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

WATCH: Aiden McGeady has won our Goal of the Day poll. Thanks for voting. #GoalsExpress #SSNHQ https://t.co/eOhGF0R7Lv

— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) February 25, 2017

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 - 10th January 2017

Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Football League Trophy

Blackpool 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Mark Yeates made his first appearance in more than a month with his start against Wycombe

Yeovil 4-2 Reading U23
Josh Barrett scored his first goal in the Football League Trophy

Mansfield Town 2-0 Oldham
The first goal of Patrick Hoban's brace was the striker's fifth goal for the Mansfield

Luton 4-0 Chesterfield
Connor Dimaio made his 25th start for Chesterfield

Oxford United 4-1 Scunthorpe
Canice Carroll came off the bench for Oxford to make his first appearance in the Checkatrade Trophy

Coventry 3-0 Brighton U23
Daniel Mandroiu second half introduction from the bench was the U18 midfielder's first appearance in the tournament

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

Irish Player Transfers - May/June 2016

With the 2016 summer transfer window opening today, we've compiled a list of the Irish players who have already transferred, signed loan deals and signed new contract

Permanent Deals

22nd May 2016

Following his release from Southend, Cian Bolger signed a three year deal with Fleetwood Town: http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/news/article/fleetwood-town-cian-bolger-transfer-3121628.aspx

25th May 2016

Following the expiration of his contract with Bradford City, Alan Sheehan signed a two year deal with Luton Town: http://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/article/alan-sheehan-joins-luton-3125200.aspx

Southend midfielder Gary Deegan signed a two year deal with Shrewsbury Town: http://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/article/shrewsbury-town-gary-deegan-sky-bet-league-1-3125294.aspx

After being released by Wolverhampton Wanderers, former Monaghan United goalkeeper Aaron McCarey signed a two year contract with Ross County: http://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news/archive/four-new-signings-for-201617-season/

31st May 2016

Folllowing a loan at Rochdale at the end of the 15/16 season, Niall Canavan has signed a two year deal with the Dale: http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/canavan-agrees-two-year-deal-3130195.aspx

Following loan spells at Shrewsbury and Crawley in 2015/16, Liam McAlinden signed for Exeter City: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/grecians-complete-third-signing-of-the-summer-3130226.asp

6th June 2016

After making almost 100 appearances for Morecambe, winger Jamie Devitt signed a two year deal with Carlisle United: http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/article/winger-jamie-devitt-joins-on-....-year-deal-3131660.aspx

After impressing on trial, U18 midfielder Leo Donnellan signed a one year deal with for Dagenham and Redbridge, with an option for a further year: http://www.daggers.co.uk/news/article/leo-donnellan-signs-dagenham-and-redbridge-3136218.aspx

10th June 2016

Paddy Kenny signed with Northampton Town as their goalkeeping coach, and is registered as a player, if required: http://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/article/paddy-kenny-northampton-town-3139886.aspx

15th June 2016

Midfielder Mark Byrne has rejoined Justin Edinburgh, his former manager from Rushden & Diamonds and Newport County, at Gillingham FC on a two year deal: http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/mark-byrne-joins-the-gills-3143289.aspx

17th June 2016

Following his release by Celtic, striker Anthony Stokes has signed a three year deal with Blackburn Rovers: http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/anthony-stokes-3145787.aspx

After loans at Dagenham & Redbridge and Stevenage in 2015/16, Jake Mulraney signed a two year deal with Inverness Caledonian Thistle: http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1780-2-year-deal-for-jake

20th June 2016

Following a record breaking season with Grimsby in non league football, Padraig Amond has signed  for Hartlepool United: http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/article/hartlepool-united-sign-grimsby-town-striker-padraig-amond-3146931.aspx

21th June 2016

After playing against them in the League Two play off final just a few weeks ago, Connor Smith signed for Plymouth Argyle: http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/connor-rolls-in-3147167.aspx

23rd June 2016

Striker Pat Hoban signed for Mansfield Town following his release from Oxford: http://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/article/2016-17/-stags-capture-striker-3151559.aspx

