Round Up for week of Tuesday, 25th September 2018

Tuesday, 25th September 2018

English League Cup

Burton Albion 2-1 Burnley

Damien McCrory made his 200th start for Burton Albion
In his 50th start for Burnley, Kevin Long scored his first goal of the season

Millwall 1-3 Fulham

Cyrus Christie scored his first goal for the club, just over a year after his last goal on Saturday, 23rd September 2017

Bournemouth 3-2 Blackburn

Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season
Derrick Williams was sent off for the second time in his career, almost four years after his last red card in December 2014

West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Crystal Palace

Following two substitutes appearances in the Championship for West Brom, Wes Hoolahan made his first start for the Baggies

Football League Trophy

Bradford City 1-1 Everton U21

Sean Scannell's start was his first appearance in the Football League Trophy

Exeter 2-0 West Ham U21

Anthony Scully was named in a starting XI for the first time in his career

Wednesday, 26th September 2018

English League Cup

Arsenal 3-1 Brentford

Alan Judge's first goal of the season (his first strike since February 2016) was also his 25th goal for the club, and the 50th goal of his career

West Ham United 8-0 Macclesfield

Conor Coventry came off the bench for his first appearance for West Ham United

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 21st September 2018

Friday, 21st September 2018

Danish Superliga

Vejle Boldklub 1-0 Esbjerg

Sean Murray's start was his first appearance since Sunday, 19th August

Saturday, 22nd September 2018

Championship

This was the first time two Irish players were sent off on the same day in the Championship since Lee Frecklington and Tommie Hoban were both shown red cards on Saturday, 7th March 2015

Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Conor Hourihane made his 350th career appearance

Ipswich 0-0 Bolton

In his first start in a month, Marc Wilson was sent off for the first time since May 2015. This was the third red card in the defender's career

Middlesbrough 0-0 Swansea

Darren Randolph made his 150th appearance in the Championship

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Rotherham

Richie Towell was booked for the first time this season

Reading 3-0 Hull City

John O'Shea was sent off for the second time in his career - the veteran's last red card came in August 2013

League 1

Charlton 2-1 Plymouth

Graham Carey marked his 150th start for Plymouth with his second goal of the season

Gillingham 2-4 Peterborough

Mark Byrne's first goal of the season was also his fifth goal in League One
Callum Reilly's first goal for Gillingham (his first strike since November 2017) was also the the fifth goal of his career

Southend United 1-0 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden made his 25th start for Fleetwood

Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale

Joe Rafferty was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Cambridge United 1-1 Mansfield Town

Barry Corr's first start of the season was his 25th start for Cambridge United
Gary Deegan was booked for the fifth time this season

Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale

Corey Whelan was booked for the first time this season

Forest Green 1-0 Crawley

Mark Connolly was booked for the fifth time this season

Scottish Championship

Ross County 0-0 Inverness CT

Aaron Doran made his 150th start for Inverness CT

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 14th September 2018

Friday, 14th September 2018

Polish Ekstraklasa

Jagiellonia Białystok 3-1 Cracovia Kraków

On his first start in a month, Cillian Sheridan scored a brace

Saturday, 15th September 2018

Premier League

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Arsenal

Ciaran Clark's first goal of the season was the defender's tenth goal in the Premier League

Championship

Rotherham 1-0 Derby County

Richie Towell made his first appearance of the season
Ryan Manning's goal was his first strike for Rotherham
Richard Keogh made his 300th appearance for Derby County - even more impressive was that the defender started every appearance for the Rams!

