Graham Kelly, Cian Bolger, Daniel Kearns, and Fuad Sule are the first Irish players to appear in the 2022/23 season, for Larne in their Europa League qualifier against St Joseph's of Gibraltar
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Craig Hope (Daily Mail, 6 July) reports that Ciaran Clark and Jeff Hendrick, plus Dwight Gayle, have been sent to train with the Newcastle U-23s, while Eddie Howe tries to move them out of the club. According to Hope, Sheffield Utd and Birmingham City are interested in Clark, while Reading are interested in Hendrick.
Sean McConville (33) has signed a new two-year contract with Accrington Stanley (EFL 1). To date he has made a club record 388 English Football League appearances, and scored 65 goals. (BBC Football, 12 July).
Site has been updated with the latest squad lists ahead of the new season: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/CompetitionDetails
I've been thinking of a tutorial on how some of the stats I post are created for a little while, and made these two episodes over the last few weeks.
Episode 1 - Introduction to the data
How the player and game data is stored, and accessed
Episode 2 - Losses, Wins, and Substitutes
Explaining how three different stats were created using the data
- That Stephen Kenny is the first Ireland manager to lose two games to teams ranked outside the top 90
- That the winning margin against Scotland was the largest against a higher ranked side in a competitive game since rankings were introduced
- That Alan Browne's goal against Belgium was the fastest by a substitute since James Collins V Serbia
They are both a little technical, so some knowledge of programming is assumed, but I'd hope they're both still relatively accessible.
Not sure how many more of these I'll work on, but I'm not going to go through three stats in a single episode again!
I watched some of that.
For someone whose only experience with coding is trying to help their kid with their Python homework, you come across as at least very patient, if not a full-blown saint.
Thanks, don't think anyone had ever told me that before!
A few of my friends' kids have started getting into coding so I came up with this
Dan Casey and Lee Desmond will play for Sacramento Republic in the US Open Cup final after beating Sporting Kansas City on penalties last night. Sacramento are the first team from outside MLS to make it to the final since 2008
https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2...g-kansas-city/
Live blog is live blogging for the new season in the UK: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
Or you can follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/irish_abroad
i was asked to come on the Pog Mo Goal podcast this week to discuss what it's like to track Irish player appearances around the world with the host James Carew and The Bottomless Pit of Football's Philip Flanagan
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l2...T12KotV469ujKg
After a longer than initially planned hiatus, the round up has returned, with two players reaching 200 starts in British football, Conor Hourihane's 25th goal in League One, and Ciaran Clark's first booking since October 2021
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...36764558332326
Stretching the thread title a bit, I know, but I recognised Callum O'Dowda on the BBC coverage of the Commonwealth Games; he was supporting sister Jade (England), who won the long jump in the Women's Heptathlon and is second after 5 events. Mark Kinsella's daughter Alice won a gold for England in the gymnastics.
Interesting - didn't realise the connection. She's up against Dundalk's Kate O'Connor (nominally representing NI as we're not in the commonwealth - she has a connection to Newry also) in that event. Both in with a chance of a medal - though like many events in the Commonwealth Games it's a really shallow field compared to the proper athletics championships.
Two Irish goalkeepers start Premier League games on the same day for the first time in six years, Anselmo Garcia MacNulty's first appearance in senior football, Aaron Doran's 350th career appearance, and more in the weekend round up
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...24135332531439
ease into the weekend with the first podcast episode of the new season in England and Europe with myself, Hawkeye Sidekick, and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football reviewing the opening round of Premier League fixtures and making predictions for the season ahead
Link: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...75789344848652
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ke...93d7829ac44dae
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...AAAAHQAAAAAQZQ
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...=1000575871915
The fifth Irish player in Serie A, Aaron Doran's 50th goal for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, John Egan's 350th career start, and more in the weekend round up
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blo...20985431274972
Jake Doyle-Hayes' 50th appearance for Hibs, Greg Cunningham's 150th appearance for Preston, Jonathan Hayes' 300th appearance for Aberdeen, and more in the weekend round up
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...09529521171569
Eoin Toal played 45 minutes for Bolton Wanderers' B team away to Blackpool B in the Central League. Conor Carty scored for Bolton, but the Wanderers lost 1-2. CJ Hamilton hit the woodwork twice before scoring for Blackpool. (Bolton Wanderers website, 23 Aug)
Killian Phillips makes his Crystal Palace debut v Oxford Utd in the Carabao Cup tonight. Ed McGinty in goal again for Oxford.
Carabao Cup: Former League of Ireland stalwart Gavan Holohan starts for Grimsby Town, v Notts Forest; Republic of Ireland international Kieran O'Hara between the sticks for Colchester Utd, v Brentford; Shane Duffy starts for Fulham, away to Crawley, for whom Mazeed Ogungbo makes his fifth appearance .