Midweek games - 12th January 2016 Round Up

Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Premier League
Bournemouth 1-3 West Ham United
Harry Arter's opener for Bournemouth was his first goal of the season

Championship
Bristol City 1-2 Preston North End
Greg Cunningham's first goal for Preston came against his former club, almost a year since his last goal on February 24th

MK Dons 0-5 Burnley
Darren Potter's two hundreth start for MK Dons will be memorable for all the wrong reasons after this result!

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Fulham
Matt Doherty's first goal of the season was worth waiting for. The Dubliner's long range finish was his first goal in more than two years, his last strike came on 17th August 2013!

League 1
Wigan 3-3 Sheffield United
Chris McCann marked his twenty-fifth appearance of the season for Wigan with his second goal of the season, having not found the net since early September

League 2
Plymouth 1-2 Northampton
Following his move from Shrewsbury Town, James Collins made his first start for Northampton and marked the occasion with a debut goal
Brendan Moloney was booked for the first time in 2015/16

Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Premier League
The three goals scored tonight by Irish players is the most in a single day in the Premier League this season, two goals were scored on two previous occasions - 26 September and 26 December

Stoke City 3-1 Norwich
Jonathan Walters scored his seventh goal of the season in what was his two hundredth start for Stoke
This game had four Irish players between the two starting XIs - Walters, Glenn Whelan, Robbie Brady, and Wes Hoolahan - the most in a Premier League game this season

Southampton 2-0 Watford
Shane Long scored his fifteenth goal for Southampton, in his fifth consecutive start for the Saints - the first time he's done that since signing from Hull

Thursday, 14 January 2016
Football League Trophy
Millwall 0-2 Oxford United
Callum O'Dowda's booking tonight was his first of the season, and his first in more than two years. His last booking came in November 2013

Further Reading
Millwall forward O'Brien signs new long-term contract - Millwall Official Site

The best editions of PES and FIFA: The games that shaped football’s greatest (virtual) rivalry - FourFourTwo
Stan’s teams were painful to watch, but relentless abuse of an Irish legend didn’t sit right - The42