Round Up for weekend of Friday, 19th October 2019

Friday, 18th October 2019

League 1

Lincoln City 0-0 Shrewsbury

In his 25th start for Lincoln City, Cian Bolger was sent off for the first time for the club. This was the fifth time he'd been sent off in his career, and the first time since September 2018

Tranmere 1-1 Southend United

Stephen McLaughlin's start for Southend was his 200th appearance in English football
Simon Cox completed his first assist of the season

Saturday, 19th October 2019

Premier League

Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle Utd

Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season

Leicester City 2-1 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick was named in a starting XI for Burnley for the 100th time
Robbie Brady made his first start of the season

Championship

Brentford 3-2 Millwall

Shaun Williams started his 350th game in English football

Charlton 3-0 Derby County

Josh Cullen made his first assist of the season, this was his fifth assist for Charlton

Hull City 2-3 QPR

Ryan Manning scored his fifth goal for QPR

Luton 3-0 Bristol City

In his 100th start for Luton, James Collins completed his first assist since December 2018

Reading 1-0 Preston North End

Sean Maguire was named in the Preston starting XI for the 50th time

League 1

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Kieran Sadlier scored his fifth goal of the season

Fleetwood 4-1 Burton Albion

In his first start in month, Paddy Madden scored his first hat trick in English football, and completed his first assist of the season. The first goal of the triple was his 100th goal in League One
John-Joe O'Toole made his 150th appearance in League One

Gillingham 1-2 Peterborough

Mark Byrne was booked for the fifth time this season

Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Sunderland

Aiden McGeady was booked for the fifth time this season

League 2

Bradford City 2-1 Crawley

Reece Grego Cox scored his fifth goal for Crawley

Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Swindon Town

Eddie Nolan made his 150th appearance in League Two

Forest Green 2-2 Mansfield Town

Conor Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season, more than two years after his last booking in September 2017

Newport Co. 2-1 Scunthorpe

Mark O'Brien scored an own goal for the first time since January 2015, and also assisted a goal for the first time since October 2017

Northampton 2-0 Salford City

Alan McCormack started a game for the first time since early August
Michael Harriman was booked for the first time since November 2018 in whay was his 250th career appearance
Adam Rooney made his 50th appearance in League Two

Oldham 0-1 Macclesfield

After signing a short term deal during the week, Chris McCann made his first appearance for Oldham, and was booked for the first time since December 2018

Plymouth 2-0 Carlisle United

Billy Clarke made his first appearance for Plymouth, the former U21 striker signed a short term with the Pilgrims the day before

Port Vale 1-1 Stevenage

Michael Timlin's 50th start for Stevenage was also his 450th career appearance

Walsall 1-2 Cheltenham

Liam Kinsella was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock 2-1 Livingston

Gary Dicker scored his first goal of the season, this was his first goal since January 2017

Motherwell 0-3 Aberdeen

Stephen Gleeson made his first appearance of the season as a late second half substitute for Aberdeen

Bulgarian Second League

Pirin Blagoevgrad 3-1 Pomorie

Conor Henderson scored his first goal of the season in his first start of the season - his first strike since April 2018

Scottish Premier League

Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2-1 Ironi Kiryat

Cillian Sheridan scored his first goal since August

Sunday, 20th October 2019

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-1 Rangers

In his first start since August, Aidan White was booked for the first time this season, also his first yellow card since January 2017,

Indian Super League

Kerala Blasters 2-1 Atlético de Kolkata

On the opening day of the new season in India, Carl McHugh marked his first appearance for Atlético de Kolkata with his first goal since August 2018

Monday, 21st October 2019

Premier League

Sheffield United 1-0 Arsenal

David McGoldrick was booked for the first time since December 2018, in his first appearance in a month

2018/19 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for 2018/19 season

Wins
With Sheffield United's promotion to the Premier League, Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick won 26 and 21 games, respectively. Darren Randolph was the only other player to reach 20 wins in 2018/19

Draws
James McClean started the most draws, being named in the Stoke starting XI in games that finished level 19 times this season

Losses
Brighton's Shane Duffy lost the most games in the season, the defender finished on the losing side in 18 of the 40 games he started

Starts/Completed Games
Richard Keogh started every one of Derby's 57 games in 2018/19, and completed 90 minutes in all but one of these

Substitutions/Introductions
David McGoldrick was substituted more than any other player - 22 times, in 11 home and away games. Coincidentally, it was another striker, Millwall's Aiden O'Brien, who had the most introductions in 2018/19, and also on 22 occasions

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeeper Colin Doyle was left on the bench in more games than any other player in 2018/19 - 39. Of the outfield players, Stephen Gleeson was left on the bench for Aberdeen 29 times

Goals
Strikers David McGoldrick and Andy Keogh both scored 15 goals during the season, although Keogh's total does not include any penalties. Ryan Manning scored the most penalties - four - all of which came on loan at Rotherham. Honorable mention for James Collins' nineteen goals, including six penalties, in League One

Discipline
Alan Power's 12 yellow cards was the most received by a player - one more than James McClean's total

Round up for weekend of Friday, 19th April 2019

Friday, 19th April 2019

Championship

Sheffield United 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Enda Stevens made his 100th appearance in the Championship
David McGoldrick completed his first assist since New Year's Day

Birmingham City 2-2 Derby County

Richard Keogh scored his tenth goal in the Championship in what his 50th appearance of the season, all of which were starts. This was the first time Keogh reached 50 appearances in a season in 2014/15

