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 24th February 2017

Friday, 24 February 2017

Championship

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Birmingham City

Matt Doherty made his 150th appearance for Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday, 25 February 2017

Premier League

Everton 2-0 Sunderland

Darron Gibson was booked for the first time this season. Before this, the midfielder hadn't been booked since May 2016

West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Bournemouth

James McClean came off the bench and was booked for the first time in 2017

Championship

Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County

Cyrus Christie was booked for the fifth time this season

Brentford 4-2 Rotherham

Anthony Forde scored his first goal in the Championship, exactly 200 days after his last goal on Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Newcastle Utd 2-2 Bristol City

Ciaran Clark's late equaliser means the defender has scored more than two goals in the same season for the first time since 2010/11

Preston North End 2-1 QPR

Aiden McGeady's equaliser (his fifth goal in the Championship) won Sky Sports' goal of the Day

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Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 Reading

Liam Kelly made his 25th career appearance

League 1

Coventry 1-3 Swindon Town

Kevin Foley was booked for the first time in 2017

Gillingham 2-1 Southend United

Emmanuel Osadebe's first start since November (his first appearance in a month) was the defender's 25th appearance in League One
In his 200th start for Southend United, Michael Timlin was booked for the fifth time this season

Oldham 0-0 Millwall

Shaun Williams was booked for the tenth time this season and is suspended for the next three games

Peterborough 3-1 Rochdale

The sending off of both Donal McDermott and Joe Rafferty was the first time two Irish players were sent off in the same game since Marc Wilson and Glenn Whelan were sent off for Stoke against Newcastle in December 2013. This was McDermott's first red card of his career, and Rafferty's third - his first since May 2015
Keith Keane made his 25th appearance for Rochdale

Port Vale 1-2 Bradford City

Josh Cullen made his 50th appearance for Bradford City, coincidentally this was also the midfielder's 50th career start

Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton

Conor Wilkinson was booked for the fifth time this season in his first start since October

League 2

Barnet 0-1 Cambridge United

Gerry McDonagh made his first start for Cambridge United
Jake Carroll was booked for the fifth time this season

Carlisle United 0-3 Portsmouth

John O'Sullivan was booked for the fifth time this season

Colchester 2-1 Hartlepool

Owen Garvan made his 50th appearance for Colchester

Mansfield Town 2-1 Newport Co.

Patrick Hoban returned to to the Mansfield starting XI for his first start since January 10th

Morecambe 1-0 Grimsby

Gavin Gunning was booked for the fifth time this season

Scottish Premier League

St Johnstone 0-2 Kilmarnock

Conor Sammon scored his second goal of the season, before this the striker had not scored since August 20th

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Premier League

Tottenham 4-0 Stoke City

Glenn Whelan was shown his fourth yellow card of the season, this was the midfielder's first booking September 24th

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 - 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

Round Up - Midweek games of 2nd March 2016

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Premier League
Aston Villa 1-3 Everton
Ciaran Clark returned to the Aston Villa starting XI for the first time since January, and was shown his sixth yellow card of the season

Championship
Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time in 2015/16

League 1
Bradford City 1-2 Colchester
Owen Garvan was booked for the first time since 9th January, this was the midfielder's sixth booking of the season

Chesterfield 1-1 Blackpool
Jay O'Shea scored his seventh goal of the season, his first goal since 9th January

Oldham 1-1 Port Vale
Sam Foley scored his fifth goal of the season, having not scored since November

Walsall 0-0 Scunthorpe
Anthony Forde made his fiftieth start for Walsall

League 2
Crawley 2-0 Newport Co.
Lanre Oyebanjo made his first appearance of the season for Crawley Town
After signing for Crawley on loan, Frankie Sutherland and Charles Dunne made their first starts for the club, it was the Dunne's first minutes of football since 14th November, while Sutherland had not played since October
Shamir Goodwin scored his second of the season (and second in three games) in his first start since December

Exeter 1-1 Portsmouth
Clinton Morrison made his fiftieth appearance for Exeter as a second half substitute

Northampton 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
John-Joe O'Toole scored his tenth goal for Northampton

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
CONCACAF Champions League
Santos Laguna 4-0 LA Galaxy
Robbie Keane's evening was made even worse with his first booking of the LA Galaxy's season

Thursday, 3 March 2016
Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 4-2 AEL
Cillian Sheridan's 25th appearance for Omonia was also his 250th career appearance

Further Reading
Just what the Doc ordered - wolves.co.uk
Team mates - Stephen McLaughlin - www.southendunited.co.uk
The social welfare stars of the League of Ireland - These Football Times