Round Up - Midweek games of 2nd February 2016

Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Premier League
Manchester United 3-0 Stoke City
Stephen Ireland was booked for the first time this season

Norwich 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Due to an illness, Robbie Brady was not in the starting XI for Norwich in a league game for the first time in 2015/16. After starting the last three games for Norwich, Wes Hoolahan started on the bench. He hasn't started more than three games in a row for the Canaries this season

Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Burnley
Aiden McGeady made his first appearance for Sheffield Wednesday since signing for them on loan as a second half substitute

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Bolton
Joe Mason marked his debut for Wolves by scoring the opener against Bolton

League 1
Shrewsbury 1-2 Southend United
Michael Timlin was sent off for the second time for Southend, this was the midfielder's third red card of his career

League 2
Luton 1-1 Yeovil
Alan Sheehan scored his first goal for Luton since signing for them on loan during the January transfer window

Morecambe 1-1 Portsmouth
Barry Roche scored the first goal of his career, he's also the first goalkeeper to score a goal since we started compiling appearance data for Irish players!

Scottish First Division
Greenock Morton 0-1 Hibernian
Anthony Stokes marked his fiftieth appearance for Hibs with his second goal in two games. The Celtic striker hadn't managed that feat since August 2014

Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic
Jonathan Hayes' opener in the Dons win was his fifth goal of the season

Thursday, 4 February 2016
Football League Trophy
Fleetwood 1-1 Barnsley
Conor Hourihane's eighth goal of the season (his first since mid December) puts him second on the list of goalscoring Irish midfielders in 2015/16 with Graham Carey, both are behind Alan Judge's 12 strikes.

Further Reading
World Soccer Awards - World Soccer (Richie Towell joint 72nd with Andre Ayew, Carlos Bacca, Claudio Bravo, Marcelo Diaz, Luciano Figueroa, Hulk, Mats Hummels, Marcelo, Riyad Mahrez, Mesut Ozil, and Willian)
FIFA World Rankings - fifa.com (Republic of Ireland climb one place to 30th)