Irish Abroad: Mazeed Ogungbo

📝 We're delighted to announce the signing of experienced Irish midfielder Alan Judge until the end of the season!

Playing the majority of his career in the football league and also representing Ireland too, Alan will bring a lot to The Iron!#IronArmy #PubTeamFromEssex pic.twitter.com/xULmIqujSA
— Braintree Town FC (@braintreetownfc) January 25, 2025

Alan Judge signed for National League South Division side Braintree Town

Sunday, 26th January

Darragh Burns signed for Grimsby Town

Monday, 27th January

Dara McGuinness returned to Ireland, signing a contract with Finn Harps ahead of the 2025 League of Ireland season

Tuesday, 28th January

Sligo Rovers confirmed that their U16 defender Aidan Gabbidon signed for Malmo FC

Rory Feely signed a 12 month contract with Crawley Town

Friday, 31st January

Having pursued Eiran Cashin for some time, Brighton finally signed the defender, who signed a contract until June 2030

Dylan Duffy converted his loan deal with Chesterfield into a full transfer, signing a contract until the summer of 2027

U17 midfielder Grady McDonnell signed for Belgian side Club Brugge's youth team Club NXT, joining the Challenger Pro League side until 2027

Five-times capped striker Emily Murphy signed for Newcastle United

After cancelling his loan deal with Watford, Festy Ebosele signed for Turkish Super Lig side Istanbul Başakşehir

Saturday, 1st February

UCD defender Cathal McCarthy signed for Hull City, and immediately returned to the League of Ireland side on loan for the first half of the upcoming LOI season

Monday, 3rd February

John Egan signed an eighteen month contract with Hull City, with the option of extending this by a year

Defender Alix Mendez signed for Aberdeen's womens team

Former underage striker Ali Reghba signed for Slovenian side NK Maribor until the summer of 2027

Loans

Monday, 6th January

Brentford defender Val Adedokun joined Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the season

Thursday, 9th January

Having recovered from a broken leg, Newport's Josh Seberry has signed for Weston Super Mare on loan until the end of the season

Having spent the first half of the season on loan at Peterborough Sports, Oisin Gallagher will spend the rest of the season on loan at Boston United

Darragh O'Connor will spend the rest of the season on loan at Falkirk

Friday, 10th January

U19 goalkeeper Jimmy Storer will spend the second half of the 2024/25 season on loan at National League North side Chester FC

Barrow Town defender Mazeed Ogungbo signed a loan deal with Hemel Hempstead Town for the rest of the season

Thursday, 16th January

Udinese's James Abankwah signed for sister club Watford on loan until the end of the 2024/25 season

Friday, 17th January

Sam Curtis returned to parent club Sheffield United, and immediately signed a loan deal with SPL side St Johnstone

Monday, 20th January

Ruairi Paton returned to the SPL, signing a loan deal with Dundee United until the end of the season

Newcastle's Alex Murphy joined League One Bolton Wanderers on loan for the rest of the season

Connor O'Riordan returned to Crewe Alexandra, where he progressed from the Academy to the first team, on loan

Tuesday, 21st January

Ipswich's Daniel O'Connor will spend the rest of the season on loan at non-league Farnborough FC

Thursday, 23rd January

Former Ireland underage goalkeeper Liam Bossin signed as backup goalkeeper for Feyenoord until the end of the season, with an option to buy

Friday, 24th January

Andrew Omobamidele signed a loan deal with Strasbourg until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent

Monday, 27th January

Lincoln City winger Dylan Duffy signed for Chesterfield on loan for the rest of the season

Tuesday, 28th January

Ed McJannet joined Serie C side Audace Cerignola on loan

Wednesday, 29th January

Andrew Wogan signed a loan deal with Marine AFC

Mark Travers will aim to help Middlesbrough return to the Premier League while on loan at the Riverside

Tuesday, 3rd February

Evan Ferguson joined former manager Graham Potter at West Ham, signing a loan deal with the Hammers until the end of the season

Darius Lipsiuc joined Walsall from Stoke on loan

Charlton Athletic signed Middlesbrough's creative forward Alex Gilbert until the end of the season

Gavin Bazunu will continue his return from injury on loan with Belgian side Standard Liege

U21 defender Tayo Adaramola returned from his loan at Stockport County and signed a loan deal with League Two side Bradford City

After spending the first half of the 2024/25 season on loan at Accrington Stanley, Dara Costelloe will spend the second half on loan with Northampton Town

Having recovered from surgery, Anthony Scully has rejoined Colchester United on loan

Midfielder Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh signed a loan deal with Accrington Stanley

Contract extensions

Thursday, 2nd January

Following her recent return from injury, Hayley Nolan signed an extension to her contract with Crystal Palace until the summer of 2026

Saturday, 4th January

Jayson Molumby signed an extension to his contract with West Brom until the summer of 2028

Thursday, 16th January

Before joining Watford, James Abankwah signed an extension to his contract with Udinese until June 2029

