Round Up for week for Tuesday, 23rd February 2021

Tuesday, 23rd February 2021

Championship

Birmingham City 1-3 Norwich

Scott Hogan was booked for the first time since Wednesday, 9th December

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Gillingham

Shane McLoughlin assisted a goal for the first time in eight weeks

Hull City 0-1 Ipswich

Troy Parrott's start was his 25th career appearance

Northampton 0-0 Rochdale

Alan Sheehan was booked for the first time this season - this was his first yellow card since April 2019
Conor Shaughnessy started a game for the 50th time in his career
Conor Grant started a game for the first time in his career

Oxford United 0-1 Portsmouth

Marcus Harness was booked for the first time in a month
Ronan Curtis was booked for the fifth time this season

Sunderland 2-0 Fleetwood

Aiden O'Brien scored his fifth goal of the season

Plymouth 0-3 Peterborough

Jack Taylor scored for the first time in six weeks

League 2

Bolton 2-0 Scunthorpe

Eoin Doyle was booked for the first time in a year
Mason O'Malley came off the bench for his first appearance in a month

Bradford City 1-0 Leyton Orient

Paudie O'Connor was booked for the fifth time this season

Cambridge United 0-1 Cheltenham

Sean Long scored his first goal of the season and was booked for the first time this season in his first start of the season

Carlisle United 2-3 Tranmere

Joshua Kayode scored his fifth goal of the season six weeks after his last goal

Harrogate Town 1-0 Mansfield Town

Harry Charsley started the 50th game of his career

Oldham 0-1 Barrow

Jamie Devitt made his first assist of the season

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Championship

Swansea 1-0 Coventry

Conor Hourihane made his first assist for Swansea

League 2

Forest Green 1-3 Southend United

Alan McCormack's introduction was his first appearance in a month

Europa League

Tottenham 4-0 Wolfsberger AC

Matt Doherty was booked for the first time since Saturday, 2nd January

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 20th February 2021

Saturday, 20th February 2021

Premier League

Liverpool 0-2 Everton

Following his 350th appearance in English football last week, Seamus Coleman made his 300th start for Everton, and is now the Irish player with the 15th most appearances in the Premier League

2️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ Seamus Coleman's start is his two hundred and eighty ninth appearance in the @premierleague, overtaking Steve Staunton as the @FAIreland player with the fifteenth most appearances in the #PL#COYBIG #EFC pic.twitter.com/4rCL3mefKw

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) February 20, 2021

Championship

Huddersfield 4-1 Swansea

Conor Hourihane scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also his 30th goal in the Championship, and the 80th goal of his career

Norwich 1-0 Rotherham

Kieran Sadlier's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 7th November

QPR 2-1 Bournemouth

Shane Long scored his first goal for Bournemouth, this was his first goal in a year

Stoke City 3-0 Luton

James Collins was booked for the first time in three months

League 1

Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Thomas O'Connor completed his first assist in a year

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Shrewsbury

Seamus Conneely scored his first goal of the season

Burton Albion 0-3 Sunderland

Aiden O'Brien was booked for the first time in a month
Aiden McGeady completed his tenth assist of the season, this was also his 20th assist for Sunderland

Ipswich 0-0 Oxford United

Anthony Forde was booked for the first time this season

MK Dons 4-3 Northampton

Joe Mason made his first assist for MK Dons

Portsmouth 0-1 Blackpool

Ronan Curtis was booked for the first time in two months

Rochdale 0-0 Plymouth

On his 19th birthday, Gavin Bazunu's start was his 25th career appearance
Paul McShane was named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 17th October

Wigan 1-2 Lincoln City

Anthony Scully scored his 15th goal of his career

League 2

Stevenage 1-1 Walsall

Emmanuel Osadebe's start was his first appearance in a month
Liam Kinsella was sent off for the first time in his career

Tranmere 2-2 Oldham

Lee O'Connor made his 25th appearance for Tranmere

Scottish Premier League

St Mirren 1-1 Livingston

Conor McCarthy scored his second own goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Hearts 1-1 Greenock Morton

