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…
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…
March 12th English Premier League Unfortunately for Ciaran Clark there was nothing he could do about Aston Villa’s goal on Friday night. An attempted block from Ollie Watkins’s shot ended up in his own net in the 86th minute. However, Newcastle United pulled on back in the fourth minute of stoppage time which meant the…
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 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…
January 22nd English Championship Stoke City’s poor form continues. Friday evening’s loss to Watford means the Potters have failed to win in eight games. Nathan Collins started his 16th game of the season amid speculation surrounding his future at the club. James McClean completed the full ninety at left wing. Belgian Pro League A return…
If you missed part one you can catch up here. In part two, our focus shifts to the second tier in England, the Championship. The collection of Irish strikers plying their trade in this division includes; Troy Parrott (Millwall), James Collins (Luton Town), Sean Maguire (Preston North End), Adam Idah (Norwich City), and Scott Hogan…