Round Up - Week of 26th September 2016

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Championship

Brentford 4-1 Reading
Paul McShane made his 50th appearance for Reading
Alan McCormack's returned to the Brentford starting XI for his first appearance since 9th August and was booked for the first time since April

Huddersfield 2-1 Rotherham
Sean Scannell was booked for the first time in almost a year on his return for Huddersfield after a month out of the side

Ipswich 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Leon Best made his first start for Ipswich since signing for the Tractor Boys. Before this, the striker hadn't started since the end of April
Jonathan Douglas was booked for the first time this season

League 1

Bradford City 2-1 Fleetwood
Josh Cullen made his 25th appearance for Bradford City (starting each one of them) and was booked for the first time in the 2016/17 season
Billy Clarke scored his 70th goal of his career, a month after he scored his 69th goal against Oldham

Southend United 2-1 Oxford United
David Mooney made his 50th appearance for Southend
Stephen McLaughlin made his 50th club start since leaving the League of Ireland

Swindon Town 1-3 Northampton
Sean Murray scored his first goal for Swindon. This was the winger's first goal since November 2015

Walsall 1-4 Scunthorpe
Liam Kinsella was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban made his first start for Mansfield, having not started a game since February

Hartlepool 1-1 Luton
Alan Sheehan scored his first goal of the season

Leyton Orient 0-2 Plymouth
Graham Carey was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Championship

Newcastle Utd 4-3 Norwich
Ciaran Clark made his 150th career start
Robbie Brady was booked for the first time since March

Round Up - Weekend of 24th September 2016

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Premier League

Liverpool 5-1 Hull City
David Meyler scored his first goal of the season, 11 months to the day since his last goal on 24 October 2015.

Championship

Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
Cyrus Christie made his 100th appearance for Derby County.

Norwich 3-1 Burton Albion
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the first time in more than a year. Before this, the palymaker hadn't been shown a yellow card since 12 September 2015.

Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
Lee Frecklington returned to the Rotherham starting XI for the first time since the 6th August

League 1

Bury 2-1 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 250th club appearance since moving to England

Millwall 2-3 Rochdale
Aiden O'Brien scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also the striker's 20th goal for Millwall

Northampton 4-0 Southend United
John-Joe O'Toole scored the opener for Northampton in this win. This was the midfielder's 50th goal of his career.

Peterborough 1-1 Walsall
Chris Forrester made his 50th start for Peterborough.

League 2

Morecambe 2-3 Crawley
James Collins scored in the third game in a row for his fifth goal since signing for Crawley

Newport Co. 1-2 Cambridge United
Reece Grego Cox was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-1 Motherwell
Adam Barton made his first appearance for Partick since signing for them from Portsmouth

Celtic 6-1 Kilmarnock
Gary Dicker assisted the opener for Kilmarnock in his 25th start for the club

Scottish First Division

Dundee Utd 2-1 Greenock Morton
Sean Dillon scored his first own goal since October 2010. Unfortunately for the defender, all three of his career OGs have come while playing for Dundee United.

Cypriot Premier League

Omonia Nicosia 4-2 Karmiotissa
Cillian Sheridan's opening penalty in Omonia's win was his fifth goal of the season and the 70th goal of the Cavan striker's career

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal since the end of July

MLS

LA Galaxy 2-4 Seattle Sounders FC
Robbie Keane's brace in this game was unfortunately offset by the Galaxy captain's first booking since March

Round Up - Week of 20th September 2016

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

English League Cup 
Leeds United 1-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the first time this season, before this the midfielder hadn't been booked April

Bournemouth 2-3 Preston North End
Marc Wilson was booked for the first time January

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Reading
Stephen Quinn scored his first goal of the season

Newcastle Utd 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Daryl Murphy made his first appearance for Newcastle since signing for the toon

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

English League Cup

QPR 1-2 Sunderland
John O'Shea returned to the Sunderland starting XI for the first time in a month

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen 1-0 St Johnstone
Adam Rooney scored his fifth goal of the season, this was the Dons' striker's tenth goal in the League Cup, during spells with both Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Joe Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season

Round Up - Weekend of 17th September 2016

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Premier League

Leicester City 3-0 Burnley
Jeff Hendrick made his first start for Burnley since signing for them on transfer deadline day

West Bromwich Albion 4-2 West Ham United
James McClean scored his 25th goal since moving to England, this is also the former Derry winger's 10th goal in the Premier League

Everton 3-1 Middlesbrough
Seamus Coleman's first goal since February was also his 15th goal in the Premier League

Championship

Ipswich 0-0 Aston Villa
Leon Best came off the bench to make his first appearance for Ipswich

Newcastle Utd 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Joe Mason made his 25th appearance for Wolves

Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Keiren Westwood's yellow card was the goalkeeper's first booking since January 2015

League 1

Bradford City 1-1 Bristol Rovers
Josh Cullen made his 25th career start

Chesterfield 3-1 Northampton
Conor Wilkinson scored his first goal for Chesterfield, the striker's first goal since January. This was also his fifth goal in League One.