25th June 2016

Defender Anthony O’Connor left newly promoted Championship side Burton Albion to sign for Aberdeen: http://www.afc.co.uk/news/8045.php

27th June 2016

After ten appearances for Luton Town on loan in 2015/16, Glen Rea signed for the Haters on a two year deal deal: http://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/article/glen-rea-luton-town-brighton-republic-of-ireland-nathan-jones-3158276.aspx

29th June 2016

After making 29 appearances on loan at Preston North End in 2015/16, striker Eoin Doyle signed a three year deal with the Lilywhites: http://www.pnefc.net/news/article/2016-17/eoin-doyle-completes-permanent-move-to-preston-north-end-3161236.aspx

30th June 2016

Former U21 winger Anthony Forde signed with Rotherham United: http://www.themillers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/rotherham-united-anthony-forde-3162249.aspx

James Berrett left York City to sign for Grimsby Town on a two year deal: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/mariners-sign-berrett-3162278.aspx

Loans

29th June 2016

After spending 2015/16 on loan with Dutch side SC Cambuur, promising U21 midfielder Jack Byrne signed a one year loan with Blackburn Rovers, joining Shane Duffy, Darragh Lenihan, John O’Sullivan and Anthony Stokes: http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/rovers-jack-byrne-manchester-city-3160876.aspx

New Contracts

9th June 2016

Despite having his career with Everton disrupted by injury, Darron Gibson signed a two year extension: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/06/09/gibson-pens-new-deal

10th June 2016

A one year extension was triggered in Wes Hoolahan’s Norwich City contract: http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-contracts-3139779.aspx

29th June 2016

West Ham’s Declan Rice signed a three year deal with the club: http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/June/29-June/Rice-signs-new-contract

30th June 2016

Defender Stephen Kelly signed a one year extension to his contract with Rotherham: http://www.themillers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/stephen-kelly-rotherham-united-3161698.aspx

Round up - Weekend of 6th February 2016

Saturday, 6 February 2016
Premier League
Stoke City 0-3 Everton
Seamus Coleman's first goal of the season, which he dedicated to his newborn daughter, was also his twentieth goal for Everton. The defender had gone almost a year since his last goal, scored against QPR in March 2015

Championship
Birmingham City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Aiden McGeady made his first start for the Sheffield Wednesday since signing for them on loan. it was also the winger's first league start of the season

Cardiff 0-0 MK Dons
Samir Carruthers made his one hundredth career appearance in this draw at Cardiff

Charlton 0-1 Bristol City
Stephen Henderson made his fiftieth start for Charlton in this loss

Preston North End 2-1 Huddersfield
Alan Browne's goal this afternoon, his second of the season, was his first goal since 3rd October 2015

League 1
Sheffield United 0-2 Wigan
Conor Sammon made his one hundred fiftieth career start in England and Scotland

League 2
Stevenage 0-1 Crawley
After signing for Stevenage during the January transfer window, Patrick Hoban made his first start for the Boro

Scottish FA Cup
Rangers 0-0 Kilmarnock
After transferring to Kilmarnock in January, Gary Dicker made his first start for the club

Sunday, 7 February 2016
Scottish FA Cup 
Hearts 2-2 Hibernian
Anthony Stokes was booked for the first time this season

January 2016 Transfer Window - Loans, Contracts and Managerial moves

Loans
Tuesday, 5th January 2016
Due to ongoing financial issues at Shrewsbury Town, their captain James Collins has been loaned out to Northampton until the end of the season: http://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/article/james-collins-northampton-town-shrewsbury-town-2884118.aspx

Thursday, 7th January 2016
After being recalled from his emergency loan at Barnet, Manchester City’s Ian Lawlor has signed for Bury on loan until the end of the season: http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/keeper-lawlor-joins-bury-2888545.aspx

Friday, 8th January 2016
Josh O’Hanlon returned to his former club Longford Town on loan from Bournemouth: http://ltfc.ie/josh-ohanlon-returns-to-de-town-on-loan/

Thursday, 14th January 2016
Following a short spell on loan with Stevenage last season, Keith Keane has returned to Broadhall Way on a one month loan: http://www.stevenagefc.com/news/article/keith-keane-signs-on-loan-from-cambridge-united-2902139.aspx

