August 2024

Premier League

Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool

Sammie Szmodics, Marcus Harness, and Jack Taylor made their first appearance in the Premier League, the first time three Irish players made their debuts in the top flight in the same game since Kevin Foley, Andy Keogh, and Stephen Ward made their first PL appearance in August 2009, for Wolves against West Ham

Arsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty's start was his 150th appearance in the Premier League

Championship

Portsmouth 0-0 Luton Town

Chiedozie Ogbene's start was his 200th appearance in English football

Bristol City 4-3 Millwall

Sinclair Armstrong scored his first goal for Bristol City

Burnley 5-0 Cardiff

Callum Robinson's introduction was his 50th appearance for Cardiff

Sheffield United 2-2 QPR

Jimmy Dunne scored his first goal of the season

Watford 3-0 Stoke City

Andrew Moran made his first appearance for loan club Stoke City

League 1

Lincoln City 1-2 Barnsley

Paudie O'Connor assisted a goal for the first time since Saturday, 28th October 2023

League 2

Accrington Stanley 3-3 Harrogate Town

Seamus Conneely made his 350th appearance for Accrington Stanley

Bradford City 0-0 Salford City

Neil Byrne was booked for the first time since Friday, 22 December 2023

Port Vale 0-0 Tranmere Rovers

Ronan Curtis' start was the 200th time the forward was named in a starting XI in English football

Sunday, 18th August 2024

League 2

Notts County 2-2 Fleetwood Town

Mipo Odubeko was booked on his first appearance for Fleetwood Town

Scottish League Cup

Motherwell 1-0 Kilmarnock

Kieran O'Hara made his first start of the season - this was the goalkeeper's first start since Wednesday, 15th May 2024

July 2023 Transfers, Loans, and Contracts

Transfers

Tuesday, 4th July

Following her release by Birmingham City, striker Eleanor Ryan-Doyle signed a 12 month contract with Durham WFC

Nathan Collins joined Brentford FC, becoming the first and second most expensive transfer fee paid for an Irish player in the process!

Richard Keogh returned to former club Wycombe Wanderers, where he was on loan in 2005

Brentford B Player of the Year, and top scorer, Alex Gilbert signed for Middlesbrough

Wednesday, 5th July

32 year old full back Enda Stevens signed a one year contract with Stoke City

Friday, 7th July

Former Drogheda United defender James Brown signed for Scottish side Ross County until June 2025

Monday, 10th July

Defender Shane McLoughlin signed a two year contract with Newport Country

Tuesday, 11th July

Jason Knight signed a four year contract with Bristol City

Free agent Ryan Manning signed a contract with Southampton until the summer of 2027

Kieran O'Hara signed for Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock

Winger Ryan Graydon signed a two year contract with Fleetwood Town

Thursday, 13th July

Waterford defender Tunimse Sobowale signed a 12 month contract with Shrewbury Town

Clare O'Riordan will join Amber Barrett at Standard Liege when she returns from the World Cup, after signing for the Belgian club

Friday, 14th July

Ahead of the 2023/24 WSL season, Southampton added Emily Kraft to their squad

Burton Albion signed defender Ryan Sweeney on a two year contract

Deji Sotona signed for League Two side Doncaster Robers

Will Keane returned to Preston North End, where he was on loan during the 2015/16 season, signing a two ywar contract at Deepdale

Ryan Nolan returned to Spain, signing for Segunda Federación side Hercules CF

Monday, 17th July

Mipo Odubeko signed for Portuguese Second Division side CS Maritimo

Midfielder Matthew Healy signed for Belgian Challenger Pro side Royal Francs Borains

Tuesday, 18th July

U21 player Conor Noss signed a two year contract with newly promoted Austrian side FC Blau Weiss Linz, with the option of a further 12 months

Shadrach Ogie signed for League Two side Gillingham

Thursday, 20th July

Matt Doherty returned to Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he mode more than 300 appearances, three years after leaving for Spurs

Friday, 21st July

Aiden McGeady signed a contract with Ayr United, where he will combine his duties as a player with a new role as Technical Manager, while also studying a degree as a Sporting Director in UFCB

Monday, 24th July

Promising defender Josh Seberry left the League of Ireland to sign a two year contract with Newport County

Wednesday, 26th July

Anselmo Garcia MacNulty has signed a 12 month contract, with an the option of a further year, with newly promoted Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle

Friday, 28th July

Republic of Ireland U19 captain Jessie Stapleton signed for West Ham United Women

Liam Bossin returned to his native Belgium to sign for Challenger Pro League side K.V. Oostende

Saturday, 29th July

2022/23 London City Lionesses Player's Player of the Season Hayley Nolan signed for Crystal Palace

Striker Sean Maguire signed a twelve month contract with Carlisle United

Loans

Monday, 24th July

Ross Tierney signed a season long loan deal with League Two side Walsall FC

Thursday, 27th July

Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers signed a season long loan deal with Stoke City

Contracts

Saturday, 1st July

U21 full back Joel Bagan signed a new contract with Cardiff City until June 2026

Monday, 3rd July

Having recovered from a serious knee injury, Jack Clarke was offered a new contract by Reading

