Glenn Whelan's first appearance for Hearts, James McCean's 50th appearance for Stoke City, Seamus Coleman's 250th appearance in the Premier League, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...26444027312715
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Glenn Whelan's first appearance for Hearts, James McCean's 50th appearance for Stoke City, Seamus Coleman's 250th appearance in the Premier League, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...26444027312715
Two senior club debuts, James McCarthy's first start since January 2018, Roy O'Donovan's first goal for Brisbane Roar, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...32510433514211
Simon Power's first appearance in the SPL, Aaron Connolly's first Premier League appearance, Thomas O'Connor's debut at Gillingham, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...24399091398360
League 1 is a great level for o connor to go on loan. He played left back on SaturdayQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Irish players confirmed in Premier League squads
Aston Villa
Conor Hourihane
Bournemouth
Mark Travers
Brighton
Shane Duffy
Aaron Connolly
Burnley
Robbie Brady
Jeff Hendrick
Kevin Long
Crystal Palace
Stephen Henderson
James McCarthy
Everton
Seamus Coleman
Liverpool
Caoimhin Kelleher
Newcastle
Ciaran Clark
Sheffield United
John Egan
David Mcgoldrick
Callum Robinson
Enda Stevens
Southampton
Shane Long
Michael Obafemi
Tottenham
Troy Parrott
Wolves
Matt Doherty
Four players' first appearance in senior football, Paddy Madden's 30th goal for Fleetwood Town, Jeff Hendrick becomes the 42nd player to reach 50 international caps, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...24741016413687
After Jack Byrne became the 500th player to play for Ireland last night, I wondered who the other players at each 100th-player milestone were http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...95758237795597
Following a question from Alan Kelly on Twitter, I checked the record books to see if two goalkeepers had ever made their Ireland debut in the same game before Mark Travers and Kieran O'Hara did so against Bulgaria
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...65789699543163
Final blog on Ireland v Bulgaria - what are the other occasions when three players scored their first international goal in the same game: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...85591232636990
James Collins' 100th Luton Town Football Club appearance, Jeff Hendrick's 100th Premier League appearance, Eoin Doyle's 100th goal in British football, Danny Rogers's 100th Scottish Championship appearance, and other stats unrelated to the number 100 in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...78598572326884
Two players score their first senior goal, Ryan Nolan's first senior start, Reece Grego-Cox's first goal of the season, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...51531468054659
Passed 4,000 followers on Twitter last night: https://twitter.com/irish_abroad
I know there's a few followers from the forum, so I'd like to thank you for putting up with me flooding your feed every weekend with updates.
Every 1,000 followers I do a Q&A on anything to do with Irish football, stats, and the site itself, but I'm on holidays at the moment, so if you have any questions reply here, or on Twitter, and I'll get back to you when I'm home
David McMillan (ex-Dundalk, Pats and UCD) joined Falkirk from St Johnstone on a season-long loan, from 4 September. He scored against Stranraer on 21 September.
The weekend round up returns with James Collins' 50th goal for Luton Town, Jonathan Hayes' 250th appearance in the Scottish Premiership, Matt Doherty's 300th career appearance, and more: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...06161000624860
Anthony Pilkington's first goal since April 2018, Jonathan Hayes' 50th appearance for Celtic, Jimmy Ryan's 450th career appearance, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...26597311219345
Seamus Coleman's first red card since 2011, Conor Hourihane's 25th goal for Aston Villa, Enda Stevens' 100th start for Sheffield United, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...75191836115417
Match of the Day claimed that Aaron Connolly's brace at the weekend made him the 100th Ireland player to score in the Premier League, but is he? I've investigated the claim, and discovered a possible alternative: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...87245440361367
I've updated the article with the full list of Irish goalscorers in the Premier LeagueQuote:
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Paul McShane (Unattached) signed by Rochdale in League 1; on a short-term contract up to January.
