Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 12th May 2018

Saturday, 12th May 2018

Championship Play Off

Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time in a month

League 2 Play Off

Lincoln City 0-0 Exeter

Sean Long came off the bench for his first appearance since Sunday, 8th April

Coventry 1-1 Notts County

Michael Doyle made his 50th appearance of the season, remarkably the midfielder started each of these 50 games

Sunday, 13th May 2018

Premier League

Burnley 1-2 Bournemouth

Stephen Ward made his 100th start for Burnley
In the same game, Kevin Long made his 50th appearance for the Clarets
Ward, Long and Jeff Hendrick were named in the starting XI in consecutive games for the first time in a year

Liverpool 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Shane Duffy made his 200th career start

Polish Ekstraklasa

Zagłębie Lubin 1-2 Jagiellonia Białystok

Cillian Sheridan was shown a yellow card for the first time since Thursday, 29th June 2017

Tuesday, 15th May 2018

Championship

Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough

Darren Randolph made his 50th appearance for Middlesbrough

Wednesday, 16th May 2018

League 1

Rotherham 2-0 Scunthorpe

Anthony Forde was booked for the first time since February

Thursday, 17th May 2018

Scottish Championship Play-Offs

Livingston 2-1 Partick Thistle

Daniel Devine was booked for the first time since Saturday, 31st March

Sunday, 20 May 2018

Scottish Championship Play-Offs

Partick Thistle 0-1 Livingston

Adam Barton's first booking since December was his fifth booking of the season

Thursday, 31st May 2018

American MLS

New England Revolution 1-1 Atanta United

Chris McCann returned for his first start for Atlanta for a month

December 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for December 2017

Wins
In the final month of 2017, nobody started more wins than Derby's Richard Keogh's five victories

Draws
Glenn Whelan, Jeff Hendrick, and Anthony Stokes all started three draws in December 2017

Losses
Daniel Devine, Niall Keown, Charles Dunne, and Adam Barton all started five losses

Starts/Completed Games
Keown and Barton both started eight games in the 31 days of December, with Keown completing 90 minutes in each

Substitutions/Introductions
No player was substituted more than the five times Millwall's Aiden O'Brien was withdrawn from the action. In contrast Shaun Williams, James McClean, Samir Carruthers, and Conor Sammon were all introduced to the action four times during the month

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Aaron McCarey were both unused substitutes in six games in December, while of the outfield players Andy Boyle and Conor Shaughnessy were both unused in five games

Goals
Anthony Stokes, Adam Rooney and Conor Sammon were the only players to score more than once - each player scored twice. No Irish player scored a penalty in December

Discipline
Gary Dicker was booked more than any player in December, the Kilmarnock player was shown three yellow cards

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 24th October 2017

Tuesday, 24th October 2017

League 1

Oldham 2-1 Bury

Paul Green's introduction from the bench was his 50th appearance for Oldham
Jay O'Shea started his first game since Saturday, 5th August
Eoin Doyle's strike was his tenth goal of the season

Scottish Premier League

Hamilton Academical 0-0 Partick Thistle

Adam Barton made his 50th start for Partick Thistle

St Johnstone 0-0 Ross County

Aaron McCarey was booked for the first time this season, before this the goalkeeper hadn't been shown a yellow card November 2012!

English League Cup

Bournemouth 3-1 Middlesbrough

After his first appearance for Bournemouth in a month at the weekend as a substitute, Harry Arter started his first game for the Cherries since Friday, 15th September

Bristol City 4-1 Crystal Palace

Callum O'Dowda's goal was his first time finding the back of the net for Bristol, this was also the 15th goal of the midfielder's career and his first goal since May 2016

Football League Trophy

Bradford City 2-1 Manchester City U21

Ireland U19 defender Tyreke Wilson made his first appearance at senior level

Wigan 4-1 Middlesbrough U21

Noel Hunt scored his first goal for Wigan in made his first start for the club.  Before this, he hadn't scored since November 2016

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic

Anthony O'Connor was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Rangers 1-1 Kilmarnock

Alan Power was booked for the first time this seasonas a substitute

English League Cup

Chelsea 2-1 Everton

James McCarthy was booked on his first appearance of the season. Before this game, the midfielder hadn't appeared for his club since March, and hadn't started a game since February

Tottenham 2-3 West Ham United

Declan Rice returned to the West Ham starting XI for his first appearance for the Hammers in a month

September 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for September 2017
Wins
Aston Villa teammates Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane both started four wins in September, along with Callum O'Dowda and Matt Doherty

