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Irish Goalscorers – 18 August 2012

18 August 2012 1,045 views 7 Comments Written by Ronan

Domestic football returned in England with the start of the 2012-13 season, with Irishmen finding the net in the Premier League and below.

Barclays Premier League
Damien Duff – Fulham (Duff 27) 5-0 Norwich City

nPower Football Championship
Owen Garvan – Crystal Palace (Garvan 11 pen, 29) 2-3 Watford

nPower League One
David McAllister – Sheffield United (McAllister 4) 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
Darren Potter – Milton Keynes Dons (Potter 34) 2-0 Oldham Athletic

nPower League Two
Karl Sheppard – Southend United 0-1 Accrington Stanley (Sheppard 61)

Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League
Jonny Hayes – St. Johnstone 1-2 Aberdeen (Hayes 47)
Conor Pepper – Heart of Midlothian 2-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Pepper 90)

7 Comments »

johnny said:

long should of put that peno away.

# 18 August 2012 at 4:21 pm

Propagandhi said:

Long gave Agger and Skrtel (two top class defenders) a nightmare, winning two penalties and getting Agger sent off.

Long may have lost penalty taking duties but Odemwingie and Brunt have missed penalties too. Swings and roundabouts.

Long will score plenty of goals from open play this season. Walters would have done anything to take a penalty because that’s the only way he can score, yet himself and Cox will probably still be ahead of Longy in the pecking order, despite being inferior in pace, technique, ballwinning and goalscoring.

Go figure!

# 18 August 2012 at 4:34 pm

Propagandhi said:

Marc Tierney was at fault for Duff’s goal today. Joey O’Brien came on at lb for West Ham though. Could be a solid option if we are looking to replace Ward.

# 18 August 2012 at 5:50 pm

IrishRI said:

Long was unreal out there. Terrorized the pool defense. Poor penalty by his standards as he usually buries them. Can’t understand why he’s not Ireland’s first choice striker by now.

# 20 August 2012 at 1:51 pm

Propagandhi said:

Hughton really screwed over Hoolahan at the weekend. Tardelli was at Craven Cottage but Duff, Tierney and Pilkington were the only Irishman on show and the latter two didn’t cover themselves in glory.

Gibson, Wilson, Ward, Doyle and Pilkington were all fit enough to play this weekend. What are the odds?

At least Paul Green got injured.

# 20 August 2012 at 6:34 pm

Propagandhi said:

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/aston-villa-boss-mcleish-young-graham-burke-star-making-1773541

Graham Burke was on the bench for Villa this weekend. McLeish was high on him. Looks like Lambert sees potential too.

Doyle
Ward
Foley
Hunt
Forde
Best
Andrews
Sammon
Cox

A lot of Irish players dropping out of the Premier League.

Hunt
Tabb
Pearce
Harte
Henderson
O’Brien

Only Harte and O’Brien will see regular action this season while Eoin Wearen of West Ham and Pierce Sweeney of Reading are too inexperienced to make the breakthrough.

Aston Villa have a huge Irish contingent. Hopefully one of Stevens, Carruthers or Burke can make some kind of impact this season to make up for the general loss of Irish players in the PL this season.

# 20 August 2012 at 7:08 pm

Propagandhi said:

http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3908/main/2012/08/21/3320745/premier-league-team-of-the-week-newcomers-hazard-michu

O’Shea in the Goal.com team of the week.

# 21 August 2012 at 8:36 am