Round Up - Weekend of 31st March 2017

Friday, 31 March 2017

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 0-7 Aberdeen

Darren O'Dea made his 50th appearance for Dundee
Anthony O'Connor made his 25th appearance in the SPL
Adam Rooney scored his first goal in a month

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Championship

Ipswich 1-1 Birmingham City

This was Jonathan Douglas's first appearance since February 14th, and his first start since a month earlier on January 17th

Newcastle Utd 2-1 Wigan

Jack Byrne was included in a Wigan matchday squad for the first time, but did not come off the bench

Rotherham 0-1 Fulham

Lee Frecklington made his 150th start for Rotherham

Reading 1-0 Leeds United

Liam Kelly made his 25th appearance for Reading

League 1

Bolton 0-0 Chesterfield

Connor Dimaio was booked for the fifth time this season

Bradford City 1-0 Walsall

Billy Clarke scored his 25th goal for Bradford, almost five months after his last goal in November

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury

Rory Gaffney made his 50th start for Bristol Rovers
Ryan Sweeney made his 25th career appearance

Millwall 3-1 Scunthorpe

Paddy Madden made his 150th start for Scunthorpe
Shaun Williams penalty today (his first goal since November 26th) was his scored his 25th goal in League One and his fifth goal of the season

Southend United 3-0 Oldham

Simon Cox was booked for the tenth time this season
Paul Green was shown his first yellow card in 2017

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Cambridge United

Barry Corr made his first start of the season, 14 months after his last start in January 2016

Hartlepool 0-2 Portsmouth

Padraig Amond made his 200th appearance in League Two
Enda Stevens made his 150th start in England

Leyton Orient 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Michael Collins made his 25th appearance for Leyton Orient

Yeovil 0-2 Carlisle United

John O'Sullivan scored his first goal for Carlisle, this was the winger's first goal since December 4th

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 2-1 Ross County

Adam Barton made his 25th start for Partick Thistle

Inverness CT 1-1 Kilmarnock

Conor Sammon made his 300th appearance since leaving the League of Ireland

Hamilton Academical 1-0 St Johnstone

Graham Cummins was booked for the first time in 2017

Scottish League One

Peterhead 1-1 Airdrie Utd

Joe Gorman made his first start since December

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Atlanta United

Chris McCann started his first game for Atlanta United

Sunday, 2 April 2017

Polish Ekstraklasa

Jagiellonia Białystok 1-0 Nieciecza

Cillian Sheridan's penalty today (his first goal since January 28th) was his tenth goal this season and his first goal for his new club

Round Up - Week of 17th January 2017

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

English FA Cup

Barnsley 1-2 Blackpool
Mark Yeates made his 25th appearance for Blackpool

Lincoln 1-0 Ipswich
Leon Best returned to the Ipswich starting XI for the first time since 22 October 22nd
Jonathan Douglas was booked for the third time this season, more than three months after his last booking on October 1st

Football League Trophy

Cheltenham 0-1 Bradford City
Billy Clarke returned from injury for his first appearance since November 12th

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

English FA Cup

Southampton 1-0 Norwich
Shane Long marked his 100th appearance for Southampton with his second goal of the season

Round Up - Week of 26th December 2016

Monday, 26 December 2016

Premier League

Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Damien Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season in what was the defender's 300th start in England
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter made his 200th career start

Swansea 1-4 West Ham United
Declan Rice was in the matchday squad at West Ham for the first time as an unused substitute

Championship

Brentford 2-2 Cardiff
Brian Murphy made his first appearance for Cardiff since signing for the Bluebirds in September, indeed this was his first appearance in a matchday squad for the club!

Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory made his 300th career appearance

Barnsley 2-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the first time in his career

Ipswich 0-2 Fulham
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th start for Ipswich

Newcastle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Keiren Westwood's performance for Sheffield Wednesday against Newcastle was recognised by WhoScored and EA as the among the best of the week's fixtures

ST @hazardeden10, @paulpogba and @LacazetteAlex in TOTW 15! https://t.co/gSqAcZfgOs pic.twitter.com/oreAAyrPnF

— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) December 28, 2016

Championship Team of the Week - Gameweek 23 https://t.co/7094SxKrhN pic.twitter.com/It3an5cko5

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 28, 2016

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Bristol City
Joe Mason came off the bench to make his first appearance for Wolves since October 15th

League 1

Southend United 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
Simon Cox ended a goal drought of more than a month by scoring his first brace since November 2014, and his performance was recognised by the Football League as one of the best of the week

🌟 #EFL Team of the Week, with @EASPORTSFIFA 🌟

Our selection of stand-out stars from the Boxing Day schedule >> https://t.co/fGq4Mq8Kta. pic.twitter.com/S4SilFiN5O

— EFL (@EFL) December 28, 2016

Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry
Liam Lawrence made his first appearance for Bristol Rovers since August 30th

League 2

Leyton Orient 3-2 Crawley
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking in more than a month) and is suspended for the next game

Luton 0-1 Colchester
Owen Garvan was booked for the first time this season

Newport Co. 2-3 Portsmouth
On his 34th birthday, Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth since November 5th
Enda Stevens scored his first goal for Portsmouth, 18 months after signing for Pompey in June 2015. This was the defender's first goal since February 2015

Yeovil 0-0 Exeter
Liam McAlinden was booked for the first time this season

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Premier League

Liverpool 4-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters scored his 60th goal for Stoke

Championship

Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 QPR
Shane Duffy made his 150th career start

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Premier League

Southampton 1-4 Tottenham
Shane Long was picked up his second booking of the season, more than 100 days since his last booking on September 18th

Scottish Premier League

Inverness CT 1-2 Motherwell
Carl McHugh returned to the Motherwell starting XI for his first appearance the opening day of the season

St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers
Graham Cummins lined out for St Johnstone for the first time since October 29

Round Up - Weekend of 26th November 2016

Saturday, 26 November 2016

Premier League

Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
John O'Shea picked up his first booking of the season

Championship

Derby County 1-0 Norwich
Robbie Brady made his 50th start for the club

Ipswich 3-0 QPR
Jonathan Douglas returned to the Ipswich starting XI for his first appearance since October 22nd

Newcastle Utd 0-1 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan made his 50th career start

Preston North End 1-1 Burton Albion
Eoin Doyle's first appearance since October 25th was the striker's 200th appearance in England and Scotland

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Connor Ronan was in the matchday squad for Wolves for the first time

Rotherham 1-2 Leeds United
Stephen Kelly made his 25th appearance for Rotherham

League 1

AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Fleetwood
Cian Bolger scored his first goal in League One, this was the defender's fifth goal of his career

Bury 2-3 Millwall
Aiden O'Brien was booked for the first time this season, 11 months after his last booking on 26th December

Chesterfield 3-2 Bristol Rovers
Jay O'Shea scored his 50th goal of his career in England. and has now scored six goals in his last six games

Gillingham 3-0 Rochdale
Mark Byrne scored his first goal in League One, three months after his last goal on August 23rd

Northampton 0-1 Bolton
John-Joe O'Toole was booked for the tenth time this season in only his 25th appearance of 2016/17

Shrewsbury 0-0 Port Vale
Gary Deegan was booked for the tenth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Swindon Town 1-0 Bradford City
Anton Rodgers scored his first goal of the season, this was his first goal since September 2015

Walsall 0-0 Southend United
Michael Timlin was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Carlisle United 5-2 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban scored his tenth goal since leaving the League of Ireland

Colchester 4-0 Crewe Alexandra
Owen Garvan scored his first goal of the season, this was his first goal since October 2015 and the 25th goal of his career

Crawley 3-2 Grimsby
Mark Connolly made his 100th appearance for Crawley

Exeter 0-0 Luton
Pierce Sweeney made his 25th appearance for Exeter City

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 2-1 Inverness CT
Darren O'Dea was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Monday, 28 November 2016

Championship

Huddersfield 1-2 Wigan
Sean Scannell made his 100th start for Huddersfield

Round Up - Weekend of 1st October 2016

Saturday, 1 October 2016

There were 20 yellow cards shown to Irish players today, the most since 22nd November 2014

Championship
Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn
Stephen Gleeson scored his first goal of the season
Tommie Hoban was shown his first yellow card since March 2015!