Draws
Quite a few players drew three games in September - Darren Randolph, Daniel Devine, Richard Keogh, Cyrus Christie, Adam Barton, Sean Maguire, and Anthony Stokes all started three games that finished all square

Losses
Sunderland's Marc Wilson started four losses in the ninth month of 2017, no other player started more than three

Starts/Completed Games
Randolph, Christie, Doherty, Hourihane, and Maguire all started six games, with only Maguire failing to complete 90 minutes in each game

Substitutions/Introductions
Sean Scannell and David McGoldrick were substituted in all but one of the five games they started, while new call up Scott Hogan was introduced from the bench in six of the seven games Aston Villa played in September.

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Stephen Henderson were unused substitutes more than any other player in September, both players were left on the bench six times. Of the outfield players, Alex Pearce, Ryan Manning, and Darron Gibson were unused substitutes in five games.

Goals
Four players scored three goals in September: McGoldrick, Murphy, Stokes and Adam Rooney, with Rooney's all coming in one game, the eighth hat trick of his career. Two of Stokes' goals were from the penalty spot, David Meyler, Liam Kelly and Adam Rooney were the only other players to score from 12 yards with a single penalty each.

Discipline
Cyrus Christie was booked four times in the six games he started in September

August 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for August 2017
 
Wins
Aberdeen full back Anthony O'Connor started five wins in the opening month of the 2017/18 season, two more than any other player

Draws
Sheffield Wednesday's Kieren Westwood started three draws for the Owls in August

Losses
Partick Thistle teammates Niall Keown and Adam Barton both started all four of the Jags' losses

Starts/Completed Games
O'Connor, Liam Kelly and Aiden McGeady all started six games in August. Of these, only the Dons player went on to complete 90 minutes in all six games

Substitutions/Introductions
McGeady, Samir Carruthers, Aiden O'Brien and Sean Maguire were all substituted three times. Bristol City's Callum O'Dowda was introduced from the bench five times

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Aaron McCarey were joined by Brian Lenihan and Alex Pearce in being unused in five games

Goals
Conor Hourihane and Anthony Stokes both scored four goals in August, while David Meyler and Daryl Murphy were the only players to score a penalty.

Discipline
Enda Stevens, Anthony O'Connor, Harry Arter, David Meyler, and Anthony Stokes were all booked twice

May 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for May 2017

Wins
In the final month of the season, only Adam Rooney started three wins, the only player to start more than two

Draws
Keiren Westwood was the only player to draw more than once in May, and curiously no striker started a draw

Losses
Partick Thistle midfielder Adam Barton finished the season with four losses in May, and no goalkeeper started a loss for the final four weeks of 2016/17

Starts/Completed Games
Joe Shaughnessy, Darren O'Dea, Carl McHugh, John O'Shea, Gary Dicker, Adam Barton, Jonathan Hayes, and Conor Sammon all started four games in May, with O'Shea, O'Dea, Shaughnessy, McHugh, Dicker, Barton, and Sammon going on to complete 90 minutes in each one

Substitutions/Introductions
Marc Wilson was substituted in each of the three games he started in May, while Darron Gibson was introduced in each of the three games he started on the bench in May

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeeping pair Darren Randolph and Aaron McCarey were unused substitutes in three games in May, while Dean Ebbe and Declan Rice was the only outfield player to be left on the bench in more than one game - both players spent two games without seeing a minute of action

Goals
Jonathan Hayes(3) and Wes Hoolahan(2) were the only players to score more than once in May, while Darren O'Dea and Conor Sammon were the only players to score a penalty

Discipline
Marc Wilson was shown three yellow cards in the four games he played in May. No Irish striker or goalkeeper was booked in May 2017

Round Up - Weekend of 17th March 2017

Friday, 17 March 2017

League 1

Port Vale 2-1 Shrewsbury

Sam Foley scored his first goal of the season, this was the midfielder's first goal in more than a year - he last scored on Saturday, 5 March 2016 against Colchester

Saturday, 18 March 2017

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford

Damien Delaney's appearance off the bench (his first appearance since February 11th) was his 25th appearance of the season

Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea

Jonathan Walters scored his first goal of 2017, 81 days after his last goal on December 27th

Sunderland 0-0 Burnley

John O'Shea, Darron Gibson, Jeff Hendrick and Stephen Ward started this game, making it the first Premier League game this season where four Irish players started the same game
For O'Shea, it was his 200th start for Sunderland