Middlesbrough 1-0 Stoke City

Nathan Collins made his first start for Stoke City

Preston North End 4-0 Ipswich

Joe Rafferty started his first game for Preston North End, more than a month after his last appearance on Wednesday, 13th March

League 1

Gillingham 3-1 Plymouth

Mark Byrne scored his tenth goal for Gillinghm, and completed his first assist since Saturday, 26th January

Walsall 1-1 Southend United

Simon Cox scored his first goal in a month

Sunderland 2-0 Doncaster Rovers

Jimmy Dunne made his first assist of the season in his first appearance in a month

League 2

Exeter 1-3 Crawley

Reece Grego Cox scored his first goal of the season

Mansfield Town 4-0 Morecambe

Ryan Sweeney was booked for the first time since February

Notts County 1-2 MK Dons

Michael Doyle assisted a goal for Notts County since signing for the club

Saturday, 20th April 2019

Premier League

Bournemouth 0-1 Fulham

Cyrus Christie made his 25th appearance in the Premier League

League 1

Accrington Stanley 0-3 Luton

Alan Sheehan's started a game for the first time in 2019
Seamus Conneely was booked for the first time in two months

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-3 Rangers

Jake Mulraney assisted a goal for the first time in two months

Kilmarnock 0-1 Aberdeen

Stephen Gleeson was named in a starting XI for the first time since September

Hamilton Academical 1-1 Motherwell

Conor Sammon came off the bench for his first appearance since Sunday, 24th February

St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee

Darren O'Dea was booked for the fifth time this season

Scottish Championship

Inverness CT 0-2 Dundee Utd

Both Aaron Doran and Mark Connolly made their 250th career appearance in this game

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar 1-6 Newcastle Jets

Roy O'Donovan scored his tenth, and eleventh, goals of the season

Sunday, 21 April 2019

Premier League

Everton 4-0 Manchester United

James McCarthy came off the bench for his first appearance of the season, this was his first appearance since Saturday, 20th January 2018

Round up for week of Tuesday, 12th March 2019

Tuesday, 12th March 2019

Championship

Blackburn 3-0 Wigan

Derrick Williams was booked for the first time in three months

Sheffield United 2-0 Brentford

David McGoldrick's goal was his first strike in a month

League 1

Blackpool 1-1 Doncaster Rovers

Kieran Sadlier was named in Doncaster's starting XI for the first time in a month

Coventry 2-1 Fleetwood

David Meyler started a game for Coventry for first time since Saturday, 2nd February

Plymouth 2-1 Shrewsbury

Graham Carey scored his fifth goal of the season

Rochdale 0-0 Oxford United

Jimmy Keohane made his first appearance for Rochdale

Scunthorpe 4-1 Southend United

Stephen McLaughlin made his 150th appearance for Southend United
Simon Cox scored his 15th goal of the season

Walsall 2-3 Portsmouth

Liam Kinsella was booked for the first time since November

Wycombe Wanderers 1-3 Accrington Stanley

Michael Harriman started his first game since New Years Day

League 2

Cambridge United 0-0 Crewe Alexandra

Paul Green was booked for the first time since 26th December

Carlisle United 1-3 Notts County

Jamie Devitt was booked for the fifth time this season

Crawley 0-0 Mansfield Town

Conrad Logan's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 5th January

Scottish FA Cup

Rangers 0-2 Aberdeen

Stephen Gleeson made his first appearance in the Scottish FA Cup

Wednesday, 13th March 2019

Championship

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane's first assist in a month was his tenth of the season

QPR 1-2 Rotherham

Anthony Forde completed an assist for the first time since August

Thursday, 14th March 2019

Persian Gulf Pro League

Tractor Sazi 1-0 Padideh Khorasan

Anthony Stokes scored his tenth goal of the season

Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 22nd December 2018

Saturday, 22nd December 2018

Premier League

Arsenal 3-1 Burnley

Kevin Long's assist for Burnley's only goal of the game was his first of the season

Huddersfield 1-3 Southampton

Michael Obafemi scored his first goal for Southampton, in the process becoming their youngest goalscorer in the Premier League, and the 105th Irish player to score in the PL.
This was the eleventh goal scored by an Irish player in the 2018/19 season - matching the total scored in 2017/18.

West Ham United 0-2 Watford

Congratulations to Declan Rice on his 50th appearance for West Ham United

Congratulations, @_DeclanRice! 👏 pic.twitter.com/NRnyd6aOuN

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) December 22, 2018

Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End

Keiren Westwood's start was his first appearance in more than a year, his last time lining out for the Owls was on Saturday, 9th December 2017

League 1

Blackpool 0-1 Barnsley

John O'Sullivan was named in the Blackpool starting XI for the first time in a month

Bradford City 2-0 Scunthorpe

Eoin Doyle scored his fifth goal for Bradford, and was also booked for the first time this season

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood

Paddy Madden was booked for the fifth time this season, three months after his last yellow card, and also made his fifth assist of the season

Peterborough 1-1 Walsall

Conor O'Malley was booked for the first time this season in his first league appearance of the season

Plymouth 0-3 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely was shown his first yellow card since August

League 2

Crawley 2-3 Carlisle United

Jamie Devitt made his first assist since September

Forest Green 1-0 Crewe Alexandra

Paul Green came off the bench for his first appearance for Crewe since August

Lincoln City 3-2 Newport Co.

