Irish Abroad 2018/19

[tetsujin1979]

Aiden McGeady and Corey Whelan score for the first time this season, Jeff Hendrick's 200th career appearance, the first red card of Sam Foley's career, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1523306368153932936

[tetsujin1979]

A few weeks ago, I was asked on twitter if the number of Irish players has dropped across all four divisions in England. It took a little while to get the data together, and it's bad news. Apart from a short bump in numbers in the four seasons after Euro 2012, the numbers of players appearing in league football, it's been a consistent downward slide in participation since 2008-09.

Full details here: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=3708120446510971757
(graph works best on desktop browsers)

[DeLorean]

Great work Tets.

[tetsujin1979]

Two players are shown their fifth yellow card of the season, Seamus Coleman's 25th goal for Everton, Shane Long's first start since September, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=92639862893316330

[tetsujin1979]

Aiden McGeady's first booking of the season, Shaun Williams' 350th appearance in English football, Conor Hourihane's 15th goal for Aston Villa, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1840161656715938163

[tetsujin1979]

Hadn't heard about Aaron Molloy in the US until I saw the highlight video below on twitter earlier this week.
Seems to be impressing in the college system according to this: https://onwardstate.com/2018/10/04/the-irish-messi-aaron-molloys-trans-atlantic-odyssey/

-VGBaG-IRvg

[Olé Olé]

Interesting route by him. Extratime.ie says he was under 19 POTY for Bohs, the following season went to Drogheda and played 13 times for the senior side.

[tetsujin1979]

The six Ireland players starting in today's Premier League games is a season high for 2018/19

[samhaydenjr]

The six Ireland players starting in today's Premier League games is a season high for 2018/19

Er... Yay?

[Olé Olé]

The six Ireland players starting in today's Premier League games is a season high for 2018/19

A season's high on one day I'm assuming? Burnley are playing Monday night so there could be 8 over a round of fixtures.

[tetsujin1979]

Yeah, for one day.
In 2012, seven players started one game!

[SkStu]

A season's high on one day I'm assuming? Burnley are playing Monday night so there could be 8 over a round of fixtures.

Clark starts for Newcastle to make that 9 over this round.

[Olé Olé]

Coleman, Christie, Duffy, Clark, Cunningham, Long, Brady, Doherty and Rice? Pity that Brady is the only offensive player of the group. Pity we can't play 4 full backs every match- although MON had a penchant for playing 3.

[Closed Account]

Harry Arter started too, 10 all weekend with Hendrick and Obafemi making substitute appearances. Not bad considering Shane Long, Stephen Ward and James McCarthy all would have a good chance of featuring if fit and only 14 Irish have minutes this season.
Plenty of U23s have chances of featuring at some stage this season (Coventry has made the bench for example)
Others such as Rob Elliot, Brian Murphy, Anthony Pilkington and loanees like Jon Walters, Richie Towell, Jimmy Dunne, Tommie Hoban and Josh Cullen will probably not however.
https://i.imgur.com/f1Yvze9.png

[tetsujin1979]

Caoimhin Kelleher included in Liverpool's 21 man suqad for the Champions League game against PSG: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/326989-liverpool-squad-psg-champions-league

[tetsujin1979]

Four players are shown their first yellow card of the season, Alan Judge's 25th Championship goal, Jay O'Shea's 50th appearance for Bury FC and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7752811926649340182

[tetsujin1979]

Graham Burke's first appearance in two months, Matt Doherty's 15th goal for Wolves, Michael Obafemi's first start in the Premier League, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7429677501517239350

[DeLorean]

They pointed out on Newstalk this morning that Manchester United play Arsenal tonight, minus an Alex Ferguson and/or Arsène Wenger involvement for the first time since 1986.