Tuesday, 4th July

U17 centre half Jake Grante signed his professional contract with Crystal Palace. Also, Killian Philips and Fionn Mooney agreed new deal with the Eagles

Thursday, 6th July

Ahead of the World Cup, Louise Quinn extended her contract with Birmingham City until June 2025

Thursday, 13th July

Following his successful loan with Motherwell in the second half of the 2022/23 season, James Furlong has signed a two year extension to his contract with Brighton and Hove Albion

Luca Connell signed a four year extension to his contract with Barnsley, with the option of a further 12 months

Wednesday, 19th July

Aoife Mannion signed a new contract with Manchester United, extending her stay at Old Trafford

Friday, 21st July

Jamie Finn signed a two year extension to her contract, until the summer of 2024

Managers

Monday, 3rd July

Michael Doyle returned to Portsmouth as professional development phase coach at their academy

Steven Reid returned to Nottingham Forest as a first-team coach. Reid had previously held the same role for two years at the City Ground

Monday, 24th July

Former women's international Marie Hourihan was announced as head coach of Stoke City Women

May/June 2023 Transfers, Loans, and Contracts
August 2023 Transfers, Loans, and Contracts

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 10th February 2023

Friday, 10th February 2023

Championship

Birmingham City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

Dara O'Shea made his 100th appearance for West Bromwich Albion

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 1-2 Central Coast Mariners

Jay O'Shea scored his first goal since Friday, 6th January

Saturday, 11th February 2023

Championship

Bristol City 1-0 Norwich City

Mark Sykes scored his fifth goal for Bristol City
Andrew Omobamidele was booked for the fifth time this season

Burnley 3-0 Preston North End

Michael Obafemi made his first appearance for Burnley, three months after his last appearance on Saturday, 12 November

Cardiff 1-3 Middlesbrough

Callum Robinson assisted a goal for the first time in two months
Darragh Lenihan's booking, his first in two months, was the defender's fifth yellow card of the season

QPR 1-2 Millwall

Sinclair Armstrong started a game for the first time since Saturday, 22 October

Wigan 1-0 Huddersfield Town

James McClean assisted a goal for the first time in six weeks

League 1

Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Portsmouth

Finn Azaz scored his first goal since Saturday, 22 October

Burton Albion 1-0 Exeter City

Chris McCann was named in the Burton Albion starting XI for the first time
Conor Shaughnessy came off the bench for his first appearance in six months

Cheltenham 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Aidan Keena made his first start for Cheltenham

Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 Derby County

James Collins scored his tenth goal of the season

Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Port Vale

Killian Phillips scored his first goal in English football

Peterborough 0-5 Bolton Wanderers

Jack Taylor was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 22 November

League 2

Swindon Town 0-2 Doncaster Rovers

James Brown was shown his first yellow card in seven weeks

Stevenage 2-3 Bradford City

Ciaran Kelly made his first appearance for Bradford City

Grimsby Town 0-1 Colchester United

Kieran O'Hara was booked for the first time since Saturday, 24th September
Fiacre Kelleher assisted a goal for Colchester United for the first time

Barrow 0-1 Newport County

Harry Charsley was booked for the first time this season

Walsall 1-1 Leyton Orient

Oisin McEntee came off the bench for his first appearance in five weeks)

Scottish FA Cup

Raith Rovers 3-1 Motherwell

Dan Casey's start was his first appearance for Motherwell

Sunday, 12th February 2023

Belgian Challenger Pro League

Beerschot 0-1 RWD Molenbeek

Jake O'Brien was booked for the first time in eight weeks

Monday, 13 February 2023

Premier League

Liverpool 2-0 Everton

Seamus Coleman's start was his 400th appearance for Everton

4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Each one of Seamus Coleman's four hundred appearances for @Everton!#COYBIG #EFC pic.twitter.com/w6pNK6qUyc

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 14, 2023

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 23rd August 2022

Tuesday, 23rd August 2022

English League Cup

Derby County 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

David McGoldrick was named in the Derby County starting XI for the first time
Dara O'Shea started his 100th club game

Fleetwood Town 0-1 Everton

Seamus Coleman's start was his first appearance of the season

Rotherham 0-1 Morecambe

Joshua Kayode made his first appearance of the season
Chiedozie Ogbene's introduction was his 100th appearance for Rotherham

100 Club Appearance @OfficialRUFC 🙌🏽

We thank god ❤️ pic.twitter.com/DNZP1Wqoi2

— Chiedozie Ogbene (@EdozieOgbene) August 25, 2022

Barrow 2-2 Lincoln City

Anthony Scully scored his 40th goal for Lincoln City

Norwich City 2-2 Bournemouth

Adam Idah marked his first appearance since Wednesday, 9th February with his first goal of the season, also his first goal in the League Cup
Ben Greenwood's start was his Bournemouth debut

Oxford United 0-2 Crystal Palace

Killian Phillips made his first appearance for Crystal Palace

Watford 0-2 MK Dons

Darragh Burns scored his first goal for MK Dons

Colchester United 0-2 Brentford

Kieran O'Hara made his first appearance for Colchester United

Crawley Town 2-0 Fulham

Shane Duffy started a game for the first time since Wednesday, 16th March

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

English League Cup

Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Brighton and Hove Albion

Sean Robertson was named in the Forest Green Rovers starting XI for the first time, this was his first start since Tuesday, 26th October 2021
Evan Ferguson scored his first goal for Brighton's senior team in his first start for the Seagulls
James Furlong made his first appearance for Brighton and Hove Albion as a second half substitute

