Round Up - Weekend of 29th December 2016

Thursday, 29 December 2016

Championship

Rotherham 1-2 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season

Friday, 30 December 2016

Premier League

Hull City 2-2 Everton
David Meyler returned to the Hull City starting XI for his first start in a month

Championship

Newcastle Utd 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season

League 1

Port Vale 1-0 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 200th appearance for Chesterfield

League 2

Hartlepool 3-2 Morecambe
Jake Carroll made his 100th appearance since leaving St Patrick's Athletic
Padraig Amond scored his eighth goal of the season, having not found the back of the net since November 19th

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 0-1 Aberdeen
Jonathan Hayes scored his 25th goal for Aberdeen

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Premier League

Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Shane Long's first goal of the season wasn't enough for Southampton to beat West Brom on the last day of the year

Championship

Huddersfield 1-1 Blackburn
Derrick Williams made his 150th career appearance

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 QPR Ryan Manning made his first appearance for QPR, and unfortunately was booked

Brentford 0-0 Norwich
John Egan made his 25th appearance for Brentford
Robbie Brady was sent off for the second time in his career, five years after his last red card in November 2011

League 1

Southend United 1-1 Charlton
Simon Cox was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking since 26 November 26th) and is suspended for the next game

Bolton 2-1 Scunthorpe
Stephen Dawson unfortunately marked his 50th start for Scunthorpe with his  fifth booking of the season and is suspended for the next game. This was the midfielder's first yellow card in two months

Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Rory Gaffney made his 50th appearance for Bristol Rovers

League 2
Luton 3-1 BarnetAlan Sheehan scored his second goal of the season, three months after his last goal on September 27th. This was also the defender's fifth goal in League Two
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Newport Co. 1-4 Exeter
Liam McAlinden made two assists in his first start for Exeter in more than a month

Plymouth 2-0 Crawley
James Collins made his 250th career start
Both Connor Smith and Mark Connolly picked up their fifth bookings of the season, and will be suspended for their next game

Round Up - Week of 26th December 2016

Monday, 26 December 2016

Premier League

Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Damien Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season in what was the defender's 300th start in England
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter made his 200th career start

Swansea 1-4 West Ham United
Declan Rice was in the matchday squad at West Ham for the first time as an unused substitute

Championship

Brentford 2-2 Cardiff
Brian Murphy made his first appearance for Cardiff since signing for the Bluebirds in September, indeed this was his first appearance in a matchday squad for the club!

Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory made his 300th career appearance

Barnsley 2-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the first time in his career

Ipswich 0-2 Fulham
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th start for Ipswich

Newcastle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Keiren Westwood's performance for Sheffield Wednesday against Newcastle was recognised by WhoScored and EA as the among the best of the week's fixtures

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— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 28, 2016

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Bristol City
Joe Mason came off the bench to make his first appearance for Wolves since October 15th

League 1

Southend United 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
Simon Cox ended a goal drought of more than a month by scoring his first brace since November 2014, and his performance was recognised by the Football League as one of the best of the week

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— EFL (@EFL) December 28, 2016

Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry
Liam Lawrence made his first appearance for Bristol Rovers since August 30th

League 2

Leyton Orient 3-2 Crawley
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking in more than a month) and is suspended for the next game

Luton 0-1 Colchester
Owen Garvan was booked for the first time this season

Newport Co. 2-3 Portsmouth
On his 34th birthday, Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth since November 5th
Enda Stevens scored his first goal for Portsmouth, 18 months after signing for Pompey in June 2015. This was the defender's first goal since February 2015

Yeovil 0-0 Exeter
Liam McAlinden was booked for the first time this season

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Premier League

Liverpool 4-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters scored his 60th goal for Stoke

Championship

Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 QPR
Shane Duffy made his 150th career start

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Premier League

Southampton 1-4 Tottenham
Shane Long was picked up his second booking of the season, more than 100 days since his last booking on September 18th

Scottish Premier League

Inverness CT 1-2 Motherwell
Carl McHugh returned to the Motherwell starting XI for his first appearance the opening day of the season

St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers
Graham Cummins lined out for St Johnstone for the first time since October 29

Round Up - Week of 21st December 2016

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

League 1

Millwall 3-1 Charlton
In what was a memorable night for striker Aiden O'Brien, he made his 100th appearance for Milwall and scored his 25th goal for the Lions, which was also his 20th league goal for the club, and his tenth goal of the season!