They made the point that there were six Irish starters that day (they included Norman Whiteside in this) - https://www.11v11.com/matches/arsenal-v-manchester-united-23-august-1986-88098/

How times have changed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwld39BZ9GA

[Demesne Lad]

Kieran Westwood played for the first half of Crewe Alexandra U-23s v Shefield Wed U-23s on 10 Dec; Ciaran Brennan also started for The Owls. Kevin O'Connor played for Crewe, having had few League 2 appearances so far this season.

Andy Boyle started in Dundee's 1 - 1 draw with Rangers, replacing the injured Darren O'Dea.

Norwich City are arranging a testimonial for Wes Hoolahan and Russell Martin on 6 May 2019; Team Wes will take on Team Russ, with Temple St Hospital Dublin one of the charities due to benefit.

[tetsujin1979]

Richie Towell scores in consecutive games, Callum O'Dowda's first booking since 2016, Joe Shaughnessy's tenth career goal and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=4706394014808457774

[gastric]

Wasn't sure we're to post this, but Michael Robinson has incurable cancer. My thoughts are certainly with him.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/former-ireland-and-liverpool-star-michael-robinson-reveals-he-is-suffering-from-incurable-cancer-37634035.html

[seanfhear]

Wasn't sure we're to post this, but Michael Robinson has incurable cancer. My thoughts are certainly with him.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/former-ireland-and-liverpool-star-michael-robinson-reveals-he-is-suffering-from-incurable-cancer-37634035.html
Best of luck Michael . A fine Physical Specimen of a Man in his day .

[samhaydenjr]

Wasn't sure we're to post this, but Michael Robinson has incurable cancer. My thoughts are certainly with him.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/former-ireland-and-liverpool-star-michael-robinson-reveals-he-is-suffering-from-incurable-cancer-37634035.html

That's terribly sad. He was held in high esteem in Spain because of his media work - to show how high, I read a story in a newspaper years ago written by an Irish journalist who had gone to visit him in Spain and they went to a game together. They were approached by an elderly Spanish gentleman who seemed delighted to meet Robinson started speaking effusively to him in Spanish and it was quite clear he was a big admirer. When he left the journalist asked "who was that oul fella", to which Robinson responded "Alfredo Di Stefano".

I hope he finds peace in the difficult times ahead.

[tetsujin1979]

Roy O'Donovan returns after a record suspension, Michael Obafemi's first Premier League goal, Gary Dicker's 400th career appearance and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=610007987158349110

[tetsujin1979]

Roy O'Donovan's first goal of the season, Richie Towell's first red card in England, Adam O'Reilly's senior debut and more in the last round up of 2018: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7600411792070718622

[tetsujin1979]

Roy O'Donovan's 30th goal in the A-League James McCleans 200th start in English football, Robbie Brady's third career red card and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1798412421799432166

[tetsujin1979]

Stephen Ward's return from injury, Jeff Hendrick's 250th career start, Paddy Madden's 20th goal for Fleetwood Town, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=8972606605934932283

[tetsujin1979]

Today is the first time two Ireland players (Rice and Long) scored on the same day in the Premier League since Tuesday, 2nd January 2018, when McClean and Long scored

[tetsujin1979]

Spoke too soon, Ciaran Clark's goal means that today is now the first day since Saturday, 13th February 2016 that three Ireland players scored on the same day in the Premier League

[tetsujin1979]

This is the first season where three Ireland players(Ciaran Clark, Shane Duffy & Matt Doherty) have scored three, or more, Premier League goals since 2016/17 (Jonathan Walters(4), Shane Long(3) & Seamus Coleman(4))

[DeLorean]

Spoke too soon, Ciaran Clark's goal means that today is now the first day since Saturday, 13th February 2016 that three Ireland players scored on the same day in the Premier League

Hendrick might be credited with a goal too maybe, his shot definitely looked on target before being diverted in. That said, Shane Long's may well have been off target. When was the last time we had four goalscorers?

[tetsujin1979]

Hendrick might be credited with a goal too maybe, his shot definitely looked on target before being diverted in. That said, Shane Long's may well have been off target. When was the last time we had four goalscorers?

