Round Up for week of Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Premier League

Everton 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Seamus Coleman's start was his 350th appearance for Everton

3️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ in 🔵

A typical all-action performance from the captain in his 350th #EFC appearance in all competitions.

Congrats, Seamus! 🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/gpGD1RMzNz

— Everton (@Everton) May 20, 2021

Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa

Matt Doherty's introduction was his first appearance since Sunday, 14 March

West Bromwich Albion 1-3 West Ham United

Darren Randolph's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 27 February

League 1

Lincoln City 2-0 Sunderland

Aiden McGeady's start was the 110th time the winger was named in the Sunderland starting XI

Bulgarian Cup

ARDA 0-1 CSKA Sofia

Congratulations to Graham Carey on winning the Bulgarian Cup with CSKA Sofia!

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Thursday, 20th May 2021

League 2

Tranmere 1-2 Morecambe

Lee O'Connor was booked for the first time since Friday, 2nd April
Liam McAlinden scored for consecutive games for the first time since August 2019, and assisted a goal for the first time since Tuesday, 15 September

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

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 20th October 2018

Saturday, 20th October 2018

Premier League

Manchester City 5-0 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick was booked for the first time this season

Championship

Blackburn 2-1 Leeds United

Darragh Lenihan scored his first goal of the season

Hull City 1-1 Preston North End

Sean Maguire made his first start of the season

Rotherham 1-1 Bolton

Richie Towell made his 50th appearance for Rotherham

League 1

Luton 2-0 Walsall

Glen Rea's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Luton

Portsmouth 1-0 Fleetwood

Cian Bolger made his 100th appearance for Fleetwood

Southend United 1-2 Coventry

Michael Doyle was booked for the first time this season
Simon Cox was sent off for the first time in his career

League 2

Bury 4-0 Notts County

Jay O'Shea's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Bury

Forest Green 1-1 Cheltenham

Kevin Dawson made his 150th career start in England
Liam McAlinden came off the bench for his first appearance since Tuesday, 28th August

Lincoln City 1-1 Cambridge United

David Forde made his 100th appearance in League Two

MK Dons 1-0 Northampton

Sam Foley was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 0-1 St Johnstone

Charles Dunne's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 21st July

St Mirren 1-2 Kilmarnock

Alan Power scored his first goal for Kilmarnock, this was his first goal since January 2017

Scottish Championship

Dunfermline 0-1 Queen of the South

Aidan Keena made his first appearance for loan club Dunfermline

Sunday, 21st October 2018

Premier League

Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace

Seamus Coleman was booked for the first time this season

Australian A-League

Perth Glory 1-1 Western Sydney Wanderers

Andy Keogh scored on the opening day of the A-League 2018/19 season 

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

Irish Player Transfers, Loans and Contracts - July 2018

Transfers

Monday, 2nd July
Former Dundalk player Patrick McEleney returned to the Lilywhites after a brief spell at Oldham: 🔗

Tuesday, 3rd July
Following his loan spell at Gillingham in the second half of 2017/18, Callum Reilly signed a two year contract with the Gills: 🔗

Friday, 6th July
Former finalist of “Football’s Next Star” Connor Smith signed for Boreham Wood: 🔗

Monday, 9th July
Following his release from Everton, Sam Byrne signed an 18 month contract with former loan club Dundalk: 🔗

Thursday, 12th July
Rhys Murphy signed for non league Chelmsford Town: 🔗

Monday, 16th July
After a short trial, Reece Grego-Cox signed a two year deal with Crawley Town: 🔗

Wednesday, 18th July
19 year old FAI Women’s Team striker Leanne Kiernan signed for West Ham Ladies: 🔗

Thursday, 19th July
Adam Rooney signed a three year deal with non league side Salford City: 🔗

Sheffield United broke their transfer record to sign John Egan to a four year contract: 🔗

Huddersfield Town’s longest serving player Sean Scannell left the John Smith’s Stadium to sign for Bradford City: 🔗

