January 15th English Premier League Only two Irish players took to the pitch in the Premier League on Saturday and both featured in the game between Norwich City and Everton. A loose pass from Seamus Coleman in the Norwich half was intercepted by Brandon Williams who instigated a counter-attack for the home side, flying down…
January 7th English FA Cup Man City and Swindon Town kicked off the weekend’s FA Cup action on Friday night. Fresh from his loan switch from Crystal Palace, Jake O’Brien watched from the bench as his new club suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Premier League champions. EFL Trophy Portsmouth nicked a…
December 27th English Championship Irish trio Jason Knight, Festy Ebosele and Eiran Cashin all featured in Derby County’s impressive 1-0 home win over West Brom. Jayson Molumby and Callum Robinson both started for the opposition. There was yet another clean sheet for Mark Travers in between the sticks for Bournemouth as they beat QPR by…
December 17th English Championship Both Callum Robinson and Jayson Molumby featured in West Brom’s goalless draw with Barnsley on Friday night. The Baggies have drawn four of their last seven league games, with three of those draws ending 0-0. This result takes them down to fourth in the league. December 18th English Premier League With…
December 9th Europa League Liam Scales followed up his debut goal with a first start in Celtic’s final Europa League game of the campaign and the full-back put in an impressive shift against Real Betis. James McCarthy also started in midfield as Celtic won 3-2 but unfortunately the win was too little too late as…
The UEFA Nations League draw was finalized on Thursday evening ahead of a busy year on the international football scene. Before any names were plucked out of the hat (or any redraws had to be conducted…), an ideal group on paper for Ireland would have potentially looked like Iceland, Finland and maybe Armenia? It was…
December 3rd English FA Cup Rotherham United progressed to the third round of the FA Cup after they knocked out Stockport County on Friday night. Ireland international Chiedozie Ogbene started on the right in the win. English Championship The top of the table clash between Fulham and Bournemouth finished all square as Fulham’s late equalizer…
November 25th Europa League James McCarthy was a second-half substitute in Celtic’s 3-2 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday evening. Europa Conference League There was a shock defeat for Spurs — and a first loss for Antonio Conte — against Slovenian side NS Mura. Matt Doherty played 53 minutes in the defeat. November 26th English…
November 19th English Championship QPR made it four games unbeaten on Friday night as they beat Luton Town 2-0. Jimmy Dunne nodded the ball back to Charlie Austin who headed home to clinch the win for QPR. A clean sheet and assist was more than enough for Dunne to earn his spot in the Championship…
November 4th Europa League Both James McCarthy and Liam Scales were late substitutes in Celtic’s second consecutive win over Portuguese outfit Ferencvarosi. They remain third in the group, one point behind Real Betis who occupy second spot. Europa Conference League Graham Carey played the full ninety minutes in CSKA Sofia’s 2-0 defeat to Ukrainian side…