Ireland 3 Iceland 1: Derry City midfielder Rory Hale took just 14 seconds to mark his international U21 debut last night with a goal by firing Ireland on the way to victory against Iceland.

Mauricio Pochettino's men edged one step closer to ending the club's 10-year wait for a trophy.

There were some, you know…

The ins and outs from all the Premier League clubs during the transfer window.

The period between his last game against Tottenham Hotspur two-and-a-half years ago and today’s meeting with the Premier League high flyers in the FA Cup has taught Owen Garvan much about the fickle nature of football.

Leicester City 0 Tottenham 2: Tottenham finally got the better of Leicester this season at the fourth time of asking as they reached the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 victory last night.

Holders Arsenal must entertain Burnley in the fourth round of the FA Cup while Northampton’s reward if they can get past MK Dons in a third-round replay will be a visit from Chelsea.

Remember when Eoin Doyle was scoring for fun? 

Swindon have performed a U-turn and welcomed goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux back to the fold after initially expelling him from the club due to an internal disciplinary matter.

How the Irish fared...

Reaction from the weekend’s top Premier League action.

It’s safe to say Darragh MacAnthony has had better weekends.

Cardiff will revert to their traditional blue home kit with immediate effect.

Cardiff will revert to their traditional blue home kit with immediate effect.

Hull will have an opportunity to exact a measure of revenge for their FA Cup final defeat by Arsenal after drawing the holders in January’s FA Cup third round.

The battle between two of Mick McCarthy’s former sharp-shooters, Robbie Keane and Steven Fletcher, could prove decisive in Friday’s Euro 2016 Group D tie at Celtic Park.

He may have netted twice but Daryl Murphy still cut a frustrated figure after Nottingham Forest struck late to deny Ipswich victory in yesterday’s Championship clash.

Wigan have enjoyed plenty of giant-killing acts in the FA Cup over the last two seasons but were on the wrong end of a Capital One Cup upset tonight when going down 2-1 at League Two Burton in the first round.

When Brendan Rodgers first knotted his tie as a professional football manager, as Watford boss in November 2008, Ireland U21 midfielder John O’Toole had a ringside view – making a second half appearance as a sub.

The summary of this summer's transfers after deadline day, club-by-club.

The latest club-by-club transfer guide of all the happenings in the transfer window.

A club-by-club transfer guide of the happenings on transfer day so far.

A certain pressure lifted, for sure, but might it just have felt a hint of loneliness this morning, our old friend The Fixtures Computer, as it prepared to spit out the first Premier League schedule of the post-Fergie era? Nobody took greater interest in its work than Fergie. Nobody was better able to detect malice in its algorithms or parse a conspiracy out of its sequences.

A list of all the confirmed deadline day signings so far.

Dean Saunders will open talks with Wolves today about their vacant managerial position after Doncaster confirmed receiving an approach from the npower Championship club.

Reading manager Brian McDermott has made seven changes for the Royals’ potentially tricky FA Cup third round trip to Crawley, with Ian Harte appointed captain for the first time.

Essex police called off a high-profile search for what witnesses had said was a mysterious lion that appeared, apparently out of nowhere, in a field near the seaside resort of Clacton.

Cardiff have completed the capture of Matthew Connolly from QPR for an undisclosed fee.

He could potentially be sacked by the time the transfer window closes if comments from the club’s global adviser are to be believed but Blackburn manager Steve Kean is on the lookout for a new striker and is looking for players close to these shores.

Keeper Shay Given would welcome Paul Lambert's appointment as the new manager of Aston Villa amid speculation that he is in line for the job.

The cold snap continued to wreak further havoc to the British sporting calendar today after the npower Championship clash between Peterborough and West Ham was postponed.

Portsmouth’s home match against Hull became the first npower Championship fixture to fall victim to the weather as it was postponed due to a frozen pitch this morning.

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Liverpool have completed the signing of teenage prospect Jordan Ibe from Wycombe.

Paul Lambert claims taking Norwich from the bottom of League One into the Premier League in two seasons matches any of the achievements in his glittering career.

PAUL LAMBERT last night led Norwich back to the Barclays Premier League and then branded the achievement a “miracle”.