The first goal of Padraig Amond's brace was his 70th goal in League Two

Stevenage 1-3 Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney scored his first goal for Mansfield, his was the fifth goal of the defender's career, his first goal in League Two, and his first goal of the season

Yeovil 1-1 Northampton

Sam Foley was booked for the first time in two months

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 2-0 Hearts

Stephen Gleeson's came off the bench for his first appearance since Saturday, 6th October
Colin Doyle made his first appearance for Hearts, also his first appearance in the SPL

Hamilton Academical 1-1 Kilmarnock

Gary Dicker made his 400th appearance since leaving the League of Ireland

Scottish Championship

Greenock Morton 1-2 Inverness CT

Aaron Doran's scored his fifth goal in the Scottish Championship

Sunday, 23rd December 2018

Championship

Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United

Conor Hourihane scored his first goal since Saturday, 10th November

Scottish Premier League

St Johnstone 1-2 Rangers

Joe Shaughnessy made his 150th appearance for St Johnstone

Australian A-League

Central Coast Mariners 1-2 Newcastle Jets

After completing his record suspension, Roy O'Donovan returned to the Newcastle Jets starting XI for his first appearance since May

Round Up for week of Monday, 2nd April 2018

Monday, 2nd April 2018

Championship

Preston North End 0-1 Derby County

Alex Pearce was named in the starting XI for a league game for the first time this season

Bristol City 0-1 Brentford

Alan Judge started his first game since April 2016

Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough

Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season

Ipswich 2-2 Millwall

Stephen Gleeson made his 400th career appearance

QPR 4-1 Norwich

Ryan Manning scored his second goal of the season (one more than his total for 2016/17) in his 25th start for QPR
Wes Hoolahan started a game for the first time in three months

Sunderland 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday

Marc Wilson started his first game since Saturday, 13th January

Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff

Anthony Pilkington scored his fifth goal of the season (also his 20th goal in the Championship) in his 100th appearance in the competition

League 1

Charlton 3-1 Rotherham

Anthony Forde made his 50th start for Rotherham

Oldham 2-1 Blackpool

Jack Byrne's first goal since Saturday, 9th December was also his fifth goal in League One

Southend United 4-0 Gillingham

Mark Byrne was booked for the tenth time this season

League 2

Carlisle United 0-1 Lincoln City

Jamie Devitt was booked for the fifth time this season

Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Port Vale

Eddie Nolan made his 100th appearance in League Two

Forest Green 1-2 Colchester

Gavin Gunning's first booking in two months was his tenth yellow card of the season

Luton 2-1 Mansfield Town

Alan McCormack made his 50th appearance in League Two
James Collins' 20th goal of the season was his 90th goal in the competition
Glen Rea scored his first goal of the season

Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Grimsby

Michael Harriman started his first game since Stepember
James Berrett made his 50th start for Grimsby

Tuesday, 3rd April 2018

Championship

Aston Villa 3-0 Reading

Conor Hourihane scored his tenth goal of the season in his 50th start for Aston Villa
Coincidentally, Scott Hogan scored his tenth goal for the club in the same game

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Hull City

David Meyler scored his fourth goal of the season in his 25th appearance of the season, this is the first time the player has reached the total since 2013-14

League 1

Bury 0-2 Rochdale

Ryan Delaney scored his first goal for Rochdale, this was also his first goal in English football

Scottish Premier League

Ross County 4-0 Partick Thistle

Niall Keown's first appearance in a month was the defender's 50th career appearance

Wednesday, 4th April 2018

UEFA Champions League

Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City

Conor Masterson made his second appearance in a Liverpool matchday squad, more than two years after being named on the bench for an FA Cup in January 2016. The defender is the first Irish player to be involved in a Champions League knock out tie since Anthony Stokes was named on the bench for Celtic against Juventus in March 2013.

Irish Player Transfers, Loans and Contracts - January 2018

Transfers

Wednesday, 3rd January

After five years at Scunthorpe, striker Paddy Madden signed for fellow League One side Fleetwood Town 🔗

Ahead of the 2018 League of Ireland season, former Ireland U19 left full Darragh Leahy signed for Bohemians following his release from Coventry City in December 2017 🔗

Ireland women’s U19 defender Keeva Keenan signed for Celtic FC women ahead of the 2018 season 🔗

After a successful trial, Ireland U19 winger Simon Power signed an 18 month contract with Norwich City 🔗

Thursday, 4th January

Defender Gavin Gunning signed an 18 month contract with Forest Green Rovers 🔗

Waterford’s Aaron Drinan signed a three and a half year contract with Ipswich Town 🔗

Tuesday, 9th January

Following his League of Ireland and FAI Cup double with Cork City, Ryan Delaney signed a two and a half year deal with Rochdale 🔗

Thursday, 11th January

Ireland B international Lee Frecklington returned to Lincoln City after signing a two and a half year deal 🔗

Friday, 12th January

U19 player Warren O’Hora signed a two and half year contract with Brighton and Hove Albion and will play for their under 23 side 🔗

Goalkeeper Tadhg Ryan signed for Galway United following his release from the Huddersfield Academy 🔗

Monday, 15th January

Following a successful loan spell at Oldham earlier in the season, Jack Byrne signed a two and a half year contract with the Latics 🔗

Tuesday, 16th January

Defender Shane Blaney left Finn Harps and signed a two and a half year contract with Donacaster Rovers 🔗

Friday, 19th January

Stephen Gleeson joined former manager Mick McCarthy at Ipswich Town, signing a contract until the end of the season 🔗

Striker Dean Ebbe signed for Welsh Premier League side The New Saints 🔗

Sean St Ledger signed for National League side Guiseley AFC 🔗

Wednesday, 24th January

Former St Patrick’s Athletic and Bohemians defender Paul Rooney signed an 18 month contract with Colchester United 🔗

