Irish Players Abroad 06/07

Scorers:
Clinton Morrison (Crystal Palace)
Owen Garvan (Ipswich)
Alan Lee (Ipswich)
Liam Lawrence (Stoke)
Leon Best (Southampton)
Wes Hoolahan (Blackpool)
David McGoldrick (Bournemouth)
Barry Corr (Shrewsbury)
Robbie Williams (Accrington Stanley)
Jon Daly (Dundee United)

I listened to the 2nd half of the Sunderland game. Murphy and Connolly started up front, and I didn't hear much of Murphy as Stokes came on for him midway through. Connolly was caught offside a few times and he also had two passes that Stokes or John could've scored off of. Bryne came on late for Cardiff and the only thing that stuck out was one cross late in the match

From http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...028094,00.html

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The key to him (Nigel Spink, Birmingham goalkeeping coach) is the rise in goalkeeping coaches - though perhaps he would say that, as he is one, at Birmingham City of all places for a Villa hero. The good news there is that a keeper as fine as Maik Taylor has been pushed aside by someone coming through the ranks. The bad news is that Colin Doyle is a Republic of Ireland man, but the principle still works as he started out as a trainee at the club.

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Paddy Kenny was supposed to be excellent yesterday.

Richard Dunne got another 2 bonus points in the fantasy football. Defender of the season so far?

Interesting to see Leon Best back at Southampton, starting & scoring. Just shows the benefit of a good loan spell. Hopefully it'll work for Adam Rooney.

I saw highlights of Wolves vs Southampton on ITV. I thought Andy Keogh looked quality and could have had a hat trick with more luck. I didn't notice Ward or Potter much but the 0-6 result was quite misleading. The fans were singing "one Mick McCarthy" at the end.

Interesting that Colin Doyle is holding down his place at Brum.

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Interesting to see Leon Best back at Southampton, starting & scoring. Just shows the benefit of a good loan spell. Hopefully it'll work for Adam Rooney.

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This goes on here all the time but can anyone confirm if Best still wants to play for Ireland? I think he does but other people have a different opinion that seems to stem from him being in an England U19 squad a few years back. He's Irish in Championship manager anyway as Tetsujin mentioned but then again so was Marlon King a few seasons ago????????????

He also doesn't seem to show up in many of our current underage squads. I only ask because I rate him. He'll be decent in the future I'd say probably has more potential than Keogh, Ward, Clarke or (A) Rooney.

stoke v leicester 4-2

just Maybury for leicester and Lawerence for them who weighed in with a goal also. Logan on the bench, no sign of Yeates.

http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...33981,00.html?

Christopher Fagan scored the equaliser for Man United in the FA Youth Cup Semi Final, they've qualified for the final and will now face holders Liverpool in a two-legged final.
Man United review: http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pa...=416322&page=1
Arsenal review: http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.a...es&fxid=306722

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Originally Posted by youngirish

This goes on here all the time but can anyone confirm if Best still wants to play for Ireland? I think he does

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Nothing categorical, but I'm under the impression he's still keen to play for us.

Interesting that james simmonds is apparently back in the fold.

(Sorry if he's been mentioned already recently, but I had an enforced sabbatical from cyberspace!)

Been a little bored at work lately, so I whipped up a program to scan the day's soccer results across the pond based on soccerbase.com's homepage, and write out the results, together with any Irish players that played in each game, stayed on the bench, and list any scorers or bookings separately, and include links to the relevant soccerbase.com page (team, match or player)
Here is the fruits of my labours for saturday's games.
Some known issues with this is that it only works for the current day's games, so I can't run it against the games of weekends past, so I'm going to have to keep an eye on the soccerbase homepage for when it gets updated, and also it doesn't list sendings off or assists. Other than that it's pretty nifty!