Following his release from Bradford City, four times capped goalkeeper Colin Doyle signed a two year contract with Hearts: 🔗

Sunday, 22nd July
James McClean left West Brom to sign for fellow Championship side Stoke City: 🔗

Tuesday, 24th July
Following a short trial, Marc Wilson signed a 12 month contract with Bolton Wanderers: 🔗

Following a trial during preseason, David McGoldrick signed for Sheffield United: 🔗

Saturday, 28th July
Ireland U21 striker Liam McAlinden signed a two year contract with Cheltenham Town: 🔗

Loans

Friday, 6th July
After signing a two year extension to his contract with Leeds, Paudie O’Connor signed a season long loan deal with Blackpool: 🔗

Wednesday, 11th July
Danny Rogers signed a season long loan deal with newly promoted Scottish Premiership side St Mirren: 🔗

Monday, 16th July
Conor Sammon signed a season long loan deal with Motherwell: 🔗

Tuesday, 24th July
Former Finn Harps defender Shane Blaney signed for non league Tamworth Town on a six month loan: 🔗

Contracts

Thursday, 3rd July
Darragh Lenihan signed an extension to his contract with Blackburn Rovers, keeping the defender at Ewood Park until 2022: 🔗

Friday, 4th July
Ryan Delaney signed a new contract with Rochdale: 🔗

Wednesday, 11th July
Preston’s international midfielder Alan Browne signed a new three year contract at Deepdale: 🔗

Thursday, 12th July
Blackburn Rovers defender Derrick Williams signed a new deal that will keep him with the Lancashire side until 2021: 🔗

Tuesday, 17th July
Highly rated teenage striker Troy Parrott signed his professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur and will play for their U18 side as a first year scholar

Wednesday, 18th July
Former St Francis player Jack Connolly signed his first professional contract with Sunderland: 🔗

Thursday, 19th July
Southampton due Sean Brennan and Kameron Ledwidge signed their first professional contracts: 🔗

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 4th May 2018

Friday, 4th May 2018

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-1 Ross County

Conor Sammon was named in a starting XI for the 200th time since leaving the League of Ireland
Daniel Devine made his first appearance in a month

Saturday, 5th May 2018

Premier League

Leicester City 0-2 West Ham United

Declan Rice made his 25th Premier League appearance

League 1

Blackburn 2-1 Oxford United

Darragh Lenihan scored his first goal for Blackburn, more than three years after his last goal, on loan at Burton in January 2015

Fleetwood 2-0 Walsall

Paddy Madden scored his tenth goal of the season

Northampton 2-2 Oldham

Brendan Moloney made his first appearance in a month

League 2

Exeter 1-0 Colchester

Liam McAlinden's start against Colchester was the striker's first appearance since Tuesday, 20th March

Forest Green 0-3 Grimsby

James Berrett's late introduction from the bench was his first appearance in a month

Lincoln City 1-1 Yeovil

Corey Whelan returned to Yeovil and his start against Lincoln was his first appearance since Saturday, 10th March

Mansfield Town 1-1 Crawley

Mark Connolly made his 200th career start, and was booked for the first time since March

Notts County 0-0 Luton

Glen Rea made his 50th appearance of the season
Alan Sheehan was shown his first yellow card in a month

Swindon Town 3-0 Accrington Stanley

After being shown two yellow cards, Jimmy Dunne was sent off for the first time in his career

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 1-0 Hamilton Academical

Darren O'Dea started his first game in a month

Motherwell 1-5 St Johnstone

David McMillan scored his first goal for St Johnstone in his first appearance since Saturday, 27th January

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 0-1 Melbourne Victory

Roy O'Donovan was sent off for the second time in two months

Sunday, 6th May 2018

Premier League

Arsenal 5-0 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick started his first start since Saturday, 10th March.
Hendrick, Stephen Ward, and Kevin Long were all named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 24th February

Championship

Cardiff 0-0 Reading

Paul McShane came off the bench for his first appearance since Saturday, 13th January

