It was a quiet enough start for "McCarthy's Men" in the English Premiership, with Dean Kiely's goalkeeping display for Charlton against Everton the pick of Saturday's bunch, but there was a bit more notable action further down the league.
Four days after making his senior international debut, Clinton Morrison capped his week by scoring twice for Crystal Palace against Stockport, while Alan Moore, who was released by Middlesbrough during the summer and is attempting to kick-start his career in the first division, got the first of Burnley's goals in a 3-2 win over Wimbledon.
St Patrick's Athletic old boy Dessie Byrne, on loan from Wimbledon, made his debut for Cambridge on Saturday, while Shaun Maher made his first appearance for Bournemouth in a game that featured another ex-Bohemians player, Gareth O'Connor.
Our first gong of the season, though, goes to 19-year-old Ben Burgess, not because he scored on his debut for Brentford, where he's on a one-month loan from Blackburn, more because he probably doesn't know whether he's coming or going these days. Having returned from a season-long loan spell in Australia, where he was voted Young Player of the Year, he wasn't even given a squad number at Blackburn but now Graeme Souness is insisting he's not for sale and will get his chance in the Premiership. Dizzy.
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