English Premier
Bolton 1-0 Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd's Irish Players: Paddy Kenny
Sheff Utd's unused Irish substitutes: Derek Geary
Irish bookings: Paddy Kenny
Charlton 1-0 Wigan
Charlton's Irish Players: Matt Holland
Charlton's unused Irish substitutes: Darren Randolph
Wigan's Irish Players: Caleb Folan
Wigan's unused Irish substitutes: Kevin Kilbane
Fulham 1-1 Portsmouth
Liverpool 4-1 Arsenal
Man Utd 4-1 Blackburn
Man Utd's Irish Players: John O'Shea
Newcastle 0-1 Man City
Newcastle's Irish Players: Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Damien Duff
Man City's Irish Players: Richard Dunne
Watford 0-1 Chelsea
West Ham 2-0 Middlesbro

Football League Championship
Barnsley 1-2 Derby
Barnsley's Irish Players: Nicky Colgan
Derby's Irish Players: Jonathan Macken
Burnley 0-0 Luton
Burnley's Irish Players: Graham Coughlan, Garreth O'Connor, Chris McCann, James O'Connor
Luton's Irish Players: Keith Keane
C Palace 1-2 Sheff Wed
C Palace's Irish Players: Mark Kennedy, Clinton Morrison
Sheff Wed's Irish Players: Glen Whelan
Irish goalscorers: Clinton Morrison
Cardiff 0-1 Sunderland
Cardiff's Irish Players: Stephen McPhail, Jason Byrne
Sunderland's Irish Players: Anthony Stokes, Liam Miller, Daryl Murphy, David Connolly
Irish bookings: Stephen McPhail
Colchester 3-0 Norwich
Norwich's Irish Players: Gary Doherty
Norwich's unused Irish substitutes: Michael Spillane
Hull City 4-0 Southend
Hull City's Irish Players: Dean Delaney
Southend's Irish Players: Richie Foran
Irish bookings: Richie Foran
Ipswich 3-0 Plymouth
Ipswich's Irish Players: Billy Clarke, Owen Garvan, Alan Lee, Jonathan Walters
Ipswich's unused Irish substitutes: Shane Supple
Irish goalscorers: Owen Garvan, Alan Lee
QPR 1-2 West Brom
West Brom's Irish Players: Dean Kiely, Paul McShane
Stoke 4-2 Leicester
Stoke's Irish Players: Liam Lawrence
Leicester's Irish Players: Alan Maybury
Leicester's unused Irish substitutes: Conrad Logan
Irish goalscorers: Liam Lawrence
Wolves 0-6 Southampton
Wolves's Irish Players: Gary Breen, Darren Potter, Stephen Ward, Andy Keogh
Wolves's unused Irish substitutes: Stephen Gleeson
Southampton's Irish Players: Leon Best
Irish goalscorers: Gary Breen, Leon Best
Irish bookings: Darren Potter

Football League One
Blackpool 2-1 Crewe
Blackpool's Irish Players: Wesley Hoolahan
Irish goalscorers: Wesley Hoolahan
Bristol C 1-1 Nottm Forest
Cheltenham 2-1 Leyton Orient
Cheltenham's Irish Players: JJ Melligan
Irish goalscorers: JJ Melligan
Gillingham 2-1 Brentford
Gillingham's Irish Players: Gary Mulligan
Huddersfield 2-2 Port Vale
Millwall 2-0 Swansea
Millwall's Irish Players: Alane Dunne
Swansea's Irish Players: Thomas Butler
Northampton 0-2 Brighton
Oldham 1-0 Yeovil
Yeovil's unused Irish substitutes: Adam Rooney
Rotherham 0-2 Bournemouth
Rotherham's Irish Players: David Worrell
Bournemouth's Irish Players: David McGoldrick
Irish goalscorers: David McGoldrick
S****horpe 2-0 Bradford
S****horpe's Irish Players: Joe Murphy, Cliff Byrne, Jim Goodwin

