Irish Abroad 2024/25

[tetsujin1979]

Starting the season thread a little later than usual this year
Kicking things off with a strange connection between actress Claire Foy and Italia 90
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/blo...rtyrs-and.html

[tetsujin1979]

Just in time for the new Premier League season, I've added an option to the live blog to render the day's fixtures as the classic Aertel page 221!
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/live

[Demesne Lad]

Good Irish representation today in the 12.30 pm Championship starting XIs: Azaz, Cashin, Collins, Molumby, Ogbene, Shaughnessy.

[tetsujin1979]

[tetsujin1979]

Callum Robinson's 50th appearance for Cardiff, Matt Doherty's 150th Premier League appearance, Chiedozie Ogene's 200th appearance in English football, and more in the first round up of the 2024/25 season!
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/blo...rday-17th.html

[tetsujin1979]

As noted elsewhere, three Irish top flight debuts in the same game is a rare occurrence, so, after Sammie Szmodics, Jack Taylor, and Marcus Harness' all made their first Premier League appearance for Ipswich at the weekend, I've searched the records to find the other times three(or more) Republic of Ireland players made their top flight debuts in the same game
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/blo...ee-debuts.html

[tetsujin1979]

There is an Instagram account for the site here - https://instagram.com/irish_football_statistics - but right now I can't sign up for Threads(thank you Brussels)

IMO Instagram didn't want to release it just yet, but with Twitter burning down, and mastodon and blue sky picking up numbers, it was deemed "good enough" to release, and it's up 100 million users in under a week.
I think they'll focus on getting things like searching and hashtags working before moving on to automation. If that functionality is made available for developers, then I'll investigate it.

There's a few other services that have launched recently too - spill, t2, and NOSTR (that last one intrigues me) - and if they make automation available I'll look into that too

For now I'm going to focus on getting the automation for blue sky and mastodon working before the women's World cup starts

More than a year after this post, automation has been introduced it for threads, and I've been doing some work with threads recently. I'm running an experiment with the same live updates that used to be on twitter twitter
Please follow below

https://www.threads.net/@irish_football_statistics

Incidentally, two of the alternative services - spill and t2 - didn't last very long, and NOSTR seems to be a weird hangout for crypto bros.

First automated thread posted successfully, let's see how the rest of the day goes
https://www.threads.net/@irish_footb...st/C_S_-GXCiL-

[tetsujin1979]

More than a year after this post, automation has been introduced it for threads, and I've been doing some work with threads recently. I'm running an experiment with the same live updates that used to be on twitter twitter
Please follow below

https://www.threads.net/@irish_football_statistics

Incidentally, two of the alternative services - spill and t2 - didn't last very long, and NOSTR seems to be a weird hangout for crypto bros.

First automated thread posted successfully, let's see how the rest of the day goes
https://www.threads.net/@irish_footb...st/C_S_-GXCiL-

A few minor issues aside, I'm going to count that as a success!
There won't be any updates on threads tomorrow while I resolve them, and hopefully I'll be running updates again on Sunday

[tetsujin1979]

All birthday greetings and #OnThisDay posts automated on threads. Live updates still need some work, but I'm hoping to have it ready when the international break ends next week
https://www.threads.net/@irish_football_statistics

[tetsujin1979]

Was asked to go on an England fans podcast ahead of the game tomorrow. It's online now, my segment starts at 16:40
https://open.spotify.com/episode/754TBZIxDtW0E5wBcgZkfZ

[tetsujin1979]

More than a year after this post, automation has been introduced it for threads, and I've been doing some work with threads recently. I'm running an experiment with the same live updates that used to be on twitter
Please follow below

https://www.threads.net/@irish_football_statistics

Next step on the live updates on threads today - updates from a full day's fixtures.

[Demesne Lad]

Only three of the nine penalties taken in the shootout to settle the Stoke City v Fleetwood EFL Cup tie were successful. Tom Cannon, Ryan Graydon and Mipo Odubeko all failed to convert, as did former Waterford player Phoenix Patterson.

[tetsujin1979]

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the opening two games of the Republic of Ireland's 2024/25 UEFA Nations League campaign against England and Greece - has the managerial honeymoon ended in record time?
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[tetsujin1979]

We're delighted to be joined on the podcast by Landon Cotham and Jeremiah Bentley of Moontower Soccer to discuss all things Austin FC -- the fan culture, the stadium, where Jon Gallagher should play, and using LOITV as a scouting tool!
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[tetsujin1979]

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to discuss the Republic of Ireland's upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Finland and Greece, and the U21s final two qualifiers for the 2025 UEFA Under 21 Championship
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[tetsujin1979]

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland's two Nations League games in October. What did we make of the changes to the side and how the players reacted to going behind, and what does it mean for the final two League B games in November?


Going into their final two qualifiers for the 2025 UEFA U21 Championship, the Under 21 side knew what was needed, but still fell short of qualification. What players from the squad can look forward to promotion to the senior side, and what does another campaign that finished in disappointment mean for coach Jim Crawford?


Also, Sideshow Bob's rakes and I do a live countdown math problem!
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[tetsujin1979]

Was asked to appear on the 3 Lions Podcast again ahead of the return game against England in Wembley next week. Shared a few insights to the Ireland squad with Russell, and some background to the FAI Cup final
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ziG9Ec0cL3TbIHrG7Ww5X

[tetsujin1979]

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to preview the final 2024/25 UEFA Nations League games for the Republic of Ireland National Men's Team against Finland and England. What do we think of the squad selected by Heimir Hallgrímsson, will the performances against Finland and Greece affect the expectations of Ireland fans, and how do we think the Boys in Green will fare over the two games?

Following the National Women's Team defeat of Georgia in the first round of the play off for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, what can Eileen Gleeson's team expect in the second round against Wales.

Finally, we review the U17 Mens Team's performance in the Qualifying Round for the 2025 UEFA Under 17 Championship and explain how a rare, possible unique, set of circumstances led to them qualifying with three yellow cards

Also, I make a prediction for the attendance in the final home game of 2024.
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[tetsujin1979]

Myself and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football are delighted to be joined by John Nicholson of football365 to discuss a wide range of topics, from Lee Carsley's time in charge of England, the waning power of the press, the poppy controversy, and more!

(Note this was recorded before England and Ireland's games against Greece and Finland, respectively)
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[Demesne Lad]

Is it just my imagination, or do the BIG tend to score more often in the PL/EFL in the couple of weeks after an international break than at other times, even after Ireland have not done well?