Irish Abroad: Mark Travers

🙌 This afternoon, skipper @Alan__Browne is set to become the 16th player to reach 350 appearances for PNE!

Congratulations, Browney 💙#pnefc pic.twitter.com/XwXfqqQRz3
— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) October 29, 2022

League 1

Port Vale 1-0 Lincoln City

Sean Roughan was booked for the first time in seven weeks

Derby County 4-2 Bristol Rovers

Both James Collins and David McGoldrick scored their fifth goal for Derby County - McGoldrick's goal was the final goal of the first hat trick of his career
Conor Hourihane was booked for the fifth time this season, six weeks after his previous booking, and is suspended for the next game

League 2

Stockport County 3-0 Sutton United

James Brown was booked for the first time in two months, and assisted a goal for the first time in ten weeks

Bradford City 1-1 Crawley Town

Mazeed Ogungbo's start was his first appearance in seven weeks

Walsall 1-0 Rochdale

Liam Kinsella was named in the Walsall starting XI for the 200th time

Scottish Premiership

Hibernian 3-0 St Mirren

Joe Shaughnessy's introduction was his first appearance in a month

St Johnstone 1-0 Kilmarnock

Graham Carey's start was his first appearance in two months

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 0-0 Melbourne Victory

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

Sunday, 30th October 2022

Swedish Allsvenskan

Mjällby 1-2 AIK

Zachary Elbouzedi's was named in the AIK starting XI for the first time in two months

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 23rd October 2022

Saturday, 22th October 2022

Championship

Blackpool 4-2 Preston North End

In his first start of the season, CJ Hamilton scored his first goal of the season

Middlesbrough 0-0 Huddersfield Town

Darragh Lenihan was booked for the first time in two months

Reading 2-0 Bristol City

Shane Long assisted a goal for the first time this season, in his first appearance in seven weeks

Rotherham 2-4 Hull City

Cyrus Christie scored his first goal of the season

Sheffield United 2-2 Norwich City

Tony Springett's introduction was his first appearance in two months

Sunderland 2-4 Burnley

Luke McNally's introduction was his first appearance since Friday, 12th August

League 1

Lincoln City 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Sean Roughan's start was his 25th appearance for Lincoln City
Daniel Mandroiu scored his second goal in two games

Oxford United 1-2 Peterborough

Jack Taylor scored his tenth goal in League One

League 2

Carlisle United 2-3 Leyton Orient

Aaron Drinan scored his 15th goal in League Two

Crawley Town 3-2 Mansfield Town

Stephen Quinn was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Grimsby Town 0-0 Bradford City

Tyreik Wright was booked for the first time this season - this was the midfielder's first yellow card since January

Salford City 0-2 Stockport County

Paddy Madden scored his fifth goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Arbroath 1-0 Hamilton Academical

Daniel O'Reilly was sent off for the first time for Hamilton Academical

Dundee 0-0 Greenock Morton

Ian Lawlor's start was his first appearance of the season
Both Ryan Sweeney and Jaze Kabia were booked for the fifth time this season and both players are suspended for the next game

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-1 Raith Rovers

Zak Delaney made his first assist of the season

Sunday, 23rd October 2022

Championship

Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff

Michael Obafemi scored his 15th goal for Swansea City
Callum Robinson was sent off for the first time in his career

Watford 4-0 Luton Town

Louie Watson's first appearance since Tuesday, 9 August 2022(76 days)

Monday, 24 thOctober 2022

Premier League

West Ham United 2-0 Bournemouth

Mark Travers' introduction was his first appearance in eight weeks

Back underway for the second half and we've been forced into another change...

⬅️ Neto
➡️ Travers

Let's go, Travs 👐

46' | ⚒ 1-0 🍒 // #WHUBOU pic.twitter.com/5V41Nd0VFU
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) October 24, 2022

