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The Technical Director of the Nigerian Football Federation, Austine Eguavoen, was in London at the end of last month to court a number of players of Nigerian heritage but born outside Nigeria. Among them was Tayo Adaramola, the Crystal Palace and Republic of Ireland U-21 defender. (The Street Journal, Nigeria, 5 Jan)
Generous praise for both Ferguson and Moran from Pascal Gross http://www.sussexlive.co.uk/sport/fo...int_source=nba
John Fallon has compiled 23 important dates for Irish football in 2023 in the Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41044529.html
Parrott and Idah on for the last 20 mins or so.
O'Shea, Hendrick and McClean in the SkyBet Championship Team of the Week.
Jayson Molumby's first goal in 11 months, Pierce Sweeney's 300th appearance for Exeter City, Lee O'Connor's 100th start in senior football, and more in the weekend round up
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...25649510685512
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to continue our discussion on the last 12 months of international football, this time focusing on our Top Five Positives and Negatives from 2022.
acast: https://shows.acast.com/irish-footba...-football-part
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eZ...R_6FFUC2n_P81g
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...=1000595281746
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...AAAAHQAAAAAQCg
Oisín McEntee (22) and Ronan Maher (18) on the bench today for Walsall v Leicester in the FA Cup; 0-0 at half-time.
Conor Wilkinson named as a substitute too
Twitter are making some massive changes to how people access their API(the system which allows things like posting automatically) from Monday, and it's going to affect the @irish_abroad account
I've explained it in this short thread
https://twitter.com/irish_abroad/sta...20821578428416
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to review the notable transfers and loans for Irish players in the January 2023 transfer window, following the group draw, we look ahead to the 2025 UEFA Under 21 Championship qualifying campaign, and after Vera Pauw names her first squad in the World Cup year, we wonder who, of the new call ups, is most likely to make the final squad in July?
acast: https://shows.acast.com/irish-footba...cup-build-up-b
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4K3...5670b982d849e2
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...=1000600633803
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...AAAAHQAAAAAQCg
Jon Gallagher's fifth goal for Austin FC, Eiran Cashin's 50th start for Derby County, Emmanuel Osadebe's first appearance in seven months, and more in the weekend round up
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...83349171983419
I'm guessing probably not an all-time record or anything, but the 10 Irish players that featured in the Derby v Cheltenham game tonight must be the highest in an English league game for a while.
It's the most Irish players to appear in one game since a Championship game between Leeds and Sunderland in September 2006!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Gary Kelly, Paul Butler, and Jonathan Douglas started for Leeds
Kenny Cunningham, Liam Miller, Graham Kavanagh, Daryl Murphy, and David Connolly started for Sunderland, and Liam Lawrence and Stephen Elliott came off the bench for the Black Cats
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot..._1/5330158.stm
Christie (Hull, 7.20 rating) and McNally (Coventry, 7.70, most interceptions of any player in the league) included in the Sky Championship Team of the Month for February.
Lee O'Connor's 100th start for Tranmere Rovers, Alan Browne's 300th appearance in the Championship, Aiden O'Brien's 350th career appearance, and more in the midweek round up
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...01949499550591
The League 1 Team of the Season so far (based on Who Scored ratings each week) includes David McGoldrick and Eiran Cashin.
Looks like Wigan will be relegated, having been deducted 3 points for late payment of players. Will Keane and James McClean are out of contract this summer and could move elsewhere as free transfers, but Anthony Scully (23) has another couple of years on his contract and Jamie McGrath (25) one more.
In the third in the series of programming tutorials based on appearance data for Republic of Ireland players, I explain how to show that
1) The Ireland team against Scotland in September 2022 was the youngest to start a competitive game since a qualifier against Cyprus in November 1980
2) Stephen Kenny has given 15 players their debuts - the same number as Brian Kerr
sort of a follow up to the video, how do you calculate the average age of a team?
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...66146423481703
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the friendly against Latvia and qualifier against France and what both results and performances mean for the qualification Euro 2024 campaign
acast: https://shows.acast.com/irish-footba...g-our-hands-up
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nA...da4c69a14c4497
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...=1000607699997
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...AAAAHQAAAAAQAg
Give yourself a pat on the back if you recognise the sample in the podcast episode
An Irish spine to the Derby team in their formation: Cashin, Knight, McGoldrick, Collins. Hourihane there too. Finn Azaz on the bench for Plymouth, Omochere likewise for Fleetwood.