West Ham United 2-3 Leicester City

Darren Randolph made his 25th Premier League appearance

Championship

Blackburn 2-2 Preston North End

Aiden McGeady marked his 25th start for Preston North End with his fifth goal for the club. This was also his fifth goal of the season, the first time the midfielder had managed this since 2012-13 with Spartak Moscow

Wigan 0-2 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane was booked for the tenth time this season

League 1

Bolton 2-1 Northampton

Brendan Moloney late second half introduction from the bench was his first appearance since November

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Chesterfield

Rory Gaffney scored his 15th goal for the Bristol Rovers in his 25th start of the season

Oxford United 2-1 Scunthorpe

Stephen Dawson made his 150th appearance in League One
Paddy Madden's 70th goal in League One was also his 50th league goal for Scunthorpe

Rochdale 4-1 Gillingham

Conrad Logan returned to the Rochdale starting XI for his first appearance since January 28th

League 2

Luton 1-1 Exeter

Alan Sheehan's yellow card against Exeter was the defender's fifth booking of the season

Plymouth 1-0 Morecambe

Graham Carey's winner was his 25th goal for Plymouth

Stevenage 3-0 Portsmouth

Noel Hunt made his first start of 2017
Eoin Doyle made his 150th start since leaving the League of Ireland

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-0 Hearts

Jonathan Hayes' goal was his first strike in a month

Motherwell 1-2 St Johnstone

Joe Shaughnessy made his 150th career appearance

Kilmarnock 1-1 Partick Thistle

Adam Barton made his 25th appearance for Partick Thistle
Conor Sammon scored his fifth goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Raith 2-1 Dundee Utd

Willo Flood made his 25th appearance in the Scottish Championship

Sunday, 19 March 2017

League 2

Notts County 1-0 Barnet

Mark Yeates was sent off for the first time in his career

MLS

Colorado Rapids 2-2 Minessota United

Kevin Doyle made his 50th appearance for Colorado Rapids

Round Up - Week of 28th February 2017

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Championship

Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol City

Conor Hourihane scored his first goal for Aston Villa since moving to Villa Park, this was the midfielder's seventh goal of the season

Blackburn 1-0 Derby County

Derrick Williams made his 50th appearance in the Championship
Darragh Lenihan made his 50th start for Blackburn

League 1

Northampton 1-2 Oldham

John-Joe O'Toole's consolation striker was his 25th goal for Northampton

Swindon Town 3-1 Gillingham

Anton Rodgers came off the bench for his first appearance for Swindon since January 7th

League 2

Cambridge United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers

Paul Keegan returned to Doncaster's team with his first appearance since January 14th

Crawley 1-2 Exeter

Mark Connolly's late consolation striker for Crawley's was the tenth goal of the defender's career, and the first time he's scored more than twice in a season

Grimsby 1-0 Colchester

Owen Garvan was booked for the first time in 2016, 64 days after his last booking at the end of December
Sean Murray was booked for the first time this season, almost 16 months after his last booking in November 2015

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 0-1 Partick Thistle

Adam Barton was shown his first yellow card of 2017

Rangers 3-2 St Johnstone

Robert Kiernan was sent off for the first time in his career in what was the defender's 150th career start

Round Up - Weekend of 10th February 2017

Friday, 10 February 2017

Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City

Stephen Gleeson's 25th appearance of the season was also his 350th career start

League 2

Newport Co. 0-0 Doncaster Rovers

Ian Lawlor made his 25th career appearance

Saturday, 11 February 2017

Today was the first time that two Irish players(Aiden McGeady and John-Joe O'Toole) scored a brace on the same day since October 1st, when Padraig Amond and Adam Rooney both scored twice

Premier League

Sunderland 0-4 Southampton

Darron Gibson's first appearance in the Sunderland starting XI was the midfielder's first start since November
Shane Long's fifth goal of the season was his 25th goal for Southampton

Championship

Derby County 3-3 Bristol City

Congratulations to Richard Keogh on achieving the landmark of 500 career appearances against Bristol City

Norwich 5-1 Nottingham Forest

Wes Hoolahan's goal this afternoon (his first since October) was his 25th goal in the Championship

Preston North End 4-2 Brentford

Greg Cunningham's start today for Preston was the defender's 200th career start

The first goal of Aiden McGeady's brace - his first time scoring twice in a game since August 2009 - was the midfielder's first goal since September
Daryl Horgan scored his first goal for Preston North End, 100 days after his last goal on November 3rd for Dundalk in the Europa League

