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

Hendrick's favourite opponents

Jeff Hendrick opened his account for his new club Burnley with a goal last weekend against Watford, but perhaps we should not have been too surprised that he scored against the Hornets.
In the seven games the midfielder has played against them, he's scored four goals, including a brace in April 2014
He'll get another chance to add to this total when the Clarets face Watford at Vicarage Road in February

Opposition	Goals
Watford	4
Bolton	2
Brighton and Hove Albion	2
Bristol City	2
Millwall	2
Nottingham Forest	2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2

September 2016 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for September 2016: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=9

Wins
Sheffield Wednesday's Keiren Westwood was joined by Leeds' Eunan O'Kane and Norwich City duo Robbie Brady and Wes Hoolahan in winning four games in September

Draws
Defender Daniel Devine, and midfielders Jonathan Douglas, Gary Dicker, and Olamide Shodipo all drew two games in the second month of the 2016/17 season

Losses
Derby County's defensive pairing Richard Keogh and Cyrus Christie both started four of Derby's losses in September

Starts/Completed Games
Keogh, Christie and fellow defender Greg Cunningham all started six games, with the Derby pair completing 90 minutes in each game. Cunningham also managed to collect three bookings in these six games

Substitutions/Introductions
Wes Hoolahan was substituted in all four games he started in September, while fellow midfielders Stephen Quinn and Darragh Lenihan were both introduced four times

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeeper Jack Bonham was an unused substitute five times in September, while of the outfield players, John O'Shea, Anthony Forde, Alan McCormack and Jack Byrne were all left on the bench by their respective managers three times

Goals
Robbie Keane(3) and Anthony Pilkington(2) were the only Irish players to score more than once in September