English FA Cup

Newport Co. 0-1 Plymouth
Graham Carey will remember his first goal in the FA Cup (his tenth goal of the season) after earning Plymouth a third round tie against Liverpool

Cypriot Premier League

Doxa 2-3 Omonia Nicosia
Cillian Sheridan scored his eighth goal of the season, almost two months after his last goal on October 29th. This was also the striker's 30th goal in the Cypriot League

Friday, 23 December 2016

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 1-3 Aberdeen
After going more than a month without scoring since his last goal on November 19th, Adam Rooney scored his tenth goal of the season, this was the Don's striker's 70th goal in the Scottish Premier League

Dundee 3-2 Hearts
Darren O'Dea's second goal of the season was the defender's first SPL goal since scoring for Celtic in May 2010 season, and his fifth goal in the competition overall

Saturday, 24 December 2016

Scottish Championship

Dundee Utd 2-1 St Mirren
Sean Dillon returned to the Dundee United starting XI for his first start since November 12th

Round Up - Weekend of 17th December 2016

Saturday, 17 December 2016

Championship

Greg Cunningham and Liam Kelly made the WhoScored Championship Team of the Week for their performances this weekend

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— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 19, 2016

Bristol City 1-2 Preston North End
Aiden McGeady was booked for the first time this season

Cardiff 3-4 Barnsley
Anthony Pilkington scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also the winger's 15th goal for Cardiff

Fulham 2-2 Derby County
Alex Pearce scored his second goal of the season, the first time the defender has scored more than once in a season since 2013/14

Leeds United 1-0 Brentford
John Egan was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Congratulations to Connor Ronan on making his first senior appearance for Wolves

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Rotherham
Keiren Westwood made his 100th appearance for Sheffield Wednesday

Wigan 2-3 Ipswich
David McGoldrick scored his 15th goal for Ipswich

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 4-0 Port Vale
Sam Kelly was booked for the first time this season

Oldham 0-2 Southend United
Stephen McLaughlin made his 25th appearance of the season

Scunthorpe 3-0 Millwall
Stephen Dawson made his 50th appearance for Scunthorpe
Paddy Madden scored his third brace of the season, and was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Carlisle United 2-1 Yeovil
Kevin Dawson made his 25th appearance of the season

Scottish Premier League

Ross County 2-1 Aberdeen
Jonathan Hayes was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Sunday, 18 December 2016

Premier League

Tottenham 2-1 Burnley
Stephen Ward made his 50th start for Burnley

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 1-2 Brisbane Roar
Roy O'Donovan scored his fifth goal of the season

Round Up - Week of 13th December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Championship

Blackburn 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
Shane Duffy scored his first goal for Brighton, this was also the defender's tenth goal of his career

Cardiff 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anthony Pilkington scored his fourth goal of the season, just over three months since his brace on September 10th
Matt Doherty's goal was the first time the defender had scored in consecutive games since December 2012

English FA Cup
Oxford United 3-0 Macclesfield
Congratulations to Canice Carroll on making his senior career debut!

MK Dons 3-1 Charlton
Kevin Foley was booked for the first time this season, the full back's last yellow card was in February

Football League Trophy

Walsall 1-3 Oldham
Liam Kinsella's first appearance in more than a month was his 25th appearance for Walsall

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Premier League

West Ham United 1-0 Burnley
Darren Randolph made his 25th appearance for West Ham, all of which are starts

Stoke City 0-0 Southampton
Glenn Whelan returned to the Stoke City starting XI for his first start since November 5th

Round Up - Weekend of 10th December 2016

Saturday, 10 December 2016

Premier League

Burnley 3-2 Bournemouth
This game was the first time two Irish players scored for the same team in the Premier League since Brady and Hoolahan for Norwich in February
Stephen Ward's goal (his first of the season) was his fifth goal in the Premier League, almost five years after his last PL goal in January 2012
Harry Arter was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Championship

Barnsley 2-1 Norwich
Conor Hourihane scored his first goal since September 13th

Newcastle Utd 4-0 Birmingham City
Congratulations to Republic of Ireland U19 defender Corey O'Keeffe on making his senior competitive debut as a second half substitute for Birmingham