Rotherham 1-1 Blackburn

Stephen Kelly unfortunately scored his first OG against Rotherham on his 25th start for the club, and was booked for the first time since September
Fellow defender Derrick Williams also made his 25th start for Blackburn

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Newcastle Utd

Matt Doherty was booked for the fifth time this season

League 1

Bury 1-0 Swindon Town

Joe Murphy's start against Swindown was the goalkeeper's in more than a year - his last time in a team's starting XI was on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 for parent club Huddersfield

Fleetwood 0-0 Rochdale

Cian Bolger made his 25th start for Fleetwood Town
Niall Canavan started his first game in more than two months, his last start was on Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Northampton 3-1 Chesterfield

The second goal of John-Joe O'Toole's brace was the midfielder's 20th league goal for Northampton

Oxford United 1-0 MK Dons

Darren Potter was sent off for the second time for MK Dons (the third time in his career). The midfielder's last red card was more than five years ago in August 2011

Peterborough 0-1 Sheffield United

Samir Carruthers was unfortunately booked on his first start for Sheffield United
Jay O'Shea came off the bench to make his first appearance for Sheffield United

Scunthorpe 0-1 Shrewsbury

Paddy Madden's second half introduction from the bench (his first appearance for the Iron since January 2nd) was the striker's 150th appearance for Scunthorpe United

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Grimsby

Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time in two months

Morecambe 2-0 Cambridge United

Barry Corr returned from injury to make his first appearance for Cambridge in more than a year. This was also the striker's 25th appearance for The U's

Portsmouth 2-0 Accrington Stanley

Noel Hunt came off the bench to make his first appearance since January 2nd

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 1-1 Kilmarnock

Conor Sammon was booked for the first time since August in his first start since the end of October

Scottish Championship

Falkirk 3-0 Dundee Utd

Sean Dillon made his first appearance of 2017

Scottish FA Cup

Celtic 6-0 Inverness CT

Jake Mulraney and Dean Ebbe both came off the bench in the second half for their first appearances in the Scottish Cup

St Johnstone 0-1 Partick Thistle

Daniel Devine was booked for the first time in 2017 in his 25th start for Partick Thistle

Adam Barton scored his first goal since November 4th

Round Up - Weekend of 4th November 2016

Friday, 4 November 2016

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-2 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney made his 100th start for Aberdeen
Adam Barton's equaliser for Partick Thistle was the midfielder's first goal since Saturday, 15 December 2012
Anthony O'Connor's opener (his first goal for Aberdeen) was the defender's first goal since Saturday, 12 December 2015, and the fifth of his career

Saturday, 5 November 2016

Premier League

West Ham United 1-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters returned to the Stoke starting XI for the first time since September 18th
The own goal scored by Glenn Whelan was the first time the midfielder had scored against his own side

Championship

Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson made his 100th appearance for Birmingham

Norwich 2-3 Leeds United
Wes Hoolahan reached two landmarks in this game - the midfielder made his 250th start and 300th appearance for Norwich
Robbie Brady scored his fifth goal for the Canaries, just over a month after his fourth goal on October 1st
Eunan O'Kane's appearance in the Leeds starting XI was the midfielder's 200th career start

Rotherham 1-3 Preston North End
Aiden McGeady marked his return from injury for Preston after a month out with an assist

Wigan 0-3 Reading
Paul McShane was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season

English FA Cup

Yeovil 2-2 Solihull Moors
Having not been sent off before this season, Kevin Dawson has now been send off twice in just over a month, after receiving two yellow cards in this cup tie, and being sent off on October 4th

Northampton 6-0 Harrow Borough
John-Joe O'Toole scored his first goal since September 27th for his fifth goal in the FA Cup

Gillingham 2-2 Brackley
Emmanuel Osadebe made his first start in a month

Portsmouth 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth in this cup tie. This was the striker's first start since February 26th

Colchester 1-2 Chesterfield
After appearing for Colchester in the League Cup earlier this season, Louis Dunne made his first appearance in the FA Cup
Jay O'Shea scored his fifth goal in the FA Cup, this was the striker's first goal since August 20th

Exeter 1-3 Luton
Glen Rea scored his first goal in the FA Cup, almost two months after his last goal on September 10th

Charlton 3-1 Scunthorpe
Kevin Foley start for Charlton was the defender's first appearance for the Addicks in a month

Sunday, 6 November 2016

English FA Cup

Sheffield United 6-0 Leyton Orient
After making four appearances off the bench for Leyton Orient in the last few weeks, Alan Dunne made his first start in almost a year, his last time appearing in the O's starting XI was on Sunday, 15th November 2015

Blackpool 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers
Mark Yeates and Eddie Nolan both made their first appearances since the same game - against Bolton on Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 24th September 2016

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Premier League

Liverpool 5-1 Hull City
David Meyler scored his first goal of the season, 11 months to the day since his last goal on 24 October 2015.

