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 30th English League Two Cambridge United’s wait for promotion to League One rolls on as their fight back against Harrogate Town proved in vain. Wes Hoolahan scored the U’s first and set up their third goal in a 5-4 defeat on Friday night. Norwich City loanee William Hondermarck started in midfield for Harrogate. May…
April 23rd English Premier League Everton kept their top four hopes alive with a win over Arsenal on Friday night. Seamus Coleman captained the side in a 1-0 victory which leaves the Toffees in eight place, six points off Chelsea in fourth with a game in hand. April 24th English Premier League David McGoldrick netted…
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 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 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…
February 12th English Championship It was an all-Irish affair for Preston North End’s first goal against Blackburn Rovers on Friday evening. A cross-field ball from Alan Browne found Greg Cunningham out on the left-wing where he took the ball down and smashed it home from the edge of the box. The game finished 2-1 to…
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…