May 8th English Premier League Michael Obafemi made his long-awaited return from injury and enjoyed a lively cameo from the bench, coming close to scoring but was denied by an Alisson tackle, in Southampton’s defeat to Liverpool on Saturday. Irish trio John Egan, Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick all featured in Sheffield United’s 2-0 defeat…
April 16th English Premier League Everton and Spurs were the only teams to take to the pitch in the Premier League on Friday evening. The game was all square in the 61st minute when Seamus Coleman was introduced from the bench. One minute later, the Toffees were ahead after Gylfi Sigurdsson scored his second. Coleman…
April 9th Scottish Championship On Friday night, Aaron McEneff scored his first goal for Hearts as they cruised to a 6-0 victory against Alloa Athletic. His first goal in Scotland and it may be the best he will score. McEneff found himself some space in the Alloa box before looping it over the first defender,…
March 26th English League One Friday night saw Anthony Forde of Oxford United take on Anthony Scully of Lincoln City. Scully and Lincoln struck first as the Irishman bundled the ball home in the 4th minute to mark his 12th goal of the campaign. Forde and Oxford responded 25 minutes later after Lincoln failed to…
March 20th English Premier League Newcastle United’s baron spell continued on Saturday with a 3-0 defeat to Brighton. They have now failed to win in their last six matches. Ciaran Clark played the full ninety minutes while Jeff Hendrick was introduced from the bench at half-time. English FA Cup Ireland U-21 international Gavin Kilkenny featured…
March 6th English Premier League After a promising win over Aston Villa midweek, Sheffield United failed to gather any momentum against Southampton on Saturday. The Saints won 2-0, marking their first Premier League win in 10 games. Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick started again for the Blades. Leicester City have had their fair share of…
February 26th English Championship The points were shared between Derby County and Nottingham Forest in the East Midlands Derby after a late equalizer from Colin Kazim-Richards. Jason Knight and Cyrus Christie both played the full ninety minutes. The latter has been in good form in recent weeks for Forest, highlighted by his inclusion in the…
February 19th English Championship Derby County held onto 19th spot in the Championship despite losing away to Watford on Friday night. Jason Knight got 90 minutes of action. February 20th English Premier League Dara O’Shea’s services were required in West Brom’s clash with Burnley. He filled in for Semi Ajayi who was sent off after…
February 5th English Championship The gap between Norwich City in first and Swansea City in third is now four points thanks to yet another Conor Hourihane goal. His third goal in as many games and the pick of the bunch so far as he found the bottom corner from 30 yards out with a beautiful…
January 29th Australian A-League Former Irish international Simon Cox came up against Roy O’Donovan as Western Sydney Wanderers took on the Newcastle Jets. The game finished all square with O’Donovan finding the equalizer from the penalty spot in the 81st minute. January 30th English Premier League A run of 11 games without a win came…