Ipswich 2-2 Middlesbrough

Shane McLoughlin's late introduction was his debut appearance in the Championship

Leeds United 2-0 QPR

Eunan O'Kane came off the bench for his first appearance in a month

Millwall 1-0 Aston Villa

Aiden O'Brien was named in a starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 20th Januar
Shaun Williams's first goal since Friday, 30 March was also his fifth goal in the Championship

Preston North End 2-1 Burton Albion

Sean Maguire's start was his 25th appearance for Preston North End

Sunderland 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Marc Wilson made his 25th appearance in the Championship

Round up for weekend of Friday, 8th December 2017

Friday, 8th December 2017

Championship

Sheffield United 1-2 Bristol City

Enda Stevens' first booking since October was also his fifth yellow card of the season and he is suspended for the next game

Saturday, 9th December 2017

Premier League

Burnley 1-0 Watford

This was Kevin Long's first appearance in the Premier League this season and his first appearance for Burnley since Tuesday, 19 September

Championship

Aston Villa 0-0 Millwall

Shaun Williams returned from injury as a second half substitute. This was the midfielder's first appearance since Tuesday, 26th September
Glenn Whelan was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Burton Albion 1-2 Preston North End

Daryl Horgan's late winner was his first goal of the season

Hull City 3-2 Brentford

David Meyler unfortunately scored his first own goal of his career in this game
John Egan scored his first goal since Tuesday, 22nd August and was booked for the second time this season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Sunderland

Darron Gibson's start against Wolves was his 25th appearance for Sunderland

League 1

Bristol Rovers 3-0 Southend United

Rory Gaffney made his 25th appearance of the season

Charlton 0-1 Portsmouth

Billy Clarke started his first game for Charlton in a month

Oldham 5-1 Northampton

The first goal of Jack Byrne's brace (the second time he's scored twice in a game this season) was the tenth goal of his career, and earned him a spot in the EFL team of the week

#EFL Team of the Week! 💫

Our selection of standout performers from the weekend action >> https://t.co/OxkIVUQynQ pic.twitter.com/6ufuKc6PIk

— EFL (@EFL) December 11, 2017

Sam Foley's consolation for Northampton was his first goal in a month and also his 15th goal in League 1

Plymouth 2-1 Gillingham

Graham Carey made his 250th start in British football

League 2

Cheltenham 1-0 Crewe Alexandra

Eddie Nolan made his 25th appearance for Crewe Alexandra

Colchester 3-1 Exeter

Liam McAlinden made his 25th appearance of the season

Grimsby 1-0 Forest Green

James McKeown was booked for the first time this season, before this the goalkeeper hadn't been booked since September 2016

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 5-1 Partick Thistle

Niall Keown scored the first own goal of his career for Partick in this game

Monday, 11th December 2017

Championship

Reading 2-2 Cardiff

Liam Kelly was booked for the first time this season

Round Up for Saturday, 11th November 2017

Saturday, 11 November 2017

League 1

Gillingham 1-1 Bury

Mark Byrne made his 50th appearance for Gillingham
Eoghan O'Connell made his 25th appearance in League One

Oxford United 1-2 Northampton

Sam Foley was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Cambridge United 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Jake Carroll made his 100th appearance in League Two

Cheltenham 2-2 Luton

Alan Sheehan was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Exeter 2-0 Grimsby

Liam McAlinden's return to the Exeter starting XI for the first time in a month was also the striker's 25th start for Exeter

Scottish League Challenge Cup

Inverness CT 1-0 Falkirk

Aaron Doran returned from injury for Inverness Caledonian Thistle to make his first appearance since February

Australian A-League

Adelaide United 1-2 Newcastle Jets

Roy O'Donovan made his 50th appearance in the A-League

FIFA World Cup 2018 European Play Off First Leg

Denmark 0-0 Republic of Ireland

Starting XI
Darren Randolph made his 27th appearance for Ireland
Cyrus Christie made his 16th appearance for Ireland
Shane Duffy made his 16th appearance for Ireland
Ciaran Clark made his 29th appearance for Ireland
Stephen Ward made his 48th appearance for Ireland
James McClean made his 56th appearance for Ireland
Jeff Hendrick made his 36th appearance for Ireland
Callum O'Dowda made his eighth appearance for Ireland
Harry Arter made his tenth appearance for Ireland
Robbie Brady made his 38th appearance for Ireland
Daryl Murphy made his 31st appearance for Ireland