Ipswich 0-1 Huddersfield
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th appearance for Ipswich

Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley
Conor Hourihane made his 250th career start, in what was the midfielder's 260th career appearance

Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa
Greg Cunningham was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Rotherham 0-1 Newcastle Utd
Lee Frecklington marked his 150th appearance for Rotherham with his first booking since April 2015

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Norwich
Robbie Brady scored his first goal for Norwich since March

League 1

Northampton 2-3 Bristol Rovers
Rory Gaffney scored his first goal of the season for Bristol Rovers

Port Vale 0-2 Coventry
Chris McCann scored his first goal of the season

Shrewsbury 1-1 Swindon Town
Gary Deegan was sent off for the third time in his career

League 2
Cheltenham 1-1 Luton
Alan Sheehan made his 25th appearance for Luton

Crawley 1-0 Blackpool
Mark Connolly's winner for Crawley was the Monaghan defender's first goal since December 2015

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban's first goal for Mansfield was his first goal since November 2015 while the striker's booking in the same game was his first yellow card since February 2015

Grimsby 0-3 Hartlepool
Padraig Amond's brace was the first time the former Sligo Rovers player had scored in a month
Jake Carroll was booked for the first time this season

Plymouth 4-1 Yeovil
Graham Carey scored his fifth goal of the season

Scottish League One

Peterhead 1-2 Livingston
Fiacre Kelleher scored his first senior goal, on loan at Peterhead

Indian Super League

NorthEast United 1-0 Kerala Blasters
Graham Stack made his first appearance for his new side on the opening day of the new Indian Super League season

Saturday, 2 October 2016

Premier League
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal
Congratulations to Jeff Hendrick on reaching 200 league appearances after starting for Burnley this afternoon

.@BurnleyOfficial 's Jeff Hendrick makes his 200th career League app while @Alexis_Sanchez has scored 3 & made 1 assist in 3 apps v Burnley pic.twitter.com/8NhbvzogDl

— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) October 2, 2016

Round Up - Week of 26th September 2016

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Championship

Brentford 4-1 Reading
Paul McShane made his 50th appearance for Reading
Alan McCormack's returned to the Brentford starting XI for his first appearance since 9th August and was booked for the first time since April

Huddersfield 2-1 Rotherham
Sean Scannell was booked for the first time in almost a year on his return for Huddersfield after a month out of the side

Ipswich 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Leon Best made his first start for Ipswich since signing for the Tractor Boys. Before this, the striker hadn't started since the end of April
Jonathan Douglas was booked for the first time this season

League 1

Bradford City 2-1 Fleetwood
Josh Cullen made his 25th appearance for Bradford City (starting each one of them) and was booked for the first time in the 2016/17 season
Billy Clarke scored his 70th goal of his career, a month after he scored his 69th goal against Oldham

Southend United 2-1 Oxford United
David Mooney made his 50th appearance for Southend
Stephen McLaughlin made his 50th club start since leaving the League of Ireland

Swindon Town 1-3 Northampton
Sean Murray scored his first goal for Swindon. This was the winger's first goal since November 2015

Walsall 1-4 Scunthorpe
Liam Kinsella was booked for the first time this season

League 2

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban made his first start for Mansfield, having not started a game since February

Hartlepool 1-1 Luton
Alan Sheehan scored his first goal of the season

Leyton Orient 0-2 Plymouth
Graham Carey was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Championship

Newcastle Utd 4-3 Norwich
Ciaran Clark made his 150th career start
Robbie Brady was booked for the first time since March

April 2016 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for April 2016

Wins
Bradford City midfielder Alan McCormack started five wins for the Bees, as they moved from 18th (on April 1st) to tenth in the table.