Aaron McEneff made his first start for Hearts

Sunday, 21st February 2021

League 2

Newport Co. 0-2 Forest Green

Dominic Bernard was booked for the first time this season

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 16th February 2021

Tuesday, 16th February 2021

Championship

Stoke City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

James McClean made his 90th start for Stoke City

League 1

Ipswich 0-0 Northampton

Mark McGuinness made his 20th career start
Alan Judge was booked for the first time since Saturday, 28th November

League 2

Bradford City 2-1 Morecambe

Niall Canavan was named in the Bradford City starting XI for the first time since his move to the Bantams
Anthony O'Connor scored his first goal since Saturday, 7 November
John O'Sullivan scored his 15th goal in League Two

Forest Green 4-3 Oldham

Dominic Bernard came off the bench for his first appearance in seven weeks
Ian Lawlor was booked for the first time this season - more than four years after his last booking in December 2017

Wednesday, 17th February 2021

Premier League

Burnley 1-1 Fulham

Robbie Brady was booked for the first time in two months
Kevin Long started a Premier League game for the first time since Saturday, 31st October

Everton 1-3 Manchester City

Seamus Coleman's introduction was his 350th appearance in English football

League 2

Mansfield Town 2-3 Bolton

Harry Charsley was booked for the first time since Saturday, 26th September
Stephen Quinn completed his first assist of the season, this was the midfielder's first assist since Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Scottish Premier League

St Mirren 1-1 Hamilton Academical

Joe Shaughnessy was shown his first yellow card in seven weeks

Football League Trophy

Sunderland 1-1 Lincoln City

Anthony Scully scored his fifth goal in the competition

Thursday, 18th February 2021

Europa League

Wolfsberger AC 1-4 Tottenham

In his 20th start for Tottenham, Matt Doherty completed his first assist since Sunday, 8th November

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 12th February 2021

Friday, 12th February 2021

Championship

Blackburn 1-2 Preston North End

In his first start in two months, Greg Cunningham scored his first goal since February 2018. This was also his fifth goal for Preston North End, and the tenth goal of his career
Alan Browne assist for Cunningham's goal was his first assist since Saturday, 29th August

Bulgarian Second League

Pirin Blagoevgrad 2-0 Hebar 1918

Conor Henderson started for Pirin on the return of Bulgarian football after the winter break

Indian Super League

SC East Bengal 1-1 Hyderabad

Anthony Pilkington assisted a goal the first time in two months

Saturday, 13th February 2021

Championship

Derby County 2-1 Middlesbrough

Jason Knight was booked for the first time in two months

Huddersfield 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers

A month after his previous assist, Daryl Horgan made his fifth assist of the season

League 1

Charlton 2-3 Gillingham

Thomas O'Connor's start was his 50th appearance for Gillingham

Sunderland 4-1 Doncaster Rovers

Aiden McGeady assisted four goals in one game

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 0-0 St Mirren

Tommie Hoban started a game for the 100th time in his career

Sunday, 14th February 2021

Indian Super League

ATK Mohun Bagan 1-0 Jamshedpur

Carl McHugh was booked for the fifth time this season

Monday, 15th February 2021

Premier League

West Ham United 3-0 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens' start was his 150th appearance for Sheffield United

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 9th February 2021

Tuesday, 9th February 2021

League 1

Bristol Rovers 0-2 Oxford United

Anthony Forde's introduction was his 300th career appearance

Peterborough 2-1 Ipswich

Alan Judge's start was his 400th career appearance

Shrewsbury 2-1 Sunderland

Aiden O'Brien scored his 25th goal in League One

Portsmouth 2-0 Swindon Town

Ronan Curtis scored his tenth goal of the season in his 100th appearance in League One

Rochdale 1-4 MK Dons

Conor Shaughnessy made his first appearance of the season at new club Rochdale, almost a year after his last appearance on Saturday, 22 February 2020

Fleetwood 3-1 Doncaster Rovers

Paddy Madden's goal made the striker Fleetwood's top league goalscorer

🌟 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙀𝙍 🌟@Paddymadden has become #ftfc's highest ever EFL league goal scorer after scoring his 4⃣2⃣nd against Doncaster tonight! 👏#OnwardTogether pic.twitter.com/iZIwN5YRnG