Coventry 0-0 Oldham
Paul Green and Charles Dunne were both booked for the first time this season. Before this, Green hadn't been booked since April 2015

Port Vale 2-1 Gillingham
Emmanuel Osadebe was booked for the first time this season

Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood
Keith Keane made his first start for Rochale since signing for them on loan 

Southend United 3-1 Millwall
Stephen McLaughlin scored his first goal in a month in his 25th start for Southend
David Mooney scored his tenth goal for the Shrimpers

League 2

Exeter 0-2 Plymouth
Graham Carey made his 50th start for Plymouth and marked the occasion with his 15th goal in League Two

Leyton Orient 0-1 Yeovil
Kevin Dawson was booked for the fifth time this season

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 2-2 Partick Thistle
Gary Dicker made his 25th appearance for Kilmarnock

St Johnstone 1-0 Hearts
Graham Cummins marked his 150th appearance in England and Scotland, for four clubs, with his tenth goal for St Johnstone

Scottish First Division

Greenock Morton 2-1 Dunfermline
Gavin Gunning made his first appearance for Greenock after signing a short term deal for the Ton during the week

Cypriot Premier League

Ethnikos Achna 1-2 Omonia Nicosia
The first goal of Cillian Sheridan's brace was the Monaghan striker's 25th goal in the Cypriot Premier League

Sunday, 18 September 2016

Premier League

Southampton 1-0 Swansea
Shane Long marked his 50th start for Southampton with his first booking this season

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 1-3 Aberdeen
Anthony O'Connor booking against Dundee was his first booking since December 2015

Inverness CT 2-2 Celtic
Jake Mulraney came off the bench to make his 25th career appearance

First goalscorer

James McClean's goal against West Ham ended an unwanted streak for Irish players in the Premier League - before the Derry winger found the back of the net from close range, no Irish player had scored in the top division in England in the 2016/17 season.

This was also the first time none of the Boys in Green had found the back of the net in a Premier League game in August since 2010-11, when fans of the Irish team had to wait until the second of October for Jonathan Walters to end the run without a goal when he scored the winner for Stoke against former club Blackburn Rovers.

Season	First Goalscorer	Date
2006-2007	Kevin Doyle	23rd August 2006
2007-2008	Stephen Hunt	18th August 2007
2008-2009	Caleb Folan	16th August 2008
2009-2010	Stephen Ireland	15th August 2009
2010-2011	Jonathan Walters	2nd October 2010
2011-2012	Stephen Ward	13th August 2011
2012-2013	Damien Duff	18th August 2012
2013-2014	Seamus Coleman	17th August 2013
2014-2015	Aiden McGeady	16th August 2014
2015-2016	Damien Delaney	8th August 2015
2016-2017	James McClean	17th September 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 10th September 2016

Saturday, 10 September 2016

Premier League

Burnley 1-1 Hull City
After signing for them on transfer deadline day, Jeff Hendrick made his first appearance in the Premier League for Burnley

Stoke City 0-4 Tottenham
Glenn Whelan was booked for the first time this season

Championship

Norwich 3-2 Cardiff
Anthony Pilkington scored his first brace of the season, he scored twice in the same game on two separate occasions in 2015/16

Preston North End 1-2 Barnsley
Aiden McGeady missed out on the international friendly against Oman to sign on loan for Preston, and he marked his debut for the club (also his first appearance of the season) with his first goal of the season
Aidan White made his 25th start for Barnsley

QPR 1-1 Blackburn
Tommy Hoban's second appearance for Blackburn was his 50th career start

League 1

Bristol Rovers 2-2 Rochdale
Keith Keane made his first appearance for Rochdale
Niall Canavan was sent off for the first time in his career