Draws
Championship players Matt Doherty, Stephen Kelly, Jonathan Douglas, and Lee Frecklington, as well as Scottish Championship striker Anthony Stokes all started four draws in April 201

Losses
Midfielders Darren Potter and Stephen Quinn both started five losses

Starts/Completed Games
Quinn also started the most games in April, lining out for Reading eight times, the same as Hibs on loan striker Anthony Stokes. However, neither player completed 90 minutes in every game - Quinn completed seven and Stokes six

Substitutions/Introductions
Winger Stephen McLaughlin was substituted four times, while fellow midfield player Sean Scannell came off the bench six times

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeeper Jack Bonham was an unused substitute in each of Brentford's eight games in April, while, of the outfield players, defender Kevin Long was an unused substitute in six of MK Dons' games - two more than any other outfield player

Goals
Only two players scored more than two goal in April - Anthony Stokes notched three on loan at Hibs, while Southampton's Shane Long scored twice in his six starts - with both clubs going on to win every game in which they scored. Rotherham striker Leon Best was the only player to score a penalty

Discipline
Blackburn midfielder Darragh Lenihan was booked three times in his seven games in April - he's now been booked 11 times in 2015/16 with each one coming in 2016!

Round Up - Midweek games of 15th March 2016

Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Championship
Ipswich 2-0 Blackburn
Daryl Murphy marked his 33rd birthday with his ninth and tenth goals of the season. In the same game, Jonathan Douglas was booked for the seventh time this season, more than two months after his last yellow card

League 1
Fleetwood 0-1 Walsall
Liam Kinsella came off the bench to make his first appearance for Walsall since the middle of January

League 2
Oxford United 4-0 Dagenham and Redbridge
Callum O'Dowda's start this evening for Oxford in this game was his one hundredth appearance for the club

Wednesday, 16 March 2016
League 2
Accrington Stanley 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Seamus Conneely made his fiftieth start for Accrington Stanley

Scottish FA Cup
Inverness CT 1-2 Hibernian
Richie Foran's start for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in this game was his 200th appearance for the club, having not started a game for them in almost two years due to injury
Anthony Stokes's brace in this game doubled his total for the season, and it was the Celtic striker's first time scoring twice in the same game since October 2014

Further Reading
'If Leicester can do it...' - The triumph of little over large - Liam Mackey

Round Up - Weekend of 22 January 2016

Friday, 22 January 2016
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee
Jonathan Hayes made his one hundred fiftieth appearance for Aberdeen, and marked the occasion with his fourth assist for an Adam Rooney goal this season. It was Rooney's 16th of the season, and his 13th in his last 17th appearances for the Dons!

Saturday, 23 January 2016
Today was the fourth times this season that two Irish players have been sent off on the same day, and the first time that there has been more than one own goal on the same day.
Premier League
Norwich 4-5 Liverpool
Wes Hoolahan scored his sixtieth goal in England and Scotland

Championship
Birmingham City 3-0 Ipswich
Jonathan Douglas was sent off for the third time in his career after his first red card since October 2009

Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
Anthony Pilkington scored his fifth and sixth goals for Cardiff in the same game he scored his first OG against them!

Leeds United 1-0 Bristol City
Alex Pearce made his first appearance for Bristol since signing for them on loan during the week as a second half substitute

Preston North End 1-3 Brentford
Greg Cunningham unfortunately marked his one hundred fiftieth career start with the first own goal of his career

League 1
Barnsley 6-1 Rochdale
Kevin Long marked his one hundredth appearance in England with his second goal of the season for Barnsley

Burton Albion 1-2 Shrewsbury
Callum Reilly returned to Burton's starting XI for the first time since November 21st, in the same game that Damien McCrory scored his tenth goal for the Brewers

Scunthorpe 3-0 Colchester
Paddy Madden scored his fifteenth and sixteenth goals of the season for Scunthorpe in their win today

Southend United 3-0 Coventry
Cian Bolger made his one hundredth career appearance, while teammate Gary Deegan was sent off for the second time for the Shrimpers, slightly more than a year since his last red card on January 17th, 2015
After signing a short term contract with Coventry City, Stephen Hunt made his first start for the Sky Blues, this was his first appearance since May 2015.