Ireland U21 defender Danny Kane left Huddersfield to sign for Cork City 🔗

Saturday, 27th January

Following a loan spell with Walsall in the first half of the season, defender Shaun Donnellan has left West Brom to join Yeovil Town on an 18 month contract 🔗

Wednesday, 31 January

Following a short trial at Priestfield Stadium, Rhys Murphy signed for Gillingham until the end of the season 🔗

Ireland U19 defender Barry Cotter signed for Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich Town until 2021 🔗

Cyrus Christie left Middlesbrough to sign a three and a half year deal with Fulham 🔗

Former Liverpool youth player Alex O'Hanlon left St Patrick's Athletic and has signed for Glentoran 🔗

Loans

Wednesday, 3rd January

Highly rated winger Connor Ronan joined Portsmouth on loan until the end of the season, reuniting him with former manager Kenny Jackett 🔗

Friday, 5th January

U21 captain and Liverpool U23 defender Corey Whelan signed for Yeovil Town until the end of the season 🔗

Thursday, 11th January

Oldham Athletic midfielder Paul Green signed for Crewe Alexandra on loan until the end of the season 🔗

Thursday, 18th January

Callum Reilly signed for Gillingham on loan until the end of the season 🔗

Former U21 defender Emmanuel Osadebe signed for Newport County until the end of the season 🔗

Monday, 29th January

Former UCD player Dylan Watts signed for Bohemians on loan from Leicester until July

Wednesday, 31 January

QPR and Ireland U21 winger Olamide Shodipo signed for Colchester on loan until the end of the season 🔗

Eoin Doyle has returned to Oldham Athletic on loan until the end of the season 🔗

Stephen Henderson has returned to Portsmouth on loan until the end of the season 🔗

Contract

Wednesday, 17th January

Liam Kinsella extended his contract at Walsall until the summer of 2019 🔗

Round Up for weekend of 19th January 2018

Friday, 19th January 2018

League 2

Newport Co. 2-1 Crawley

Padraig Amond's opener was the striker's tenth strike of the season
Mark Connolly was booked for the fifth time this season on his 150th appearance for Crawley

Saturday, 20th January 2018

Championship

Aston Villa 3-1 Barnsley

Glenn Whelan made his 25th appearance for Aston Villa
The first goal of Scott Hogan's brace was his 25th goal in the Championship

Leeds 3-4 Millwall

Aiden O'Brien scored in three successive games for the first time since September 2016

Bolton 1-1 Ipswich

After signing for Ipswich on Friday, Stephen Gleeson came off the bench for his first appearance for the Tractor Boys, this was the midfielder's first appearance since Saturday, 9th December

Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City

Greg Cunningham made his 250th career appearance

Reading 0-1 Brentford

Liam Kelly made his 50th appearance in the Championship

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Matt Doherty made his 150th appearance in the competition

League 1

Fleetwood 1-2 Blackburn

Paddy Madden made his first start for Fleetwood

Northampton 2-1 MK Dons

John-Joe O'Toole scored his 15th goal in League One

Scunthorpe 1-3 Gillingham

Following his move to Gillingham on loan, Callum Reilly made his first start for the Gills
Bradley Garmston made his 50th career start

League 2

Colchester 1-1 Grimsby

Sean Murray's equaliser for Colchester was his first goal since October

Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers

Eddie Nolan was booked for the first time since October, this was the defender's fifth yellow card this season

Mansfield Town 3-2 Cheltenham

Kevin Dawson made his 25th appearance for Cheltenham

Scottish FA Cup

Aberdeen 4-1 St Mirren

Adam Rooney scored his tenth goal in the Scottish FA Cup

Dundee 2-2 Inverness CT

Darren O'Dea starting his first game since November
Aaron Doran scored his 25th goal of his career

Kilmarnock 1-0 Ross County

Aaron McCarey first appearance in a month was also his first appearance in the Scottish FA Cup

Motherwell 2-0 Hamilton Academical

Carl McHugh made his 50th appearance for Motherwell
Charles Dunne made his first appearance in the competition

Sunday, 21 January 2018

Premier League

Southampton 1-1 Tottenham

Congratulations to 17 year old Michael Obafemi on making his first appearance for Southampton's senior side, the first 17 year old Irish player to appear in the Premier League since Aaron Doran in 2009.

2️⃣ Following Michael Obafemi's debut today, 2017/18 is the first @premierleague season with appearances by two @FAIreland players under the age of 19 (Obafemi and Declan Rice) since 2011/12 #COYBIG #beirt

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) January 21, 2018

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 17th November 2017

Friday, 17th November 2017

Championship

Burton Albion 1-3 Sheffield United

Samir Carruthers' late introduction from the bench was his first appearance in two months

Preston North End 0-0 Bolton

Andy Boyle was booked for the first time this season

Saturday, 18th November 2017

Premier League

Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield

Harry Arter scored his first goal of the season, this was also the 30th goal of the midfielder's career

Burnley 2-0 Swansea

Stephen Ward was booked for the first time this season

Manchester United 4-1 Newcastle Utd

Ciaran Clark returned to the Newcastle starting XI for the first time since 1st October

Championship

Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Stephen Gleeson made his first appearance since Saturday, 26th August

Cardiff 2-0 Brentford

John Egan made his 50th appearance for Brentford

Reading 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty's first goal of the season was also his tenth goal for Wolves, and the 15th goal of his career

Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Bristol City

Callum O'Dowda made his 50th appearance in the Championship

League 1

Bristol Rovers 1-3 AFC Wimbledon

Rory Gaffney made his 50th appearance in League One

Peterborough 0-1 Blackpool

Conor O'Malley made his first appearance in League One

League 2

Grimsby 0-1 Carlisle United

Jack Bonham made his 25th career appearance

Lincoln City 1-2 Coventry

Sean Long was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 0-0 Kilmarnock

Darren O'Dea was sent off for the second time this season, two months after his last red card on Saturday, 16 September. This was fourth red card of his career

Sunday, 19th November 2017

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-1 Partick Thistle

Daniel Devine was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Scottish Championship

Dundee United 3-0 Falkirk

Willo Flood scored his first goal since Saturday, 2 September in his 200th start for Dundee United

International Report Card

Friday, 2nd June 2017

International Friendly

Mexico 3-1 Republic of Ireland

So it's the first time in 222 games that Ireland haven't had a Dub in the team. And look what happens... #MEXIRL

— Neil O'Riordan (@noriordan) June 2, 2017

Starting Players
Darren Randolph made his 20th appearance for Ireland
Shane Duffy continued his record of only starting games for Ireland in his ninth appearance, his first since November 2016
John Egan and Conor Hourihane both made their second start in their second appearance for Ireland
James McClean made his 50th appearance for Ireland, becoming the second fastest player ever to reach the milestone, and was booked for the first time since March 2016
Callum O'Dowda made his first start for Ireland in what was his fifth appearance
Daryl Horgan made his first start for Ireland in what was also his second appearance for his country
Daryl Murphy's appearance in the starting XI (his 24th cap) was the Newcastle striker's first start since June 2016, and his first appearance since the following September
This was David McGoldrick's sixth cap for Ireland, his first start since May 2016, and his first appearance since November 2016

Substitutes
Congratulations to Kevin Long and Alan Browne on making their first appearances for Ireland!
Eunan O'Kane made his seventh appearance for Ireland
Wes Hoolahan's first appearance since Saturday, 12 November 2016 was his 38th cap for Ireland
Stephen Gleeson made his fourth appearance for Ireland, and scored his first goal for Ireland, ten years after making his debut - only Harry Duggan(10 years) and David O'Leary(14 years) waited longer for their first international strike

Sunday, 4th June 2017

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland 3-1 Uruguay

Starting Players
Darren Randolph made his 21st appearance for Ireland
Cyrus Christie scored his second international goal, almost two years after his first, in his tenth appearance for Ireland

Shane Duffy made his tenth start in his tenth appearance for Ireland
Kevin Long made his first start for Ireland in his second appearance at international level
Stephen Ward made his 42nd appearance for Ireland
Glenn Whelan made his 80th appearance for Ireland
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the first time since October 2016 in his 32nd cap
Harry Arter made his fifth appearance for Ireland in his first appearance since Saturday, 12 November 2016
Jonathan Walters scored his 13th goal for Ireland, his first since August 2016, in his 48th appearance for Ireland

Substitutes
James McClean scored his ninth international goal (his first since November) in his 51st appearance for Ireland
Aiden McGeady made his 89th appearance for Ireland
Daryl Murphy made his 25th appearance for Ireland
Alex Pearce made his ninth appearance for Ireland
Wes Hoolahan made his 39th appearance for Ireland
Keiren Westwood made his 21st appearance for Ireland

Round Up - Weekend of Saturday, 6th May 2017

Saturday, 6th May 2017

Burnley 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

Kevin Long's first start in 2017 was also his first start in the Premier League and his 25th start for Burnley
Marc Wilson made his first appearance for West Bromwich Albion since signing for them on loan in January and was booked for the first time since September

5️⃣The five @FAIreland players starting @BurnleyOfficial v @WBA is a season high in the @premierleague and the most since March 2015. #penta

— Irish Abroad (@irish_abroad) May 6, 2017

League 2

Crawley 2-2 Mansfield Town

James Collins made his 50th start for Crawley
Mark Connolly was booked for the first time since the end of February

Grimsby 1-1 Plymouth

Graham Carey made his 100th appearance for Plymouth

Newport Co. 2-1 Notts County

Mark O'Brien' first goal of the season, also his first goal for the club, kept Newport in the Football League

Stevenage 0-3 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely scored his first goal of the season, more than a year after his last goal on Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Sunday, 7th May 2017

Championship

Bristol City 0-1 Birmingham City

Stephen Gleeson was booked for the first time since February

Burton Albion 2-4 Reading

Liam Kelly made his 25th start for Reading

Huddersfield 0-3 Cardiff

On his 34th birthday, Brian Murphy made his first start since January

Norwich 4-0 QPR

Reece Grego Cox made his first appearance in the Championship, more than six months after his last appearance for QPR in October

Rotherham 1-1 Derby County

Lee Frecklington scored his first goal of the season, a year to the day after his last goal on Saturday, 7 May 2016

League 1

Scunthorpe 2-3 Millwall

Stephen Dawson scored his first goal since January

Scottish Premier League

Hearts 1-2 Aberdeen

Adam Rooney scored his 20th goal of the season, becoming the first Aberdeen player to register 20 goals in three consecutive seasons since the 1970's

Adam Rooney! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/EIE6Ygod06

— Aberdeen FC (@AberdeenFC) May 8, 2017

Anthony O'Connor's striker was his first goal since December

January 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for January 2017:

Wins
Matt Doherty started four wins for Wolves in January, one more than any other player

Draws
Stephen Gleeson started three draws in the first month of 2017

Losses
Walsall's Anthony Forde started five losses in January, no other player started more than three