Millwall 1-1 Coventry
Shaun Williams made his 100th start for Millwall

Oldham 0-0 Chesterfield
Conor Wilkinson made his first start of the season, on loan at Chesterfield, before this the striker hadn't been in a starting XI since March
Connor Dimaio was booked for the first time this season

Peterborough 2-2 Port Vale
Chris Forrester made his 50th appearance for Peterborough

Scunthorpe 4-0 Southend United
Paddy Madden opened his account for the season with his 60th goal in League One

League 2

Luton 1-2 Grimsby
Alan Sheehan picked up a yellow card in his first appearance of the season
Glen Rea scored his first goal of his career

Newport Co. 2-2 Cheltenham
Reece Grego Cox made his first appearance of the season on loan at Newport, this was the striker's first appearance in more than a year having only made one appearance in 2015/16, in August 2015

Notts County 0-2 Accrington Stanley
John O'Sullivan scored his fifth goal for Accrington Stanley, this was the winger's first goal since December 2014

Plymouth 2-1 Cambridge United
Graham Carey scored his 15th goal for Plymouth Argyle

Stevenage 2-1 Crawley
James Collins scored his 90th goal of his career

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 5-1 Rangers
Robert Kiernan was booked for the first time since February in what was the defender's 150th career appearance

Scottish First Division
Raith 0-2 Falkirk
Joel Coustrain made his first appearance in the Scottish First Division

Cypriot Premier League

Omonia Nicosia 1-1 Doxa
Cillian Sheridan scored his 20th goal for Omonia Nicosia

International Round Up

Wednesday, 31st August 2016
International Friendly
Republic of Ireland 4-0 Oman
Ciaran Clark made his 20th appearance for Ireland
On his 146th appearance for Ireland (135 starts), Robbie Keane scored his 68th goal for IrelandThis was the striker's first first start since 7th September 2015, and his first goal in almost a year (362 days)
Keiren Westwood made his 18th cap for Ireland, this was the goalkeeper's first appearance since Sunday, 7 June 2015
Marc Wilson made his 25th appearance for Ireland, his first since 13 November 2015
Wes Hoolahan made his 35th appearance for Ireland
Robbie Brady scored his seventh goal for Ireland, and his third in his last three internationals
Jonathan Walters scored his 11th and 12th goals for Ireland

Monday, 5th September 2016
World Cup 2018 Qualifying
Serbia 2-2 Republic of Ireland
Glenn Whelan made his 75th appearance for Ireland, this was also the midfielder's 70th start
John O'Shea made his 115th appearance, (his 110th start) for Ireland
Richard Keogh made his 15th appearance for Ireland
Darren Randolph made his 15th appearance (10 starts) for Ireland
Daryl Murphy and Jeff Hendrick both scored their first goal for Ireland in what was Murphy's 24th appearance for Ireland
Stephen Ward and Robbie Brady both picked up their fifth yellow cards at international level

Irish Player Transfers, Loans and Contracts - August 2016

Transfers

2nd August 2016

Chris McCann signed a five month loan deal with Coventry City, keeping him at the Ricoh Arena until the new MSL season starts in 2017: http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/signing-loan-chris-mccann-coventry-city-atlanta-3219078.aspx

Having been without a club since his release by York City in January, defender Eddie Nolan signed a one year deal with Blackpool: http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/eddie-nolan-joins-3220294.aspx

3rd August 2016

Having spent his entire career at Aston Villa, academy graduate Ciaran Clark signed a five year deal with Newcastle United: http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160803/united-complete-clark-capture_2281670_5776745

Graham Stack signed for Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters as a player and coach: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/press-releases/3803-arsenal-invincible-graham-stack-joins-kerala-blasters-for-indian-super-league-2016

4th August 2016

After playing for them on trial during preseason, Noel Hunt signed a one year contract with Portsmouth: http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/pompey-have-signed-former-southend-united-striker-noel-hunt-3224511.aspx

5th August 2016

Following spells in Denmark with Copenhagen and Ipswich, Kevin Foley signed a short term deal with Charlton: http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/charlton-athletic-sign-kevin-foley-transfer-league-one-3227789.aspx

AFC Wimbledon defender Ryan Sweeney signed a three year deal with Stoke City: http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/2016-17/sweeney-checks-in-3228590.aspx

6th August 2016

After his release from Fulham, winger Dean O’Halloran returned to Ireland to sign for Bohemians: http://bohemianfc.com/?p=10385

