Report Card - Week of 28th December 2015

28 December 2015
Championship
Birmingham City 1-0 MK Dons
Samir Carruthers received his first booking since September

Burnley 4-0 Bristol City
Stephen Ward made his first league start of the season, and the first time he started for the Clarets since a League Cup game in August

Reading 1-2 Brentford
Stephen Quinn picked up his first booking of the season

League 1
Burton Albion 1-0 Swindon Town
Anthony O'Connor made his one hundred fiftieth career appearance

Southend United 0-4 Millwall
Aiden O'Brien scored his tenth goal of 2015/16. The Lions frontman had promised to score ten goals before January, and delivered with their last game of 2015!

Barnsley 4-2 Blackpool
Kevin Long's booking this afternoon was his first of the season, and his first in more than two and a half years, the last coming on the 29th Mar 2013!

Gillingham 1-0 Colchester
After his 100th career appearance on St. Stephen's Day, John Egan made his one hundredth career start this afternoon!

Oldham 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
After a successful loan spell at Crawley Town (nine goals in 16 games), Rhys Murphy returned to the Oldham starting XI for the first time since September and marked the occasion with his eleventh goal of the season

Scunthorpe 1-1 Rochdale
Paddy Madden made his one hundredth start for Scunthorpe. The move to the Irons has been a success for the striker, he's scored 36 goals for them since signing for them from Yeovil

League 2
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Leyton Orient
Rory Gaffney scored his fifth of the season, and his third in the last three games

Notts County 2-2 Morecambe
Graham Burke made his twenty-fifth start for Notts County

Portsmouth 0-0 Luton
Michael Doyle made his twenty-fifth appearance for Portsmouth was marred slightly with his first booking since September. This game also marked a return to the starting XI for Adam Barton. His last start for Pompey came on October 20th against Stevenage

29 December 2015
Championship
Leeds United 2-2 Derby County
Jeff Hendrick's opener for Derby tonight (his first of the season) was his twenty-fifth goal for the club. His yellow card tonight was his first booking in exactly four months, the last one coming on August 29th

30 December 2015
Scottish Premier League
Hamilton Academical 3-4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Daniel Devine made his fiftieth start for the Jags

Further reading:
Paul Kimmage with Kevin Moran
The changing face of sports coverage in Ireland in 2015