October 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for October 2017

Wins
With the play off for the World Cup in Russia looming on the horizon, Richard Keogh won the most games in October, finishing on the winning side four times

Draws
Sunderland teammates John O'Shea and Aiden McGeady started the most drawn games, finishing all square on three occasions

Losses
Leeds midfielder Eunan O'Kane lost four games in October, more than any other player

Starts/Completed Games
O'Kane also started the most games in October, being named in the Leeds starting XI on five occasions, and completing 90 minutes in each one

Substitutions/Introductions
Jeff Hendrick and new international squad member Aiden O'Brien were both substituted three times. Four players were introduced twice - Wes Hoolahan, James McClean, Scott Hogan and Graham Cummins

Stayed On Bench
Five players were left on the bench four times - goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Stephen Henderson, along with Alex Pearce, Kevin Long, and Samir Carruthers

Goals
Only six players scored in October, and only Hendrick and Sean Maguire scored more than once. Anthony Stokes was the only player to score a penalty

Discipline
Darren O'Dea was shown three yellow cards in October

Round up for week of Tuesday, 31st October 2017

Tuesday, 31st October 2017

Championship

Leeds United 1-2 Derby County

Richard Keogh was shown his first yellow card in a month

QPR 1-0 Sheffield United

Ryan Manning made his 25th appearance for QPR

Sunderland 3-3 Bolton

Sunderland started four Irish players (John O'Shea, Marc Wilson, Darron Gibson and Aiden McGeady) for the first time since April 2008
This was Wilson's first start since Tuesday, 26th September

League 1

Blackburn 2-2 Fleetwood

Derrick Williams was booked for the first time in two months

Football League Trophy

Bristol Rovers 1-3 West Ham U21

Ryan Sweeney made his first appearance in the Football League Trophy

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Championship

Preston North End 0-2 Aston Villa

This game featured eight Irish players on the pitch in the Championship for the first time since Sunderland V Luton in December 2006, and four ex-League of Ireland players on the pitch at the same time for the second time this season
Andy Boyle returned to the Preston North End team for his first start since Tuesday, 8th August
Daryl Horgan came off the bench to make his 25th appearance in the Championship
Kevin O'Connor made his Championship debut as a second half substitute

Movember 2017

Once again, Irish Abroad is participating in Movember. The Movember Mo' icon has been added to our social media account AVIs. The in game updates will point to the Movember team page instead of the live blog, but the summary when all fixtures are complete will still have the live blog link

Joe is clean shaven after sacrificing the beard last night (see below), and has set a Move target of cycling 200km during the month. Best of luck!

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