Round Up - Weekend of 18th February 2017

Saturday, 18 February 2017

Championship

Birmingham City 1-4 QPR

Ryan Manning was booked for the fifth time this season

Cardiff 5-0 Rotherham

Anthony Forde made his 25th appearance for Rotherham and picked up his first yellow card of 2017

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Keiren Westwood was booked for the first time in 2017

League 1

Rochdale 3-3 Charlton

Donal McDermott started his first game for Rochdale since September 24th
Niall Canavan scored his first goal since October 9th
Joe Rafferty was booked for the first time in 2017, before this the defender hadn't been booked since November

Bradford City 2-2 Bolton

Conor Wilkinson received his first booking since September

Coventry 2-1 Gillingham

Mark Byrne's start today (his first since January 2nd) was his 25th appearance for Gillingham, and was booked for the first time this year

MK Dons 0-1 Fleetwood

Darren Potter made his 250th appearance for MK Dons
Cian Bolger's winner for Fleetwood was his fifth goal for the club

Sheffield United 1-1 Scunthorpe

Paddy Madden's opener was the striker's first goal since December 17th

Southend United 2-2 Northampton

John-Joe O'Toole scored his tenth goal of the season, this was also his tenth goal in League 1

Walsall 2-0 Peterborough

Chris Forrester's red card was the second time the midfielder was sent off for Peterborough, less than 12 months after his last red card in April 2016

League 2

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Colchester

Seamus Conneely made his 100th appearance for Accrington Stanley

Cambridge United 3-2 Newport Co.

Barry Corr was booked for the first time since December 2015

Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Luton

Glen Rea was booked for the tenth time this season and is suspended for the next two games

Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Carlisle United

Michael Harriman made his 100th appearance for Wycombe Wanderers
John O'Sullivan was booked for the first time in 2017

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-1 Inverness CT

Jake Mulraney's first start since December 10th was his 25th appearance for Inverness CT and was shown a yellow card for the first time since August

Scottish Championship

Raith 1-1 Hibernian

Joel Coustrain came off the bench for Raith for first appearance of 2017

Scottish League Challenge Cup

Queen of the South 2-3 Dundee Utd

Sean Dillon started his first game of 2017 against Queen of the South

Sunday, 19 February 2017

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen

Gary Dicker and Jonathan Hayes were both booked for the first time since December

English FA Cup

Blackburn 1-2 Manchester United

Derrick Williams' start for Blackburn was the 150th start of the defender's career and was booked for the first time since September

Round Up - Week of 22nd November 2016

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

League 1

MK Dons 2-3 Chesterfield
Connor Dimaio made his 25th appearance for Chesterfield.
In the same game, Jay O'Shea scored his 40th goal for the Spirites, and unfortunately picked up his first booking this season

League 2

Cheltenham 0-3 Colchester
Owen Garvan marked his first appearance of the season (his first appearance since the end of April) with an assist

Luton 1-3 Portsmouth
Defender Glen Rea made his 25th appearance for Luton

Plymouth 0-2 Barnet
Connor Smith returned to the Plymouth starting XI for the first time October 4th, and was booked for the first time in three months

Scottish Championship

Raith 1-1 Ayr
Joel Coustrain marked the first start of his career with his first senior strike

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 Colorado Rapids
Kevin Doyle scored his first goal for the Rapids since October 14th, and was booked for the first time since October 16th

Thursday, 24 November 2016

Europa League

Sparta Prague 1-0 Southampton
Shane Long returned from injury last weekend, and made his first start for the Saints since October 20th in their Europa League trip to Prague

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 2-0 Perth Glory
Roy O'Donovan scored his fifth goal against Andy Keogh's side

2016/17 - The Season So Far

With the English and Scottish domestic seasons about to kick off, some people may not realise that there have been some Irish players already involved with their clubs in the early rounds of European competition. We've reviewed the appearance data so far for the first of the 2016/17 season reports for these players, as well as the Irish players lining out for their respective clubs in MLS

Thursday, 30 June 2016
UEFA Cup
Banants 0-1 Omonia Nicosia
Cillian Sheridan started Omonia's first game of the new season

Aberdeen 3-1 Fola Esch
Willo Flood, Jonathan Hayes and Adam Rooney all lined out for Aberdeen's season opener against Fola Esch, and Rooney marked the occasion with a goal

Hearts 2-1 Infonet
Having moved to Hearts in the close season, Conor Sammon made his first start for the Tynecastle side, and marked the occasion with a booking - his first yellow since January

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
MLS
LA Galaxy 2-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Robbie Keane marked his return to the Galaxy after Euro 2016 with a goal, his first since a brace against New England Revolution two months earlier

Thursday, 7 July 2016
UEFA Cup
Fola Esch 1-0 Aberdeen
After signing for the Dons from Burton Albion, Anthony O'Connor made his first start for the club in the return leg against Fola Esch
In what would be his last appearance for Aberdeen, Willo Flood was shown his first yellow card of the season

Omonia Nicosia 4-1 Banants
Cillian Sheridan was booked for the first time since January

Friday, 15 July 2016
Scottish League Cup
Airdrie Utd 0-1 Partick Thistle
After signing a contract with Airdrie in January, Joe Gorman made his first appearance for the club, in the same game Daniel Devine made his first start for his new side Partick Thistle

Cove Rangers 1-2 Raith
Following a short trial, Joel Coustrain signed for Raith and made his senior career debut a day later in this game

Saturday, 16 July 2016
Scottish League Cup
Cowdenbeath 1-2 Inverness CT
After leaving QPR for Inverness, Jake Mulraney made his first appearance for the club

Motherwell 0-2 Rangers
Carl McHugh made his first appearance for Mothwerwell and was booked

Thursday, 21 July 2016
UEFA Cup
Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney scored his sixtieth goal for the club, and his tenth goal in European competition

Omonia Nicosia 3-2 Beitar Jerusalem
Cillian Sheridan scored his fifth goal in the Europa League

Hearts 1-2 Birkirkara
Conor Sammon's first goal for Hearts was also his first goal in the Europa League and his fiftieth goal since leaving the League of Ireland

Saturday, 23 July 2016
Scottish League Cup
Dundee 6-2 Dumbarton
Darren O'Dea scored his first goal for Dundee

Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Scottish League Cup
Peterhead 2-1 Dundee
Fiacre Kelleher made his first career start, after signing for Peterhead on a one month loan from Celtic

Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Champions League
Astana 1-1 Celtic
Eoghan O'Connell made his first since September 2015

Saturday, 30 July 2016
Scottish League Cup
Dundee 7-0 Forfar
Darren O'Dea made his two hundredth career start

Ross County 7-0 Cove Rangers
Aaron McCarey made his first appearance for Ross County, this was the goalkeeper's first appearance since October 2015

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Champions League
Celtic 2-1 Astana
Eoghan O'Connell picked up his first booking since September 2015

Thursday, 4 August 2016
UEFA Cup
NK Maribor 1-0 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney made his two hundred fiftieth career start

West Ham United 3-0 Domzale
Darren Randolph made his first appearance of the season for West Ham in their first home game in the Olympic Stadium