Harrogate v Doncaster making for an interesting hashtag on your twitter page today Tets!
Enjoy it while it lasts. Who knows what's going to happen with twitter in the near future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to review the Republic of Ireland's women's friendlies against the US in Austin and Missouri, discuss the group draw for the UEFA Under 17 Championship, and announce our initiative to encourage fans of the women's team to update the wikipedia page for each member of the squad before the World Cup kicks off in July
acast: https://shows.acast.com/irish-footba...in-to-missouri
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/365...a41ffb37d24932
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...=1000610133726
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...AAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
What does the initiative announced on the podcast entail?
Well, we had discussed amongst ourselves what to do in the build up to the first appearance by the Girls In Green at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, and, having read of other similar initiatives to improve the quality of women's articles in certain fields (science, art, history, etc) we thought this would be an excellent opportunity for a collective effort by fans of the team to make as much information as possible available before the tournament kicks off in July.So, what does this entail?
For the next eleven weeks, we're going to ask fans to focus on a single position within the squad, read through the articles for the players in that posistion, and either correct any mistakes you notice, or add something to it. This can be as little as correcting a spolling mistake (like that one!), or adding a line about their debut to their career history, to adding their international record.
We're starting this week with the goalkeepers named by Vera Pauw in the squad to face the United States recently - Courtney Brosnan, Grace Moloney, Megan Walsh, and Sophie Whitehouse - as well as recent callups Naoisha McAloon, Katie Keane, and Eve Badana.
Read the linked articles for each player, see if you notice anything that is incorrect, or if you know anything that can be added, feel free to do so.
England/Ireland qualified midfielder Stan Flaherty (21) has been released by QPR. Previously with Arsenal and Newcastle, he scored 7 and had 3 assists in 24 PL2 appearances.
Twitter are making massive changes to their API* this weekend, so how will it affect the live updates from the Irish Abroad twitter account and the live updates?
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...89066218317471
*API is an industry term that stands for Application Programming Interface, it's the methods made available by a company (Twitter, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc) to use their services, e.g. to post an update, or image, or video, or read user information
The changes didn't go through on Twitter last weekend, as had been announced by them, so as things stand everything is working as normal. No idea if/when the changes will happen now.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Sheffield Wednesday have released 5 of their U-21s and 5 of their U-18s, but Manchester-born left-back Cian Flannery (18), who is eligible for Ireland, has been offered a professional contract. (Yorkshire Live).
This was posted over in the LOI forum. A great article and analysis of transfers from the League of Ireland to League One.
https://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2023/...nd-and-europe/
Been adding the appearances and goals by year table to the various player articles for the last few weeks, and found something odd. Claire O'Riordan's profile page on fai.ie says she has 17 caps, but I've found 18 games where she made an appearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Added them all to the "Talk" section on her wiki page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Claire_O%27Riordan
Continuing the theme of "missing caps from player profiles", it looks like Katie McCabe's two goals against Wales in a challenge game in 2016 are not included in her profile on fai.ie
Not a big deal, but it looks like caps were awarded to her, and the rest of the squad, for those two games, so why not recognise the goals?
Also, Megan Connolly is listed with 38 caps on fai.ie but has appeared in 41 games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:M...rnational_Caps
Former Ireland U-21, Scunthorpe Utd and Derry City centre-back Cliff Byrne has joined up again with Grant McCann, as McCann's Asst. Manager at Doncaster Rovers. Byrne was Asst. Manager to McCann for 18 months at Hull City (2019-2021), but the pair were sacked when new owners Acun Medya Group arrived. (Hull Live)
Players released so far by EFL clubs include Olamide Shodipo and Conor Masterson (QPR), Daryl Horgan (Wycombe Wanderers), Ryan Delaney and Dan Crowley (Morecambe). (East Anglian Times, 15 May).
Masterson has already agreed a move to Gillingham, where he was on loan the last two seasons.
They're fourth tier - they looked odds on for relegation this season when scoring 7 goals in the first half of the season, but their second half was promotion form.
Ciaran Gilligan, 21 year-old midfielder, has been retained by Burton Albion, according to their website.