Scottish League Challenge Cup

Celtic B 3-0 Livingston II

Ben Quinn scored his first goal in senior football

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

Europa Conference Qualifiers

Viborg 0-3 West Ham United

Armstrong Oko-Flex made his first appearance for West Ham's senior team

Irish Player Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for August 2022

Transfers

Monday, 1st August

26 year old central midfielder Sammie Szmodics signed a three year contract with Blackburn Rovers

Tuesday, 2nd August

Youssef Al-Mahdi signed a three year contract with Egyptian second division side Olympic Alexandria

Wednesday, 3rd August

Following a trial period at the end of last season, Sean Grehan signed a two year contract with Crystal Palace academy

Free agent Kieran O'Hara signed a twelve month contract with Colchester United

Thursday, 4th August

Winger Sean Robertson signed a contract with Forest Green Rovers

Friday, 5th August

Jonathan Afolabi returned to Ireland from Celtic, signing for Bohemians

Tuesday, 9th August

U21 midfielder Will Ferry signed for League One side Cheltenham Town

Ola Lawal, brother of Celtic's Bosun Lawal, signed a one year deal with Falkirk, with the option of a further 12 months

Wednesday, 10th August

Having started his career in the Ipswich Town academy, Richard Keogh returned to Portman Road, signing a 12 month contract with the Tractor Boys

Ahead of the new Women's Super League season, Diane Caldwell signed for Reading Women

Friday, 12th August

Daniel Devine signed a one year contract with Chester FC

Creative midfielder Conor Tee signed for AFC Rushden and Diamonds

Saturday, 13th August

Defender Claire O'Riordan signed for Celtic FC women

Former Falkirk academy player Ceiran Dunne returned to Scotland following his release by Sunderland to sign for Scottish Championship side Cove Rangers

Sunday, 14th August

Former U21 goalkeeper Danny Rogers returned to Ireland to sign for St Patrick's Athletic

Friday, 19th August

Jordan McEnedd returned to home town Derry to sign for Derry City until the end of the current League of Ireland season

Friday, 26th August

Cyrus Christie signed a two year contract, with the option of a further 12 months, with Hull City

Monday, 29th August

Blackpool announced that defender Andy Lyons will join the Seasiders in January 2023 after signing a three year contract, with the option of a further 12 months

Peamount player Teagan Ruddy signed for Swiss side FC Sion

buzzing to sign my first professional contract with @FCSion, waited a long time for this and can’t wait to get going🔴⚪️

Thank you for everything @peamountutd it’s been a pleasure💚 pic.twitter.com/tgpxI4GUQu

— Tiegan Ruddy (@tieganruddy) August 29, 2022

Monday, 29th August

Callum Robinson signed a three year contract with Cardiff City

Goalkeeper Conor Brann signed for Swindon Town

Winger Anthony Scullly made the step up from League One to Championship, signing a three year deal with Wigan Athletic

Former Ireland U19 midfielder Alex Hunt joined former loan club Grimsby Town, signing a contract with the Mariners until 2025

UCD defender John Ryan signed for Serie A side Sassuolo

Congratulations to former Aisling Annacotty player, John Ryan, on joining Italian 🇮🇹 Serie A Team Sassuolo. John has also played for Ireland 🇮🇪 underage teams over the last few years. The Club is very proud of his achievements 👏 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/ryOMmkDtI0

— Aisling Annacotty AFC (@aislingannafc) September 1, 2022

Full back Alex Healy-Byrne signed for Burnley, and will play for their U21 side in the Professional Development League

Daniel Okwute joined Stockport County from Kerry FC, signing a a contract until 2024

Loans

Monday, 1st August

Mazeed Ogungbo joined his former Arsenal underage coach Kevin Betsy at Crawley Town on a season long loan

Wednesday, 3rd August

Jamie McGrath returned to Scotland, signing a season long loan with Dundee United

Friday, 5th August

Shane Duffy will spend the 2022/23 season on loan at Fulham

Jamie Egan signed a one month youth loan with Gloucester City

Tuesday, 9th August

Deji Sotona signed a one year loan deal with Kilmarnock

Friday, 12th August

Preston North End defender Josh Seary signed a three month loan deal with non-league Warrington Town

Thursday, 18th August

U21 defender Mark McGuinness signed a one season loan deal with Sheffield Wednesday

Friday, 19th August

Former U18 defender Corrie Ndaba signed for Burton Albion on loan for the 2022/23 season

Wolves goalkeeper Joe O'Shaughnessy signed a loan deal with Bradford City until the end of the season

Saturday, 20th August

Celtic striker Johnny Kenny signed a season loan deal with Scottish Championship side Queen's Park

Friday, 26th August

U21 defender Jake O'Brien signed for Belgian second division side Racing White Daring Molenbeek on loan for the 2022/23 Belgian season

