How the Irish fared: John Egan scores as Gillingham put Blades to the sword

The opening weekend of the Championship season was a pretty uneventful one for the Irish.

The campaign kicked-off Friday night with Chris Hughton’s Brighton claiming a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest but Saturday brought a mixture of encouragement and frustration for Mick McCarthy as his Ipswich side cruised into a 2-0 lead before conceding twice in stoppage time to draw 2-2 at Brentford.

“It’s an annoying one and we should have won,” the former Ireland boss said. “We conceded two really poor goals.