League 2
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
After recovering from medial ligament damage in a game at the end of November, Graham Carey returned to the Plymouth Argyle side as a late second half substitute

Mansfield Town 0-2 Luton
After signing for Mansfield Town on loan until the end of the season, Sean Kavanagh went straight into the starting XI for the Stags. This was also the full back's twenty-fifth career appearance.
Opposing him in the Luton starting XI was fellow Irish full back Alan Sheehan, making his first start since signing for the Hatters on loan

Newport County 2-2 Dagenham and Redbridge
Conor Wilkinson had an eventful first appearance for Newport County, the Bolton striker scored on his debut, and was also booked!

Scottish Premier League 
Dundee United 5-1 Kilmarnock
Sean Dillon's second goal of the season was the first time he's scored twice for Dundee United since the 2007/08 season!

Scottish First Division
Hibernian 3-1 St Mirren
Anthony Stokes scored on his return to Hibernian, this was the Celtic striker's first goal in more than a year, having not scored since finding the back of the net in a 4-1 win for the Bhoys in December 2014

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 1-0 Ermis
Cillian Sheridan came off the bench to score his eleventh goal of the season. Strangely, the Cavan striker now has scored more penalties than goals from open play for Omonia in 2015/16!

Monday, 25 January 2016
Championship
Burnley 4-1 Derby County
Richard Keogh scored his third own goal for Derby County, according to OptaJoe, no other Championship defender has scored as many since he signed for the Rams (see below)

Further Reading
Sell-ons, bench-warmers and fill-ins: the life of Premier League academy graduates - The Guardian
Forrester finds his solace in the face of sacrifice - Irish Independent
Ian Lawlor and Paddy Madden in the Football League Team of the Week - www.football-league.co.uk 

4 - No Championship player has scored more own goals since August 2011 than Richard Keogh. Clumsy.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 25, 2016

December 2015 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for December 2015: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=12

Wins

Ipswich's Irish duo Daryl Murphy and Jonathan Douglas won the most games in the final month of 2015, starting four wins for the Tractor Boys

Draws

Charlton's Stephen Henderson started three draws in December, as did Derby's Richard Keogh and Cyrus Christie

Losses

John O'Shea, Paul McShane and Lee Frecklington all had identical loss records in December, each player lost one game at home and three away

Starts/Completed Games

Henderson, Keogh, Christie, Douglas, Frecklington, and Murphy also started the most games in December, along with Seamus Coleman, Greg Cunningham, Anthony Pilkington, and Alan Judge. Each player started six games. Of these Henderson, Keogh, Coleman, Cunningham, Christie, and Judge completed 90 minutes in each game

Substitutions/Introductions

Anthony Pilkington was substituted from the action more than any other Irish player in December - four times - while Jonathan Walters was introduced from the bench more than anyone else - also four times

Stayed on bench

Goalkeepers Aaron McCarey and Jack Bonham were both unused substitutes six times in December. Of the outfield players, Stephen Ward, Darron Gibson, Marc Wilson, and Simon Cox were left on the bench five times

Goals

Alan Judge and Adam Rooney topped the scoring charts in December with four goals each. Neither of their clubs lost a game when either player scored.

Discipline

Richard Keogh, Greg Cunningham, Shane Duffy, Harry Arter, Jonathan Douglas and Robbie Brady were all booked twice in December

Irish Scorers weekend of 18 April 2015

19 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 2-2 Bolton Wanderers Jonathan Douglas(42) Sky Bet League 1 Sheffield United 1-1 Bradford City Billy Clarke(83) Swindon Town 0-1 Yeovil Town James Berrett(58) Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Stevenage Sean Maguire(15) Sean Maguire(40) Carlisle United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Gary Dicker(29) Exeter City 0-1 Southend United Michael Timlin(90) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee United Adam Rooney(39) Scottish League One Brechin City 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic Andy Jackson(64)

