October 15th English Championship It was a rather quiet evening for Callum Robinson on Friday on the back of his goal-scoring week with Ireland. Both him and Jayson Molumby featured in West Brom’s 1-0 win over Birmingham City. English League One There was also a Friday night fixture in League One and it was an…
October 1st English Championship Both Callum Robinson and Jayson Molumby featured for West Brom in a 1-0 defeat to Stoke City on Friday night. The Baggies remain second in the division. October 2nd English Premier League Jeff Hendrick was called upon from the bench in the first-half after Joe Willock picked up an injury in…
Thursday 23rd Scottish League Cup On Thursday night Celtic progressed into the next round of the Scottish League Cup when they beat Raith Rovers 3-0. James McCarthy started in midfield and set up the first goal in the win, finding fellow new signing Jota with a terrific through ball. Friday 24th English Championship West Brom…
September 16th Europa League An upset looked like it was on the cards in Rome on Thursday evening when Graham Carey continued his scoring run in Europe with a powerful strike from a difficult angle to give CSKA Sofia a 1-0 lead against Jose Mourinho’s Roma side. Unfortunately for Carey and Sofia the Italian side…
September 10th English Championship Scott Hogan made it three goals in six Championship games (also his 50th Championship goal) in Birmingham City’s Friday night game with Derby County. Hogan opened the scoring after 31 minutes when he finished at the back post after some bad defending from Derby. The Blues went on to score a…
August 26th Europa Conference League Dublin man Graham Carey scored after just six minutes in the second-leg clash between CSKA Sofia and Viktoria Plzen. Carey beat the keeper at his near post with a thunderous strike to give his team the lead in a game where Sofia completed a comeback in extra-time to progress into…
August 19th Europa Conference League Last Thursday saw four Irish players feature in the Europa Conference League qualification stage. Josh Cullen’s Anderlecht drew 3-3 with Vitesse (who defeated Dundalk in the previous round). And there was a trio of first-leg defeats for Matt Doherty, Johnny Hayes and Graham Carey at their respective clubs Spurs, Aberdeen…
August 14th English Premier League Last weekend marked the return of the Premier League, but more importantly the return of Shane Duffy to the Brighton backline. After a disappointing spell at Celtic last season, the Irishman put in a ‘Man of the Match’ display in Albion’s 2-1 win over Burnley. It was also a momentous…
With the return of action in League of Ireland this weekend after the summer break, we grade each Premier Division team season to date.
May 21st English League One Blackpool are through to the League One play-off final after beating Oxford United 6-3 on aggregate. The second leg ended all square at 3-3 with both Olamide Shodipo and Anthony Forde involved in Oxford’s goals. Forde assisted the second goal of the game, while Shodipo scored an equalizer in the…