Round Up for week of Tuesday, 4th October 2022

Tuesday, 4th October 2022

Championship

Sheffield United 0-1 QPR

Jimmy Dunne was booked for the first time in seven weeks in was was his 50th start for QPR

Cardiff 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Sammie Szmodics was booked for the first time this season in his first start in six weeks

Reading 1-1 Norwich City

Jeff Hendrick scored his first goal for Reading, the was also his first goal in more than a year, and the 40th goal of his career

League 1

Cheltenham 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Will Ferry's start was his 50th career appearance

Scottish Premiership

Ross County 0-5 Motherwell

Ross Tierney made his 25th appearance for Motherwell

Football League Trophy

Harrogate Town 1-1 Everton U21

In his first start for Harrogate, Danny Grant scored his first goal for the Sulphurites

Tranmere Rovers 3-5 Leeds United U21

Neil Byrne scored his first goal for Tranmere Rovers
Lee O'Connor assisted a goal for the first time this season

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Crystal Palace U21

Trevor Clarke scored his first goal for Bristol Rovers
Glenn Whelan was sent off for the second time for Bristol Rovers, eleven months after his last red card in November 2021

Portsmouth 5-0 Aston Villa U21

Ronan Curtis scored his fifth goal of the season

Wednesday, 5th October 2022

Championship

Hull City 2-1 Wigan

Cyrus Christie started a game for the first time in five weeks
Will Keane scored his fifth goal of the season

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

Darragh Lenihan's introduction was his first appearance since Tuesday, 30th August

Rotherham 1-1 Millwall

Dan McNamara was named in the Millwall starting XI for the first time since Tuesday, 30th August

Watford 1-2 Swansea City

Michael Obafemi started a game for the first time in six weeks

Preston North End 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Sean Maguire started a game for the first time this season

Champions League

RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic

James McCarthy's introduction was his first appearance in the Champions League, the 27th Irish player to appear in the competition.

2️⃣ 2022/23 is the first season that two @FAIreland players (@JMcCarthy_16 and @mattdoherty20) have appeared in the @ChampionsLeague proper since 2010/11, when Robbie Keane, John O'Shea, Darron Gibson, and Aiden McGeady all made at least one appearance in the competition#COYBIG

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) October 5, 2022

Episode 46 - Performance or Result?

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the final two games of Republic of Ireland's 2022/23 UEFA Nations League campaign against Scotland and Armenia - is a good performance in a loss better than a bad performance in a win? Also, we look back at the U21's two legged play off against Israel for the 2023 UEFA U21 Championship, and the U19s topped their 2023 UEFA Under 19 Championship Qualifying Round group with a 100% record, without conceding

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 30th August 2022

Tuesday, 30th August 2022

Championship

Birmingham City 1-2 Norwich City

In his 25th career start, Andrew Omobamidele scored his first goal of the season - this was his first goal since Sunday, 31st October 2021

QPR 3-1 Hull City

Jimmy Dunne's start was his 50th appearance for QPR

Scottish League Cup

Annan 1-4 Aberdeen

Jonathan Hayes made his fifth assist of the season

Football League Trophy

Morecambe 3-3 Everton U21

Tom Cannon scored his first goal in senior football

Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

Joe Hodge and Nathan Fraser made their first appearances in senior football, with Hodge marking the occasion with two goals

Fleetwood Town 1-1 Barrow

Promise Omochere was booked for the first time this season

Burton Albion 4-2 Leicester City U21

Shane Flynn's start was his first appearance of the season

AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa U21

Aaron O'Reilly made his career appearance in senior football

MK Dons 1-2 Cheltenham

Joshua Kayode made his first start for MK Dons

Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur U21

Josh Keeley made his first appearance in senior football

2️⃣ @SpursOfficial named two @FAIreland goalkeepers in their U21 team against Wycombe - Josh Keeley and Aaron Maguire - the first team to do so in English football since Shrewsbury named Joe Murphy and Max O'Leary in their team against Accrington Stanley in February 2020#COYBIG https://t.co/LVcsFWH3HV

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) August 30, 2022

Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Bristol Rovers

Trevor Clarke's start was his first appearace in a month

Swindon Town 0-2 Crystal Palace U21

Sean Grehan made his first appearance in Engilsh football
Fionn Mooney was named in a starting XI in senior football for the first time

Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Southampton U21

Dominic Bernard scored his first goal of the season
Luke Pearce made his first appearance in senior football

Cambridge United 0-2 Arsenal U21

Jack Henry-Francis' start was his first appearance since Tuesday, 25th January

Port Vale 1-0 Stockport County

Mipo Odubeko made his first appearance for Port Vale

Salford City 2-1 Liverpool U21

Joshua O'Brien was booked in what was his first career debut

Carlisle United 1-2 Manchester United U21

Jamie Devitt scored his first goal of the season

Bradford City 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Alex Hunt started a game for the first time this season

Barnsley 0-3 Lincoln City

William Hondermarck was booked for the first time in almost a year, his last yellow card came on Wednesday, 15th September 2021

Ipswich Town 6-0 Northampton Town

Richard Keogh's start was his first appearance for Ipswich Town

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Scottish League Cup

Motherwell 4-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Daniel Devine scored and own goal for the first teim since Saturday, 13th November 2021

Ross County 1-4 Celtic

James McCarthy's introduction was his first appearance of the season

Australian FFA Cup

Adelaide United 1-2 Brisbane Roar

Jay O'Shea scored his tenth goal for Brisbane Roar