Thank you to all involved at @dcfcofficial for the journey over the last six seasons. Thrilled to have reached 300 appearances for the club #COYR 🐏 pic.twitter.com/e0ljv7e6Nl

— Richard Keogh (@RichardKeogh_6) September 18, 2018

Blackburn 1-1 Aston Villa

Derrick Williams made his first appearance since Saturday, 4th August

League 1

Burton Albion 2-1 Sunderland

Aiden McGeady made his first appearance of the season

Fleetwood 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Cian Bolger scored his first goal of the season

Shrewsbury 2-0 Southend United

Stephen McLaughlin was booked for the first time this season in what was his 100th start for Southend United

League 2

Carlisle United 0-2 Tranmere

Jamie Devitt was booked for the first time this season

Cheltenham 0-0 Crewe Alexandra

Corey Whelan made his first appearance for loan club Crewe Alexandra

Colchester 3-0 Cambridge United

David Forde made his 50th appearance for Cambridge United
Gary Deegan made his 250th career appearance

Mansfield Town 1-2 Exeter

Pierce Sweeney was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Hibernian 3-2 Kilmarnock

After his release from Oldham, Jack Byrne came off the bench for his first appearance for Kilmarnock

Rangers 4-0 Dundee

Darren O'Dea's start was his first appearance of the season

St Johnstone 1-1 Aberdeen

Chris Forrester made his first start for Aberdeen
David McMillan's goal was his fifth strike for St Johnstone

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 8th September 2018

Saturday, 8th September 2018

League 1

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Burton Albion

Seamus Conneely made his 150th start for Accrington Stanley
Stephen Quinn was booked for the first time since August 2016

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Luton

James Collins was booked for the first time this season

Southend United 2-3 Peterborough

Stephen McLaughlin's 15th goal in the competition was also the 20th he scored since leaving the League of Ireland

Sunderland 1-1 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden's goal was his 80th strike in League One

League 2

Cambridge United 1-2 Carlisle United

Gary Deegan made his 100th appearance in League Two

Exeter 5-1 Notts County

The first goal of Pierce Sweeney's first brace of his career was his tenth goal in League Two

Lincoln City 0-1 Crawley

Lee Frecklington was sent off for the first time since March 2015

Morecambe 0-1 Swindon Town

Barry Roche started his 450th game for Morecambe

Tuesday, 11th September 2018

International Match

Poland 1-1 Republic of Ireland

The eleven players who started this game had a combined caps total of 129, the lowest total since a 3-2 friendly loss to Uruguay in February 2011 when the caps total was 102.
Starting XI
Darren Randolph made his 30th appearance for Ireland was also his 25th start at international level
Kevin Long made his eighth appearance for Ireland
Richard Keogh's 18th appearance for Ireland was his first appearance for the Republic since Friday, 2 June 2017
John Egan made his third appearance for Ireland was his first start since the same game
Enda Stevens' third cap for Ireland was also his first start
Cyrus Christie made his 19th appearance for Ireland
Jeff Hendrick made his 41st appearance for Ireland
Shaun Williams' third appearance for Ireland was his first start at international level
Callum O'Dowda made his 12th appearance for Ireland
Aiden O'Brien marked his international debut with a goal, the first player to do so since Robbie Brady and Alex Pearce both scored on their first appearances for Ireland against Oman in September 2012
Callum Robinson made his second appearance for Ireland

Substitutes
Alan Judge made his fifth appearance for Ireland
Daryl Horgan made his sixth appearance for Ireland
Conor Hourihane made his seventh appearance for Ireland
David Meyler made his 26th appearance for Ireland
Graham Burke made his third appearance for Ireland
Matt Doherty made his third appearance for Ireland

Football League Trophy

Fleetwood 2-2 Leicester City U21

Cian Bolger was sent off for the first time for Fleetwood. This was the defender's fourth career red card, and his first since December 2014

Swindon Town 1-0 Newport County

Mark O'Brien's first start of the season was also his 50th start for Newport County

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 4th September 2018

Tuesday, 4th September 2018

Football League Trophy

Carlisle United 3-2 Morecambe

Jamie Devitt's start was his 100th appearance for Carlisle United
Barry Roche made his 450th appearance for Morecambe