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 3rd December 2021

Friday, 3rd December 2021

Championship

Fulham 1-1 Bournemouth

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

Eerste Divisie

Dordrecht 2-5 Roda JC

Liam Bossin was booked for the first time in eight weeks

Saturday, 4th December 2021

Premier League

Newcastle United 1-0 Burnley

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

Southampton 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

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

Championship

Coventry 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

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

Blackburn 1-0 Preston North End

Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season

Bristol City 1-0 Derby County

Jason Knight was booked for the first time this season

Cardiff 2-3 Sheffield United

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

Millwall 3-1 Birmingham City

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

League 1

Accrington Stanley 5-1 Fleetwood

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

Scottish Championship

Queen of the South 0-0 Partick Thistle

Ruairi Paton was booked for the fifth time this season

FA Cup

Burton Albion 1-2 Port Vale

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

Lincoln City 0-1 Hartlepool

Gavan Holohan was booked for the first time in five weeks

Leyton Orient 4-0 Tranmere

Aaron Drinan scored his seventh goal in his previous seven games

Cambridge United 2-1 Exeter

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

Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town

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

Carlisle United 1-2 Shrewsbury

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

Portsmouth 1-2 Harrogate Town

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

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 0-0 Adelaide United

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

Sunday, 5th December 2021

Premier League

Tottenham 3-0 Norwich

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

Scottish Premier League

Dundee Utd 0-3 Celtic

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

Friday, 5 November 2021

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 2nd November 2021

Tuesday, 2nd November 2021

Championship

Birmingham City 3-0 Bristol City

Scott Hogan scored his fifth goal of the season

Millwall 1-0 Reading

Dan McNamara's introduction was his 25th appearance for Millwall

League 1

Fleetwood 2-3 Wigan

James McClean made his 100th appearance for Wigan
Will Keane scored his 20th goal in League Two

Portsmouth 1-1 Cheltenham

Shaun Williams was booked for the first time in seven weeks
Dan Crowley was booked for the first time this season

Football League Trophy

Rochdale 0-3 Bolton

Eoin Doyle scored his fifth goal of the season, eight weeks after his last goal

Northampton 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion U21

Andrew Moran made his first start in senior football
Evan Ferguson scored his first senior goal of his career

Salford City 5-3 Leeds United U21

Tyreik Wright was named in the Salford starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 18th September

Wednesday, 3rd November 2021

Championship

Bournemouth 1-2 Preston North End

Mark Travers made his 25th appearance for Bournemouth - starting in each one

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Hull City

Callum Robinson assisted a goal for the fifth time in the 2021/22 season

Thursday, 4th November 2021

Europa League

Ferencvaros 2-3 Celtic

James McCarthy came off the bench for his first appearance in five weeks

MLS

Austin FC 3-1 Sporting Kansas City

In his first start in five weeks, Jon Gallagher was shown his first yellow card of the season

Friday, 22 January 2021

Episode 25 - Duff, Goalies, and Videotape

It's a new year but it's the same FAI. Two of Stephen Kenny's coaching team have stepped aside following the controversial video shown to the squad before the friendly against England. Mark Travers has moved to League One Swindon on loan - could he and fellow third tier goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu be in the manager's thoughts for the qualifiers in March, and what will Jack Byrne's move to Cyprus do for his international ambitions?

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy and Phil Flanagan to discuss all this in the first podcast of 2021

*note this episode was recorded before Andy Reid stepped down as U18 coach and Mick McCarthy was appointed as Cardiff City manager

Monday, 11 January 2021

Round up for weekend of Friday, 8th January 2021

Friday, 8th January 2021

FA Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Crystal Palace

James McCarthy's start was his first appearance in two months, and his first start since a month before that

Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool

Caoimhin Kelleher's start was his first appearance since Wednesday, 9th December

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 1-2 Western Sydney Wanderers

Simon Cox completed his first assist since August

Saturday, 9th January 2021

League 1

Lincoln City 1-1 Peterborough

Anthony Scully scored his tenth goal for Lincoln City, this was also his fifth goal in League One

Gillingham 0-1 Burton Albion

John-Joe O'Toole was named in the Burton Albion for the 50th time

Rochdale 3-3 Crewe Alexandra

Gavin Bazunu's start was his first appearance in two months
Paul McShane's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 17th October

Ipswich 2-3 Swindon Town

Alan Judge's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Ipswich
Mark Travers' start was his first appearance for loan club Swindon Town

Sunderland 1-1 Hull City

Aiden McGeady scored his first goal of the season, a rare header for the winger, more than a year after his last goal on Tuesday, 26th November 2019

League 2

Cambridge United 2-1 Harrogate Town

Wes Hoolahan completed his first assist in two months

Scottish Premier League

St Mirren 1-1 Motherwell

Jake Doyle-Hayes was booked for the fifth time this season

FA Cup

Boreham Wood 0-2 Millwall

Dan McNamara's start was his Millwall debut

Chorley 2-0 Derby County

Both Festy Ebosele and Ola Ibrahim both made their career debuts as substitutes for Derby

Bournemouth 4-1 Oldham

Gavin Kilkenny was named in the Bournemouth starting XI for the first time this season

Stoke City 0-4 Leicester City

James McClean's start was his 25th appearance in the FA Cup

Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 Preston North End

Jayson Molumby first appearance for Preston North End was his 50th career appearances

Exeter 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Ciaran Brennan's start was his first appearance since Wednesday, 23rd September

