Round Up for weekend of Friday, 7th December 2018

Friday, 7th December 2018

Championship

West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Aston Villa

Glenn Whelan was booked for the first time this season, almost a year to the date of his last booking on Saturday, 9th December 2017

Saturday, 8th December 2018

Championship

Birmingham City 0-1 Bristol City

Callum O'Dowda was booked for the first time this season - this was the midfielder's first yellow card since April 2016!

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn

Derrick Williams' was booked for the first time in two months

Millwall 2-2 Hull City

Aiden O'Brien's goal was his first strike since August

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Preston North End

Daryl Murphy's appearance off the bench was the striker's first appearance in two months

Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Rotherham

Richie Towell scored in consecutive games for the first time since December 2016

League 1

Bristol Rovers 0-4 Doncaster Rovers

Ian Lawlor made his 50th appearance in League One

Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Barnsley

After signing on an emergency loan midweek, Stephen Henderson made his first start for Wycombe Wanderers. This was the goalkeeper's first appearance since February

League 2

Cheltenham 2-1 Grimsby

James McKeown was booked for the first time since August

Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Oldham

Corey Whelan made his 25th career start

Swindon Town 2-1 Newport Co.

In his 25th appearance of the season, Padraig Amond scored his 25th goal for Newport County

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 0-2 St Johnstone

Joe Shaughnessy's first goal in a month was also his fifth goal in the SPL and the tenth goal of the defender's career

Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock

Alan Power was booked for the fifth time this season

Hearts 1-0 Motherwell

Charles Dunne's start was the defender's first appearance since Saturday, 20th October

Polish Ekstraklasa

Wisła Kraków 2-2 Jagiellonia Białystok

Cillian Sheridan scored his fifth goal of the season

Sunday, 9th December 2018

Premier League

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 1-1 Rangers

Andy Boyle's start was his first appearance in a month

MLS

Atlanta United 2-0 Portland Timbers

Congratulations to Chris McCann on winning the MLS Cup with Atlanta United

Monday, 10th December 2018

Premier League

Everton 2-2 Watford

Seamus Coleman's own goal was his first OG since August 2014

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Friday, 28th September 2018

Scottish Championship

Dunfermline 1-0 Partick Thistle

Niall Keown was booked for the first time this season

Persian Gulf Pro League

Tractor Sazi 6-0 Esteghlal

Anthony Stokes' four goals in this win (his first strikes in a month) brings his total to seven goals in seven appearances for Sazi

Saturday, 29th September 2018

Premier League

West Ham United 3-1 Manchester United

Declan Rice made his 25th start for West Ham United

Everton 3-0 Fulham

Cyrus Christie was booked for the first time this season

Manchester City 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Shane Duffy was booked for the first time this season

Championship

Blackburn 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Darragh Lenihan made his 100th appearance for Blackburn, coincidentally, this was also his 100th career start

Brentford 2-2 Reading

Alan Judge was booked for the first time this season

Millwall 2-3 Sheffield United

Enda Stevens and John Egan were both booked for the first time this season

Norwich 1-0 Wigan

Darron Gibson was booked for the first time this season, a year after his last booking on Wednesday, 20th September 2017

Rotherham 2-2 Stoke City

Richie Towell scored his first goal of the season, after Ryan Manning's penalty which was the fifth goal of his career

League 1

Burton Albion 0-0 Scunthorpe

Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season

Luton 2-2 Charlton

James Collins scored his first goal of the season in his 50th start for Luton
Josh Cullen was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Colchester 1-2 Bury

Eoghan O'Connell made his first appearance in a month

Newport Co. 4-2 Cambridge United

Barry Corr made his 50th appearance for Cambridge United

Port Vale 1-1 Exeter

Dara O'Shea made his first appearance in League Two

Scottish Premier League

Hamilton Academical 0-2 Dundee

Andy Boyle scored his first goal of the season, and was booked for the first time this season against Hamilton

Hearts 2-1 St Johnstone

Jimmy Dunne scored his first goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Inverness CT 0-0 Queen of the South