Starts/Completed Games
Forde and Doherty are two of seven players to start six games in January - Stephen Henderson, Damien Delaney, Richard Keogh, Liam Kelly, Conor Hourihane, Forde, and Doherty - with Henderson, Keogh, Doherty, and Hourihane completing 90 minutes in each one

Substitutions/Introductions
Forde was also substituted more than any other player, the winger was withdrawn from the action four times, the same number that James McClean and Shane Long were introduced from the bench

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeeper Jack Bonham was an unused substitute six times in January, while of the outfield players, QPR's U21 midfielder Olamide Shodipo was left on the bench in four games

Goals
Daryl Murphy, Shane Long and Anthony Pilkington scored three times in January, with all of both Murphy and Long''s goals coming in home games

Discipline
Aiden McGeady was the only player to be booked three times in January

Round Up - Weekend of 10th February 2017

Friday, 10 February 2017

Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City

Stephen Gleeson's 25th appearance of the season was also his 350th career start

League 2

Newport Co. 0-0 Doncaster Rovers

Ian Lawlor made his 25th career appearance

Saturday, 11 February 2017

Today was the first time that two Irish players(Aiden McGeady and John-Joe O'Toole) scored a brace on the same day since October 1st, when Padraig Amond and Adam Rooney both scored twice

Premier League

Sunderland 0-4 Southampton

Darron Gibson's first appearance in the Sunderland starting XI was the midfielder's first start since November
Shane Long's fifth goal of the season was his 25th goal for Southampton

Championship

Derby County 3-3 Bristol City

Congratulations to Richard Keogh on achieving the landmark of 500 career appearances against Bristol City

Norwich 5-1 Nottingham Forest

Wes Hoolahan's goal this afternoon (his first since October) was his 25th goal in the Championship

Preston North End 4-2 Brentford

Greg Cunningham's start today for Preston was the defender's 200th career start

The first goal of Aiden McGeady's brace - his first time scoring twice in a game since August 2009 - was the midfielder's first goal since September
Daryl Horgan scored his first goal for Preston North End, 100 days after his last goal on November 3rd for Dundalk in the Europa League

Rotherham 1-1 Blackburn

Stephen Kelly unfortunately scored his first OG against Rotherham on his 25th start for the club, and was booked for the first time since September
Fellow defender Derrick Williams also made his 25th start for Blackburn

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Newcastle Utd

Matt Doherty was booked for the fifth time this season

League 1

Bury 1-0 Swindon Town

Joe Murphy's start against Swindown was the goalkeeper's in more than a year - his last time in a team's starting XI was on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 for parent club Huddersfield

Fleetwood 0-0 Rochdale

Cian Bolger made his 25th start for Fleetwood Town
Niall Canavan started his first game in more than two months, his last start was on Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Northampton 3-1 Chesterfield

The second goal of John-Joe O'Toole's brace was the midfielder's 20th league goal for Northampton

Oxford United 1-0 MK Dons

Darren Potter was sent off for the second time for MK Dons (the third time in his career). The midfielder's last red card was more than five years ago in August 2011

Peterborough 0-1 Sheffield United

Samir Carruthers was unfortunately booked on his first start for Sheffield United
Jay O'Shea came off the bench to make his first appearance for Sheffield United

Scunthorpe 0-1 Shrewsbury

Paddy Madden's second half introduction from the bench (his first appearance for the Iron since January 2nd) was the striker's 150th appearance for Scunthorpe United

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Grimsby

Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time in two months

Morecambe 2-0 Cambridge United

Barry Corr returned from injury to make his first appearance for Cambridge in more than a year. This was also the striker's 25th appearance for The U's

Portsmouth 2-0 Accrington Stanley

Noel Hunt came off the bench to make his first appearance since January 2nd

Scottish Premier League

Dundee 1-1 Kilmarnock

Conor Sammon was booked for the first time since August in his first start since the end of October

Scottish Championship

Falkirk 3-0 Dundee Utd

Sean Dillon made his first appearance of 2017

Scottish FA Cup

Celtic 6-0 Inverness CT

Jake Mulraney and Dean Ebbe both came off the bench in the second half for their first appearances in the Scottish Cup

St Johnstone 0-1 Partick Thistle

Daniel Devine was booked for the first time in 2017 in his 25th start for Partick Thistle

Adam Barton scored his first goal since November 4th

Round Up - Weekend of 14th January 2017

Saturday, 14 January 2017

Premier League

Hull City 3-1 Bournemouth
Harry Arter made his 200th start for Bournemouth

Sunderland 1-3 Stoke City
Glenn Whelan reached the landmark of 500 career appearances

Championship

Birmingham City 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Stephen Gleeson made his 100th start for Birmingham

Fulham 2-0 Barnsley
Aidan White was booked for the first time this season

Ipswich 3-2 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan made his 25th appearance of the season

Preston North End 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Daryl Horgan marked his first start for Preston with an assist on the Lilywhites' second goal against Brighton

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
Joe Mason scored his fourth goal of the season, having not scored before this since scoring three goals in his first five games of the season

League 1

Chesterfield 1-0 Coventry
Kevin Foley made his first start for Coventry since signing for the club on January 6th

Fleetwood 3-1 Bristol Rovers
Cian Bolger set a personal best by scoring his third goal of the season, beating his previous record of two goals in 2011-12

Oldham 1-0 Gillingham
Emmanuel Osadebe made his first appearance in two months

Southend United 2-1 Rochdale
Joe Rafferty made his 150th start for the club
Simon Cox scored his ninth goal of the season (his fifth goal in his last five games), reaching the milestone of 100 career goals