Brentford 2-1 Middlesbrough

Alex Gilbert's start was his career debut

Scottish FA Cup

Dundee 3-2 Bonnyrigg Rose

Jonathan Afolabi's first goal in the Scottish FA Cup was his fifth senior goal

Sunday, 10th January 2021

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 1-2 Rangers

Jonathan Hayes' assist was his first since Tuesday, 20 October

FA Cup

Cheltenham 2-1 Mansfield Town

Stephen McLaughlin started his first game in six weeks, and scored his first goal in 100 days
Corey O'Keeffe started a game for the first time in two months
James Clarke came off the bench for his first appearance in two months

Monday, 11th January 2021

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 1-1 Hibernian

Armstrong Okoflex came off the bench to make his first appearance for Celtic's senior team(he appeared for the Bhoys' U20 side in the 2019/20 Scottish Challenge Cup)

FA Cup

Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United

Darren Randolph's start was his 50th appearance for West Ham United
Mipo Odubeko came on for his first appearance for West Ham United's senior team

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 12th September 2020

Saturday, 12th September 2020

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton

Will Smallbone made his tenth career start - this was also his fifteenth senior career appearance, and his tenth appearance in the Premier League

West Ham United 0-2 Newcastle Utd

Following his transfer to St James' Park in the summer, Jeff Hendrick made his debut for Newcastle, and marked the occasion with a goal and assist - the first Irish player to do so in a Premier League game since Conor Hourihane for Aston Villa against Newcastle in November 2019. This was Hendrick's first appearance since March, his first goal since January, and his first assist since February

Championship

Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Rotherham

Daryl Horgan was named in the Wycombe Wanderers starting XI for the first time

Bournemouth 3-2 Blackburn

Both Mark Travers and Derrick Williams made their first appearances since January - Travers hadn't played since Monday, 27th January, and Williams had not made an appearance since Saturday, 4th January

Barnsley 0-1 Luton

James Collins' winner was his 15th goal in the Championship

Derby County 0-2 Reading

Jason Knight started a game for Derby for the 25th time

Huddersfield 0-1 Norwich

On his first appearance in the Championship, Adam Idah scored his first goal in the competition - his first goal anywhere since January

League 1

Doncaster Rovers 1-1 MK Dons

Warren O'Hora's first appearance in League 1 was his fifth appearance in senior football

Fleetwood 2-1 Burton Albion

Paddy Madden scored his 130th goal in English football
John-Joe O'Toole unfortunately marked his 450th career appearance with his fourth red card for Burton Albion - this was the tenth time in his career that the midfielder has been sent off

Lincoln City 2-0 Oxford United

On his fifth start for Lincoln, Anthony Scully scored his first goal since February

Portsmouth 0-0 Shrewsbury

Marcus Harness was booked for the first time since Sunday, 29 December 2019

Swindon Town 3-1 Rochdale

Eoghan O'Connell start was his 40th appearance for Rochdale, and the defender was named in the starting XI in each one
Jimmy Keohane scored his first goal for Rochdale - also his first goal in English football since September 2015

League 2

Bolton 0-1 Forest Green

Eoin Doyle's start for Bolton was his 90th appearance in League Two

Bradford City 0-0 Colchester

Anthony O'Connor made his 90th appearance for Bradford City

Mansfield Town 0-0 Tranmere

Harry Charsley started a game for the 20th time in his career

Salford City 2-2 Exeter

Darron Gibson was named in the Salford City starting XI for the fifth time

Scottish Premier League

Ross County 0-5 Celtic

Shane Duffy marked his debut for Celtic with his first goal since November 2019

Monday, 14th September 2020

Premier League

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-3 Chelsea

Aaron Connolly came off the bench for his 30th appearance for Brighton's senior side

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

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?

Friday, 13 September 2019

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

Thursday, 12 September 2019

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

Friday, 30 August 2019

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 27th August 2019

Tuesday, 27th August 2019

English League Cup

Plymouth 2-4 Reading

Josh Barrett's brace was his first time scoring at senior level for Reading

Crawley 1-0 Norwich

Congratulations to Adam Idah - his start was his senior career debut
Reece Grego Cox's booking was his first yellow card since April 2018

Newport Co. 0-2 West Ham United

Conor Coventry's appearance off the bench was his first appearance at senior level in 11 months

Cardiff 0-3 Luton

In his first start of the season, Alan Sheehan scored his first goal since October 2018

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion

In his first senior start for Brighton, Aaron Connolly scored his first senior goal for the club

Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester

James McCarthy's start against Colchester was the first time the midfielder had been named in a starting XI since January 2018

Fulham 0-1 Southampton

Cyrus Christie started a game for the first time in the 2019/20 season
In his first start since Saturday, 1st December 2018, Michael Obafemi scored his first goal since Saturday, 22 December 2018
Shane Long came off the bench for his first appearance of the season