Aaron Doran was booked for the first time this season

Sunday, 30th September 2018

Premier League

Cardiff 1-2 Burnley

Greg Cunningham was booked for the first time this season

Round Up for week of Tuesday, 17th April 2018

Tuesday, 17th April 2018

League 1

Wigan 1-0 Oxford United

Canice Carroll made his first appearance since January

Doncaster Rovers 3-3 Bury

Andy Boyle scored his first goal for Doncaster, also his first goal in English football, in what was his first appearance since Saturday, 24th February
Jay O'Shea scored his third goal of the season, equaling his tally from 2016/17

Gillingham 0-1 Rotherham

Richie Towell's first booking in two months was the midfielder's fifth yellow card of the season

Wednesday, 18th April 2018

Scottish Championship

Dumbarton 0-1 Inverness CT

Aaron Doran's appearance in the Inverness starting XI was the winger's 150th career start

Thursday, 19th April 2018

Premier League

Burnley 1-2 Chelsea

Kevin Long unfortunately scored his first own goal in English football

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

Round Up - International games

Friday, 24th March 2017

FIFA World Cup European Qualifying

Republic of Ireland 0-0 Wales

James McClean's 48th appearance for Ireland was also his 25th start
Jeff Hendrick's start was his 30th appearance for Ireland
John O'Shea started his first game for Ireland since Monday, 5 September 2016
Richard Keogh's first appearance since the same game was his 15th start for Ireland
David Meyler's first start since Tuesday, 31 May 2016 was his tenth start for Ireland, and was booked for the first time since November 2014 - coincidentally the same game Aiden McGeady got his last booking for Ireland before this game
Stephen Ward made his 40th start for Ireland
Cyrus Christie's introduction was his first appearance since Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Tuesday, 28th March 2017

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 0-1 Iceland

Aiden McGeady's start against Iceland was his first start for Ireland since Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Jonathan Hayes made his first start for Ireland, in what was his third cap
Cyrus Christie's first start since Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Alex Pearce's start (first start since Tuesday, 18 November 2014) was his fifth start for Ireland, and his first appearance since March 2016
Keiren Westwood made his 20th appearance for Ireland in his first appearance since August 2016
Conor Hourihane and John Egan's inclusion in the starting XI was their first appearances for Ireland, with Egan also earning his first international booking
This was Kevin Doyle's first start since Friday, 25 March 2016
Preston players Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan came off the bench to make their first appearances for Ireland
Stephen Gleeson made his third appearance for Ireland, almost ten years after his last cap in May 2007

Round Up - Week of 7th March 2017

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Championship

Blackburn 1-1 Cardiff

Derrick Williams' late equaliser was the defender's first goal for Blackburn, almost 17 months after his last goal in October 2015

Derby County 1-1 Preston North End

Aiden McGeady made his 25th appearance for Preston North End
Andy Boyle made his first appearance for Preston North End, 88 days after his last appearance for Dundalk in December

Rotherham 0-2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Lee Frecklington first start since 2nd January was also his 150th appearance in the Championship
Richie Towell came off the bench to make his first appearance for Brighton since the end of January

League 2

Crawley 0-2 Portsmouth

Rhys Murphy was named in Crawley's starting XI for the first time since he returned to the Reds
Noel Hunt first booking since the beginning of January was the striker's fifth yellow card of the season

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Premier League

Manchester City 0-0 Stoke City

After being named on the bench at the weekend, Jonathan Walters returned to the Stoke City starting XI for his first appearance since January 3rd and was booked for the first time in almost a year - the striker's last yellow card was on March 19th, 2016

February 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for February 2017: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=2

Wins
Aberdeen duo Jonathan Hayes and Adam Rooney both started five wins in February

Draws
In the Championship, David McGoldrick started four draws for Ipswich

Losses
Matt Doherty started five losses for Wolves

Starts/Completed Games
Ciaran Clark, Shane Duffy, Darragh Lenihan and Rooney all started seven games in the second month in 2017, and all of them completed 90 minutes with the single exception of Rooney

Substitutions/Introductions
Rooney and Wes Hoolahan share the same amount of substitutions in February - both players were withdrawn from the action four times. Conversely, defender Anthony O'Connor was introduced from the bench four times.

Stayed On Bench
Robert Elliot has returned from injury for Newcastle, but was still an unused substitute for six games in February, of the outfield players both Andy Boyle and Corey O'Keefe were left on the bench four times by their respective managers

Goals
Rooney scored the most goals in February, the Aberdeen striker found the back of the net four times, one more than Aiden McGeady.

Discipline
Ryan Manning was shown three yellow cards in February