Monday, 29th August

Rotherham striker JJ Kayode joined MK Dons on a season long loan

Tuesday, 30th August

After making his senior debut for West Ham against Viborg, Armstrong Okoflex signed for Swansea on loan until the end of the season

Thursday, 1st September

Tyreik Wright signed his fourth loan deal in League Two, joining Bradford City until the end of the season

Danny Grant signed for Harrogate Town on loan

Contracts

Monday, 1st August

Following their promotion to the Women's Super League last season, Liverpool Women's team captain Niamh Fahey extended her stay with the Reds

Thurday, 11th August

Highly rated winger Andrew Moran signed a new three year contract with Brighton and Hove Albion

Monday, 15th August

Danny McNamara signed a new long term contract with Millwall

Friday, 19th August

Ronan Maher signed his first professional contract with Walsall FC, signing with the Saddlers until 2025

Warren O'Hora extended his contract with MK Dons until June of 2023

Saturday, 20th August

Ahead of the new Women's Championship season, Naoisha McAloon was rewarded for her performances with Durham FC with a new contract

Sunday, 21st August

Striker Tom Cannon signed a contract with Everton until the summer of 2025

Tuesday, 23rd August

Former U19 defender Harvey Neville signed a contract with Inter Miami until the end of the 2024 MLS season

Friday, 26th August

U19 striker Calum Kavanagh extended his contract with Middlesbrough until the summer of 2025

Management

Friday, 5th August

Andy Reid was promoted to Nottingham Forest's senior coaching staff

Friday, 19th August

Marie Hourihan was appointed interim head coach of London Bees

Wednesday, 25th August

Following the departure of youth team coach Tommy McIntyre, Darren O'Dea has been promoted to joint coach of Celtic's youth teams, with Stephen McManus

Summer 2022 Transfer Window

Irish Player Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for July 2022
Irish Player Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for May/June 2022

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 4th December 2020

Friday, 4th December 2020

Championship

Barnsley 0-4 Bournemouth

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

Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for September 2020

Transfers

Wednesday, 2nd September

Daryl Horgan returned to the Championship, and signed a two year contract with newly promoted Wycombe Wanderers

Sean Scannell joined Grimsby Town, signing a two year deal with the Mariners

Thursday, 3rd September

Following his departure from Macclesfield Town, defender Emmanuel Osadebe signed for Walsall

Wednesday, 9th September

Callum Robinson returned to West Bromwich Albion, where he spent the 2019/20 season on loan, signing a five year contract with the Baggies

Thursday, 10th September

Tyrone Duffus reunited with former boss Peter Beadle at non-league side Barnet

Friday, 11th September

Stephen McLaughlin joined former manager Graham Coughlan at Mansfield Town, signing a short term deal with the Stags

Following his season long loan at Burton Albion last season, goalkeeper Kieran O'Hara signed a two year contract with the Brewers

Saturday, 12th September

Defender Fiacre Kelleher signed a one year contract with Welsh side Wrexham

Wednesday, 16th September

Following his successful loan at St Andrews during the 2019/20 season, Scott Hogan signed a four year contract with Birmingham City

Thursday, 17th September

Alan McCormack returned to Southend United, where he left in 2010 after more than 150 games, signing a contract until January 2021

Friday 18th September

Defender Kevin Toner signed for Spanish fourth division side Club de Futbol la Nucia

Monday, 21st September

Shamrock Rovers' Ireland underage international Edwin Agbaje signed for Ipswich Town

Roland Idowu left Southampton to sign his first professional contract with Cardiff City

Tuesday, 22nd September

After making more than 250 appearances for Bournemouth, Harry Arter has signed for fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest

Sunday, 27th September

U21 striker Michael O'Connor left Waterford to sign for Scottish Premiership side Ross County

Wednesday, 30th September

Deji Sotona has signed for Ligue Un side OGC Nice, and will go straight into their first team squad

Loans

Wednesday, 2nd September

Shane Duffy completed a season long loan to Celtic during the international break

Thursday, 10th September

Denise O'Sullivan signed a loan deal with Brighton and Hove Albion, and will play for the Women's Super League side until the end of 2020

Friday, 18th September

Fulham defender Cyrus Christie signed a season long loan deal with Nottingham Forest

Tuesday, 22nd September

Birmingham City defender Ryan Burke signed for Yeovil Town on loan until January 2021

Ireland U19 and Arsenal defender Mark McGuinnes signed a season long loan deal with Ipswich

Tuesday, 29th September

Celtic striker Jonathan Afolabi signed a season long loan deal with Dundee

Tom O'Connor returned to Gillingham on loan for the remainder of the 2020/21 season

Contracts

Tuesday, 8th September

Conor Masterson extended his contract with QPR until the summer of 2023

Wednesday, 16th September

Connor Ronan signed a four year extension to his contract with Wolves

Friday, 18th September

Bradford defender Reece Staunton signed a new four year contract at Valley Parade

Tuesday, 22nd September

After signing a one year scholar contract in July, Calum Kavanagh signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough

Tuesday, 29th September

Goalkeeper Max O'Leary signed a three year extension to his contract with Bristol City

Before completing his loan move to Dundee, Jonathan Afolabi signed an extension to his contract with Celtic until the end of the 2022/23 season

Is a goalkeeping crisis not being discussed?