Substitutes
Glenn Whelan made his 84th appearance for Ireland
Conor Hourihane made his fourth appearance for Ireland
Shane Long made his 77th appearance for Ireland

Round Up for Tuesday, 3rd October 2017

Tuesday, 3rd October 2017

Football League Trophy

Cambridge United 0-1 Southampton U21

Jake Carroll was booked for the first time season in his first start in more than a month

Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Oldham

Jack Byrne's winner was his first goal in Football League Trophy

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Sunderland U21

Cody Prior made his senior debut as a second half substitute

Fleetwood 2-1 Morecambe

Cian Bolger made his 50th start for Fleetwood

Blackburn 0-1 Bury

Eoghan O'Connell returned from injury to make his first appearance for Bury since signing for them in the summer

Scunthorpe 2-1 Grimsby

Sam Kelly start against Scunthorpe was his first start since Tuesday, 29th August

Colchester 0-1 Gillingham

Sean Murray made his 100th career start
Finn O'Mara's start for Gillingham was also the defender's first career start

Plymouth 2-2 Exeter

Both Liam McAlinden and Pierce Sweeney made their 50th appearance for Exeter, with McAlinden marking the occasion with the 20th goal of his career

MK Dons 0-0 Stevenage

Luke Wade Slater's start for Stevenage was the former St Kevin's Boys player's first career start
Kevin Toner was booked for the first time this season

Oxford United 2-2 Brighton U21

Daniel Mandroiu's equaliser for Brighton's U21 side was the first senior goal of the striker's career

Peterborough 1-1 Northampton

Sam Foley made his first appearance for Northampton after signing for them in preseason

Round Up - Week of 14th February 2017

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Championship

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Ipswich

David McGoldrick was booked for the first time in 2017

League 1

Bristol Rovers 0-0 Sheffield United

After signing for Sheffield United on loan, Jay O'Shea made his first start for the Blades against Bristol

Gillingham 1-1 Chesterfield

Bradley Garmston continued his recovery from injury with hs first start since November 16th

Millwall 2-0 Port Vale

Aiden O'Brien's first goal since the beginning of January was also his 20th goal in League One

Scunthorpe 0-0 Walsall

Paddy Madden returned to the Scunthorpe starting XI for his first start since January 2nd

Bolton 1-0 Rochdale

Keith Keane was booked for the fifth time this season

League 2

Carlisle United 2-1 Doncaster Rovers

Ian Lawlor was booked for the first time this season, this was the goalkeeper's first yellow card in more than a year

Colchester 2-3 Crawley

Mark Connolly made his 100th start for Crawley, spread across two spells with the reds

Notts County 2-2 Exeter

Liam McAlinden was booked for the first time in 2017

Portsmouth 2-0 Blackpool

Eoin Doyle scored his first goal for Portsmouth, more than two months after his last goal on December 3rd

Yeovil 1-1 Cambridge United

Jake Carroll made his 100th start in England
After returning from injury following a year out, Barry Corr scored his first goal since December 2015

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 7-2 Motherwell

Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal since December 30th to match his total of six goals in 2015/16
Adam Rooney reached 15 goals for the season with his first hat trick since September 2014

Round Up - Week of 31st January 2017

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Premier League

Bournemouth 0-2 Crystal Palace

After five bookings in the first half of the season, Damien Delaney was booked for the first time since December 26th

Burnley 1-0 Leicester City

Jeff Hendrick made his 25th appearance of the season

Championship

Brentford 3-0 Aston Villa

Alan McCormack came off the bench as a late substitute to make his first appearance for Brenford since October
After signing for Aston Villa on Thursday, Conor Hourihane made his first appearance for the Villains

