Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 2nd September 2023

Saturday, 2nd September 2023

Premier League

Brentford 2-2 Bournemouth

Nathan Collins assisted a goal for the first time since Saturday, 17th October 2020

Burnley 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur

Josh Cullen assisted a goal for Burnley for the fifth time

Championship

Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City

Mark Sykes scored his first goal of the season

Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Finn Azaz scored his first goal of the season
Following his senior debut in the League Cup, Thomas Bloxham made his first league appearance

Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End

Enda Stevens was booked for the first time since Saturday, 12th November 2022
Greg Cunningham's introduction, his first appearance of the season, was his 350th career appearance

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Huddersfield Town

Jayson Molumby's start was his 150th career appearance

League 1

Charlton 2-1 Fleetwood Town

Cian Hayes was booked for the first time this season

Northampton Town 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Richard Keogh scored his first goal for Wycombe Wanderers - this was the defenders first goal since Wednesday, 1st May 2019

League 2

Grimsby Town 2-0 Gillingham

Gavan Holohan scored his first goal of the season

Walsall 1-0 Colchester United

David Okagbue made his first appearance for Walsall

Eredivisie

Almere City 1-2 PEC Zwolle

Anselmo Garcia MacNulty was named in the PEC Zwolle starting XI for the first time

Sunday, 3rd September 2023

Scottish Premiership

Rangers 0-1 Celtic

In his tenth start for Celtic, Liam Scales was booked for the first time this season

Episode 61 - Two Top Ten Teams

I'm joined by Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the senior mens squad announced by Stephen Kenny to face France and the Netherlands, both ranked in the top ten in the world by FIFA, and the U21 squad announced by Jim Crawford to face Turkiye and San Marino

And we haven't forgotten what James Carew said when he joined us in June...

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 26th August 2023

Tuesday, 29th August 2023

English League Cup

Stoke City 6-1 Rotherham

Jack Bonham's start was his first appearance of the season

Wrexham 1-1 Bradford City

James McClean made his first appearance for Wrexham, and was shown his first yellow card of the season six minutes later
Emmanuel Osadebe made his first start of the season - this was the defender's first start since Saturday, 30th July 2022

Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 Blackpool

Matt Doherty marked his first appearance in his second spell at Wolves with two goals - his first goals in the League Cup
Joe Hodge's start was his first appearance of the season
Nathan Fraser scored on his senior career debut

Luton Town 3-2 Gillingham

Chiedozie Ogbene was named in the Luton Town starting XI for the first time

Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Sutton United

Aiden O'Brien scored his first goal for Sutton United

Wednesday, 30th August 2023

English League Cup

Harrogate Town 0-8 Blackburn Rovers

Andrew Moran assisted a goal on his first start for loan club Blackburn Rovers
Zak Gilsenan scored his second career goal in his second senior appearance
Thomas Bloxham marked his senior career debut with a goal

Sheffield United 0-0 Lincoln City

John Egan started a game for the 400th time in his career

Chelsea 2-1 AFC Wimbledon

Alex Pearce was booked for the first time this season

Thursday, 31st August 2023

Europa League

Aberdeen 1-3 Häcken

Jamie McGrath was booked for the first time this season in his first start for Aberdeen