Round Up - Weekend of 29th April 2016

Friday, 29 April 2016
Championship
Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough
Having not scored in the Championship before this season, Stephen Gleeson scored his fifth goal in the competition (his first goal since 16th January) in 2015/16

Saturday, 30 April 2016
Premier League
Watford 3-2 Aston Villa
After coming off the bench last week to make his professional debut last weekend, Kevin Toner made the first start of his career today, congratulations Kevin!
Ciaran Clark scored his tenth goal for Aston Villa, his second of the season, having not scored more than a single strike in one season since 2011/12

Everton 2-1 Bournemouth
James McCarthy made his landmark 350th career appearance against Bournemouth - congratulations James!
McCarthy and Darron Gibson started their first league game together since March 2015 - but the midfield pair did start a league cup and FA Cup game this season
Harry Arter gave his chances of appearing in Martin O'Neill's squad for Euro 2016 a massive boost by returning from injury for his first start since 20th March

Stoke City 1-1 Sunderland
Similarly, Jonathan Walters returned from injury and came off the bench for Stoke for his first appearance since 19th March

Arsenal 1-0 Norwich
Wes Hoolahan's returned to the Norwich City starting XI for his first start since 12th March

Championship
Bolton 1-0 Hull City
Almost two years after signing for Hull City in August 2014, Brian Lenihan made his first appearance for the club following a recovery from a serious injury that kept the defender out of action since a loan spell with Blackpool in November 2014

Bristol City 4-0 Huddersfield
Alex Pearce made only his second league start of the season, more than two months after his first league start on 23rd February
Having been an unused substitute in each of his last seven appearances in the matchday squad, Derrick Williams made his first start since 19th January

Ipswich 3-2 MK Dons
More than a month after signing for MK Dons on loan at the end of March, Kevin Long made his first appearance for the club
David McGoldrick scored his fourth goal of the season, this was his first goal since August, when he scored three goals in the opening seven games of the season

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Joe Mason scored his ninth goal of the season, his first goal since 13th February

Reading 1-2 Preston North End
Stephen Quinn scored his first goal for Reading since signing for them during the summer 2015 window, and almost a year to the date since his last goal on 4th May 2015!

Rotherham 0-1 Blackburn
Shane Duffy scored his fifth goal for the club. This goal was also his fourth of the season, meaning he's scored more in 2015/16 than in the previous three seasons combined!

League 1
Barnsley 2-2 Colchester
Conor Hourihane was booked for the tenth time this season

Burton Albion 2-1 Gillingham
Anthony O'Connor's late introduction from the bench was first appearance in three months after being substituted with an injury on 30th January
Bradley Garmston made his 25th start of the season

Chesterfield 3-0 Bury
Jay O'Shea made his fiftieth appearance of the season
John O'Sullivan made his twenty-fifth appearance of the season

Coventry 3-1 Sheffield United
Stephen Hunt started for Coventry, a day short of two months since his last appearance on 1st March
Congratulations to Graham Kelly on making his senior career debut as a late substitute for Sheffield United

Millwall 3-0 Oldham
Aiden O'Brien made his fiftieth appearance of the season, and can look forward to at least two more in the play offs with Millwall

Scunthorpe 1-0 Port Vale
Paddy Madden made his fiftieth start of the season, and marked it with his 22nd goal of the season, just over a month since he last found the back of the net on 28th March

Southend United 0-1 Bradford City
After coming off the bench last week for his first appearance since early March, David Mooney made his first start since 1st March. Mooney was substituted for fellow striker Noel Hunt who made his first appearance since 5th March
Stephen McLaughlin was booked for the second time this season, previous to this yellow card the winger had not been cautioned by a referee since 24th October

League 2
Hartlepool 0-2 Portsmouth
After coming off the bench for Portsmouth last week, goalkeeper Brian Murphy mades first start since 19th January, while in the same game Enda Stevens made his fiftieth start for the club

York City 1-4 Bristol Rovers
After coming off the bench as a second half substitute, Kenneth McEvoy scored his first goal since 30 January
James Berrett was booked for the tenth time this season

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell
Adam Rooney came off the bench to make his 100th appearance for Aberdeen, then scored his 20th goal of the season, then was injured and had to be substituted - the first Irish player to be introduced and substituted in the same game since Paul Heffernan last May!
After securing the Player of the Season, Players' Player of the Season and Goal of the Season awards midweek (see Further Reading), Jonathan Hayes scored his sixth goal of the season, almost three months after his fifth goal on 3rd February

MLS
Montreal Impact 2-2 Colorado Rapids
Following his goalscoring introduction from the bench last week, Kevin Doyle returned to the Colorado Rapids starting XI for his first start since 20 March

Sunday, 1 May 2016
Premier League
Southampton 4-2 Manchester City
Shane Long scored his twentieth goal for Southampton, also his 100th career goal!