Bristol City 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Callum O'Dowda made his 25th appearance for Bristol City

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Rotherham

Stephen Kelly started his first game for Rotherham since November 26th

League 2

Exeter 4-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Liam McAlinden made his 25th appearance for Exeter
Michael Harriman's start for Wycombe was the midfielder's first appearance in a month

Scottish Premier League

Hamilton Academical 3-0 Inverness CT

After signing for Inverness from Bluebell United, Dean Ebbe came off the bench to make his first appearance for Inverness CT

Football League Trophy

Oxford United 2-1 Bradford City

Josh Cullen made his 50th career appearance

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Premier League

Manchester United 0-0 Hull City

David Meyler was booked for the second time this season, five months after his first yellow card, on his 100th appearance in the Premier League

Stoke City 1-1 Everton

Seamus Coleman made his 200th appearance in the Premier League

Championship

Newcastle Utd 2-2 QPR

Ciaran Clark unfortunately scored his first own goal in more than four years on his 25th appearance for Newcastle. His last OG was in September 2012

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 0-1 St Johnstone

Graham Cummins made his 50th appearance in the SPL

Round Up - Weekend of 29th December 2016

Thursday, 29 December 2016

Championship

Rotherham 1-2 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season

Friday, 30 December 2016

Premier League

Hull City 2-2 Everton
David Meyler returned to the Hull City starting XI for his first start in a month

Championship

Newcastle Utd 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season

League 1

Port Vale 1-0 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 200th appearance for Chesterfield

League 2

Hartlepool 3-2 Morecambe
Jake Carroll made his 100th appearance since leaving St Patrick's Athletic
Padraig Amond scored his eighth goal of the season, having not found the back of the net since November 19th

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 0-1 Aberdeen
Jonathan Hayes scored his 25th goal for Aberdeen

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Premier League

Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Shane Long's first goal of the season wasn't enough for Southampton to beat West Brom on the last day of the year

Championship

Huddersfield 1-1 Blackburn
Derrick Williams made his 150th career appearance

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 QPR Ryan Manning made his first appearance for QPR, and unfortunately was booked

Brentford 0-0 Norwich
John Egan made his 25th appearance for Brentford
Robbie Brady was sent off for the second time in his career, five years after his last red card in November 2011

League 1

Southend United 1-1 Charlton
Simon Cox was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking since 26 November 26th) and is suspended for the next game

Bolton 2-1 Scunthorpe
Stephen Dawson unfortunately marked his 50th start for Scunthorpe with his  fifth booking of the season and is suspended for the next game. This was the midfielder's first yellow card in two months

Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Rory Gaffney made his 50th appearance for Bristol Rovers

League 2
Luton 3-1 BarnetAlan Sheehan scored his second goal of the season, three months after his last goal on September 27th. This was also the defender's fifth goal in League Two
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Newport Co. 1-4 Exeter
Liam McAlinden made two assists in his first start for Exeter in more than a month

Plymouth 2-0 Crawley
James Collins made his 250th career start
Both Connor Smith and Mark Connolly picked up their fifth bookings of the season, and will be suspended for their next game

Round Up - Weekend of 13th August 2016

Saturday, 13 August 2016
Premier League
Hull City 2-1 Leicester City
On the opening day of the Premier League season, David Meyler started his first club game since Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Championship
Brentford 2-0 Ipswich
John Egan opened his account for Brentford with two strikes, the first Irish defender to score a brace in England since Egan himself notched twice for Gillingham in November 2014

Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson's booking against Leeds was his first booking since February

Wigan 3-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan's start for Blackburn this afternoon was his 50th career appearance

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Reading
Joe Mason and Matt Doherty both scored their fifth goal for Wolves against Reading. This was tenth goal of Doherty's career.