With the play-off for Euro 2020 a month away, a lot of the recent discussion on the squad Mick McCarthy is set to announce on March 13th has been on the strikers - will Troy Parrott be named, has Shane Long's recent form earned him a recall, will David McGoldrick be recovered in time, can Aaron Connolly get back into the Brighton starting XI, does Scott Hogan's recent good form count, etc.

However, we think another conversation should be happening - who is going to be in goals against Slovakia?

Since the final whistle was blown against Denmark in November, first choice Darren Randolph played once for Middlesbrough before a thigh injury sidelined him. On recovering, he earned a move to Premier League side West Ham during the January transfer window. Unfortunately the Bray native has only appeared three times for the Hammers since the move, with his last appearance coming a month ago against West Brom in the FA Cup.

Mark Travers was named on the bench against Denmark, and has had a similar player record to Randolph since November - appearing three times for Bournemouth, twice in the FA Cup and once in the Premier League. Fellow unused substitute against the Danes Kieran O'Hara has played more games than any other number 1 since then, he's named in the starting XI for loan side Burton Albion, 21 times since that night in Aviva stadium. The Brewers currently sit twelfth in League One.

Looking at the other Irish goalkeepers playing outside Ireland, only five men - James McKeown, Jack Bonham, Max O'Leary, Danny Rogers, and Conrad Logan - have ten or more appearances since November, and none of them at a higher level than mid-table in England's third tier.

Of the other players capped at, or called up to, senior international level, Joe Murphy has appeared six times for Shrewsbury Town, Kristiansund's Sean McDermott's season ended in early December, and the Norwegian 2020 season will not kick off until early April. Caoimhin Kelleher has played twice for Liverpool, but is expected to be on U21 duty, and Kieren Westwood clarified on Twitter recently why he has not appeared for Sheffield Wednesday since the end of November.

So, with all that in mind - do we have a goalkeeping crisis?
Who would you like to see named in the squad?

Round up for weekend of Friday, 14th February 2020

Friday, 14th February 2020

Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester City

Matt Doherty started a game for the 30th time this season

Saturday, 15th February 2020

Premier League

Southampton 1-2 Burnley

Shane Long started a game for Southampton for the 110th time
Michael Obafemi was booked for the first time since November 2018
Jeff Hendrick assisted a goal for the first time in two months

Championship

West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Callum Robinson scored his first goal for West Bromwich Albion

Charlton 0-2 Blackburn

Aiden McGeady was named in the Charlton starting XI for the first time
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the tenth time this season

Fulham 0-3 Barnsley

Harry Arter came off the bench for his 90th appearance in the Championship

Leeds United 1-0 Bristol City

Callum O'Dowda was booked for the first time this season

QPR 4-2 Stoke City

Ryan Manning's start was his 100th appearance in English football

League 1

Accrington Stanley 4-3 Lincoln City

Seamus Conneely scored his first goal of the season - this was his first goal since September 2018
Anthony Scully marked his first start for Lincoln City with his first goal for the Imps

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool

Connor Ronan assisted a goal for Blackpool for the first time

Gillingham 2-1 Doncaster Rovers

Thomas O'Connor was booked for the first time in a month

Ipswich 4-1 Burton Albion

Alan Judge scored for the first time in a month - the first goal of his brace was his 25th in League One
Kieran O'Hara's start was his 40th appearance for Burton Albion

Oxford United 0-1 Sunderland

Anthony Forde started a game for the first time in since Saturday, 7th December

League 2

Cambridge United 2-1 Bradford City

Samir Carruthers came off the bench for his first appearance in two months - and assisted a goal for the first time this season

Cheltenham 2-1 Leyton Orient

Conor Wilkinson scored his fifth goal of the season - four months after his last goal in October

Grimsby 2-1 Morecambe

John O'Sullivan made his 100th appearance in League Two

Macclesfield 2-3 Exeter

Fiacre Kelleher scored his first goal of the season - this was the defender's first goal since October 2018
Pierce Sweeney's goal was his first since September

Mansfield Town 1-0 Newport Co.

Harry Charsley was booked for the first time this season

Australian A-League

Western Sydney Wanderers 1-1 Newcastle Jets

Simon Cox made his first start for Western Sydney Wanderers
Roy O'Donovan assisted a goal for the first time since August in what was his 40th appearance for Newcastle Jets

Round Up for weekend of Thursday, 14th November 2019

Thursday, 14th November 2019

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 3-1 New Zealand

Both Kieran O'Hara and Jack Byrne started for Ireland for the first time in their second appearanceCiaran Clark's start was his first international appearance since Thursday, 6th September 2018
Both Troy Parrott and Lee O'Connor's starts were also their international debut
Sean Maguire scored his first goal in his first start since Saturday, 23rd March
In his third appearance, and his first starting since May 2018, Derrick Williams scored his first international goal
Callum Robinson scored his first goal for Ireland

Saturday, 16th November 2019

League 1

Bolton 1-0 MK Dons

Joe Mason made his first start for MK Dons - this was his first start since October 2018