Football League Two
Barnet 2-1 Darlington
Barnet's Irish Players: Barry Cogan
Boston Utd 0-1 Bury
Boston Utd's Irish Players: Colin Cryan
Bury's unused Irish substitutes: John Fitzgerald
Hereford 0-0 Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes's Irish Players: Jonathan Hayes, Keith Andrews
Notts Co 2-0 Grimsby
Peterborough 3-3 Wycombe
Rochdale 2-0 Lincoln
Lincoln's Irish Players: Lee Frecklington
Swindon 2-1 Shrewsbury
Swindon's Irish Players: Barry Corr
Irish goalscorers: Barry Corr
Torquay 1-0 Stockport
Stockport's Irish Players: Eddie Nolan
Irish bookings: Eddie Nolan
Walsall 3-2 Accrington
Wrexham 0-0 Mansfield
Mansfield's Irish Players: Stephen Dawson
Mansfield's unused Irish substitutes: Barry Conlon

Scottish Premier
Dundee Utd 1-1 Celtic
Dundee Utd's Irish Players: Sean Dillon, Jonathan Daly
Celtic's Irish Players: Darren O'Dea, Aiden McGeady
Celtic's unused Irish substitutes: Cillian Sheridan
Irish goalscorers: Jonathan Daly
Falkirk 2-0 St Mirren
Falkirk's Irish Players: Patrick Cregg, Stephen O'Donnell
St Mirren's Irish Players: David van Zanten
Irish goalscorers: Stephen O'Donnell
Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen
Aberdeen's Irish Players: Ritchie Byrne, Gary Dempsey
Irish bookings: Ritchie Byrne
Motherwell 2-0 Dunfermline
Motherwell's Irish Players: Paul Keegan
Motherwell's unused Irish substitutes: Trevor Molloy
Dunfermline's Irish Players: Bobby Ryan
Rangers 1-1 Inverness CT

Did anyone see the Liverpool game? Fullback's are usually more underappreciated than goalies but Finnan's performacne was so outstanding that my mother (hates football) could tell he was MOTM. 2 assists and flawless defending. If we play him on the right and let him find his form he and doyle will be a lethal combination.

European Cup
PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Liverpool
Liverpool's Irish Players: Steve Finnan

Football League Championship
Burnley 4-0 Plymouth
Burnley's Irish Players: Garreth O'Connor, James O'Connor, Chris McCann
Burnley's unused Irish substitutes: Graham Coughlan

QPR 1-0 Preston
Preston's Irish Players: Sean St Ledger
Preston's unused Irish substitutes: Wayne Henderson
Irish bookings: Sean St Ledger

Football League Two
Rochdale 0-0 Swindon
Swindon's Irish Players: Barry Corr
Irish bookings: Barry Corr

Shrewsbury 1-3 Bury
No Irish players.

Scottish Premier
Motherwell 0-1 Kilmarnock
Motherwell's Irish Players: Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan

Wow nice work Tets!

Here's the Liverpool fans thoughts on Finnan:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/...topic=168622.0

Tets, that is a piece of rare, rare quality, brilliant and thanks.

Cheers lads, I'd been noodling the idea around for a bit and finally got around to it.
If you notice any players missing (Robbie Williams and Michael Welch are missing from Saturday's games) let me know and I'll make sure they're in the following weekend's games.
Any other improvements you think are needed, even in layout (overuse of the word "Irish"?), don't hesitate and I'll do my best (within reason, I'm not going to add facemaps or club logos!) .
At the moment, it covers the 2 European Cups, the 4 leagues in England, the Scottish Premiership, and the 4 Cups (English and Scottish FA and League cups), but if you want the lower leagues in Scotland and the Conference added in I'll add them in.

Sheridan and Cahillane get the goals as Celtic make the youth cup final.

http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2007-04-04_2101gk'

Good man Tets, quality work. Can you create a programme to select the team, or unearth a quality central midfielder?

Scottish Premier
St Mirren 1-1 Hibernian
St Mirren's Irish Players: David van Zanten, Billy Mehmett


European Cup
Roma 2-1 Man Utd
Man Utd's Irish Players: John O'Shea

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Good man Tets, quality work. Can you create a programme to select the team, or unearth a quality central midfielder?

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Cheers mate.
Err, nope, what I did was comparatively simple! Just use Football Manager 2007!