18 December 2005, it was Keane, Morrison, Duff and O'Shea. I think there was one other time but I'm not sure

[tetsujin1979]

David McGoldrick's tenth goal for Sheffield United, Anthony Pilkington's debut assist for Wigan, Seamus Coleman's 250th start for Everton, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=6137584914464509673

[tetsujin1979]

18 December 2005, it was Keane, Morrison, Duff and O'Shea. I think there was one other time but I'm not sure
Checked this out, there was one other time when four players scored on the same day, it was 5th May 2001 - Carr, Kilbane, Quinn, and Harte all scored
There's been only one day when five Irish players scored, 29th August 1992 - Lee Power, Eddie McGoldrick, Niall Quinn, Mike Milligan, and Ronnie Whelan

[Demesne Lad]

If it wasn't for bad luck, Rob Elliot would have no luck at all. Last week, Derby Co. were reportedly having a look at him. Now, according to the Evening Chronicle, he has sustained a back injury and NUFC's hopes of selling him "have gone up in smoke with the player potentially requiring an operation". Elliot is on contract until June 2020, but Benitez wanted to off-load him.

[tetsujin1979]

Five players' debuts for their new clubs, Paddy Madden's 90th goal in League One, Shaun Williams' 200th start for Millwall and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=6022162347144394043

[Closed Account]

Unusually, no Irish substitutes in the FA Cup today, i.e everyone starts.
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
https://i.imgur.com/8KeLZLF.png

[Cuyahoga]

On BBC 1 tonight it is Millwall v Everton in the FA Cup. The commentator asked the co commentator Kevin Kilbane about
Millwall's Irish international Shaun williams and his FAI cup winners medal with Sporting Fingal. needless to say Kevin had not got a clue about Sporting fingal,never heard of them nodoubt.

[tetsujin1979]

So what if he hasn't?

[Eminence Grise]

I reckon I'd know people in Dublin who have never heard of Sporting Fingal. Is this a new gut test for second generation players - unless they know all the defunct LoI teams of their lifetime they should be looked on with suspicion? Anyway, can you imagine the damage to the league's reputation if Killer's answer had included words like vanity project, wild west regulation, developers, bankrupt, crazy league, only one of many, and (the shame!) happened on John Delaney's watch...?

[tetsujin1979]

Anthony Forde's 100th appearance for Rotherham United Football Club, Alan Browne's 20th Sky Bet Championship goal, Tommie Hoban returns after surgery, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=3385500424947884628

[tetsujin1979]

Andy Keogh's 50th goal in the A-League, Jeff Hendrick's 100th appearance for Burnley, Matt Doherty's 250th career start and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7725800222221415344

[tetsujin1979]

Conor Henderson's first appearance in Romania, Aidan Keena's first goal for Hearts, Jonathan Hayes' first booking since August 2017, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=4633176033338378783

[Olé Olé]

Keenan bagged a hat trick then today for Hearts' reserves. One to watch.

https://twitter.com/JamTarts/status/1094991908890427400?s=19

[tetsujin1979]

The 60th goal of Aiden McGeady's career, Josh Cullen's 100th career appearance, Connor Ronan's first appearance in Slovakia, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1582567965743990384

[Demesne Lad]

A hat-trick for Simon Cox, earning a draw for Southend, who were 0-3 down to Portsmouth.

[tetsujin1979]

Michael Obafemi, Adam Idah, Luca Connell and Troy Parrott named in the first twenty of FourFourTwo's 50 most exciting teenagers in English football: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/50-most-exciting-teenagers-english-football

[DeLorean]

The 60th goal of Aiden McGeady's career

He has 65 league goals according to Wiki, and 74 club goals in total. It's not great really is it, for a player of his type?

[tetsujin1979]

He has 65 league goals according to Wiki, and 74 club goals in total. It's not great really is it, for a player of his type?
good catch, I missed that in the fact check
removed it from the article

[tetsujin1979]

A brief history of formerly Irish dual nationalists: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=768544964256880597