— Fleetwood Town FC (@ftfc) February 9, 2021

League 2

Salford City 4-1 Cambridge United

Richie Towell scored for the first time since Saturday, 10 October

Harrogate Town 0-1 Cheltenham

Sean Long completed his first assist of the season

Walsall 1-1 Mansfield Town

Tyreik Wright was booked for the first time this season
Harry Charsley's start was his 50th career appearance

Bolton 1-1 Morecambe

Eoin Doyle scored his 50th goal in League Two

FA Cup

Burnley 0-2 Bournemouth

Jimmy Dunne started a game for the first time since Saturday, 26 September

Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United

Mipo Odubeko's introduction was his first appearance in a month

Wednesday, 10th February 2021

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 0-1 Motherwell

Gary Dicker's start was his 150th appearance in the SPL

FA Cup

Sheffield United 1-0 Bristol City

David McGoldrick's start was his 100th appearance for Sheffield United

What. A. Player. 💫

David McGoldrick made his 100th appearance for the Blades last night. 👏 pic.twitter.com/4wcMUGbpPI

— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) February 11, 2021

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 5th February 2021

Friday, 5th February 2021

Championship

Swansea 2-0 Norwich

Adam Idah was showing his first yellow card since Tuesday, 20th October

League 1

Gillingham 0-3 Lincoln City

Jack Bonham's start was his 100th appearance in League One

Scottish Championship

Ayr 0-1 Hearts

Corrie Ndaba was booked for the first time this season
Aaron McEneff came off the bench to make his first appearance for Hearts

Saturday, 6th February 2021

Premier League

Burnley 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly's start (his first in five weeks) was his 50th career appearance

Newcastle Utd 3-2 Southampton

Jeff Hendrick was sent off for the first time for Newcastle Utd, almost four years to the day since his last red card on Saturday, 4th February 2017

Championship

Bournemouth 3-2 Birmingham City

Shane Long made his first appearance for Bournemouth
Scott Hogan scored twice in the same game for the first time in eleven months

Luton 1-1 Huddersfield

James Collins scored his tenth goal of the season - two months after scoring his ninth goal

Millwall 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Shaun Williams assisted a goal for the first time since Saturday, 21st November

Stoke City 0-0 Reading

James McClean was booked for the first time in five weeks

Swansea 2-0 Norwich

Conor Hourihane scored in three successive games for the first time since November 2015

Wycombe Wanderers 0-3 Nottingham Forest

Daryl Horgan was named in the Wycombe starting XI for he first time since Saturday, 2nd January

League 1

Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Oxford United

Olamide Shodipo scored his tenth goal of the season

Ipswich 2-0 Blackpool

Troy Parrott made his first appearance for Ipswich

MK Dons 2-2 Sunderland

Warren O'Hora made his 25th appearance in English football
Joe Mason's fifth goal of the season was also his 15th goal in League One

Peterborough 2-0 Crewe Alexandra

Jack Taylor was booked for the fifth time this season

Portsmouth 2-2 Plymouth

Ronan Curtis scored his first goal since Saturday, 21st November

Rochdale 0-2 Charlton

Conor Grant made his first appearance for Rochdale
Eoghan O'Connell was booked for the first time since Saturday, 19th December

League 2

Exeter 3-2 Bradford City

Pierce Sweeney scored his first goal of the season, almost a year after his last goal on Saturday, 15th February 2020
Niall Canavan made his first appearance for Bradford City

Crawley 1-3 Harrogate Town

Simon Power scored his first goal for Harrogate Town

Leyton Orient 0-0 Colchester

Conor Wilkinson started his 50th game for Leyton Orient

Australian A-League

Macarthur 2-2 Western Sydney Wanderers

Simon Cox scored his first goal of the season

Sunday, 7th February 2021

Indian Super League

Jamshedpur 1-2 SC East Bengal

Anthony Pilkington scored for the first time in a month

Round Up for Tuesday, 2nd February 2021

Tuesday, 2nd February 2021

Premier League

Sheffield United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

John Egan made his first assist of the season, more than two years after his last assist in December 2018

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Crystal Palace

Ciaran Clark was named in the Newcastle starting XI for the 100th time

Championship

Millwall 0-0 Norwich

Adam Idah's introduction was his 25th appearance for Norwich

Coventry 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Cyrus Christie made his 25th appearance for Nottingham Forest - starting each time