League 1
Chesterfield 3-1 Swindon Town
Anton Rodgers made his 50th career start
Jay O'Shea scored his first goal of the season, his first goal since April

MK Dons 2-2 Millwall
Darren Potter's booking today was his first yellow card since April

Peterborough 0-1 Bradford City
After returning to Bradford on loan, Josh Cullen made his first appearance of the season

Sheffield United 1-1 Rochdale
Donal McDermott was shown his first yellow card since January

League 2
Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Crawley
After signing for Crawley in the summer, James Collins scored his first goal for the club

Exeter 1-2 Hartlepool
in his first start for Exeter, Liam McAlinden scored his first goal for the club. This was his first goal since Friday, 25 March 2016

Notts County 1-1 Stevenage
Graham Burke came off the bench for Notts County to make his 50th career appearance

Scottish Premier League
Dundee 1-2 Rangers
Darren O'Dea captained Dundee on his 25th appearance for the club

Motherwell 1-2 St Johnstone
Joe Shaughnessy made his 50th appearance for St Johnstone since signing for them in May 2015

Sunday, 14 August 2016
League 1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Oxford United
Rory Gaffney was booked for the first time since February in his 25th start for Bristol

Irish Player Transfers - May/June 2016

With the 2016 summer transfer window opening today, we've compiled a list of the Irish players who have already transferred, signed loan deals and signed new contract

Permanent Deals

22nd May 2016

Following his release from Southend, Cian Bolger signed a three year deal with Fleetwood Town: http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/news/article/fleetwood-town-cian-bolger-transfer-3121628.aspx

25th May 2016

Following the expiration of his contract with Bradford City, Alan Sheehan signed a two year deal with Luton Town: http://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/article/alan-sheehan-joins-luton-3125200.aspx

Southend midfielder Gary Deegan signed a two year deal with Shrewsbury Town: http://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/article/shrewsbury-town-gary-deegan-sky-bet-league-1-3125294.aspx

After being released by Wolverhampton Wanderers, former Monaghan United goalkeeper Aaron McCarey signed a two year contract with Ross County: http://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news/archive/four-new-signings-for-201617-season/

31st May 2016

Folllowing a loan at Rochdale at the end of the 15/16 season, Niall Canavan has signed a two year deal with the Dale: http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/canavan-agrees-two-year-deal-3130195.aspx

Following loan spells at Shrewsbury and Crawley in 2015/16, Liam McAlinden signed for Exeter City: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/grecians-complete-third-signing-of-the-summer-3130226.asp

6th June 2016

After making almost 100 appearances for Morecambe, winger Jamie Devitt signed a two year deal with Carlisle United: http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/article/winger-jamie-devitt-joins-on-....-year-deal-3131660.aspx

After impressing on trial, U18 midfielder Leo Donnellan signed a one year deal with for Dagenham and Redbridge, with an option for a further year: http://www.daggers.co.uk/news/article/leo-donnellan-signs-dagenham-and-redbridge-3136218.aspx

10th June 2016

Paddy Kenny signed with Northampton Town as their goalkeeping coach, and is registered as a player, if required: http://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/article/paddy-kenny-northampton-town-3139886.aspx

15th June 2016

Midfielder Mark Byrne has rejoined Justin Edinburgh, his former manager from Rushden & Diamonds and Newport County, at Gillingham FC on a two year deal: http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/mark-byrne-joins-the-gills-3143289.aspx

17th June 2016

Following his release by Celtic, striker Anthony Stokes has signed a three year deal with Blackburn Rovers: http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/anthony-stokes-3145787.aspx

After loans at Dagenham & Redbridge and Stevenage in 2015/16, Jake Mulraney signed a two year deal with Inverness Caledonian Thistle: http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1780-2-year-deal-for-jake

20th June 2016

Following a record breaking season with Grimsby in non league football, Padraig Amond has signed  for Hartlepool United: http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/article/hartlepool-united-sign-grimsby-town-striker-padraig-amond-3146931.aspx

21th June 2016

After playing against them in the League Two play off final just a few weeks ago, Connor Smith signed for Plymouth Argyle: http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/connor-rolls-in-3147167.aspx

