Round Up - Weekend of 31st March 2017

Friday, 31 March 2017

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 0-7 Aberdeen

Darren O'Dea made his 50th appearance for Dundee
Anthony O'Connor made his 25th appearance in the SPL
Adam Rooney scored his first goal in a month

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Championship

Ipswich 1-1 Birmingham City

This was Jonathan Douglas's first appearance since February 14th, and his first start since a month earlier on January 17th

Newcastle Utd 2-1 Wigan

Jack Byrne was included in a Wigan matchday squad for the first time, but did not come off the bench

Rotherham 0-1 Fulham

Lee Frecklington made his 150th start for Rotherham

Reading 1-0 Leeds United

Liam Kelly made his 25th appearance for Reading

League 1

Bolton 0-0 Chesterfield

Connor Dimaio was booked for the fifth time this season

Bradford City 1-0 Walsall

Billy Clarke scored his 25th goal for Bradford, almost five months after his last goal in November

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury

Rory Gaffney made his 50th start for Bristol Rovers
Ryan Sweeney made his 25th career appearance

Millwall 3-1 Scunthorpe

Paddy Madden made his 150th start for Scunthorpe
Shaun Williams penalty today (his first goal since November 26th) was his scored his 25th goal in League One and his fifth goal of the season

Southend United 3-0 Oldham

Simon Cox was booked for the tenth time this season
Paul Green was shown his first yellow card in 2017

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Cambridge United

Barry Corr made his first start of the season, 14 months after his last start in January 2016

Hartlepool 0-2 Portsmouth

Padraig Amond made his 200th appearance in League Two
Enda Stevens made his 150th start in England

Leyton Orient 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Michael Collins made his 25th appearance for Leyton Orient

Yeovil 0-2 Carlisle United

John O'Sullivan scored his first goal for Carlisle, this was the winger's first goal since December 4th

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 2-1 Ross County

Adam Barton made his 25th start for Partick Thistle

Inverness CT 1-1 Kilmarnock

Conor Sammon made his 300th appearance since leaving the League of Ireland

Hamilton Academical 1-0 St Johnstone

Graham Cummins was booked for the first time in 2017

Scottish League One

Peterhead 1-1 Airdrie Utd

Joe Gorman made his first start since December

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Atlanta United

Chris McCann started his first game for Atlanta United

Sunday, 2 April 2017

Polish Ekstraklasa

Jagiellonia Białystok 1-0 Nieciecza

Cillian Sheridan's penalty today (his first goal since January 28th) was his tenth goal this season and his first goal for his new club

Round Up - International games

Friday, 24th March 2017

FIFA World Cup European Qualifying

Republic of Ireland 0-0 Wales

James McClean's 48th appearance for Ireland was also his 25th start
Jeff Hendrick's start was his 30th appearance for Ireland
John O'Shea started his first game for Ireland since Monday, 5 September 2016
Richard Keogh's first appearance since the same game was his 15th start for Ireland
David Meyler's first start since Tuesday, 31 May 2016 was his tenth start for Ireland, and was booked for the first time since November 2014 - coincidentally the same game Aiden McGeady got his last booking for Ireland before this game
Stephen Ward made his 40th start for Ireland
Cyrus Christie's introduction was his first appearance since Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Tuesday, 28th March 2017

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 0-1 Iceland

Aiden McGeady's start against Iceland was his first start for Ireland since Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Jonathan Hayes made his first start for Ireland, in what was his third cap
Cyrus Christie's first start since Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Alex Pearce's start (first start since Tuesday, 18 November 2014) was his fifth start for Ireland, and his first appearance since March 2016
Keiren Westwood made his 20th appearance for Ireland in his first appearance since August 2016
Conor Hourihane and John Egan's inclusion in the starting XI was their first appearances for Ireland, with Egan also earning his first international booking
This was Kevin Doyle's first start since Friday, 25 March 2016
Preston players Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan came off the bench to make their first appearances for Ireland
Stephen Gleeson made his third appearance for Ireland, almost ten years after his last cap in May 2007

Round Up - International Break

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

League 1

Coventry 2-1 Port Vale

Sam Foley was booked for the first time in 2017

Rochdale 3-3 Millwall

Aiden O'Brien scored for the first time in a month

League 2

Newport Co. 1-1 Luton

Mark O'Brien was sent off for the second time in his career, two and half years after his last red card in September 2014

Saturday, 25 March 2017

League 1

Oldham 1-1 Sheffield United

Jay O'Shea's tenth goal of the season (the most he's scored in a single season in England) was also his 30th goal in League One

League 2

Carlisle United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra

Jamie Devitt returned to the Carlisle starting XI for his first start since February 11th

Colchester 2-1 Luton

Sean Murray made his 25th start of the season
Glen Rea made his 50th appearance for Luton

Crawley 3-0 Leyton Orient

James Collins scored his 20th goal for Crawley

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 2-3 Adelaide United

Roy O'Donovan scored his first goal February 12th

Sunday, 26 March 2017

League 1

Scunthorpe 3-2 Bradford City

Kevin Toner marked his first appearance for Bradford City with the first goal of his career
Billy Clarke was booked for the first time in 2017

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 3-1 Rochdale

Keith Keane was sent off for the second time this season

Sheffield United 2-0 Millwall

Aiden O'Brien was shown his first yellow card of 2017