Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Wins Newcastle defender Ciaran Clark has won 16 games so far in 2016/17, just ahead of fellow Championship centre half Shane Duffy on 15 Draws Josh Cullen has started ten draws with Bradford, one more than […] More
Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad Wins In the last month of 2016, four was the magic number with nine players – Keiren Westwood, Robert Kiernan, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Ciaran Clark, Shane Duffy, Jonathan Hayes, Conor Hourihane, and Adam Rooney – […] More
James McClean has signed a new deal at West Brom which will keep him at the club until 2019. Despite being benched in recent weeks, the Derry winger has been a key performer for Tony Pulis’ side this season. The 27 year old has scored twice and provided one assist so far this season, and […] More
Monday, 26 December 2016 Premier League Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace Damien Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season in what was the defender’s 300th start in England Jeff […] More
Joey Barton believes Stephen Ward “brought a different dimension†to Burnley during their Championship winning season last year. Former Irish international Kevin Kilbane revealed that the controversial midfielder heaped praise on Ward while working with Kilbane on Match of the Day 2 recently. Ward, 31, is a first choice starter for club and country, and […] More
Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in Selhurst Park last night, but Damien Delaney arguably produced the best moment of the game. United controversially took the lead through Paul Pogba, and led 1-0 at the break. Delaney then provided a beautiful flick to play through James McArthur, who finished past David De Gea to make […] More
Jeff Hendrick has been slaughtered online after Burnley’s 4-0 demolition at the hands of West Brom last night. Sean Dyche’s team beat Crystal Palace 3-2 in a thrilling encounter last year, but produced an insipid performance at the Hawthorns on Monday Night Football. Burnley decided to host a Twitter Q&A with the Irish international, and […] More
@irish_abroad Joe McCarthy reveals how Irish players around the globe performed over the weekend… Saturday, 29 October 2016 Premier League West Bromwich Albion 0-4 Manchester City After being booked for the third game in a row, James McClean has picked up five yellow cards this season and is suspended for the next game Arsenal 4-1 […] More
@irish_abroad Wondering how Irish players around the world performed at the weekend? Joe McCarthy provides a roundup… Friday, 21 October 2016 Australian A-League Melbourne City 2-3 Perth Glory Andy Keogh scored his first hat trick almost exactly two years after his last triple on 19th October 2014. Saturday, 22 October 2016 Premier League Burnley 2-1 Everton […] More
Jamie Redknapp has hailed Harry Arter’s performance for Bournemouth against Spurs on Saturday as “the best midfield performance I’ve seen all season.” Arter, who has three caps for Ireland, has been in inspired form for the Cherries, and was a key performer in the 0-0 draw against Tottenham yesterday. Eddie Howe’s side produced an energetic, […] More
@irish_abroad Saturday, 1 October 2016 There were 20 yellow cards shown to Irish players today, the most since 22nd November 2014 Championship Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn Stephen Gleeson scored his first goal of the season Tommie Hoban was shown his first yellow card since March 2015! Ipswich 0-1 Huddersfield Jonathan Douglas made his 50th appearance […] More
@irish_abroad Saturday, 24 September 2016 Premier League Liverpool 5-1 Hull City David Meyler scored his first goal of the season, 11 months to the day since his last goal on 24 October 2015. Championship Derby County 1-2 Blackburn Cyrus Christie made his 100th appearance for Derby County. Norwich 3-1 Burton Albion Wes Hoolahan was booked […] More