Coventry 2-1 Rochdale

Jimmy Ryan was booked for the first time this season

Gillingham 1-0 Lincoln City

Cian Bolger first booking in seven weeks, was also his fifth yellow card of the season

League 2

Exeter 0-0 Cheltenham

Jake Doyle-Hayes' start was his 25th career appearance

Forest Green 0-1 Plymouth

Niall Canavan made his 50th start for Plymouth

Port Vale 2-1 Carlisle United

Canice Carroll was booked for the fifth time this season, in what was his first start in a month

Salford City 2-3 Swindon Town

Adam Rooney scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season
Eoin Doyle scored his 15th and 16th goals of the season, and also completed his first assist of the season

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 7th September 2019

Saturday, 7th September 2019

League 1

MK Dons 2-1 AFC Wimbledon

Ryan Delaney made his first appearance of the season, starting for loan club AFC Wimbledon

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham

Ian Lawlor's 100th career start was also his 100th career appearance

Bristol Rovers 3-3 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely was sent off for the first time in his career

Fleetwood 2-1 Oxford United

Jimmy Dunne made his first appearance of the season, at loan club Fleetwood. This was also his first starting since April

League 2

Bradford City 2-1 Northampton

Dylan Connolly made his first appearance for loan club Bradford City
Michael Harriman unfortunately marked his first start for new club Northampton with an own goal, his first OG since April 2018
Paudie O'Connor scored his first goal in League Two

Cheltenham 4-2 Stevenage

Sean Long scored his first goal of his career, five years after his career debut in August 2014

Macclesfield 1-1 Crawley

Fiacre Kelleher was booked for the first time this season

Mansfield Town 2-0 Scunthorpe

Conor Shaughnessy made his first appearance of the season, starting for loan club Mansfield Town

Morecambe 2-2 Salford City

Richie Towell made his first assist of the season

Tuesday, 10th September 2019

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 3-1 Bulgaria

Ireland scored three goals in a game for the first time since beating Uruguay 3-1 in June 2017
This was the first win against Bulgaria since beating them 2-0 in a Euro '88 qualifier in October 1987
Three players all scored their first international goal in the same game for the fourth time in Irish football history, and the first time since 1987
John Egan captained his country in his first appearance since Thursday, 15th November 2018
The starts of Kevin Long, Cyrus Christie, and Callum O'Dowda was their first appearance since Monday, 19th November 2018
Alan Judge's was named in an Ireland starting XI for the first time since Friday, 25th March 2016
Alan Browne marked his fifth appearance for Ireland, and his first start since Monday, 28th May 2018, with his first goal at international level
Ireland awarded debuts to five players (Mark Travers, Josh Cullen, Kieran O'Hara, Jack Byrne, and James Collins) in a single game for the first time since May 2009
Byrne was also the 500th player to play for the Republic of Ireland 
James Collins marked his debut with a goal, the 38th player to do so, and the 178th player overall to score for Ireland

Goalkeeping debut double

Following the friendly against Bulgaria, former goalkeeper Alan Kelly noticed that, in amongst the five debutants, two goalkeepers made their first international appearance, and wondered if this had ever happened in a senior international before?

Fantastic debuts from the five lads last night .... When was the last time 2 Irish GKs made their debuts in the same game? A proud moment for the players, their families & the Staff🇮🇪 #IREBUL #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/F3ysneM8Sd

— Goalkeeping Skills (@Keepingskills) September 11, 2019

We've examined the history of senior internationals, and produced this table of the debuts of each of the 45 goalkeepers to player for Ireland - and can confirm that the game was the first time that two goalkeepers made their debut in the same game!