League 1

Charlton 1-3 Portsmouth

Marcus Harness assisted a goal for the first time since the end of November

Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers

Seamus Conneely made his first assist of the season

League 2

Carlisle United 1-2 Forest Green

Joshua Kayode was named in the Carlisle starting XI for the first time in a month

Stevenage 0-1 Exeter

Pierce Sweeney was booked for the fifth time this season

Crawley 0-0 Leyton Orient

Conor Wilkinson was booked for the first time in two months

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 0-2 Livingston

Tommie Hoban was booked for the first time this season

Kilmarnock 0-4 Celtic

Gary Dicker's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 21st November
Colin Doyle's start was his first appearance since Tuesday, 10 November

Football League Trophy

Oxford United 3-1 AFC Wimbledon

Olamide Shodipo made his first assist of the season

Tranmere 2-1 Peterborough

Both Joe Murphy and Lee O'Connor were named in the Tranmere starting XI for the 20th time

Hull City 1-1 Lincoln City

Anthony Scully made his fifth assist of the season

Indian Super League

SC East Bengal 0-2 Bengaluru

Anthony Pilkington was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 3rd February 2021

Premier League

Liverpool 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Caoimhin Kelleher made his tenth career start

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 2-1 Dundee Utd

Sam Foley's first appearance for new club Motherwell was his first appearance in two months

Transfers, Loans, and Contracts for January 2021

Transfers

Monday, 4th January

Jack Byrne joined Cypriot side APOEL, signing a contract until May 2023

Friday, 8th January

Striker Jaze Kabai joined Scottish side Livingstone

Saturday, 9th January

Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan signed a short term contract with West Brom until the end of the season

Bohemians striker Evan Ferguson signed for Brighton and Hove Albion

Paddy Barrett signed for Cambodian side Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC

Tuesday, 12th January

Niall Canavan joined Bradford City, signing a contract with the Bantams until June 2022

Wednesday, 13th January

Bohemians defender Dan Casey signed for USL Championship side Sacramento Republic

Saturday, 16th January

Ruesha Littlejohn left Leicester to sign for Birmingham City for the rest of the 2020/21 season

Monday, 18th January

U21 winger Simon Power signed for Harrogate Town

Warren O'Hora made his loan spell at MK Dons permanent

Tuesday, 19th January

Richard Keogh returned to the Championship, signing a contract with Huddersfield Town until the end of the season

Diane Caldwell signed a one year contract with NWSL side North Carolina Courage and will line out beside international teammate Denise O'Sullivan in the 2021 season

Following his release from Blackpool, Jamie Devitt signed an 18 month contract with Barrow

Friday, 22nd January

Corey Whelan returned to England to sign for Wigan Athletic until the end of the 2020/21 season

Thursday, 28th January

Rob Elliot signed a contract with Watford until the end of the season

Friday, 29th January

Luke McNally joined Oxford United, signing a contract with the U's until the summer of 2024

Sunday, 31st January

St Mirren's 2019/20 Player of the Season Sam Foley signed a contract with Motherwell until the end of the season

Monday, 1st February

Conor Shaugnessy signed a contract with Rochdale AFC until the summer of 2022

Aaron McEneff signed for Hearts until June 2023

Conor Grant has signed for Rochdale AFC on a two and a half year deal

Shelbourne winger Isibeal Atkinson signed for Celtic FC Women

🖊 #CelticFC Women are pleased to announce the signing of @FAIreland internationalist @izzyatkinson_ from @shelsfc! Welcome to Celtic, Izzy! 🇮🇪🍀 pic.twitter.com/gKIB4MOLDO

— Celtic FC Women (@CelticFCWomen) February 1, 2021

Loans

Tuesday, 5th January

Brighton midfielder Jayson Molumby will spend the rest of the 2020/21 season on loan with Preston North End

Wednesday, 6th January

Mark Travers signed a loan deal with Swindon Town until the end of the season

Thursday, 7th January

Defender Corrie Ndaba signed for Ayr United on loan until the end of the season

Wednesday, 13th January

Aston Villa's U19 midfielder Tyreik Wright joined Walsall on loan until the end of the season

Friday, 15th January

Stephen Quinn will spend the rest of the 2020/21 season on loan at Mansfield Town

Saturday, 16th January

Lincoln winger Zach Elbouzedi signed for Bolton Wanderers for the rest of the season