Irish Scorers weekend of 8th March 2015

08 March 2015 Sky Bet Championship Huddersfield Town 0-2 Rotherham United Conor Sammon(60) Ipswich Town 1-1 Brentford Jonathan Douglas(25) Daryl Murphy(9) Millwall 1-4 Norwich City Wes Hoolahan(57) Sky Bet League 2 Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Northampton Town Anthony O'Connor(28) Southend United 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers Barry Corr(14) Barry Corr(60) American MLS League Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Chicago Fire Robbie Keane(81)

Irish Scorers weekend of 22nd February 2015

21 February 2015 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 3-1 Bournemouth Jonathan Douglas(9) Sky Bet League 1 Bradford City 1-1 Walsall Billy Clarke(51) Fleetwood Town 2-1 Notts County Liam McAlinden(25) Leyton Orient 3-0 Oldham Athletic David Mooney(25, penalty) Sheffield United 2-2 Coventry City Michael Doyle(78) Sky Bet League 2 AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Luton Town David Connolly(90) Dagenham and Redbridge 1-3 Burton Albion Damien McCrory(90) Northampton Town 3-0 York City Brendan Moloney(48) Stevenage 4-2 Southend United Barry Corr(56, penalty) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 3-0 St Mirren Adam Rooney(21) Adam Rooney(48)

Irish Scorers weekend of 13th December 2014

14 December 2014 Sky Bet Championship Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff City Harry Arter(43) Brentford 3-1 Blackburn Rovers Jonathan Douglas(16) Watford 2-1 Wigan Athletic Chris McCann(45) Sky Bet League 1 Chesterfield 0-1 Bradford City Billy Clarke(57) Sky Bet League 2 Morecambe 3-0 Luton Town Padraig Amond(81) Portsmouth 2-3 Accrington Stanley John O'Sullivan(15) Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0-2 Aberdeen Adam Rooney(19) Adam Rooney(33) Scottish League One Morton 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(9)

14 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 4-1 St Mirren Anthony Stokes(67)

Irish Scorers weekend of 6th December 2014

06 December 2014 Barclays Premier League Stoke City 3-2 Arsenal Jonathan Walters(45) Sky Bet Championship Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford Sean Scannell(18) Jonathan Douglas(70) Ipswich Town 4-1 Leeds United Daryl Murphy(12) David McGoldrick(26, penalty) Daryl Murphy(45) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Bournemouth Harry Arter(73) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Gillingham 1-0 Leyton Orient John Egan(79) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 3-0 Hamilton Academical Adam Rooney(55, penalty) Motherwell 0-1 Celtic Anthony Stokes(6)

07 December 2014 Barclays Premier League Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City Ciaran Clark(17) The FA Cup Bradford City 4-1 Dartford Billy Clarke(10) Mark Yeates(59) Scunthorpe United 1-1 Worcester City Paddy Madden(35) American MLS League Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 New England Revolution Robbie Keane(111)

Irish goalscorers weekend of 3rd October 2014

3 October 2014 Sky Bet League Two Dagenham and Redbridge 1-2 Exeter City Jimmy Keohane(81, penalty) Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 2-0 Dundee United Mark Connolly(65)	4 October 2014 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 3-1 Reading Simon Cox(49) Jonathan Douglas(81) Norwich City 1-1 Rotherham United Paul Green(44, penalty) Sky Bet League 1 Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United Jimmy Ryan(26) Eoin Doyle(73) Preston North End 4-2 Colchester United Alan Browne(25) Sky Bet League 2 Oxford United 1-0 Newport County AFC Michael Collins(40) Hartlepool United 0-3 Carlisle United Stephen Elliott(82)
5 October 2014 Sky Bet Championship Nottingham Forest 2-2 Ipswich Town Daryl Murphy(19) Daryl Murphy(71) American MLS League Los Angeles Galaxy 3-0 Toronto FC Robbie Keane(22) Robbie Keane(25)

Irish goalscorers week of 30th September 2014

30 September 2014 Sky Bet Championship Watford 2-1 Brentford Jonathan Douglas(57)

01 October 2014 Sky Bet Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Huddersfield Town Sean Scannell(39)