Sunderland 0-0 Stoke City U21

Nathan Collins made his first appearance in senior football

Macclesfield 3-3 Blackpool

John O'Sullivan and Paudie O'Connor both scored their first goals for Blackpool

Burton Albion 1-2 Walsall

Connor Ronan made his first appearance for Walsall
Callum Cockerill-Mollett made his first career appearance

Colchester 0-2 Southampton U21

Paul Rooney's first appearance for Colchester was his first appearance since January 2017
Thomas O'Connor's start was his first appearance in senior football since December 2016
Michael Obafemi scored his first senior goal of his career

Luton 2-1 Brighton U21

Eunan O'Kane's first start for Luton was also the midfielder's 300th career appearance
Aaron Connolly scored his first goal of his career

MK Dons 3-3 Peterborough

Conor O'Malley's start was his first appearance of the season

Northampton 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers

John-Joe O'Toole was booked for the first time this season

Crawley 1-1 Tottenham U21

Troy Parrott came off the bench to make his first career appearance

Thursday, 6th September 2018

UEFA Nations League

Wales 4-1 Republic of Ireland

Starting XI
Darren Randolph's first appearance since Tuesday, 14 November 2017 was his 29th appearance for Ireland
Stephen Ward made his 50th appearance for Ireland
Shane Duffy continued his record of starting every cap in his 21st appearance for Ireland
Ciaran Clark's first start since Tuesday, 14 November 2017 was his 32nd appearance for Ireland, and was booked for the first time since October 2017
Seamus Coleman made his 47th appearance for Ireland
Jeff Hendrick's start was his 40th appearance for Ireland
Conor Hourihane made his sixth appearance for Ireland
Callum O'Dowda made his 11th appearance for Ireland
Cyrus Christie 's first start since Tuesday, 14 November 2017 was his 18th appearance for Ireland
Callum Robinson's start was his international debut
Jonathan Walters made his 54th appearance for Ireland

Substitutes
Enda Stevens made his second appearance for Ireland
Daryl Horgan made his fifth appearance for Ireland
Shaun Williams scored his first international goal in his second appearance for Ireland

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 1st September 2018

Saturday, 1st September 2018

The eleven goals scored today by Irish players equals the most scored in a single day in 2018 so far - eleven goals were also scored on April 14th, January 27th, and January 20th

Championship

Preston North End 2-2 Bolton

Callum Robinson's first goal of the season was also his 20th goal in the Championship

League 1

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Scunthorpe

Seamus Conneely's first goal in League One was also his tenth goal for Accrington,

Burton Albion 3-0 AFC Wimbledon

Stephen Quinn's first goal for Burton was the 30th goal of his career and his first goal since September 2016

Fleetwood 2-1 Bradford City

Eoin Doyle scored his first goal for Fleetwood
Paddy Madden was booked for the first time this season

Portsmouth 3-0 Plymouth

Ronan Curtis scored his fifth goal for Portsmouth, in only his seventh appearance for Pompey

Shrewsbury 1-1 Bristol Rovers

Jack Bonham made his first appearance for loan club Bristol Rovers

Southend United 1-2 Charlton

After signing for them on loan on deadline day, Josh Cullen made his debut for Charlton - this was the midfielder's first start since January

Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Luton

Eunan O'Kane made his first appearance for Luton

League 2

Cheltenham 1-3 Colchester

Kevin Dawson scored his first goal since December 2017

Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Macclesfield

Kevin O'Connor was booked for the first time since February in his first appearance for Crewe Alexandra

Notts County 1-3 Forest Green

Gavin Gunning's start against Notts County was his 250th career appearance

Stevenage 0-1 Cambridge United

Gary Deegan made his 50th start for Cambridge United

Scottish Premier League

Livingston 2-1 Hibernian

Daryl Horgan scored his first goal in the SPL

Scottish Championship

Partick Thistle 1-0 Greenock Morton

Niall Keown made his 50th start for Partick Thistle

Sunday, 2nd September 2018

Norwegian Eliteserien

Kristiansund 1-1 Start

Sean McDermott made his 100th career appearance