Evan Ferguson

Ken Early: Naive Ireland need to remember this pain and at least learn to whinge

Ireland’s second-half capitulation against England again exposed this team’s fatal lack of gamecraft

Liverpool must think Mamardashvili is something very special if they believe he’s better than Kelleher

Evan Ferguson at one end and Caoimhin Kelleher come up with big plays, alongside a regen of Craig Bellamy

‘This group deserves a bit of luck’: Hallgrímsson’s Ireland are learning slowly how to win again

Headed goal by Evan Ferguson and penalty save by Caoimhín Kelleher got the job done against Finland

Ogbene and Brady injuries overshadow Premier League goals from Ferguson and Szmodics

Concern for Heimir Hallgrímsson ahead of naming squad for Nations League ties against Finland and England at Wembley

Ireland show signs of improvement but Hallgrímsson still has to solve ‘something psychological’

Emergence of Festy Ebosele and return to fitness of Evan Ferguson among positives from an encouraging international window

Ken Early: Unless execution improves, Ireland will not be qualifying for anything for a while

Bodies on the line defending can only take this team so far as Ireland offer more gifts to grateful Greeks

Ireland desperate to relieve sinking feeling in Finland

Amid one of the grimmest runs in Irish football history, Heimir Hallgrímsson needs to find a way to get a positive result in Thursday’s Nations League clash

Troy Parrott among several strikers who fancy a shot at ending Ireland’s scoring problems

As Evan Ferguson seeks to rediscover his best, other Irish strikers are finding the net regularly for their clubs

Evan Ferguson: ‘If you start overthinking stuff, you end up going backwards’

Meagre minutes for Brighton teenager in Premier League not stopping the Republic of Ireland international’s progress

Kevin Kilbane: Matt Doherty’s omission puts Ireland squad on notice

New manager Heimir Hallgrímsson shows that hierarchy of selection exists for Ireland squad

Evan Ferguson has nothing to prove, says Brighton manager

Republic of Ireland striker is set for first start under Fabian Hurzeler after recovering from ankle injury

Evan Ferguson unable to start Republic of Ireland’s home clash with Greece

Head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson says he is still relying on his backroom staff for guidance but ‘hopefully I will have more authority as time goes on’

Evan Ferguson takes part in Hallgrímsson’s first session despite lack of game time with Brighton

Lille midfielder Angel Gomes could be Lee Carsley’s surprise selection for Saturday’s Nations League encounter

Evan Ferguson among Chelsea’s considerations with transfer deadline looming

The London club are still gunning to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen

Irish in the Premier League: Midfielders hard to come by as many players fight for starting places

Sammie Szmodics and Jake O’Brien among the new Irish players to arrive in the league

Ireland v Switzerland: TV details, kick-off time, team news and more

Everything you need to know about the international friendly in the Aviva Stadium

Ken Early: John O’Shea’s Ireland on-trend with a healthy nod to Bayer Leverkusen

From the interim manager’s point of view, this might have been just a winning goal short of perfection

Assured O’Shea pleased with Ireland performance against Belgium

‘You’re playing Belgium in Dublin, you’d take a clean sheet but a little bit disappointed in the end too’

Ireland 0 Belgium 0 FT: International friendly as it happened

Follow all the action from the Aviva Stadium in John O’Shea’s first game as interim manager

Europa League draw: Liverpool to play Sparta Prague while Brighton are paired with Roma

Rangers will face Benfica away from home in the first leg; Conference League champions West Ham to play Freiburg

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