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?
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!

NameDateLevelHomeScoreAway
Harry CannonSun 21 March 1926FriendlyItaly3-0Republic of Ireland
Frank CollinsSat 23 April 1927FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Italy
Tom FarquharsonSat 20 April 1929FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-0Belgium
Mick McCarthySun 8 May 1932FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0Poland
Jim FoleySun 25 February 1934World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland4-4Belgium
Bill HarringtonSun 8 December 1935FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-5Netherlands
Tommy BreenMon 17 May 1937FriendlySwitzerland0-1Republic of Ireland
George McKenzieSun 10 October 1937World Cup QualifierNorway3-2Republic of Ireland
Ned CourtneySun 16 June 1946FriendlyPortugal3-1Republic of Ireland
George MoulsonSun 23 May 1948FriendlyPortugal2-0Republic of Ireland
Willie HayesSun 24 April 1949FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Belgium
Tommy GodwinSun 22 May 1949FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Portugal
Fred KiernanSun 13 May 1951FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Argentina
Jimmy O'NeillSun 1 June 1952FriendlySpain6-0Republic of Ireland
Tom ScannellSun 7 March 1954World Cup QualifierLuxembourg0-1Republic of Ireland
Alan Kelly SnrSun 25 November 1956FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Germany
Noel DwyerSun 1 November 1959FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-2Sweden
Maurice SwanWed 18 May 1960FriendlySweden4-1Republic of Ireland
Dinny LowrySun 8 April 1962FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-3Austria
Pat DunneWed 5 May 1965World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland1-0Spain
Mick SmythWed 30 October 1968FriendlyPoland1-0Republic of Ireland
Kevin FitzpatrickTue 7 October 1969World Cup QualifierCzechoslovakia3-0Republic of Ireland
Mick KearnsWed 23 September 1970FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Poland
Paddy RocheSun 10 October 1971European Cup QualifierAustria6-0Republic of Ireland
Peter ThomasSun 21 October 1973FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Poland
Gerry PeytonWed 9 February 1977FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Spain
ron HealeySun 24 April 1977FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0Poland
Seamus McDonaghTue 24 Feb 1981Friendlyrepublic of Ireland1-3Wales
Packie BonnerSun 24 May 1981FriendlyPoland3-0Republic of Ireland
Kelham O'HanlonTue 10 November 1987FriendlyRepublic of Ireland5-0Israel
Alan Kelly JnrWed 17 February 1993FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Wales
Shay GivenWed 27 March 1996FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Russia
Keith BranaganTue 11 February 1997FriendlyWales0-0Republic of Ireland
Dean KielySat 13 November 1999European Cup Play offRepublic of Ireland1-1Turkey
Nick ColganWed 27 March 2002FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Denmark
Joe MurphyTue 9 September 2003FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-2Turkey
Paddy KennyWed 31 March 2004FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Czech Republic
Wayne HendersonWed 1 March 2006FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Colin DoyleWed 23 May 2007FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Keiren WestwoodFri 29 May 2009FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
David FordeTue 24 May 2011Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
Darren RandolphTue 11 September 2012FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
Robert EliottSun 25 May 2014FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Turkey
Mark TraversTue 10 September 2019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Kieran O’HaraTue 10 September 2019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria

Friday, 6 September 2019

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Tuesday, 3rd September 2019
Football League Trophy
Bolton 1-1 Bradford City
Paudie O'Connor scored his first goal for Bradford, this was his first goal since October 2018

Blackpool 5-1 Morecambe
After moving to Blackpool following the cancellation of his contract with Bradford, Sean Scannell made his first appearance for the Tangerines

Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Burton Albion
In his first appearance in the Football League Trophy, Stephen Quinn scored for the first time in a year
John-Joe O'Toole's assist on Burton's second goal was his first assist since November 2018

AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Brighton U21
Shane McLoughlin was named in a starting XI for the first time in 2019/20

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Fleetwood
Paddy Madden's fifth goal of the season was also his 30th goal for Fleetwood

Coventry 0-0 Walsall
After signing for Walsall on loan for the rest of the season, Rory Gaffney came off the bench for his first appearance for the Saddlers

Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Lincoln City
Kieran Sadlier's start was his 25th appearance for Doncaster Rovers

Leyton Orient 2-0 Southend United
Congratulations to U19 call up Shadrach Ogie, his start against Southend was his senior career debut
Robert Kiernan made his first start of the season

Macclesfield 2-1 Newcastle United U21
Oisin McEntee's start was his first appearance in senior football

Salford City 2-0 Aston Villa U21
Adam Rooney scored his first goal of the season
Both Jack Clarke and Tyreik Wright made their first appearances in senior football - unfortunately Clarke marked the occasion with a booking

Wednesday, 4th September 2019
Football League Trophy
Newport Co. 4-5 West Ham U21
Anthony Scully marked his appearance of the season with his first goals in senior football

Thursday, 5th September 2019
European Championships Qualifier
Republic of Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Glenn Whelan's 88th cap was the 80th time he was named in an Irish starting XI
Jeff Hendrick's start was his 50th international cap - Hendrick is the 42nd player to reach the milestone
Shane Duffy continued his record of being named in the starting XI for every cap - 30 games, 30 starts
In his 11th cap for Ireland, David McGoldrick scored his first goal
Alan Browne's introduction was his first cap since May 2018

Monday, 2 September 2019

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 30th August 2019

Friday, 30th August 2019
Championship
Cardiff 1-1 Fulham
Harry Arter was sent off for the fourth time in his career, three years after his last red card in August 2016

Scottish Championship
Inverness CT 5-0 Greenock Morton
Aaron Doran's start was the 200th time he was named in a starting XI in his career

Dundee Utd 6-2 Dundee
Mark Connolly completed an assist for the first time since January 2018

Saturday, 31st August 2019
Premier League
The 2019/20 season has the lowest number of Premier League goals by Irish players in August since the 2016/17 season - when no goals were scored.

Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United
John Egan made his 50th appearance for Sheffield United - all of which have been starts
Callum Robinson scored his first goal for the Blades, this was also his first goal in the Premier League
Enda Stevens' assist on Robinson's goal was his first since December 2018

Manchester City 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Aaron Connolly came off the bench for made his first appearance in the Premier League

Championship
Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough
Callum O'Dowda made his first assist of the season

Birmingham City 2-1 Stoke City
Stephen Ward start was his 200th appearance in the Championship

League 1
Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth
Ronan Curtis' start was his 50th start for Portsmouth

Gillingham 5-0 Bolton
After signing for Gillingham on loan until January, Thomas O'Connor made his first start for the club
Mark Byrne made his first assist of the season

Oxford United 3-3 Coventry
Both Anthony Forde and Jordan Shipley were booked for the first time this season.
Shipley also completed his first assist of the season

Southend United 0-3 Rochdale
Robert Kiernan's second half introduction was his first appearance of the season

League 2
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City
Paul Green made his 50th start for Crewe Alexandra
Jamie Devitt was named in a starting XI for the first time this season
Paudie O'Connor's start was his first appearance in League Two

Exeter 1-0 Mansfield Town
Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the third time in his career, this was his first red card since September 2017

Forest Green 0-2 Newport Co.
Padraig Amond's goal was his 80th strike in League Two

Port Vale 1-0 Cambridge United
After signing a one year contract with Cambridge during the week, Samir Carruthers made his first appearance for the U's

Salford City 1-1 Leyton Orient
Richie Towell's goal was his first for Salford
Adam Rooney was booked for the first time this season

Scunthorpe 0-1 Carlisle United
Canice Carroll was named in Carlisle United's starting XI for the first time

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 3-0 Ross County
Simon Power's second half introduction (his first appearance in a month) was  his first appearance in the SPL

Scottish Championship
Arbroath 1-0 Dunfermline
Daniel Devine's start was his first appearance of the 2019/20 season

Sunday, 1st September 2019
Scottish Premier League
Rangers 0-2 Celtic
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal of the season as a late second half substitute, this was his first goal since December 2017

Bulgarian
CSKA Sofia 2-2 Levski Sofia
Graham Carey assisted both of CSKA Sofia's goals in his seventh appearances for the club