Reading 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Paul McShane was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Rotherham 1-0 QPR
Lee Frecklington unfortunately marked his return to the Rotherham first team for the first time since October 22nd with his first booking since October 1st
Anthony Forde was booked for the first time this season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-4 Fulham
Matt Doherty scored his fifth goal in the Championship, almost exactly four months after his last goal on August 13th

Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn
Anthony Stokes came off the bench to make his first appearance for the Blackburn senior team since October 29th, although he has played and scored for their U23 side in the Checkatrade Trophy since then
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

League 1

MK Dons 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
Samir Carruthers made his 25th appearance of the season

Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury
Rory Gaffney scored his fifth goal of the season, this was the former League of Ireland striker's 15th goal of his career in England

Millwall 0-1 Shrewsbury
Gary Deegan made his 25th appearance for Shrewsbury

Peterborough 5-2 Chesterfield
Chris Forrester made his 25th appearance of the season
Connor Dimaio made his 25th career start
Conor Wilkinson came off the bench for his first appearance since October 15th
Derek Daly came off the bench to make his league debut, his second senior appearance for Chesterfield, and was booked for the first time this season

Rochdale 3-2 Scunthorpe
Joe Rafferty made his 25th appearance of the season

Southend United 3-1 Coventry
Michael Timlin reached the milestone of 200 appearances for Southend
Stephen McLaughlin scored his tenth goal for the Shrimpers
Chris McCann was booked for the first time since October 15th

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Crawley
Mark Connolly made his 150th career appearance
The first goal of James Collins' brace against Crewe was his tenth goal for the club

Plymouth 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Graham Carey's opener against Doncaster was his 20th League Two goal

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 0-0 Kilmarnock
Gary Dicker was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Inverness CT 1-1 Hamilton Academical
After coming off the bench for his last six appearances for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Jake Mulraney returned to their starting XI for the first time since October 22nd

Rangers 2-0 Hearts
Robert Kiernan's opener was the defender's first goal for Rangers, his last goal was in April 2015 for Birmingham

Scottish Championship

Dunfermline 2-1 Greenock Morton
Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time this season

Scottish League One

Peterhead 1-1 Alloa
Fiacre Kelleher scored his third of the season, almost two months after his last goal on October 15th

Cypriot Premier League

Ermis 2-2 Omonia Nicosia
Cillian Sheridan returned to Nicosia's starting XI for his first start since 29 October 29th

Round Up - Weekend of 2nd December 2016

Friday, 2 December 2016

Scottish Championship

Dundee Utd 1-0 Hibernian
Willo Flood was booked for the fifth time this season

Saturday, 3 December 2016

Premier League

Stoke City 2-0 Burnley
Stephen Ward made his 50th appearance for Burnley
Jonathan Walters scored his first goal of the season, this goal made him Stoke City's leading Premier League scorer

Championship

Blackburn 1-1 Huddersfield
Darragh Lenihan's start against Huddersfield was his 50th appearance for Blackburn Rovers

Burton Albion 2-1 Rotherham
Anthony Forde returned to the Rotherham starting XI for his first start since August 16th

Cardiff 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Shane Duffy was booked for the first time in two months

Norwich 5-0 Brentford
Robbie Brady's goal today was the 20th goal of his career, and also his tenth goal in the Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Preston North End
Alan Browne returned for Preston, in what was the former Cork City midfielder's first apperance since October25th
Eoin Doyle came off the bench for Preston on 80 minutes, scored his first goal since August 23rd on 83 minutes, and was sent off for the first time at Preston (the second time in his career in England) on 90 minutes

Scottish Premier League

St Johnstone 3-0 Inverness CT
Graham Cummins made his 50th appearance for St Johnstone in what was his first appearance since the end of October

English FA Cup

Chesterfield 0-5 Wycombe Wanderers
Jay O'Shea made his 25th appearance of the season

Luton 6-2 Solihull Moors
Glen Rea made his 25th start forLuton

Charlton 0-0 MK Dons
Samir Carruthers made his 100th start for MK Dons

Sunday, 4 December 2016

English FA Cup

Woking 0-3 Accrington Stanley
John O'Sullivan's goal today (his first since September 10th) was the midfielder's first goal in the FA Cup

Port Vale 4-0 Hartlepool
Port Vale's second goal in this cup was unfortunately former St Patrick's Athletic defender Jake Carroll's first own goal in England