Tuesday, 19th January

QPR defender Conor Masterson has signed for Swindon Town Football Club on loan for the rest of the 2020/21 season

Wednesday, 20th January

Conor Hourihane signed for Swansea City on loan, and will spend the rest of the season at the Liberty Stadium

Thursday, 28th January

Greg Cunningham returned to Preston North End, signing on loan until the end of the season

Saturday, 30th January

Midfielder Barry Coffey signed for Irish League side Cliftonville until the end of the season

Sunday, 31st January

Ahead of the new League of Ireland season, Aaron Bolger signed on loan for Longford Town

Monday, 1st February

After cutting his loan spell at Millwall short, Troy Parrott signed for Ipswich Town for the rest of the 2020/21 season

Eddie Nolan signed for Motherwell on loan until the end of the season

Shane Long signed for Southampton rivals Bournemouth until the end of the season

Contracts

Wednesday, 13th January

Alan Browne signed a new contract with Preston that will keep him at Deepdale until the summer of 2024

Ciaran Clark signed a new two year contract with Newcastle, keeping him at St James' Park until 2023

Thursday, 20th January

Full back Jake Carroll extended his contract with Motherwell until the summer of 2023

Saturday, 30th January

Kevin Long extended his contact with Burnley, signing a two year extension to his contract with the Clarets

Monday, 1st February

Charles Dunne extended his contract at Motherwell until the end of the season

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 29th January 2021

Friday, 29th January 2021

Australian A-League

Western Sydney Wanderers 1-1 Newcastle Jets

Roy O'Donovan's penalty was his second goal in two games, in what was his 50th start for the Jets

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Premier League

Everton 0-2 Newcastle Utd

Jeff Hendrick was booked for the first time this season - this was his first yellow card since since Saturday, 7 March 2020

Championship

Norwich 0-0 Middlesbrough

Adam Idah returned from injury for his first appearance since Saturday, 24th October

Blackburn 1-0 Luton

Glen Rea was booked for the first time in seven weeks

Derby County 1-0 Bristol City

Jason Knight started a game for the 50th time in his career

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End

Greg Cunningham's introduction for loan club Preston North End was his first appearance in six weeks
Kieren Westwood's start was his 500th career appearance

My 500th Career appearance today. Really proud to have done it with 4 fantastic football clubs. Delighted to cap it with 3 points & a clean sheet. Great response from the boys. The Work rate, desire and attitude was brilliant. ⚽️💚 #cufc #ccfc #safc #swfc pic.twitter.com/D5t4oY7k53

— Keiren Westwood (@WestwoodKeiren) January 31, 2021

League 1

Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham

Aiden McGeady scored his 30th goal for Sunderland

AFC Wimbledon 0-2 MK Dons

Callum Reilly was booked for the first time in six weeks

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich

Aaron Drinan scored his first goal for Ipswich - eleven months after his last goal on Saturday, 29 February 2020

Hull City 1-0 Swindon Town

Dan Crowley started a game for the first time since Saturday, 17th October

League 2

Bolton 2-0 Leyton Orient

Eoin Doyle scored his tenth goal for Bolton

Bradford City 2-1 Barrow

Anthony O'Connor was booked for the first tine in eight weeks
Paudie O'Connor completed his first assist in seven weeks
Jamie Devitt made his first appearance for new club Barrow

Cambridge United 3-1 Crawley

Wes Hoolahan was booked for the first time this season, scored his fourth goal of the season, and completed his fifth assist of the season

Grimsby 1-2 Stevenage

James McKeown was booked for the first time since Tuesday, 3rd November

Harrogate Town 2-1 Newport Co.

Simon Power was named in the Harrogate Town starting XI for the first time

Oldham 2-1 Salford City

Richie Towell started a game for Salford for the first time since Saturday, 10th October

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 1-2 St Mirren

Dylan Connolly made his first assist of the season

Scottish Championship

Hearts 1-0 Dunfermline

Aidan White's introduction was the defender's first appearance in seven weeks

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 3-1 Adelaide United

Jay O'Shea scored his first goal of the season, and was booked for the first time this season

Sunday, 31st January 2021

Premier League

Chelsea 2-0 Burnley

Robbie Brady was named in the Burnley starting XI for the 50th time