Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Thursday, 19 January 2017 Australian A-League Melbourne City 2-1 Central Coast Mariners Roy O’Donovan scored his 60th goal since leaving the League of Ireland, and unfortunately was sent off for the first time for Central Coast Mariners […] More
Conor Hourihane may have played his last game for Barnsley, but the Corkman certainly signed off in style. The Barnsley skipper has been one of the Championship’s standout players this season, and he further showcased his ability with a sumptuous free kick in his club’s 3-2 win over Leeds yesterday. The 25 year old took […] More
Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Tuesday, 17 January 2017 English FA Cup Barnsley 1-2 Blackpool Mark Yeates made his 25th appearance for Blackpool Lincoln 1-0 Ipswich Leon Best returned to the Ipswich starting XI for the first time since October 22nd Jonathan […] More
Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Saturday, 14 January 2017 Premier League Hull City 3-1 Bournemouth Harry Arter made his 200th start for Bournemouth Sunderland 1-3 Stoke City Glenn Whelan reached the landmark of 500 career appearances Championship Birmingham City 0-0 Nottingham […] More
It has been a relatively quiet month in terms of transfers for Irish players thus far, but which players could still find themselves at a new club before the transfer window slams shut? James McCarthy Now that Morgan Schneiderlin’s move to Everton has been confirmed, James McCarthy may be the midfielder to suffer. The […] More
Daryl Horgan received a standing ovation when he was replaced in the 90th minute of Preston’s impressive 2-0 win over Brighton today. The former Dundalk winger produced an exciting display, and provided an assist to Callum Robinson’s second half goal, after Paul Huntington put the hosts 1-0 up with a 13th minute header. Horgan came […] More
Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Thursday, 5 January 2017 League 2 Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth Michael Doyle and Enda Stevens both made their 25th appearances of the season Australian A-League Perth Glory 2-1 Wellington Phoenix Andy Keogh was booked for the first […] More
Saturday, 17 September 2016 Premier League Leicester City 3-0 Burnley Jeff Hendrick made his first start for Burnley since signing for them on transfer deadline day West Bromwich Albion 4-2 West Ham United James McClean scored his 25th goal since moving to England, this is also the former Derry winger’s 10th goal in the Premier […] More
Man United goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara has been called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad. Noel King included the 20 year old in his squad for tonight’s European Championship qualifier in Serbia, but goals from Callum O’Dowda and Sean Maguire weren’t enough to prevent a 3-2 defeat in Novi Sad. O’Hara grew up in Stretford, and signed […] More
by Joe McCarthy http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Here is Robbie’s first goal. Saturday, 7 May 2016 Premier League Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle Utd Ciaran Clark was booked for the seventh time this season, this was the Villa defender’s first booking since 1st March. Crystal Palace 2-1 Stoke City Stephen Ireland came off […] More
by Joe McCarthy http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/ Friday, 29 April 2016 Championship Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough Having not scored in the Championship before this season, Stephen Gleeson scored his fifth goal in the competition (his first goal since 16th January) in 2015/16 Saturday, 30 April 2016 Premier League Watford 3-2 Aston Villa After coming off the bench last […] More
by Joe McCarthy http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/ Friday, 22 April 2016 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 3-0 Aberdeen Jonathan Hayes made his 150th start for Aberdeen, and picked up his first booking since December Saturday, 23 April 2016 Premier League Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton Kevin Toner made his first appearance for Aston Villa as a second half substitute, […] More