Friday, 15th January 2016
U21 winger John O’Sullivan has joined compatriot Ian Lawlor at Bury on an initial 28 day loan: http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/osullivan-joins-on-loan-2903657.aspx

Tuesday, 19th January 2016
With first team opportunities at Celtic limited, Anthony Stokes rejoined Hibernian FC, where he scored 24 goals in 48 appearances, on loan until the end of the season: http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/6088
After only making two appearances for Derby County since signing for them in the summer, Alex Pearce has signed for Bristol City on loan until the end of the season: http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/defender-pearce-joins-on-loan-2910051.aspx

Friday, 22nd January 2016
After returning to Bradford City from his loan at Notts County. and scoring for the Bamtams’ reserves, Alan Sheehan signed for Luton on on loan until the end of the season: http://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/article/luton-town-sign-alan-sheehan-on-loan-for-the-rest-of-the-season-2915410.aspx
Following a loan spell with Barnsley earlier in the season, Bolton’s Ireland U21 striker Conor Wilkinson has signed for Newport County on a one month emergency loan: http://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/article/the-exiles-secure-the-loan-signing-of-conor-wilkinson-2913203.aspx

Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Sean Kavanagh signed for Mansfield Town on loan until the end of the season: http://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/article/-signs-sign-full-back-from-fulham-2916285.aspx

Monday, 1st February 2016
After making only a few appearances for Everton this season, Aiden McGeady signed for Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of the season: http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/aiden-mcgeady-joins-sheffield-wednesday-2931856.aspx
Oxford striker Pat Hoban signed for Stevenage FC on loan: http://www.stevenagefc.com/news/article/pat-hoban-signs-on-loan-from-oxford-united-2931997.aspx

Managerial Moves
Wednesday, 13th January 2016
John Sheridan has returned to Boundary Park to take control of relegation-threatened Oldham Athletic after a seven year absence: http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/breaking-news-sheridan-returns-as-first-team-manager-2900097.aspx

Contract Details
Tuesday, 12th January 2016
Striker Aiden O’Brien signed an extension to his contract at Milwall until June 2019: http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/article/millwall-aiden-obrien-contract-the-lions-2896334.aspx

Monday, 1st February 2015
After impressing management at the Ricoh Arena, Stephen Hunt’s short term deal at Coventry City has been extended to a permanent deal until the end of the season: http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/signing-stephen-hunt-coventry-city-new-deal-2932712.aspx
John O’Sullivan extended his loan from Blackburn Rovers to Bury FC until the end of the season: http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/osullivan-extends-2931330.aspx
Kevin Long extended his loan at Barnsley FC until February 19th: http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/article/long-loan-extended-to-february-19th-2933298.aspx

Round Up - Weekend of 8th January 2016

Friday, 8th January 2016
FA Cup
Exeter 2-2 Liverpool
U19 midfielder Conor Masterson made his first appearance in a Liverpool squad, as an unused substitute

Saturday, 9 January 2016
League 1
Oldham 1-2 Millwall
U21 striker Aiden O'Brien came off the bench for Millwall to make his fiftieth appearance for the Lions

Rochdale 2-3 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea's goal for Chesterfield, his third in two games after not scoring since August, was his fortieth since moving to England in 2009. Previous to this, he hadn't scored in consecutive games since March 2015

Swindon Town 4-2 Southend United
Michael Timlin and Gary Deegan returned to the Southend United starting XI for their tie against Swindon. Timlin's last start came on November 7th, Deegan hadn't started for the Shrimpers since October 31

Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale
Following his signing for Blackpool during the week, Mark Yeates made his first start for the club

League 2
Barnet 1-0 Bristol Rovers
After leaving Shrewsbury Town to join his former Mansfield teammate Darrell Clarke, Liam Lawrence made his first appearance for Bristol Rovers

FA Cup
West Ham United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Darren Randolph's start for West Ham was his first start for the Hammers since September

Hartlepool 1-2 Derby County
Alex Pearce made his second appearance of the season for Derby, but has still to appear in the league for the Rams

Ipswich 2-2 Portsmouth
Adam Barton's booking against Ipswich was his first yellow card of the season

Bury 0-0 Bradford City
After signing for Bury on loan for the rest of the season, Ian Lawlor went straight into the starting XI for the Shakers

Everton 2-0 Dagenham and Redbridge
Darron Gibson made his second start of the season for Everton

Hull City 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Richie Towell made his first start for Brighton after receiving his international clearance

Middlesbrough 1-2 Burnley
Stephen Ward's winner for Burnley was his first goal for the club, and his first goal since May 2014!

