Round Up for week of Tuesday, 4th October 2022

Tuesday, 4th October 2022

Championship

Sheffield United 0-1 QPR

Jimmy Dunne was booked for the first time in seven weeks in was was his 50th start for QPR

Cardiff 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Sammie Szmodics was booked for the first time this season in his first start in six weeks

Reading 1-1 Norwich City

Jeff Hendrick scored his first goal for Reading, the was also his first goal in more than a year, and the 40th goal of his career

League 1

Cheltenham 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Will Ferry's start was his 50th career appearance

Scottish Premiership

Ross County 0-5 Motherwell

Ross Tierney made his 25th appearance for Motherwell

Football League Trophy

Harrogate Town 1-1 Everton U21

In his first start for Harrogate, Danny Grant scored his first goal for the Sulphurites

Tranmere Rovers 3-5 Leeds United U21

Neil Byrne scored his first goal for Tranmere Rovers
Lee O'Connor assisted a goal for the first time this season

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Crystal Palace U21

Trevor Clarke scored his first goal for Bristol Rovers
Glenn Whelan was sent off for the second time for Bristol Rovers, eleven months after his last red card in November 2021

Portsmouth 5-0 Aston Villa U21

Ronan Curtis scored his fifth goal of the season

Wednesday, 5th October 2022

Championship

Hull City 2-1 Wigan

Cyrus Christie started a game for the first time in five weeks
Will Keane scored his fifth goal of the season

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

Darragh Lenihan's introduction was his first appearance since Tuesday, 30th August

Rotherham 1-1 Millwall

Dan McNamara was named in the Millwall starting XI for the first time since Tuesday, 30th August

Watford 1-2 Swansea City

Michael Obafemi started a game for the first time in six weeks

Preston North End 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Sean Maguire started a game for the first time this season

Champions League

RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic

James McCarthy's introduction was his first appearance in the Champions League, the 27th Irish player to appear in the competition.

2️⃣ 2022/23 is the first season that two @FAIreland players (@JMcCarthy_16 and @mattdoherty20) have appeared in the @ChampionsLeague proper since 2010/11, when Robbie Keane, John O'Shea, Darron Gibson, and Aiden McGeady all made at least one appearance in the competition#COYBIG

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) October 5, 2022