Eredivisie
PSV Eindhoven 6-2 SC Cambuur
Jack Byrne made his twenty-fifth career start, and marked it with his fourth goal of the season and unfortunately his fifth booking of the season

Monday, 2 May 2016
Championship
Burnley 1-0 QPR
After not starting a league game until 28th December, Stephen Ward made his 25th start of the season

Scottish Premier League
Dundee 2-1 Dundee Utd
Sean Dillon made his 250th league start for Dundee United, but will not want to remember the night after the Tangerines were relegated at the home of their city rivals.

Further Reading
Doc's Rollercoaster Ride - wolves.co.uk
Toner: I'm hungry for more - avfc.co.uk
Hat-trick of awards for Hayes - afc.co.uk

Round Up - Weekend of 4th March 2016

Saturday, 5 March 2016
Premier League
Swansea 1-0 Norwich
Robbie Brady was booked for the third time this season, almost three months since his last booking in December.

Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City
Glenn Whelan was booked for the fifth time in 2015/16, almost exactly four months to the day since his last booking in November

Championship
Brentford 1-2 Charlton
Alan Judge was booked for the third time this season, having not been booked since two bookings in consecutive games in September

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Rotherham
Stephen Kelly returned to the Rotherham team with a late second half substitute appearance. Previous to this the defender hadn't appeared for the Millers since mid December

League 1
Bury 0-0 Bradford City
In a similar manner to Alan Judge, Josh Cullen was shown his first yellow card since August, when he was likewise booked in two consecutive games

Coventry 0-1 Rochdale
Donal McDermott returned from injury for Rochdale to make his first start since 23rd January

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Burton Albion
Callum Reilly's start for Burton this afternoon (his first since 23rd January) was the midfielder's fiftieth career start

Fleetwood Town 2-2 Sheffield United
U19 defender Graham Kelly made his first appearance in the Sheffield United matchday squad as an unused substitute

Southend United 0-1 Chesterfield
Cian Bolger start this afternoon for Southend was his fiftieth start for the club

Wigan 1-1 Peterborough
Chris McCann was booked for the tenth time this season

League 2
Mansfield Town 0-1 Yeovil
Kevin Dawson returned to the Yeovil starting XI for the first time since January 2015 and picked up his first booking of the season. The midfielder's last booking came back in November 2014!

Carlisle 1-4 Northampton
John-Joe O'Toole's double takes the midfielder's tally to ten goals for the season

Sunday, 6 March 2016
Australian A-League
Central Coast Mariners 0-2 Melbourne Victory
After serving an eight week suspension, Roy O'Donovan returned to the Central Coast Mariners first team, and received his fourth booking of the season

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 3-0 Anorthosis
Cillian Sheridan scored his fourteenth and fifteenth goals of the season

Eredivisie
Feyenoord 3-1 Cambuur
Jack Byrne's performance in this game led to his inclusion in the Betweters team of the week

Onder meer @JetroWillems_15 @Jackb_8 @Lars_Veldwijk en @AminYounes11 staan in het speelronde 26 elftal. pic.twitter.com/MlC3LGwyWB

— Betweters Live (@betwetersnl) March 7, 2016

Monday, 7 March 2016
MLS
Los Angeles Galaxy 4-1 D.C. United
Robbie Keane opened his account for the 2016 MLS season with a second half penalty for LA Galaxy in their opening game

Australian A-League
Perth Glory 2-0 Newcastle Jets
Andy Keogh scored his fifth goal of the season, in his last six games

Further Reading
Graham Barrett: ‘The time for action in Irish football is now’ - The Irish Times 
Is Tottenham vs. Arsenal the biggest North London derby ever? - espnfc.com
Ex-Newcastle starlet says young Irish footballers are better off staying in Ireland - the42.ie