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters was booked for Stoke for the first time in 2015/16.

Scottish FA Cup  
Hearts 1-0 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney was shown his first yellow card of the season

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 4-0 Ayia Napa
Cillian Sheridan scored his tenth goal of the season for Omonia Nicosia in their win today

Australian A-League
Perth Glory 1-3 Adelaide United
Andy Keogh returned to Perth Glory to make his first appearance for them since Apr 25th

Sunday, 10 January 2016
English FA Cup
Oxford United 3-2 Swansea
Patrick Hoban's late appearance off the bench for Oxford United in their shock third round win was his fiftieth appearance for the club

Further Reading
Euro 2016 Simulated on Football Manager - EuroSport (in French)

Report Card - 24th November 2015

Peterborough United 3-2 Barnsley
After not scoring for nearly two months, Conor Hourihane now has two in two games with his fifth goal of the season. His last two goals also came in consecutive games
Following his return to action last weekend, Kevin Long was sent off for the third time in his career. His last red card came in August 2012, while playing with Portsmouth, against Carlisle

Sheffield United 2-4 Shrewsbury Town
Conor Sammon scored his fifth goal on loan at Sheffield United

Crawley Town 1-2 Northampton Town
John-Joe O'Toole scored his fifth goal for Northampton, his first since September 29th

Notts County 4-2 Barnet
Graham Burke made his twenty-fifth appearance for Notts County, after joining them in January 2015
Alan Sheehan scored the twentieth goal of his career, not bad for a defender!

Oxford United 1-1 Newport County AFC
Patrick Hoban scored his fifth goal this season for Oxford

Crawley Town 1-2 Northampton Town
Brendan Moloney was sent off for the first time in his career

Irish Scorers weekend of 29th March 2015

29 March 2015 Sky Bet League 1 Bradford City 2-0 Oldham Athletic Billy Clarke(71) Billy Clarke(90) Leyton Orient 3-1 Port Vale David Mooney(55, penalty) Notts County 2-2 Scunthorpe United Niall Canavan(86) Sky Bet League 2 Oxford United 2-1 Carlisle United Paul Corry(9) Patrick Hoban(38) Scottish League One Ayr United 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(36)

Talking Points

Does James McCarthy's latest injury have any long term repercussions for his career, bearing in mind he's been playing senior football regularly since he was 16?
Following the reveal of John Delaney singing in a bar after the USA game, should a code of conduct be introduced for the CEO?
Roy Keane has stepped down from his role with Aston Villa, how will this affect his role with the Republic of Ireland, and the Irish players at Villa Park?
Following Robbie Keane's victory in the Western Conference, should more Irish players consider a career in the MLS as an alternative to England?
With Sean St Ledger back in football at Ipswich Town, can he return to the international squad?
Alan Judge has the joint second number of assists in the Championship, should he be called into the squad, or does he offer anything that isn't already in the squad with McGeady, Brady, Pilkington and McClean, and possible Grealish?
Glenn Whelan was introduced from the bench, and then substituted with an injury before the end of the game last weekend for Stoke. Will he be recovered from his recent injury niggles before the international games return in the new year?
Eoin Doyle currently leads League One goalscorers with 16 goals. If this continues, can he follow in Paddy Madden's footsteps and progress to the senior international side?
Patrick Hoban and Rory Gaffney have agreed to join Oxford United and Cambridge United, respectively. Does this raise the profile of the league, or is the cost of losing the better players too high?
Chris McCann has continued his comeback from injury with a goal in only his fourth game, should the management be watching him with a view to calling him up?