Round Up for the weekend of Satuday, 8th October 2022

Saturday, 8th October 2022

Premier League

Chelsea 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Congratulations to Joe Hodge on making his senior debut for Wolves - the 198th Irish player to appear in the Premier League!

Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Matt Doherty's start, his first of the season, was also the defender's 400th career appearance!

Championship

Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Rotherham

Sammie Szmodics scored his first goal in two months

Coventry 0-1 Burnley

Josh Cullen assisted a goal for the first time April 2021

Millwall 2-0 Middlesbrough

Darragh Lenihan was named in the Middlesbrough starting XI for the first in six weeks

Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End

Troy Parrott's introduction was the striker's 100th career appearance, and also scored his first goal in two months

Wigan 1-3 Cardiff

Will Keane made his 100th appearance for Wigan

League 1

Derby County 1-2 Port Vale

James Collins was sent off for the first time for Derby County - this was the striker's first red card since April 2019

Lincoln City 0-0 Charlton

Daniel Mandroiu was named in the Lincoln City starting XI for the first time

Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely was sent off for the third time for Accrington Stanley, this was his first red card since March 2021

Shrewsbury Town 2-1 MK Dons

Dawson Devoy was sent off for the first time for MK Dons

League 2

Barrow 0-1 Mansfield Town

John-Joe O'Toole was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Colchester United 2-1 Harrogate Town

Danny Grant assisted a goal for the first time this season

Grimsby Town 3-0 Crawley Town

Gavan Holohan scored his first goal for Grimsby Town

Newport County 0-1 Rochdale

Jimmy Keohane was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United 4-0 Aberdeen

Jamie McGrath scored his first goal for Dundee United - this was his first goal since November 2021

Sunday, 9th October 2022

Premier League

West Ham United 3-1 Fulham

Shane Duffy came off the bench for his first appearance in seven weeks)

Australian A-League

Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Perth Glory

On the opening weekend of the A-League season, Aaron McEneff made his first appearance for new club Perth Glory

Swedish Allsvenskan

AIK 2-0 Helsingborg

Zachary Elbouzedi scored his first goal of the 2022 Allsvenskan season - this was his first goal since scoring in the Svenska Cupen in February

Monday, 10th October 2022

Indian Super League

ATK Mohun Bagan 1-2 Chennaiyin FC

Carl McHugh made an appearance as a second half substitute on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Indian Super League season



Carl McHugh

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