9th August 2016

Burnley’s Ireland U19 striker Khius Metz has gone on loan to Altrincham until January 2016: http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/article/2016-17/metz-joins-altrincham-3235175.aspx

10th August 2016

Following a brief, but memorable, spell at Hibernian, Conrad Logan has signed a six month deal with Rochdale, where he was on loan in 2014: http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/conrad-logan-goalkeeper-rochdale-afc-dale-3238326.aspx

12th August 2016

Charles Dunne signed a short term deal with Oldham, following his release from Blackpool: http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/signings-latics-complete-double-signing-3243996.aspx

15th August 2016

Following some bizarre comments on twitter, Marc Wilson left Stoke for Bournemouth, where he previously spent two loan spells, to sign a two year deal: http://www.afcb.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/marc-wilson-afc-bournemouth-stoke-city-3248142.aspx

26th August 2016

After signing a new two year deal with Aston Villa, Kevin Toner has gone on loan to Walsall until January 2017: http://www.saddlers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/kevin-toner-joins-on-loan-3272483.aspx

Shane Duffy signed for Brighton and Hove Albion on a four year deal: http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/shane-duffy-brighton-hove-albion-blackburn-rovers-3273273.aspx

Tommie Hoban and Derrick Williams signed for Blackburn Rovers on a season long loan and a three year contract, respectively: http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/tommie-hoban-derrick-williams-3273216.aspx

28th August 2016

Ipswich striker Daryl Murphy moved to for Newcastle on a two year deal: http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160828/united-complete-murphy-signing_2281670_5842951

30th August 2016

Following a sucessful trial at Portman Road, Leon Best signed a one year deal with Ipswich Town: http://www.itfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/leon-best-3279875.aspx

31st August 2016

Having been at Derby County for his career to date, Jeff Hendrick broke Burnley’s transfer record to sign a three year deal: http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/article/2016-17/hendrick-signs-for-club-record-fee-3283924.aspx

Adam Barton has moved north of Hadrian’s Wall to sign for Partick Thistle on a three year deal: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/adam-barton-signs-three-year-deal/

Eunan O'Kane signed for Leeds on a two year deal: http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/hlr7k4gvm3841qtqs3gue0dri/title/midfielder-arrives-on-deadline-day

Sean Murray signed for Swindon on a one year deal, with the option of a further 12 months: http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/murray-is-a-red-3284300.aspx

Loans

2nd August 2016
Nottingham Forest’s 18 year old striker Gerry McDonagh signed for Wrexham on am initial one month loan, that was later extended until January : http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/bradley-reid-returns-to-wrexham-afc-as-clearance-is-gained-3274441.aspx

5th August 2016
Full back Anto Breslin signed a youth loan deal with Tamworth from Wolves: http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/breslin-signs-on-loan-2672.htm

8th August 2016
John O'Sullivan signed for Accrington Stanley on a six month loan: http://accringtonstanley.co.uk/2016/08/johno-returns-the-reds/

Josh Cullen has returned to Bradford City, where he spent the latter half of last season, for a five month loan: http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/cullen-returns-3232324.aspx

31st August 2016
Keith Keane signed for Rochdale on loan until January: http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/keith-keane-rochdale-cambridge-united-loan-3282872.aspx

QPR striker Reece Grego-Cox signed for Newport County on loan until January: http://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/county-sign-striker-reece-grego-cox-on-loan-3283379.aspx

Having fallen out of favour at Everton, Aiden McGeady returned to the Championship to sign a season long loan for Preston North End: http://www.pnefc.net/news/article/2016-17/aiden-mcgeady-deadline-day-preston-north-end-pne-3284951.aspx

Bolton striker Conor Wilkinson signed for Chesterfield on loan until 9th January 2017: http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/young-striker-joins-spireites-3284869.aspx

Contracts

1st August 2016
Wes Hoolahan signed a new contract with Norwich City, keeping him at Carrow Road until 2018: http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/wes-hoolahan-norwich-city-contract-3219551.aspx

5th August 2016
Adam Rooney extended his contract at Aberdeen until 2020: http://www.afc.co.uk/news/8255.php

11th August 2016
After making 200 appearances for Derby in the four years since he signed from Coventry, Richard Keogh signed a new three contract with the rams: http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/richard-keogh-signs-new-three-year-deal-at-derby-county-3241282.aspx

26th August 2016
Before leaving for a five month loan with Walsall, Kevin Toner signed a new two year contract with Aston Villa: https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2016/08/26/toner-pens-new-deal