Irish goals for weekend of Saturday, 26th April 2014

Irish Scorers for 03/05/2014

Barclays Premier League
Stoke City 4-1 Fulham
Jonathan Walters(82)

Sky Bet Championship
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Wigan Athletic
James McClean(59)

Ipswich Town 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Paul Green(67)

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
Stephen Ward(53)

Sky Bet League 1
Brentford 2-0 Stevenage
Alan Judge(90)

Oldham Athletic 1-1 Notts County
Alan Sheehan(75, penalty)

Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Leyton Orient
David Mooney(56)

Sky Bet League 2
Hartlepool United 0-2 Exeter City
Jimmy Keohane(25)

Newport County AFC 2-1 Rochdale
Kevin Feely(88)

Portsmouth 3-3 Plymouth Argyle
Conor Hourihane(41) Conor Hourihane(89)

Scunthorpe United 2-2 York City
Paddy Madden(19) Will Hayhurst(71)

Southend United 1-0 Burton Albion
Barry Corr(22)

Scottish Premiership
Celtic 5-2 Aberdeen
Anthony Stokes(53)

Talking points from Irish football

With the season coming to an end, it means a host of players, both youth and senior, are being released from their respective clubs. So far, Sam Byrne (Manchester United), John Egan (Sunderland), Gary Dicker, Mark Connolly and Billy Clarke (all Crawley Town), Keith Treacy (Burnley) and Leon McSweeney (Northampton Town) have all been told they will need to find new clubs in the summer. Is a return to the League of Ireland a viable option for these players?
In better news, former West Ham, and Ireland U19 defender Eoin Wearen has signed for Bohemians and made his debut recently for the Gypsies.
Jack Grealish has returned to Aston Villa after his season on loan at Notts County and could feature in their last two games against Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. Is he deserving of a call up to the senior side for the end of season friendlies?
Noe Baba and Dean O'Halloran both featured for Fulham against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup, losing 7-6 over two legs to the Blues. With Fulham preparing to return to the Championship, and Magath's history of promoting youth, will either player appear for Fulham next season?
The line up for the Football League Play Offs has been decided, with Derby County, Brighton and Hove Albion, QPR and Wigan playing off for a place in next season's Premier League
In League One, Leyton Orient, Peterborough, Rotherham and Preston North End will contest a place in the Championship for 2014-15
Finally, one of League Two's Fleetwood Town, York City, Southend United, and Burton Albion will be playing in League One next season.
Bearing in mind the Irish contingent at each club, who do you want to see promoted in each play off?
After David Meyler's moment of madness against Manchester United, should he be excluded from the FA Cup Final for his stamp on Adnan Januzaj?

Irish Abroad player statistics for April 2014

Appearance data for April 2014: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=4
Derby County's rise to the play off positions results in Richard Keogh winning the most games, the defender was victorious in five games in April, just ahead of fellow centre half Damien Delaney
Midfielder Keith Andrews was the only player to draw four games in April, with three of the Brighton loanee's away games and one home game finishing all square
Championship duo Darren Randolph and Stephen Dawson lost the most games in 2014's fourth month, both players started five losses
Dawson and Andrews started the most games, both Championship players lining out for their respective sides no less than seven times in April, with Andrews completing 90 minutes in each one
Championship triplet Liam Lawrence, Owen Garvan and Noel Hunt are joined by Stephen Ireland at the top of the substitutions table. All four players were withdrawn from the action three times
Strangely, Noel Hunt was also introduced from the bench the most times in April, the Leeds striker is joined by teammate Aiden White and Everton's Aiden McGeady in being brought off the bench four times
Goalkeeper Conrad Logan was the most unused substitute in April 2014, the Leicester City player stayed on the bench seven times. In terms of outfield players, fellow promoted player Kevin Long remained on the bench for his Burnley side six times
Goalkeeper David Forde and midfielder Callum Reilly were both shown the most yellow cards in April - the Championship players picked up three bookings apiece
A hat trick in Anthony Stokes' last game in April meant he topped the goalscoring charts with five goals, ahead of Robbie Keane and Jeff Hendrick on three each. Curiously, Stokes was the only player to score a penalty in April. Derby County won both games that Hendrick scored in, whereas LA Galaxy and Celtic had identical records in the games where their players scored - two wins and a draw