Friday, 31st January

Cardiff City duo Callum Robinson and Callum O'Dowda signed two and three year extensions, respectively, to their contracts with the Bluebirds

Emily Whelan extended her contract with Glasgow City until 2028

Monday, 3rd February

Having only signed for Sheffield Wednesday in the summer, Gabriel Otegbayo signed an extension to his contract at Hillsbrough

Management

Wednesday, 15th January

Ahead of the 2025/26 UEFA Women's Nations League, the FAI announced Carla Ward as the new manager of the Womens National Team

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 18th February 2023

Saturday, 18th February 2023

Premier League

Everton 1-0 Leeds United

Seamus Coleman scored his since Saturday, 12 February 2022, coincidentally also against Leeds. This goal, his 22nd in the Premier League, takes him past Stephen Hunt as the tenth highest Republic of Ireland goalscorer in the competition's history

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Championship

Millwall 3-2 Sheffield United

John Egan was named in the Sheffield United starting XI for the 200th time

Rotherham 0-2 Coventry

Chiedozie Ogbene was booked for the first time since Saturday, 5th November

League 1

Accrington Stanley 1-0 Shrewsbury Town

Seamus Conneely's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 14th January

Derby County 2-0 Charlton

Eiran Cashin scored his first goal of the season, this was his first goal since Saturday, 30th April 2022

Lincoln City 0-0 Portsmouth

Daniel Mandroiu was booked for the fifth time this season

Morecambe 0-3 Peterborough

Jack Taylor scored his fifth goal of the season, 11 weeks after his last goal on Friday, 2nd December

Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Fleetwood Town

Corrie Ndaba was booked for the first time this season

League 2

AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Hartlepool

Alex Pearce was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 13th September

Leyton Orient 1-0 Crawley Town

Mazeed Ogungbo started a game for the first time in eight weeks

Rochdale 0-2 Gillingham

Aiden O'Brien was named in the Gillingham starting XI for the first time, this was the striker's first start in six weeks

Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Mansfield Town

Joe Murphy's start was his first appearance of the season, his 25th season in football

👏 Here's your Rovers side for this afternoon...

Turnbull, Morris and Hemmings all miss out through injury 🤕

COME ON ROVERS! #TRFC #SWA
— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) February 18, 2023

Scottish Premiership

Hibernian 2-0 Kilmarnock

Aiden McGeady assisted a goal for the first time in six weeks

Scottish Championship

Montrose 3-3 Edinburgh City

Sean Dillon scored his first goal of the season

Australian A-League

Perth Glory 2-2 Central Coast Mariners

Aaron McEneff's introduction was his first appearance in eight weeks

Indian Super League

ATK Mohun Bagan 2-1 Kerala Blasters

Carl McHugh's brace, his first goals in 15 weeks, was the first time the midfielder scored twice in the same game in his career

Sunday, 19th February 2023

Scottish Premiership

Motherwell 2-0 Hearts

James Furlong was booked for the first time this season

Monday, 20th February 2023

Championship

Watford 3-2 West Bromwich Albion

Jayson Molumby was the first Republic of Ireland player to be introduced and assist two goals in a game in English football since Callum Robinson in January 2022

Both Daire O'Connor(for Ayr United V Elgin) and Robert Mahon(for Dunfermline V Airdrie) assisted two goals as substitutes in Scottish football nine days ago!
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 20, 2023

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 29th October 2022

Saturday, 29th October 2022

Premier League

Bournemouth 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Mark Travers' start, his first in two months, was the 60th time he'd been named in the Bournemouth starting XI

Championship

West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens' introduction was his first appearance in three months

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

Congratulations to Alan Browne on reaching 350 appearances for Preston North End

🙌 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

Friday, 12 August 2022

Round Up for week of Tuesday, August 2022

Tuesday, 9th August 2022

English League Cup

Shrewsbury 3-2 Carlisle United

Jordan Shipley was booked for the first time since Saturday, 29th January

Bolton 5-1 Salford City

Kieran Sadlier's first goal of the season was also his fifth goal for Bolton

Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Lincoln City

Sean Roughan's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 6 November 2021
Anthony Scully marked his 100th appearance for Lincoln City with his first goal of the season, this was also his 40th career strike

Delighted to Mark my 100th Appearance for @LincolnCity_FC with a goal and a win. A big Thank you to the fans for the support and Congratulations to the lads on there debuts. Onto Saturday⚽️ pic.twitter.com/2dKJFI4jj6
— Anthony Scully (@AnthonyScully_) August 10, 2022

Huddersfield 1-4 Preston North End

Troy Parrott scored his first goal for Preston North End, this was also his first goal in the League Cup

Cardiff 0-3 Portsmouth

Ronan Curtis scored and assisted a goal in the same game for the first time since February

Crawley Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers

Mazeed Ogungbo made his first start for loan club Crawley Town

Walsall 2-0 Swindon Town

Flynn Clarke's start was his first appearance for Walsall

Luton 2-3 Newport County

Louie Watson's start was his first appearance for Luton

Cheltenham 0-7 Exeter

After signing for Cheltenham earlier that day, Will Ferry went straight into the Robins' starting XI

