Tuesday, 6th February 2018 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone Charles Dunne’s start against St Johnstone was his 25th appearance in the SPL Partick Thistle 0-2 Rangers Daniel Devine returned to the Patrick starting XI for his first appearance since Wednesday, 27 December English FA Cup Birmingham City 1-4 Huddersfield Sean Scannell came off […] More
Saturday, 13th January 2018 Championship Cardiff 4-0 Sunderland Anthony Pilkington came off the bench, and scored his 20th goal for Cardiff – this was the midfielder’s first goal since August Brentford 2-0 Bolton After signing for Bolton Wanderers on loan, Harry Charsley made his first start for the Trotters. Burton Albion 1-3 QPR Ryan Manning […] More
Joe McCarthy reveals how Irish players across the water performed over the weekend. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Friday, 1st December 2017 Championship Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time since Saturday, 14th October Polish Ekstraklasa Jagiellonia BiaÅ‚ystok 1-0 PogoÅ„ Szczecin Cillian Sheridan marked his first start since Sunday, 22th […] More
Saturday, 14th October 2017 Championship Fulham 2-2 Preston North End On his return from international duty, Sean Maguire scored his first goal in a month Norwich 1-1 Hull City David Meyler’s red card was his second for Hull (the third of his career), and his first since April 2015 League 1 Bury 3-1 Bradford City […] More
Joe McCarthy reveals how Irish players across the water performed in the month of May. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Tuesday, 3rd October 2017 Football League Trophy Cambridge United 0-1 Southampton U21 Jake Carroll was booked for the first time season in his first start in more than a month Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Oldham Jack Byrne’s […] More
Chris Coleman says Wales have to be on the front foot against Georgia in Tbilisi. Wales are currently in second place in Group D with two games remaining, and play Georgia away before hosting the Republic of Ireland in their final World Cup qualifier. Coleman’s side are one point clear of Ireland, and know a […] More
Roy Keane says striker Scott Hogan will wish he’d never met him after a week of training. Keane was responding to the Aston Villa striker’s claims that he was star-struck when he met the former Manchester United midfielder for the first time. “Listen, that will soon change,” Keane replied when asked about Hogan’s comments. “After […] More
Gareth Bale will miss Wales’ World Cup qualifiers against both Georgia and the Republic of Ireland through injury. The 28 year old suffered a calf strain in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last Tuesday, and missed the Spanish champions’ clash with Espanyol as a result. Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane initially […] More
THE draw for Italia 90 inflicted untold expense on the travelling hoards of Irish supporters. Many schemes were devised in order to cut costs. Dubliner, Sean O’Gorman, hatched his own brainchild. Fly to Naples, charter a boat in Naples and sail to the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. Sean’s idea aroused great interest in the […] More
An old video that was commissioned by the FAI, and played just before kick off on the big screen and made by YBIG for the Play off game against France. A good first video to launch the new site. More
Five League of Ireland players to keep your eye on in 2016 1. Daryl Horgan (Dundalk) The Dundalk winger could be the next big export out of the League of Ireland. Horgan has a very similar style to former Irish international Damien Duff, due to his willingness to get on the ball and take on […] More
YBIG: What’s your fondest memory in an Ireland jersey? JASON: Probably captaining the side against Finland, that was probably my proudest moment, and obviously like playing in the 94 World Cup, hearing the National Anthem, and in Japan as well, they were special. And obviously the Holland goal. I think the top moment was just […] More