Crewe Alexandra 1-6 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane's brace was the the first time the midfielder scored twice in the same game since his two goals against Derby in March 2018

Rochdale 2-1 Carlisle United

Jimmy Keohane completed his first assist for Rochdale

Football League Trophy

Northampton 1-1 Arsenal U21

Both Jordan McEneff (in the starting XI) and Mazeed Ogungbo (as a second halg substitute) made their first appearances in senior football

Wednesday, 28th August 2019

English League Cup

Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green

In a memorable first appearance of the season, Mark Travers saved all three of the penalties he faced in the shoot out
Congratulations to Gavin Kilkenny on his senior career debut

Three from three 🙌

🥅 ↘️
🥅 ↘️
🥅 ↙️

So good, @marktravers40 😍 pic.twitter.com/9r8IU9ySKI
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) August 29, 2019

QPR 0-2 Portsmouth

Ryan Manning was booked for the first time this season

Newcastle Utd 1-1 Leicester City

Ciaran Clark's start (his first appearance of the season) was his first appearance since January

Burnley 1-3 Sunderland

Both Jeff Hendrick and Kevin Long were named in the Burnley starting XI for the first time this season - before this Long hadn't appeared for the Clarets since January

Australian FFA Cup

Brisbane Roar 2-2 Central Coast Mariners

Roy O'Donovan's second half penalty was his first goal for Brisbane, but would unfortunately miss in the shoot out

Roy O'Donovan, cool as ice! ❄️

🎥 @FOXFOOTBALL #BRIvCCM #RoarAsOne #FFACup pic.twitter.com/sHDez6AMlp
— Brisbane Roar (@brisbaneroar) August 28, 2019

Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 3rd May 2019

Friday, 3rd May 2019

Premier League

Everton 2-0 Burnley

Robbie Brady started a game for the first time in three months, six weeks after his last appearance for Burnley
Seamus Coleman scored his 20th goal in the Premier League, taking him ahead of Stephen Ireland in the all time list of Irish goalscorers in the competition

Saturday, 4th May 2019

Premier League

Bournemouth 1-0 Tottenham

Mark Travers' start was his first appearance for Bournemouth
This, combined with Michael Obafemi's appearances this season for Southampton, means 2018/19 is the first season since 2015/16 where two, or more, Irish players under the age of 20 appeared in the Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Fulham

Cyrus Christie started a game for the first time in a month

League 1

Blackpool 0-3 Gillingham

Jimmy Ryan made his first appearance of the season as a second half substitute, one day short of a full year since his last appearance on Saturday, 5th May 2018 Bradley Garmston's first start in three months was his 100th appearance for Gillingham, and he made his first assist since November
Mark Byrne made his fifth assist of the season

Bradford City 0-0 AFC Wimbledon

Eoin Doyle made his 100th appearance in League One

Charlton 4-0 Rochdale

Ryan Delaney's start was first appearance in two months
Jimmy Keohane was booked for the first time this season

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Coventry

Kieran Sadlier's strike was his first goal in five weeks

Plymouth 3-2 Scunthorpe

Graham Carey's scored his first goal since Tuesday, 12th March

Southend United 2-1 Sunderland

Robert Kiernan was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Bury 1-1 Port Vale

Jay O'Shea made his 50th appearance of the season

MK Dons 1-0 Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney made his 100th career appearance

Oldham 2-5 Northampton

Sam Foley made his fifth assist of the season

Romanian Liga I

Dunărea Călăraşi 1-0 Dinamo Bucharest

Conor Henderson started a game for the first time since Friday, 8th March

Sunday, 5th May 2019

Championship

Aston Villa 1-2 Norwich

Glenn Whelan made his 25th start of the season

Blackburn 2-2 Swansea

Darragh Lenihan scored his fifth goal of his career in his 100th appearance in the Championship

Brentford 3-0 Preston North End

Sean Maguire made his 50th appearance in the Championship
Callum Robinson made his 25th start of the season

Reading 0-0 Birmingham City

Josh Barrett's started a game for the first time since Saturday, 10th November
John O'Shea's late second half introduction for the final appearance of his career was his first appearance since Saturday, 23rd February

Rotherham 1-2 Middlesbrough

Darren Potter made his first appearance of the season, 17 months after his last appearance in December 2017

Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 QPR

Olamide Shodipo made his first start of the season
Ryan Manning's start was the 50th of his career

Stoke City 2-2 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens scored his fifth goal for Sheffield United

Wigan 1-0 Millwall

Anthony Pilkington was named in a starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 23rd February

Norwegian Eliteserien

Kristiansund 1-0 Tromsø

Sean McDermott made his 25th start of the season