Friday, 22 January 2016
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee
Jonathan Hayes made his one hundred fiftieth appearance for Aberdeen, and marked the occasion with his fourth assist for an Adam Rooney goal this season. It was Rooney's 16th of the season, and his 13th in his last 17th appearances for the Dons!
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Today was the fourth times this season that two Irish players have been sent off on the same day, and the first time that there has been more than one own goal on the same day.
Premier League
Norwich 4-5 Liverpool
Wes Hoolahan scored his sixtieth goal in England and Scotland
Championship
Birmingham City 3-0 Ipswich
Jonathan Douglas was sent off for the third time in his career after his first red card since October 2009
Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
Anthony Pilkington scored his fifth and sixth goals for Cardiff in the same game he scored his first OG against them!
Leeds United 1-0 Bristol City
Alex Pearce made his first appearance for Bristol since signing for them on loan during the week as a second half substitute
Preston North End 1-3 Brentford
Greg Cunningham unfortunately marked his one hundred fiftieth career start with the first own goal of his career
League 1
Barnsley 6-1 Rochdale
Kevin Long marked his one hundredth appearance in England with his second goal of the season for Barnsley
Burton Albion 1-2 Shrewsbury
Callum Reilly returned to Burton's starting XI for the first time since November 21st, in the same game that Damien McCrory scored his tenth goal for the Brewers
Scunthorpe 3-0 Colchester
Paddy Madden scored his fifteenth and sixteenth goals of the season for Scunthorpe in their win today
Southend United 3-0 Coventry
Cian Bolger made his one hundredth career appearance, while teammate Gary Deegan was sent off for the second time for the Shrimpers, slightly more than a year since his last red card on January 17th, 2015
After signing a short term contract with Coventry City, Stephen Hunt made his first start for the Sky Blues, this was his first appearance since May 2015.
League 2
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
After recovering from medial ligament damage in a game at the end of November, Graham Carey returned to the Plymouth Argyle side as a late second half substitute
Mansfield Town 0-2 Luton
After signing for Mansfield Town on loan until the end of the season, Sean Kavanagh went straight into the starting XI for the Stags. This was also the full back's twenty-fifth career appearance.
Opposing him in the Luton starting XI was fellow Irish full back Alan Sheehan, making his first start since signing for the Hatters on loan
Newport County 2-2 Dagenham and Redbridge
Conor Wilkinson had an eventful first appearance for Newport County, the Bolton striker scored on his debut, and was also booked!
Scottish Premier League
Dundee United 5-1 Kilmarnock
Sean Dillon's second goal of the season was the first time he's scored twice for Dundee United since the 2007/08 season!
Scottish First Division
Hibernian 3-1 St Mirren
Anthony Stokes scored on his return to Hibernian, this was the Celtic striker's first goal in more than a year, having not scored since finding the back of the net in a 4-1 win for the Bhoys in December 2014
Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 1-0 Ermis
Cillian Sheridan came off the bench to score his eleventh goal of the season. Strangely, the Cavan striker now has scored more penalties than goals from open play for Omonia in 2015/16!
Monday, 25 January 2016
Championship
Burnley 4-1 Derby County
Richard Keogh scored his third own goal for Derby County, according to OptaJoe, no other Championship defender has scored as many since he signed for the Rams (see below)
Further Reading
Sell-ons, bench-warmers and fill-ins: the life of Premier League academy graduates -
The Guardian
Forrester finds his solace in the face of sacrifice -
Irish Independent
Ian Lawlor and Paddy Madden in the Football League Team of the Week -
www.football-league.co.uk