MK Dons 1-0 Sutton United

Both Darragh Burns and Dawson Devoy were named in the MK Dons starting XI for the first time
Conor Grant scored his first goal for MK Dons

Oxford United 2-2 Swansea

Edward McGinty made his first appearance for Oxford United

Reading 1-2 Stevenage

Kian Leavy's start was his first appearance in almost exactly a year, since starting for Reading on Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 367 days earlier

Scottish League Challenge Cup

Kilmarknock B 3-0 Cowdenbeath

Having signed for Kilmarnock on loan, Deji Sotona scored his first goal in senior football for their B team

Wednesday, 10 August 2022

English League Cup

Middlesbrough 0-1 Barnsley

No player completed more passes for Barnsley in their win against Middlesbrough than Luca Connell

🆚 Middlesbrough 0-1 Barnsley
📋 Post Game Summary (2/4)
🏃 Luca Connell
⏱️ Started, played whole game
🥅 Clean sheet
🎯 0/2 shots on target(0.00%)
👟 29/41 passes completed(70.73%) - 🥇 for team!
🔑 2 Key passes - 🥇 for team!
💥 3 tackles
⚔️ 4/8 duels won#COYBIG #MIDBRS
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 10, 2022

Port Vale 1-2 Rotherham

Georgie Kelly was named in the Rotherham starting XI for the first time
Chiedozie Ogbene scored his first goal in the League Cup

Coventry 1-4 Bristol City

Tayo Adaramola made his first appearance for loan club Coventry

Thursday, 11th August 2022

English League Cup

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Sheffield United

Jayson Molumby's introduction was his 100th career appearance

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 5th August 2022

Friday, 5th August 2022

Championship

Birmingham City 2-1 Huddersfield

Scott Hogan's first goal of the season was his 25th goal for Birmingham City

Scottish Championship

Queen's Park 2-3 Ayr

Sean McGinty scored his first goal of the season

Eerste Divisie

NAC Breda 1-0 Helmond Sport

Anselmo Garcia MacNulty made his first career appearance at loan club NAC Breda

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Saturday, 6th August 2022

Premier League

2️⃣ Two @FAIreland goalkeepers starting in today's @premierleague fixtures for the first time since @No1shaygiven & @RandzOfficial started for @stokecity & @WestHam, respectively, on Sunday, 15th May 2016
(📷 image credit to @SouthamptonFC and @afcbournemouth)#COYBIG pic.twitter.com/bYNCdnA8BL
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 6, 2022

Fulham 2-2 Liverpool

Shane Duffy made his first appearance for Fulham as a late second half substitute

Leeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nathan Collins made his first appearance for Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tottenham 4-1 Southampton

Matt Doherty came off the bench for his first appearance since Saturday, 9th April
Gavin Bazunu made his first appearance for Southampton, and his first appearance in the Premier League

Championship

Norwich City 1-1 Wigan

James McClean scored his first goal of the season in his 125th appearance for Wigan
Will Keane made his first assist of the season

QPR 3-2 Middlesbrough

In hist first start of the season, Jimmy Dunne scored his first goal since Wednesday, 23 February
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the fourth time in his career

Reading 2-1 Cardiff

Shane Long scored his first goal of the season
Callum O'Dowda scored his first goal for Cardiff, this was his first goal since Saturday, 20th November 2021, and the 25th goal of his career,

Stoke City 2-0 Blackpool

Will Smallbone was named in the Stoke City starting XI for the first time, this was his first start since Sunday, 13th March

Swansea 0-3 Blackburn

In his first start for Blackburn Rovers, Sammie Szmodics scored his first goal for Rovers

League 1

Burton Albion 0-4 Bristol Rovers

Conor Shaughnessy was sent off for the third time in his career, and the second time for Burton

Charlton 1-0 Derby County

Jason Knight was named in the Derby starting XI for the 100th time

Forest Green 1-2 Ipswich

Marcus Harness scored his first goal for Ipswich

League 2

Crawley Town 0-1 Leyton Orient

Mazeed Ogungbo made his first appearance for loan club Crawley Town

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 1-2 St Johnstone

Robert Mahon made his first appearance for Motherwell as a second half substitute

Scottish Championship

Arbroath 0-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Aaron Doran's introduction was his 350th career appearance

Coppa Italia

Spezia 5-1 Como 1907

Liam Kerrigan came off the bench for his first appearance for Como

Monday, 8th August 2022

Championship

West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watford

No player made more tackles in this game than Jayson Molumby's four

🆚 West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watford
📋 Post Game Summary (2/3)
🏃 Jayson Molumby
⏱️ Started, played whole game
🟨 Booked
👟 54/61 passes completed(88.52%)
💥 4 tackles - 🥇 in game!
💨 Dribbled past 2 players
ℹ️ 1 interceptions
⚔️ 5/11 duels won#COYBIG #WBAWAT
— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 8, 2022

Monday, 1 August 2022

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