23rd June 2016

Striker Pat Hoban signed for Mansfield Town following his release from Oxford: http://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/article/2016-17/-stags-capture-striker-3151559.aspx

25th June 2016

Defender Anthony O’Connor left newly promoted Championship side Burton Albion to sign for Aberdeen: http://www.afc.co.uk/news/8045.php

27th June 2016

After ten appearances for Luton Town on loan in 2015/16, Glen Rea signed for the Haters on a two year deal deal: http://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/article/glen-rea-luton-town-brighton-republic-of-ireland-nathan-jones-3158276.aspx

29th June 2016

After making 29 appearances on loan at Preston North End in 2015/16, striker Eoin Doyle signed a three year deal with the Lilywhites: http://www.pnefc.net/news/article/2016-17/eoin-doyle-completes-permanent-move-to-preston-north-end-3161236.aspx

30th June 2016

Former U21 winger Anthony Forde signed with Rotherham United: http://www.themillers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/rotherham-united-anthony-forde-3162249.aspx

James Berrett left York City to sign for Grimsby Town on a two year deal: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/mariners-sign-berrett-3162278.aspx

Loans

29th June 2016

After spending 2015/16 on loan with Dutch side SC Cambuur, promising U21 midfielder Jack Byrne signed a one year loan with Blackburn Rovers, joining Shane Duffy, Darragh Lenihan, John O’Sullivan and Anthony Stokes: http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/rovers-jack-byrne-manchester-city-3160876.aspx

New Contracts

9th June 2016

Despite having his career with Everton disrupted by injury, Darron Gibson signed a two year extension: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/06/09/gibson-pens-new-deal

10th June 2016

A one year extension was triggered in Wes Hoolahan’s Norwich City contract: http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-contracts-3139779.aspx

29th June 2016

West Ham’s Declan Rice signed a three year deal with the club: http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/June/29-June/Rice-signs-new-contract

30th June 2016

Defender Stephen Kelly signed a one year extension to his contract with Rotherham: http://www.themillers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/stephen-kelly-rotherham-united-3161698.aspx

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

Round Up - Weekend of 12th March 2016

Saturday, 12 March 2016
Premier League
Stoke City 1-2 Southampton
Glenn Whelan's 300th appearance for Stoke City was spoiled by Southampton's win this afternoon - but congratulations Glenn!

Championship
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds
Republic of Ireland U21 goalkeeper Eric Grimes made his first appearance in the Leeds matchday squad as an unused substitute - congratulations Eric!

Huddersfield 1-3 Burnley
Following his return to action midweek, Sean Scannell made his first start since early January for Huddersfield, but the occasion was spoiled by Stephen Ward's fifteenth goal in the UK

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Aiden McGeady scored his first goal of the season, almost 19 months after his last club goal in August 2014!

QPR 3-0 Brentford
After recovering from a calf injury, Alan McCormack returned to the Brentford starting XI for the first time since 9th January

Rotherham 3-3 Derby County
After two substitute appearances in Rotherham's last two games, Stephen Kelly made his first start for the club since mid-December. Leon Best scored his first two goals for Rotherham since signing for them, previous to this the striker hadn't scored since April 2014, and hadn't scored a brace since August 2011!

League 1
Barnsley 0-2 Southend United
Michael Timlin's goal this afternoon was the the twentieth goal of his career, he had to wait a long time for it, having not scored since the end of September!

Colchester 3-3 Wigan
U17 midfielder Louis Dunne came off the bench to make his debut for Colchester, becoming the sixth father and son to play for the U's

Shrewsbury 2-2 Scunthorpe
Paddy Madden scored his 19th goal, and was booked for the sixth time in 2015/16. This was the second time this season the striker found the back of the net and was shown a yellow card in the same game, having also done managed the feat in September!

League 2
Hartlepool 3-1 Dagenham and Redbridge
Jake Carroll scored his first goal for Hartlepool, having gone more than two years since scoring his last goal in February 2014!

