Sunday, 18 December 2016

Round Up - Week of 13th December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Championship
Blackburn 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
Shane Duffy scored his first goal for Brighton, this was also the defender's tenth goal of his career

Cardiff 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anthony Pilkington scored his fourth goal of the season, just over three months since his brace on September 10th
Matt Doherty's goal was the first time the defender had scored in consecutive games since December 2012

English FA Cup
Oxford United 3-0 Macclesfield
Congratulations to Canice Carroll on making his senior career debut!

MK Dons 3-1 Charlton
Kevin Foley was booked for the first time this season, the full back's last yellow card was in February

Football League Trophy
Walsall 1-3 Oldham
Liam Kinsella's first appearance in more than a month was his 25th appearance for Walsall

Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Premier League
West Ham United 1-0 Burnley
Darren Randolph made his 25th appearance for West Ham, all of which are starts

Stoke City 0-0 Southampton
Glenn Whelan returned to the Stoke City starting XI for his first start since November 5th

Monday, 12 December 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 10th December 2016

Saturday, 10 December 2016
Premier League
Burnley 3-2 Bournemouth
This game was the first time two Irish players scored for the same team in the Premier League since Brady and Hoolahan for Norwich in February
Stephen Ward's goal (his first of the season) was his fifth goal in the Premier League, almost five years after his last PL goal in January 2012
Harry Arter was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Championship
Barnsley 2-1 Norwich
Conor Hourihane scored his first goal since September 13th

Newcastle Utd 4-0 Birmingham City
Congratulations to Republic of Ireland U19 defender Corey O'Keeffe on making his senior competitive debut as a second half substitute for Birmingham

Reading 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Paul McShane was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Rotherham 1-0 QPR
Lee Frecklington unfortunately marked his return to the Rotherham first team for the first time since October 22nd with his first booking since October 1st
Anthony Forde was booked for the first time this season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-4 Fulham
Matt Doherty scored his fifth goal in the Championship, almost exactly four months after his last goal on August 13th

Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn
Anthony Stokes came off the bench to make his first appearance for the Blackburn senior team since October 29th, although he has played and scored for their U23 side in the Checkatrade Trophy since then
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

League 1
MK Dons 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
Samir Carruthers made his 25th appearance of the season

Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury
Rory Gaffney scored his fifth goal of the season, this was the former League of Ireland striker's 15th goal of his career in England

Millwall 0-1 Shrewsbury
Gary Deegan made his 25th appearance for Shrewsbury

Peterborough 5-2 Chesterfield
Chris Forrester made his 25th appearance of the season
Connor Dimaio made his 25th career start
Conor Wilkinson came off the bench for his first appearance since October 15th
Derek Daly came off the bench to make his league debut, his second senior appearance for Chesterfield, and was booked for the first time this season

Rochdale 3-2 Scunthorpe
Joe Rafferty made his 25th appearance of the season

Southend United 3-1 Coventry
Michael Timlin reached the milestone of 200 appearances for Southend
Stephen McLaughlin scored his tenth goal for the Shrimpers
Chris McCann was booked for the first time since October 15th

League 2
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Crawley
Mark Connolly made his 150th career appearance
The first goal of James Collins' brace against Crewe was his tenth goal for the club

Plymouth 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Graham Carey's opener against Doncaster was his 20th League Two goal

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell 0-0 Kilmarnock
Gary Dicker was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Inverness CT 1-1 Hamilton Academical
After coming off the bench for his last six appearances for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Jake Mulraney returned to their starting XI for the first time since October 22nd

Rangers 2-0 Hearts
Robert Kiernan's opener was the defender's first goal for Rangers, his last goal was in April 2015 for Birmingham

Scottish Championship
Dunfermline 2-1 Greenock Morton
Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time this season

Scottish League One
Peterhead 1-1 Alloa
Fiacre Kelleher scored his third of the season, almost two months after his last goal on October 15th

Cypriot Premier League
Ermis 2-2 Omonia Nicosia
Cillian Sheridan returned to Nicosia's starting XI for his first start since 29 October 29th

Monday, 5 December 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 2nd December 2016

Friday, 2 December 2016
Scottish Championship
Dundee Utd 1-0 Hibernian
Willo Flood was booked for the fifth time this season

Saturday, 3 December 2016
Premier League
Stoke City 2-0 Burnley
Stephen Ward made his 50th appearance for Burnley
Jonathan Walters scored his first goal of the season, this goal made him Stoke City's leading Premier League scorer

Championship
Blackburn 1-1 Huddersfield
Darragh Lenihan's start against Huddersfield was his 50th appearance for Blackburn Rovers

Burton Albion 2-1 Rotherham
Anthony Forde returned to the Rotherham starting XI for his first start since August 16th

Cardiff 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Shane Duffy was booked for the first time in two months

Norwich 5-0 Brentford
Robbie Brady's goal today was the 20th goal of his career, and also his tenth goal in the Championship

Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Preston North End
Alan Browne returned for Preston, in what was the former Cork City midfielder's first apperance since October25th
Eoin Doyle came off the bench for Preston on 80 minutes, scored his first goal since August 23rd on 83 minutes, and was sent off for the first time at Preston (the second time in his career in England) on 90 minutes

Scottish Premier League
St Johnstone 3-0 Inverness CT
Graham Cummins made his 50th appearance for St Johnstone in what was his first appearance since the end of October

English FA Cup
Chesterfield 0-5 Wycombe Wanderers
Jay O'Shea made his 25th appearance of the season

Luton 6-2 Solihull Moors
Glen Rea made his 25th start forLuton

Charlton 0-0 MK Dons
Samir Carruthers made his 100th start for MK Dons

Sunday, 4 December 2016
English FA Cup
Woking 0-3 Accrington Stanley
John O'Sullivan's goal today (his first since September 10th) was the midfielder's first goal in the FA Cup

Port Vale 4-0 Hartlepool
Port Vale's second goal in this cup was unfortunately former St Patrick's Athletic defender Jake Carroll's first own goal in England