Round Up - Weekend of 25th March 2016

Friday, 25 March 2016
League 1
Rochdale 4-1 Southend United
Joe Rafferty scored his first goal of the season, more than a year after his last strike in February 2015

Shrewsbury 1-1 Port Vale
Sam Kelly made his twenty-fifth appearance for Port Vale in his first start since 23rd January

League 2
Oxford United 1-1 Stevenage
After signing for Stevenage on loan during the week, Keith Keane went straight into their starting XI for his first start since early February

Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Mansfield Town
Michael Harriman's winner for Wycombe was the tenth goal of the midfielder's career, coming 101 days after his last goal in December

York City 2-2 Crawley
Liam McAlinden scored his first goal for Crawley Town, in only his third appearance for them. Prior to this, the Wolves loanee hadn't scored since September

International Friendly
Republic of Ireland 1-0 Switzerland
Congratulations to Alan Judge, Eunan O'Kane and Jonathan Hayes on making their senior international debuts in this game!
Ciaran Clarke scored his second goal for Ireland, more than three years after his first international goal in February 2013
Kevin Doyle made his first appearance for Ireland since October 2014, and his first start since September 2014. We wish him well in his recovery
This was both David Meyler and Stephen Quinn's first time starting for Ireland since November 2014
After his start against Costa Rica in Philadelphia in June 2014, Shane Duffy had to wait more than 600 days for his second international cap!
This game was also Shane Long's sixtieth, Daryl Murphy's twentieth, and James McCarthy's twentieth home cap for Ireland

Saturday, 26 March 2016
League 1
Bradford City 1-0 Millwall
Shaun Williams and Aiden O'Brien both returned to the Millwall starting XI for their first starts since 13th February and 16th February, respectively
Congratulations to U19 midfielder Kyron Farrell on making the matchday squad for the Lions for the first time!

Chesterfield 0-0 Fleetwood
Jimmy Ryan picked up his tenth booking of the season, more than two months after his last yellow card on 9th January

Australian A-League
Newcastle Jets 1-2 Perth Glory
Andy Keogh's goal in this games was his ninth goal in his last nine games was also his twenty-fifth goal for Perth Glory!

Sunday, 27 March 2016

Australian A-League
Adelaide United 4-2 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O'Donovan's brace in this game was his third goal in four games since returning from suspension

Further Reading
Shane Long relishing Euro 2016 encore with Republic of Ireland - The Guardian
Denise O’Sullivan: ‘When I told him about Houston Dash he was over the moon’ - The Irish Times
Kieron Brady: The former teenage sensation at Sunderland striving for equality - The Northern Echo