Saturday, 12 March 2016
Premier League
Stoke City 1-2 Southampton
Glenn Whelan's 300th appearance for Stoke City was spoiled by Southampton's win this afternoon - but congratulations Glenn!
Championship
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds
Republic of Ireland U21 goalkeeper Eric Grimes made his first appearance in the Leeds matchday squad as an unused substitute - congratulations Eric!
Huddersfield 1-3 Burnley
Following his return to action midweek, Sean Scannell made his first start since early January for Huddersfield, but the occasion was spoiled by Stephen Ward's fifteenth goal in the UK
Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Aiden McGeady scored his first goal of the season, almost 19 months after his last club goal in August 2014!
QPR 3-0 Brentford
After recovering from a calf injury, Alan McCormack returned to the Brentford starting XI for the first time since 9th January
Rotherham 3-3 Derby County
After two substitute appearances in Rotherham's last two games, Stephen Kelly made his first start for the club since mid-December. Leon Best scored his first two goals for Rotherham since signing for them, previous to this the striker hadn't scored since April 2014, and hadn't scored a brace since August 2011!
League 1
Barnsley 0-2 Southend United
Michael Timlin's goal this afternoon was the the twentieth goal of his career, he had to wait a long time for it, having not scored since the end of September!
Colchester 3-3 Wigan
U17 midfielder Louis Dunne came off the bench to make his debut for Colchester, becoming the sixth father and son to play for the U's
Shrewsbury 2-2 Scunthorpe
Paddy Madden scored his 19th goal, and was booked for the sixth time in 2015/16. This was the second time this season the striker found the back of the net and was shown a yellow card in the same game, having also done managed the feat in September!
League 2
Hartlepool 3-1 Dagenham and Redbridge
Jake Carroll scored his first goal for Hartlepool, having gone more than two years since scoring his last goal in February 2014!
Luton 0-1 Crawley
Having signing for Crawley Town on loan during the week, Liam McAlinden went straight into the starting XI for his first start since late December, but unfortunately marked his debut with his first booking since early December
Morecambe 2-1 AFC Wimbledon
Similarly to McAlinden, Rhys Murphy signed for AFC Wimbledon during the week and went straight into the starting XI for the Dons. His fellow Irish underage international Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the first time in his career in the same game
Northampton 1-1 Cambridge United
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season
York City 1-1 Barnet
Kenneth McEvoy made his twenty-fifth career appearance
Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 0-1 Hamilton Academical
Richie Foran came off the bench to make his first appearance for Inverness in almost two months
Scottish First Division
Dumbarton 1-1 Falkirk
After being released by Queen of the South in January, Paul Heffernan signed for Dumbarton on Friday and came off the bench to make his debut.
English FA Cup
Everton 2-0 Chelsea
Seamus Coleman made his two hundredth start in England in this win for Everton
Sunday, 13 March 2016
Scottish League Cup
Hibernian 1-2 Ross County
Anthony Stokes' two hundred fiftieth career start came in this loss in the Scottish League Cup Final
MLS
Colorado Rapids 1-0 LA Galaxy
Kevin Doyle was booked for the first time this season
Eredivisie
Heracles 3-1 Cambuur
Jack Byrne's strike this afternoon was the first time the midfielder has scored, but Cambuur have not gone on to win the game, having picked up three points in both games he scored previous to this
Further Reading
It's just business, nothing personal - Ewan McKenna
Damien Duff: I don't want to turn into Kim Kardashian! - The Irish Times
Cillian Sheridan walking away from excuses and scoring lots of goals - Irish Examiner
Leicester City’s Rise was Stockport County’s Fall - Leon McSweeney
Profile: Exeter City and former Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison - The Football League Paper
Irish Foxes: Former Leicester duo David Connolly and Dave Langan on their time at the club - The Irish Post
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