Luton 0-1 Crawley
Having signing for Crawley Town on loan during the week, Liam McAlinden  went straight into the starting XI for his first start since late December, but unfortunately marked his debut with his first booking since early December

Morecambe 2-1 AFC Wimbledon
Similarly to McAlinden, Rhys Murphy signed for AFC Wimbledon during the week and went straight into the starting XI for the Dons. His fellow Irish underage international Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the first time in his career in the same game

Northampton 1-1 Cambridge United
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season

York City 1-1 Barnet
Kenneth McEvoy made his twenty-fifth career appearance

Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 0-1 Hamilton Academical
Richie Foran came off the bench to make his first appearance for Inverness in almost two months

Scottish First Division
Dumbarton 1-1 Falkirk
After being released by Queen of the South in January, Paul Heffernan signed for Dumbarton on Friday and came off the bench to make his debut.

English FA Cup
Everton 2-0 Chelsea
Seamus Coleman made his two hundredth start in England in this win for Everton

Sunday, 13 March 2016
Scottish League Cup
Hibernian 1-2 Ross County
Anthony Stokes' two hundred fiftieth career start came in this loss in the Scottish League Cup Final

MLS
Colorado Rapids 1-0 LA Galaxy
Kevin Doyle was booked for the first time this season

Eredivisie
Heracles 3-1 Cambuur
Jack Byrne's strike this afternoon was the first time the midfielder has scored, but Cambuur have not gone on to win the game, having picked up three points in both games he scored previous to this

Further Reading
It's just business, nothing personal - Ewan McKenna
Damien Duff: I don't want to turn into Kim Kardashian! - The Irish Times 
Cillian Sheridan walking away from excuses and scoring lots of goals - Irish Examiner
Leicester City’s Rise was Stockport County’s Fall - Leon McSweeney
Profile: Exeter City and former Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison - The Football League Paper
Irish Foxes: Former Leicester duo David Connolly and Dave Langan on their time at the club - The Irish Post

Irish Abroad Round Up - 26th December 2015

26 December 2015 
Premier League
Southampton 4-0 Arsenal
Shane Long scored his second brace of the season, and his first in the league since May 2014. The former Cork City player also picked up his first booking of the season

Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City
This was the first league game Kieren Westwood missed for the Owls since September (he is rested for their cup games) and the first league game this season that Stephen Gleeson did not appear for Birmingham.

League 1
Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Scunthorpe
Stephen Dawson returned to the Scunthorpe starting XI for his first appearance since August 19th, and marked his return with his first booking of the season. Likewise, Niall Canavan picked up his first yellow card of 2015/16

Millwall 0-1 Walsall
Liam Kinsella came off the bench for Walsall to make his first appearance since October 10th

Shrewsbury 1-1 Fleetwood
Liam McAlinden's first start since October 6th was also his twenty-fifth career start

Swindon Town 1-3 Gillingham
John Egan's start away to the Robins was his one hundredth career appearance

League  2
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-3 Cambridge United
Barry Corr's goal this afternoon was the 90th of his career! Congratulations Barry, the ton is in sight!

Further Reading
Rob Elliot is not just for Christmas, he's for life at Newcastle
Andy Reid set for groin operation in America
Picture Perfect - Jon Walters is the Times' Player of the Year (subscription required)

Irish Scorers weekend of 22nd February 2015

21 February 2015 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 3-1 Bournemouth Jonathan Douglas(9) Sky Bet League 1 Bradford City 1-1 Walsall Billy Clarke(51) Fleetwood Town 2-1 Notts County Liam McAlinden(25) Leyton Orient 3-0 Oldham Athletic David Mooney(25, penalty) Sheffield United 2-2 Coventry City Michael Doyle(78) Sky Bet League 2 AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Luton Town David Connolly(90) Dagenham and Redbridge 1-3 Burton Albion Damien McCrory(90) Northampton Town 3-0 York City Brendan Moloney(48) Stevenage 4-2 Southend United Barry Corr(56, penalty) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 3-0 St Mirren Adam Rooney(21) Adam Rooney(48)