To say I'm buzzing is an understatement! To achieve 100 career goals makes every sacrifice worth it. Thanks for the messages #100 #5in5

— Simon Cox (@SCoxy31Real) January 14, 2017

Conrad Logan was booked for the first time this season, this was the goalkeeper's first booking since September 2014
Keith Keane was sent off for the first time since November 2008

Walsall 4-1 Sheffield United
After signing for Walsall on loan, Eoghan O'Connell made his first appearance for the club. This was the defender's first appearance since September 13th

League 2

Barnet 1-3 Doncaster Rovers
After signing for Doncaster Rovers during the week, Ian Lawlor made his debut for the club. This was the goalkeeper's first appearance since  last March

Cambridge United 0-0 Blackpool
Jake Carroll made his first appearance for Cambridge United

Crawley 1-0 Hartlepool
Conor Henderson came off the bench to make his first appearance since December 7th

Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Luton
Alan Sheehan was sent off for the first time since September 2014

Grimsby 0-3 Exeter
After signing for Grimsby earlier in the January transfer window, Gavin Gunning made his first appearance for the club

Sunday, 15 January 2017

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 2-2 Perth Glory
Andy Keogh's first goal since December 2nd was the striker's 30th goal in the A-League

Round Up - Weekend of 4th November 2016

Friday, 4 November 2016

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-2 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney made his 100th start for Aberdeen
Adam Barton's equaliser for Partick Thistle was the midfielder's first goal since Saturday, 15 December 2012
Anthony O'Connor's opener (his first goal for Aberdeen) was the defender's first goal since Saturday, 12 December 2015, and the fifth of his career

Saturday, 5 November 2016

Premier League

West Ham United 1-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters returned to the Stoke starting XI for the first time since September 18th
The own goal scored by Glenn Whelan was the first time the midfielder had scored against his own side

Championship

Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson made his 100th appearance for Birmingham

Norwich 2-3 Leeds United
Wes Hoolahan reached two landmarks in this game - the midfielder made his 250th start and 300th appearance for Norwich
Robbie Brady scored his fifth goal for the Canaries, just over a month after his fourth goal on October 1st
Eunan O'Kane's appearance in the Leeds starting XI was the midfielder's 200th career start

Rotherham 1-3 Preston North End
Aiden McGeady marked his return from injury for Preston after a month out with an assist

Wigan 0-3 Reading
Paul McShane was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season

English FA Cup

Yeovil 2-2 Solihull Moors
Having not been sent off before this season, Kevin Dawson has now been send off twice in just over a month, after receiving two yellow cards in this cup tie, and being sent off on October 4th

Northampton 6-0 Harrow Borough
John-Joe O'Toole scored his first goal since September 27th for his fifth goal in the FA Cup

Gillingham 2-2 Brackley
Emmanuel Osadebe made his first start in a month

Portsmouth 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth in this cup tie. This was the striker's first start since February 26th

Colchester 1-2 Chesterfield
After appearing for Colchester in the League Cup earlier this season, Louis Dunne made his first appearance in the FA Cup
Jay O'Shea scored his fifth goal in the FA Cup, this was the striker's first goal since August 20th

Exeter 1-3 Luton
Glen Rea scored his first goal in the FA Cup, almost two months after his last goal on September 10th

Charlton 3-1 Scunthorpe
Kevin Foley start for Charlton was the defender's first appearance for the Addicks in a month

Sunday, 6 November 2016

English FA Cup

Sheffield United 6-0 Leyton Orient
After making four appearances off the bench for Leyton Orient in the last few weeks, Alan Dunne made his first start in almost a year, his last time appearing in the O's starting XI was on Sunday, 15th November 2015

Blackpool 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers
Mark Yeates and Eddie Nolan both made their first appearances since the same game - against Bolton on Tuesday, 4 October 2016

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 - 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 15th January 2016

Saturday, 16 January 2016
Premier League
Southampton 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Shane Long started five consecutive Premier League games for the first time since the end of the 2013/14 season with Hull

Newcastle Utd 2-1 West Ham United
Robert Elliot was booked for the first time this season

Championship
Blackburn 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Darragh Lenihan's start today was his first league start of the season, having previously only started for Blackburn in a League Cup game in August

Derby County 0-3 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson's fourth goal of the season came more than two months after his third, his last goal came on November 7th

League 1
Bradford City 1-0 Oldham
Billy Clarke made his fiftieth start for Bradford in their win over Oldham

Bury 2-3 Walsall
John O'Sullivan made his first appearance on loan at Bury, while teammate (and fellow loanee) Ian Lawlor was booked for the first time in his career
Similar to Stephen Gleeson, Anthony Forde's winner for Walsall was also his first goal since November 7th

Coventry 0-2 Burton Albion
After being an unused substitute for seven consecutive games, Callum Reilly came off the bench to make his first appearance since November 24th

League 2
Crawley 0-1 Notts County
Ronan Murray made his first start of the season in this away win for Notts County

Dagenham and Redbridge 1-2 Northampton
John-Joe O'Toole scored his fifth goal of the season

Plymouth 3-2 Stevenage
After signing for them on loan, Keith Keane went straight into the starting XI at Stevenage for his first start since August

Scottish Premier League
Partick Thistle 2-4 Dundee
After signing for them until the end of the season, Darren O'Dea made his first start for Dundee
  
Australian A-League
Perth Glory 2-2 Melbourne City
Andy Keogh picked up his first booking for Perth Glory in his second spell at the club, in his second appearance since re-signing for them