Name	Date	Level	Home	Score	Away
Harry Cannon	Sun 21 March 1926	Friendly	Italy	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Frank Collins	Sat 23 April 1927	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-2	Italy
Tom Farquharson	Sat 20 April 1929	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	4-0	Belgium
Mick McCarthy	Sun 8 May 1932	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-0	Poland
Jim Foley	Sun 25 February 1934	World Cup Qualifier	Republic of Ireland	4-4	Belgium
Bill Harrington	Sun 8 December 1935	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-5	Netherlands
Tommy Breen	Mon 17 May 1937	Friendly	Switzerland	0-1	Republic of Ireland
George McKenzie	Sun 10 October 1937	World Cup Qualifier	Norway	3-2	Republic of Ireland
Ned Courtney	Sun 16 June 1946	Friendly	Portugal	3-1	Republic of Ireland
George Moulson	Sun 23 May 1948	Friendly	Portugal	2-0	Republic of Ireland
Willie Hayes	Sun 24 April 1949	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Belgium
Tommy Godwin	Sun 22 May 1949	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Portugal
Fred Kiernan	Sun 13 May 1951	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-1	Argentina
Jimmy O'Neill	Sun 1 June 1952	Friendly	Spain	6-0	Republic of Ireland
Tom Scannell	Sun 7 March 1954	World Cup Qualifier	Luxembourg	0-1	Republic of Ireland
Alan Kelly Snr	Sun 25 November 1956	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Germany
Noel Dwyer	Sun 1 November 1959	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-2	Sweden
Maurice Swan	Wed 18 May 1960	Friendly	Sweden	4-1	Republic of Ireland
Dinny Lowry	Sun 8 April 1962	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-3	Austria
Pat Dunne	Wed 5 May 1965	World Cup Qualifier	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Spain
Mick Smyth	Wed 30 October 1968	Friendly	Poland	1-0	Republic of Ireland
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tue 7 October 1969	World Cup Qualifier	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Mick Kearns	Wed 23 September 1970	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Poland
Paddy Roche	Sun 10 October 1971	European Cup Qualifier	Austria	6-0	Republic of Ireland
Peter Thomas	Sun 21 October 1973	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-0	Poland
Gerry Peyton	Wed 9 February 1977	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-1	Spain
ron Healey	Sun 24 April 1977	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-0	Poland
Seamus McDonagh	Tue 24 Feb 1981	Friendly	republic of Ireland	1-3	Wales
Packie Bonner	Sun 24 May 1981	Friendly	Poland	3-0	Republic of Ireland
Kelham O'Hanlon	Tue 10 November 1987	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	5-0	Israel
Alan Kelly Jnr	Wed 17 February 1993	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-1	Wales
Shay Given	Wed 27 March 1996	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0-2	Russia
Keith Branagan	Tue 11 February 1997	Friendly	Wales	0-0	Republic of Ireland
Dean Kiely	Sat 13 November 1999	European Cup Play off	Republic of Ireland	1-1	Turkey
Nick Colgan	Wed 27 March 2002	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Denmark
Joe Murphy	Tue 9 September 2003	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-2	Turkey
Paddy Kenny	Wed 31 March 2004	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2-1	Czech Republic
Wayne Henderson	Wed 1 March 2006	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Sweden
Colin Doyle	Wed 23 May 2007	Friendly	Ecuador	1-1	Republic of Ireland
Keiren Westwood	Fri 29 May 2009	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-1	Nigeria
David Forde	Tue 24 May 2011	Carling Nations Cup	Republic of Ireland	5-0	Northern Ireland
Darren Randolph	Tue 11 September 2012	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	4-1	Oman
Robert Eliott	Sun 25 May 2014	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1-2	Turkey
Mark Travers	Tue 10 September 2019	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-1	Bulgaria
Kieran O’Hara	Tue 10 September 2019	Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3-1	Bulgaria

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 17th August 2019

Saturday, 17th August 2019

Premier League

Everton 1-0 Watford

Seamus Coleman was booked for the first time since October 2018

Championship

Barnsley 2-2 Charlton

Josh Cullen was booked for the first time this season

Stoke City 2-2 Derby County

Scott Hogan scored his first goal for loan club Stoke in his 100th appearance in the Championship

Swansea 3-2 Preston North End

Joe Rafferty scored his first goal for Preston - his first strike since December 2018

League 1

Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth

Marcus Harness scored his first goal for Portsmouth
Aiden McGeady completed his first assist since New Year's Day

Blackpool 2-1 Oxford United

Anthony Forde made his 250th career appearance

Burton Albion 0-1 Rotherham

Stephen Quinn made his 50th start for Burton Albion, and coincidentally, Kieran O'Hara made his 50th career start

Coventry 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Jordan Shipley scored his first goal of the season

Lincoln City 4-0 Southend United

Joe Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Bradford City 3-0 Oldham

Sean Scannell scored his first goal for Bradford - this was the winger's first goal since November 2015

Carlisle United 0-2 Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney made his 50th appearance for Mansfield Town

Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Walsall

Paul Green made his 50th appearance for Crewe Alexandra
Eddie Nolan scored his first goal of the season - before this Nolan hadn't scored since January

Exeter 1-1 Swindon Town

In his first appearance for Swindon Town, Eoin Doyle scored his first goal of 2019/20

Morecambe 0-0 Cheltenham

Barry Roche was booked for the first time in almost a year, the goalkeeper's last yellow card was on Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Sean Long was booked for the first time this season, his last yellow was in December 2017

Newport Co. 1-0 Plymouth

Padraig Amond made his 300th appearance in League Two

Scottish League Cup

Hibernian 5-3 Greenock Morton

Danny Rogers made his first appearance for loan club Greenock Morton
Daryl Horgan completed his tenth assist for Hibernian

Sunday, 18th August 2019

Premier League

Sheffield United 1-0 Crystal Palace

James McCarthy booked for the first time since January 2018 in his first appearance for Crystal Palace

Eredivisie

Feyenoord 1-1 FC Utrecht

Liam Kelly's first start for Feyenoord was the first time the midfielder was named in a starting XI since February

Monday, 19th August 2019

Romanian Second League

Lovech 1-2 OFK Pirin

Conor Henderson made his first appearance for OFK since returning to them

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 29th December 2018

Saturday, 29th December 2018

Championship

Bristol City 1-0 Rotherham

Ryan Manning was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Richie Towell was sent off for the first time since leaving the League of Ireland

Millwall 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Daryl Murphy started his first game since Saturday, 6th October

Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa

Glenn Whelan assisted a goal for the first time since September
Congratulations to Adam O'Reilly on his senior debut

🙌 Congratulations to @pnefcacademy pair @Adam_o_reilly and @Ethanwalker_7 on making their first team debuts this afternoon! 👏 #pnefc pic.twitter.com/VPckeGfDzJ

— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) December 29, 2018

QPR 0-0 Reading

John O'Shea was booked on his first appearance in a month

Sheffield United 3-0 Blackburn

David McGoldrick was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game in what was his 25th appearance for Sheffield United

Swansea 2-2 Wigan

Darron Gibson started his first game in a month

League 1

Burton Albion 1-1 Plymouth

Stephen Quinn made his 25th appearance for Burton Albion
Damien McCrory's introduction from the bench was his first appearance in a month

Coventry 1-0 Southend United

Michael Doyle came off the bench for his first appearance in a month

Rochdale 0-4 Bradford City

Anthony O'Connor scored his fifth goal for the club

Walsall 2-2 Luton

Alan McCormack was booked for the fifth time this season in his first start since Tuesday, 13th November; this was also the midfielder's 25th appearance for Luton
James Collins' tenth goal of the season was also his 30th goal for Luton

League 2

Carlisle United 2-1 Macclesfield

Kieran O'Hara's start against Carlisle was his 25th career start

Mansfield Town 0-0 Swindon Town

Ryan Sweeney made his 25th appearance for Mansfield Town

Notts County 0-0 Bury

Jay O'Shea's start was the midfielder's 250th career start

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 0-2 St Johnstone

Andy Boyle was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Sunday, 30th December 2018

Premier League

Burnley 2-0 West Ham United

Declan Rice was booked for the first time since September

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 1-2 Adelaide United

Roy O'Donovan's first goal of the season was his tenth goal for the club



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Monday, 31st December 2018

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 1-4 Perth Glory

The first goal of Andy Keogh's brace (his fifth and sixth goals of the season) was his 50th goal for Perth Glory

Round up for week of Tuesday, 2nd October 2018

Tuesday, 2nd October 2018

Championship

Wigan 0-0 Swansea

Darron Gibson was named in the Wigan starting XI for the first time in almost two months

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 0-1 Bradford City

Sean Scannell made his 200th career start

Barnsley 1-1 Plymouth

Graham Carey was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Burton Albion 1-2 Southend United

Simon Cox scored his 30th goal for Southend - all of which have been scored in the league

Oxford United 1-2 Luton

Samir Carruthers's late introduction was his first appearance in two months
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Sunderland 2-2 Peterborough

Aiden McGeady was named in Sunderland's starting XI for the first time this season

League 2

Cambridge United 1-3 Forest Green

Jake Carroll was sent off in English football for the first time

Newport Co. 3-3 Macclesfield

Fiacre Kelleher scored his fifth goal of his career
Padraig Amond was booked for the first time since November 2017
Kieran O'Hara was booked for the first time this season

Northampton 0-0 Bury

John-Joe O'Toole made his 300th career start

Wednesday, 3rd October 2018

Championship

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Millwall

Shaun Williams scored his third goal of the season in what was his 100th Championship appearance

Rotherham 0-0 Bristol City

Ryan Manning made his 50th appearance in English football

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 28th August 2018

Tuesday, 28th August 2018

English League Cup

Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Southampton

Aaron Connolly made his first appearance since November 2017

Burton Albion 1-0 Aston Villa

Stephen Quinn's start for Burton was his first start in a year

Cardiff 1-3 Norwich

After signing for Cardiff in the summer, Greg Cunningham made his first appearance for the Bluebirds

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Blackpool

Ian Lawlor made his first appearance of the season

Fulham 2-0 Exeter

Dara O'Shea was booked for the first time since August 2016 in his debut for Exeter

Leeds United 0-2 Preston North End

Conor Shaughnessy's start for Leeds was his first appearance since January

Middlesbrough 2-1 Rochdale

Ryan Delaney scored his first goal of the season in his 25th start for Rochdale

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty's start was the 250th appearance of his career

Walsall 3-3 Macclesfield

Kieran O'Hara made his first appearance in the League Cup

Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 Forest Green

Gavin Gunning made his 25th appearance for Forest Green

Wednesday, 29th August 2018

English League Cup

Millwall 3-2 Plymouth

Shaun Williams made his 200th appearance for Millwall

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Newcastle Utd

Daryl Murphy's first goal in the League Cup was also his tenth goal for Forest, and the landmark 100th goal of his career

Reading 0-2 Watford

John O'Shea started his first game for Reading

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 21st August 2018

Tuesday, 21st August 2018

League 1

Bradford City 1-0 Burton Albion

Anthony O'Connor's start for Bradford was the defender's 250th career appearance

League 2

Lincoln City 2-1 Bury

After scoring his first goal since January 2017 last week, Eoghan O'Connell scored his first goal in League Two - this is a career high for goals in a season for the defender

Macclesfield 1-1 Cheltenham

After signing for Macclesfield on loan, Kieran O'Hara made his first appearance for the Silkmen. This was the goalkeeper's first appearance at senior level since April 2016
Liam McAlinden's booking was the striker's first yellow card since since December 2017

Morecambe 1-0 Northampton

Barry Roche was sent off for the fourth time for Morecambe, 28 months after his last red card in April 2016

Wednesday, 22nd August 2018

Championship

League 1

Scunthorpe 0-5 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden's start was his 25th appearance for Fleetwood