This article originally appeared on Irish Abroad, who you can follow on Twitter at @irish_abroad. Tuesday, 2nd October 2018 Championship Wigan 0-0 Swansea Darron Gibson was named in the Wigan starting XI for the first time in almost two months League 1 AFC Wimbledon 0-1 Bradford City Sean Scannell made his 200th career start Barnsley […] More
Friday, 28th September 2018 Scottish Championship Dunfermline 1-0 Partick Thistle Niall Keown was booked for the first time this season Persian Gulf Pro League Tractor Sazi 6-0 Esteghlal Anthony Stokes’ four goals in this win (his first strikes in a month) brings his total to seven goals in seven appearances for Sazi Saturday, 29th September […] More
Saturday, 8th September 2018 League 1 Accrington Stanley 1-1 Burton Albion Seamus Conneely made his 150th start for Accrington Stanley Stephen Quinn was booked for the first time since August 2016 Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Luton James Collins was booked for the first time this season Southend United 2-3 Peterborough Stephen McLaughlin’s 15th goal in the […] More
Tuesday, 4th September 2018 Football League Trophy Carlisle United 3-2 Morecambe Jamie Devitt’s start was his 100th appearance for Carlisle UnitedBarry Roche made his 450th appearance for Morecambe Sunderland 0-0 Stoke City U21 Nathan Collins made his first appearance in senior football Macclesfield 3-3 Blackpool John O’Sullivan and Paudie O’Connor both scored their first goals […] More
Saturday, 1st September 2018 The eleven goals scored today by Irish players equals the most scored in a single day in 2018 so far – eleven goals were also scored on April 14th, January 27th, and January 20th Championship Preston North End 2-2 Bolton Callum Robinson’s first goal of the season was also his 20th […] More
Tuesday, 21st August 2018 League 1 Bradford City 1-0 Burton Albion Anthony O’Connor made his 250th career appearance League 2 Lincoln City 2-1 Bury After scoring his first goal since January 2017 last week, Eoghan O’Connell scored his first goal in League Two – this is a career high for goals in a season for […] More
Friday, 4th May 2018 Scottish Premier League Partick Thistle 1-1 Ross County Conor Sammon was name in a starting XI for the 200th time since leaving the League of Ireland. Daneil Devine made his first appearance in a month Saturday, 5th May 2018 Premier League Leicester City 0-2 West Ham United Declan Rice made his […] More
Friday, 13th April 2018 Bulgarian Championship Pirin Blagoevgrad 2-5 Slavia Sofia Conor Henderson scored his first goal since February Saturday, 14th April 2018 Premier League Southampton 2-3 Chelsea Shane Long was booked for the first time since December, this was also the striker’s fifth yellow card of 2017/18 Burnley 2-1 Leicester City Kevin Long scored […] More
Tuesday, 10th April 2018 Championship Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff Glenn Whelan was named in the Aston Villa starting XI for the first time in a month Burton Albion 0-5 Hull City David Meyler’s penalty was his fifth goal of 2017/18 – a career high in a single season for the midfielder Ipswich 1-0 Barnsley Congratulations […] More
Saturday, 7th April 2018 Premier League Watford 1-2 Burnley Kevin Long’s start for Burnley was the defender’s first appearance since Saturday, 24th February West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Swansea James McClean was named in the West Brom starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 24th February Championship Norwich 3-1 Aston Villa Scott Hogan made his […] More
Monday, 2nd April 2018 Championship Preston North End 0-1 Derby County Alex Pearce was named in the starting XI for a league game for the first time this season Bristol City 0-1 Brentford Alan Judge started his first game since April 2016 Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this […] More
Thursday, 29th March 2018 Australian A-League Perth Glory 2-3 Sydney Andy Keogh made his 100th appearance for Perth Glory Friday, 30th March 2018 Championship Millwall 2-0 Nottingham Forest Shaun Williams scored his first goal of the season, almost a year to the day since his last goal on Saturday, 1st April 2017 Aiden O’Brien came […] More