Sunday, 17 January 2016
Scottish Premier League
Ross County 2-3 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney scored his fifteenth goal of the season

Monday, 18 January 2016
English FA Cup
Newport Co. 1-2 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan's second start in three days was his twenty-fifth career appearance

Further Reading
Ozil assisting in more ways than one, says chart-topping Shrimps winger - The Football League Paper
The force is still with Leicester City but history may not be - The Guardian
PSG V M.I.A. – The Big Picture PSG VS M.I.A The Big Picture - Pog Mo Goal

Irish Abroad Round Up - 26th December 2015

26 December 2015 
Premier League
Southampton 4-0 Arsenal
Shane Long scored his second brace of the season, and his first in the league since May 2014. The former Cork City player also picked up his first booking of the season

Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City
This was the first league game Kieren Westwood missed for the Owls since September (he is rested for their cup games) and the first league game this season that Stephen Gleeson did not appear for Birmingham.

League 1
Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Scunthorpe
Stephen Dawson returned to the Scunthorpe starting XI for his first appearance since August 19th, and marked his return with his first booking of the season. Likewise, Niall Canavan picked up his first yellow card of 2015/16

Millwall 0-1 Walsall
Liam Kinsella came off the bench for Walsall to make his first appearance since October 10th

Shrewsbury 1-1 Fleetwood
Liam McAlinden's first start since October 6th was also his twenty-fifth career start

Swindon Town 1-3 Gillingham
John Egan's start away to the Robins was his one hundredth career appearance

League  2
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-3 Cambridge United
Barry Corr's goal this afternoon was the 90th of his career! Congratulations Barry, the ton is in sight!

Further Reading
Rob Elliot is not just for Christmas, he's for life at Newcastle
Andy Reid set for groin operation in America
Picture Perfect - Jon Walters is the Times' Player of the Year (subscription required)

Victims XI?

A recent article on joe.ie asserted that Birmingham City midfielder Stephen Gleeson is the real victim of Martin O'Neill's approach to squad selection. The former Wolves trainee is currently sitting in sixth in the Championship, ahead of senior international squad members Anthony Pilkington(ninth with Cardiff City) and Paul Green(24th with Rotherham) among others, but has yet to be called up by the manager. With this in mind, we analysed the appearance data for this season of players in England, Scotland and the USA to see if a starting XI of players who have not been capped by the manager since his appointment can be produced.

Goalkeeper 

While we're informally sticking to players who have at least ten appearances so far in 2015/16, we're bending the rules to include Charlton's Stephen Henderson between the sticks. Falkirk's on loan keeper Danny Rogers has made 16 appearances to Henderson's two starts since returning from shoulder surgery, but with Rogers currently in the U21 squad, Stephen lines out to continue the family legacy of his grandfather Paddy and uncle Wayne with international caps for Ireland.

Defence

Bristol City's Derrick Williams starts at left full for our side, the Championship defender is a graduate of Aston Villa's academy and has started all but three of the Robins' games so far.
Matt Doherty fills the right back slot in the team. The Wolverhampton Wanderers defender has appeared in 11 of their 17 games this season.
The Scottish Premier League provides both centre halves. Daniel Devine*, of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and St Johnstone's Joe Shaughnessy are partners in central defence. Both players have European experience this season, playing against AFC Astra of Romania, and Alashkert FC of Armenia in the early rounds of the UEFA Cup.

Midfield

At left wing, Huddersfield's Sean Scannell provides both a goal threat and a creative spark. The winger only has one assist this season and has yet to find the back of the net, but finished 2014/15 with seven assists and four goals.
On the opposite wing, Aberdeen's Willo Flood fulfills the promise shown after breaking through at Manchester City and joins Glenn Whelan and Stephen Elliott as former Blues trainees with senior Republic of Ireland caps.
We agree with with joe.ie that Stephen Gleeson should start in midfield, and have paired him with Alan McCormack. The Brentford midfielder plays a little deeper than Gleeson, but still has a pair of assists this season.

Strikers

Up front, Cardiff City's Joe Mason and St Johnstone's Graham Cummins are the only uncapped strikers available to Martin O'Neill. Mason has scored five times for the Bluebirds this season, while Cummins has six goals in Scotland, and also provided four assists.

Below is the data used to pick the side, what players would you have picked in favour of the XI assembled here?

Player	Age	Position	Starts	Intro	Apps	Goals
Jonathan Hayes	28	Midfielder	18	0	18	1
Joe Shaughnessy	23	Defender	17	0	17	1
Daniel Devine	23	Defender	17	0	17	1
Stephen Gleeson	27	Midfielder	16	0	16	2
Graham Cummins	27	Striker	12	4	16	6
Danny Rogers	21	Goalkeeper	16	0	16	0
Derrick Williams	22	Defender	12	3	15	1
Jonathan Douglas	33	Midfielder	12	2	14	0
Alan McCormack	31	Midfielder	12	2	14	0
Joe Mason	24	Striker	14	0	14	5
Alan Browne	20	Midfielder	9	5	14	1
Willo Flood	30	Midfielder	8	5	13	0
Samir Carruthers	22	Midfielder	9	4	13	0
Sean Scannell	25	Midfielder	11	0	11	0
Matt Doherty	23	Defender	6	5	11	0
Aidan White	24	Defender	4	6	10	0
Conor Wilkinson	20	Midfielder	3	7	10	1

*Daniel Devine has underage caps for Northern Ireland, and declared for the Republic of Ireland in May 2011