He’s knocked a darn good career out of it . Certainly made the most of his ability .Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
We thought he was the next Paul McGrath the night he only momentarily allowed Jan Koller out of his pocket. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
He was not the Messiah . He is a Good Fella though .Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
After Conor Hourihane's first Premier League goal at the weekend, he's now scored in all four divisions in England, but who are the other players to manage the feat in recent years? http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...99656506916893
Roy O'Donovan's 40th goal in the A-League, Eddie Nolan's 100th appearance for Crewe Alexandra, Sean Scannell's first booking since 2016(!!), and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...39618622907570
After Aaron Connolly's start last night, a brief look at the fifteen other players to have started a competitive international before their twentieth birthday: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...66904206808752
Paddy Madden's first hat trick in English football, Jeff Hendrick's 100th start for Burnley, Shaun Williams's 350th start in English football, and much more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...90881334447551
Rory Gaffney's first goal for Walsall, Callum O'Dowda's 100th appearance in the Championship, Aaron Doran's 200th start for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...58361800902861
Some analysis of Sheffield United with an Irish interest: https://www.football365.com/news/she...icant-weakness
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The wing-backs are Enda Stevens left and George Baldock right. Stevens is the more spectacular, and the eye test suggests he’s the more naturally talented, in attack at least. He gets the ball significantly more than Baldock (12.1 more passes/90), and the numbers give him a clear edge in key passes (11 to 4) and expected assists/90 (0.11 to 0.02). But Baldock is fairly steady, a reliable short passer, and I was surprised to see he has a much better cross completion percentage (24.3% to 9.4%).
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And so to the strikers, those sometime recipients of Henderson’s long balls. For the early part of the season, Sheffield’s best forward man was David McGoldrick. He’s an intelligent player who can do a little bit of everything: dribble, pass, win balls in the air, make good runs, go by defenders with pace, defend from the front too. But only once, against Southampton, did he look like a reliable scoring threat, and even then he failed to convert several presentable chances. There’s some question whether he can lead the line at this level.
But hopefully that won’t matter. With the advent of Mousset, McGoldrick has been shifted into a deeper role, kind of a 9˝, or what we used to call a support striker. It’s the perfect place for him: he can use all his skills without worrying about getting into prime scoring positions. Against Burnley he was flat-out brilliant as an advanced fulcrum for attacks. He played a crucial role in the build-up to the first two goals, and should have had an assist when sub Billy Sharp passed up an excellent chance McGoldrick created in leading a counter.
The part about McGoldrick makes me even more keen to see him and Connolly in a front two.
To mark Aertel's closure, the live blog is going to be rendered in the classic pg 221 format for the weekend's fixtures: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
Joe Mason's first goal for MK Dons, James Collins' first goal in two months, Daryl Horgan's tenth goal for Hibs, and more as the round up returns after the international break: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...69736698400790
Ronan Curtis scores again for Portsmouth, after 33 seconds (v Rotherham, 26 November).
Connor Sammon scores two away to Linlithgow Rose (23 November).
Good omens for him that only two of that list ended up with fewer than ten caps and that it includes three of our six most capped players and two of our six top scorersQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Shaun Williams' first goal of the season, Matt Doherty's 25th goal for Wolves, Paddy Madden's 40th goal for Fleetwood, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...53230757842794
Don't forget, Michael Obafemi's appearance in the Nations League counts as a competitive international. It did tie him to us.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
True, but he didn't start the game.
Ah. Sorry. My bad. What are the chances he'll start against Slovakia to get added to the list? Mick seems ready to throw players in.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Depends on how he's performing really. He was in the last U21 squad, so needs to get back in the senior squad first. I'd say Mick has settled on McGoldrick, Connolly, Collins, and one space free for the four strikers in his squad
As we come to the end of the 2010s, I sat down with Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to discuss the last ten years of Irish international football.
First up - 2010-2013: The Trapattoni Years
https://soundcloud.com/irish-abroad/...apattoni-years
Robbie Brady's first goal in two years, Michael Harriman's first goal for Northampton Town, Jon Gallagher's first career goal, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...62522361995683