Championship

Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
Cyrus Christie made his 100th appearance for Derby County.

Norwich 3-1 Burton Albion
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the first time in more than a year. Before this, the palymaker hadn't been shown a yellow card since 12 September 2015.

Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
Lee Frecklington returned to the Rotherham starting XI for the first time since the 6th August

League 1

Bury 2-1 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 250th club appearance since moving to England

Millwall 2-3 Rochdale
Aiden O'Brien scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also the striker's 20th goal for Millwall

Northampton 4-0 Southend United
John-Joe O'Toole scored the opener for Northampton in this win. This was the midfielder's 50th goal of his career.

Peterborough 1-1 Walsall
Chris Forrester made his 50th start for Peterborough.

League 2

Morecambe 2-3 Crawley
James Collins scored in the third game in a row for his fifth goal since signing for Crawley

Newport Co. 1-2 Cambridge United
Reece Grego Cox was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-1 Motherwell
Adam Barton made his first appearance for Partick since signing for them from Portsmouth

Celtic 6-1 Kilmarnock
Gary Dicker assisted the opener for Kilmarnock in his 25th start for the club

Scottish First Division

Dundee Utd 2-1 Greenock Morton
Sean Dillon scored his first own goal since October 2010. Unfortunately for the defender, all three of his career OGs have come while playing for Dundee United.

Cypriot Premier League

Omonia Nicosia 4-2 Karmiotissa
Cillian Sheridan's opening penalty in Omonia's win was his fifth goal of the season and the 70th goal of the Cavan striker's career

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal since the end of July

MLS

LA Galaxy 2-4 Seattle Sounders FC
Robbie Keane's brace in this game was unfortunately offset by the Galaxy captain's first booking since March

Round Up - Weekend of 20th August 2016

Saturday, 20 August 2016
Championship
Fulham 2-2 Cardiff
Anthony Pilkington scored his first goal of the season

Nottingham Forest 4-3 Wigan
Stephen Henderson's booking this afternoon was his first yellow card since December 2015

Reading 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
Paul McShane's equaliser for Reading was his first goal since February

Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
Richard Keogh was booked for the first time this season

League 1
Millwall 2-1 Sheffield United
Shaun Williams' strike for Millwall today was the midfielder's first goal since December 2015

Rochdale 0-1 MK Dons
Conrad Logan marked his second debut for Rochdale with a penalty save

Southend United 1-1 Bristol Rovers
Simon Cox's booking today was his first booking in more than a year. Previous to this, the striker hadn't been booked since 8th August 2015

League2
Plymouth 2-0 Mansfield Town
Connor Smith made his 25th career start
Graham Carey opened his goalscoring account for the season with the first brace of his career

Portsmouth 2-0 Colchester
Adam Barton made his 25th appearance for Portsmouth

Scottish First Division 
Dundee Utd 3-0 Ayr
Willo Flood scored his first goal since 2 April 2014

Sunday, 21 August 2016
Premier League
West Ham United 1-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter was sent off for the third time in his career, his last red card came Saturday, 5 April 2014

Round Up - Midweek games of 10th May 2016

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Scottish Premier League
St Johnstone 2-1 Celtic
Graham Cummins scored his seventh goal of the season, his first goal since scoring a brace in October

Hamilton Academical 0-1 Inverness CT
Daniel Devine scored his first goal in the Scottish Premier League, this the defender's second goal of the season after scoring in the League Cup in September

Thursday, 12 May 2016
League 2
Portsmouth 2-2 Plymouth
Adam Barton was booked for the second time this season, more than four months after his first booking of 2015/16 in January
Graham Carey was shown his seventh yellow card of the season

Round Up - Midweek games of 26th April 2016

Tuesday, 26 April 2016
League 2
AFC Wimbledon 0-1 Portsmouth
Adam Barton returned to the Portsmouth starting XI for his first start since 23rd January
Enda Stevens made his 50th appearance for Pompey
Brian Murphy's introduction from the bench was his first appearance since 19th  January

Scottish First Division
Hibernian 4-0 Dumbarton
Anthony Stokes scored the 130th goal of his career

Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 2-0 Nea Salamis
Cillian Sheridan scored his 15th league goal of the season

Congratulations to Central Coast Mariners' Roy O'Donovan for winning A-League Goal of the Season for this strike


Congratulations to Derby County Player of the Season, and Players' Player of the Season, Richard Keogh, and Young Player of the Season Cyrus Christie

Further Reading
Kevin Doyle holds on to Euro 2016 hopes after dramatic injury return - The Telegraph
Egan eager for Ireland call-up - Herald.ie

Round Up - Midweek games of 19th April 2016

Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Championship
Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End
Preston's Irish duo Greg Cunningham and Alan Browne scored their first goals since 12th January and 6th February, respectively

Brentford 2-1 Cardiff
Anthony Pilkington made his fiftieth start for Cardiff

League 1
Barnsley 1-0 Peterborough
Conor Hourihane made his one hundredth appearance for Barnsley
Chris Forrester was sent off for the first time in his career

Burton Albion 1-1 Wigan
Callum Reilly was booked for the first time since August

Rochdale 1-1 Gillingham
Emmanuel Osadebe came off the bench late on for Gillingham for his first appearance since the end of February
John Egan's fifth goal of 2015/16 was his tenth for the Gills, and equaled his tally from 2014/15

Southend United 0-1 Oldham
Stephen McLaughlin made his twenty-fifth appearance for Southend

Walsall 1-1 Swindon Town
Anthony Forde was booked for the first time since September

League 2
Hartlepool 1-2 Accrington Stanley
Seamus Conneely scored his first goal since 13th February, and was booked for the first time since November

York City 3-1 Portsmouth
Adam Barton's second half introduction was his first appearance since 1st March

Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Premier League
Liverpool 4-0 Everton
James McCarthy made his 100th start for Everton

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace
Damien Delaney's won't to remember his 150th start for Crystal Palace, after scoring his third own goal against them - his second of the season!

Further Reading
Derby County: Richard Keogh - The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Derby Telegraph
Participation in sport is a human activity with all its baggage - footblogball
Elliott's enjoying his new life at Shels - The Herald
Ken Early: Soccer finally cracks the code in USA - The Irish Times

Report Card - Week of 28th December 2015

28 December 2015
Championship
Birmingham City 1-0 MK Dons
Samir Carruthers received his first booking since September

Burnley 4-0 Bristol City
Stephen Ward made his first league start of the season, and the first time he started for the Clarets since a League Cup game in August

Reading 1-2 Brentford
Stephen Quinn picked up his first booking of the season

League 1
Burton Albion 1-0 Swindon Town
Anthony O'Connor made his one hundred fiftieth career appearance

Southend United 0-4 Millwall
Aiden O'Brien scored his tenth goal of 2015/16. The Lions frontman had promised to score ten goals before January, and delivered with their last game of 2015!

Barnsley 4-2 Blackpool
Kevin Long's booking this afternoon was his first of the season, and his first in more than two and a half years, the last coming on the 29th Mar 2013!

Gillingham 1-0 Colchester
After his 100th career appearance on St. Stephen's Day, John Egan made his one hundredth career start this afternoon!

Oldham 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
After a successful loan spell at Crawley Town (nine goals in 16 games), Rhys Murphy returned to the Oldham starting XI for the first time since September and marked the occasion with his eleventh goal of the season

Scunthorpe 1-1 Rochdale
Paddy Madden made his one hundredth start for Scunthorpe. The move to the Irons has been a success for the striker, he's scored 36 goals for them since signing for them from Yeovil

League 2
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Leyton Orient
Rory Gaffney scored his fifth of the season, and his third in the last three games

Notts County 2-2 Morecambe
Graham Burke made his twenty-fifth start for Notts County

Portsmouth 0-0 Luton
Michael Doyle made his twenty-fifth appearance for Portsmouth was marred slightly with his first booking since September. This game also marked a return to the starting XI for Adam Barton. His last start for Pompey came on October 20th against Stevenage

29 December 2015
Championship
Leeds United 2-2 Derby County
Jeff Hendrick's opener for Derby tonight (his first of the season) was his twenty-fifth goal for the club. His yellow card tonight was his first booking in exactly four months, the last one coming on August 29th

30 December 2015
Scottish Premier League
Hamilton Academical 3-4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Daniel Devine made his fiftieth start for the Jags

Further reading:
Paul Kimmage with Kevin Moran
The changing face of sports coverage in Ireland in 2015