Round Up for week of Tuesday, 26th September 2023

Tuesday, 26th September 2023

English League Cup

Ipswich Town 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Jack Taylor scored his first goal in seven weeks
Marcus Harness assisted three goal in one game - the first Irish player to do that in English football since Will Smallbone did so for Stoke against Sunderland in March 2023

Port Vale 2-1 Sutton United

Aiden O'Brien was booked for the first time this season

Bradford City 0-2 Middlesbrough

Alex Gilbert made his first appearance for Middlesbrough - this was the striker's first appearance in senior football since December 2021

Salford City 0-4 Burnley

Dara O'Shea scored his first goal for Burnley - just over a year after the defender's last goal on Saturday, 17th September 2022

Scottish League Cup

Kilmarnock 1-2 Hearts

Corrie Ndaba's introduction was his first appearance in five weeks

Football League Trophy

Barnsley 3-1 Manchester City U21

Conor McCarthy scored his first goal for Barnsley - this was the defender's first goal since April 2022

Burton Albion 2-0 Everton U21

Ryan Sweeney started a game for the first time in six weeks

Wednesday, 27th September 2023

English League Cup

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Cardiff

Sammie Szmodics' introduction was his 50th appearance for Blackburn Rovers
Andrew Moran scored twice (including his first goal for Blackburn) and assisted twice in the same game - the first Irish player to score and assist more than one goal in the same game since Aaron Drinan for Leyton Orient against Hartlepool in October 2021
Callum Robinson scored his first goal of the season in his first start since February 2023

Scottish League Cup

Ross County 1-2 Aberdeen

Jonathan Hayes started a game for the first time in a month

Serie A

Napoli 4-1 Udinese

Festy Ebosele started a game Udinese for the tenth time - this was his 25th appearance for Udinese

Episode 63 - A Game Of Two Hearts

I'm joined on the show by Mark O'Brien to discuss his life in football, from moving to Derby at 15, winning Ireland U16 Player of the Year, making his senior debut, and being diagnosed with a leaking aorta (all in the space of 12 months!) the recovery from that, and another serious injury, to playing in Scotland, non-league, and scoring one of the most important goals in Newport County history. 

You can order Mark's book, A Game Of Two Hearts, from Morgan Lawrence here: A Game Of Two Hearts

Round of week of Tuesday, 19th September 2023

Tuesday, 19th September 2023

Championship

Preston North End 2-1 Birmingham City

Kevin Long's start was his 200th career appearance

Southampton 0-1 Ipswich Town

Jack Taylor was booked for the first time this season

Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Middlesbrough

Darragh Lenihan scored his first goal for Middlesbrough - this was the defender's first goal since April 2022

League 1

Barnsley 2-3 Portsmouth

Barry Cotter scored his second goal of the season - the second time in his career he's scored twice in a single season
Joe Rafferty was booked for the first time this season

Football League Trophy

Derby County 2-0 Lincoln City

James Collins assisted a goal for the first time this season in his first start in a month
Dylan Duffy started a game for the first time this season
Oisin Gallagher made his first career start

Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion U21

Leigh Kavanagh was booked for the first time this season

Sutton United 2-2 Aston Villa U21

Aaron O'Reilly made his first appearance of the season

Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Crystal Palace U21

Kieran Sadlier's start was his first appearance for Wycombe Wanderers
Both Richard Keogh and Sean Grehan were booked for the first time this season

Leyton Orient 2-2 Fulham U21

Aaron Drinan made his first start of the season
Oliver O'Neill scored his first goal in senior football

Oxford United 0-1 MK Dons

Michael Kelly made his first appearance for MK Dons
Conor Grant's start was his 100th career appearance

Bristol Rovers 1-3 West Ham U21

Sean Moore made his first appearance for West Ham U21

Wednesday, 20th September 2023

Championship

Hull City 0-0 Leeds United

Cyrus Christie started a game for the first time in six weeks

Millwall 3-0 Rotherham

Dan McNamara's introduction was his 100th appearance in the Championship

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Europa League

LASK 1-3 Liverpool

Caoimhin Kelleher's start was his first appearance of the season

MLS

Colorado Rapids 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC

Connor Ronan started a game for the Rapids for the 30th time