Monday, 7 March 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 4th March 2016

Saturday, 5 March 2016
Premier League
Swansea 1-0 Norwich
Robbie Brady was booked for the third time this season, almost three months since his last booking in December.

Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City
Glenn Whelan was booked for the fifth time in 2015/16, almost exactly four months to the day since his last booking in November

Championship
Brentford 1-2 Charlton
Alan Judge was booked for the third time this season, having not been booked since two bookings in consecutive games in September

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Rotherham
Stephen Kelly returned to the Rotherham team with a late second half substitute appearance. Previous to this the defender hadn't appeared for the Millers since mid December

League 1
Bury 0-0 Bradford City
In a similar manner to Alan Judge, Josh Cullen was shown his first yellow card since August, when he was likewise booked in two consecutive games

Coventry 0-1 Rochdale
Donal McDermott returned from injury for Rochdale to make his first start since 23rd January

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Burton Albion
Callum Reilly's start for Burton this afternoon (his first since 23rd January) was the midfielder's fiftieth career start

Fleetwood Town 2-2 Sheffield United
U19 defender Graham Kelly made his first appearance in the Sheffield United matchday squad as an unused substitute

Southend United 0-1 Chesterfield
Cian Bolger start this afternoon for Southend was his fiftieth start for the club

Wigan 1-1 Peterborough
Chris McCann was booked for the tenth time this season

League 2
Mansfield Town 0-1 Yeovil
Kevin Dawson returned to the Yeovil starting XI for the first time since January 2015 and picked up his first booking of the season. The midfielder's last booking came back in November 2014!

Carlisle 1-4 Northampton
John-Joe O'Toole's double takes the midfielder's tally to ten goals for the season

Sunday, 6 March 2016
Australian A-League
Central Coast Mariners 0-2 Melbourne Victory
After serving an eight week suspension, Roy O'Donovan returned to the Central Coast Mariners first team, and received his fourth booking of the season

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 3-0 Anorthosis
Cillian Sheridan scored his fourteenth and fifteenth goals of the season

Eredivisie
Feyenoord 3-1 Cambuur
Jack Byrne's performance in this game led to his inclusion in the Betweters team of the week
Monday, 7 March 2016
MLS
Los Angeles Galaxy 4-1 D.C. United
Robbie Keane opened his account for the 2016 MLS season with a second half penalty for LA Galaxy in their opening game

Australian A-League
Perth Glory 2-0 Newcastle Jets
Andy Keogh scored his fifth goal of the season, in his last six games

Further Reading
Graham Barrett: ‘The time for action in Irish football is now’ - The Irish Times 
Is Tottenham vs. Arsenal the biggest North London derby ever? - espnfc.com
Ex-Newcastle starlet says young Irish footballers are better off staying in Ireland - the42.ie

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