Round Up for Tuesday, 3rd October 2017

Tuesday, 3rd October 2017

Football League Trophy

Cambridge United 0-1 Southampton U21

Jake Carroll was booked for the first time season in his first start in more than a month

Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Oldham

Jack Byrne's winner was his first goal in Football League Trophy

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Sunderland U21

Cody Prior made his senior debut as a second half substitute

Fleetwood 2-1 Morecambe

Cian Bolger made his 50th start for Fleetwood

Blackburn 0-1 Bury

Eoghan O'Connell returned from injury to make his first appearance for Bury since signing for them in the summer

Scunthorpe 2-1 Grimsby

Sam Kelly start against Scunthorpe was his first start since Tuesday, 29th August

Colchester 0-1 Gillingham

Sean Murray made his 100th career start
Finn O'Mara's start for Gillingham was also the defender's first career start

Plymouth 2-2 Exeter

Both Liam McAlinden and Pierce Sweeney made their 50th appearance for Exeter, with McAlinden marking the occasion with the 20th goal of his career

MK Dons 0-0 Stevenage

Luke Wade Slater's start for Stevenage was the former St Kevin's Boys player's first career start
Kevin Toner was booked for the first time this season

Oxford United 2-2 Brighton U21

Daniel Mandroiu's equaliser for Brighton's U21 side was the first senior goal of the striker's career

Peterborough 1-1 Northampton

Sam Foley made his first appearance for Northampton after signing for them in preseason

September 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for September 2017
Wins
Aston Villa teammates Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane both started four wins in September, along with Callum O'Dowda and Matt Doherty

Draws
Quite a few players drew three games in September - Darren Randolph, Daniel Devine, Richard Keogh, Cyrus Christie, Adam Barton, Sean Maguire, and Anthony Stokes all started three games that finished all square

Losses
Sunderland's Marc Wilson started four losses in the ninth month of 2017, no other player started more than three

Starts/Completed Games
Randolph, Christie, Doherty, Hourihane, and Maguire all started six games, with only Maguire failing to complete 90 minutes in each game

Substitutions/Introductions
Sean Scannell and David McGoldrick were substituted in all but one of the five games they started, while new call up Scott Hogan was introduced from the bench in six of the seven games Aston Villa played in September.

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Brian Murphy and Stephen Henderson were unused substitutes more than any other player in September, both players were left on the bench six times. Of the outfield players, Alex Pearce, Ryan Manning, and Darron Gibson were unused substitutes in five games.

Goals
Four players scored three goals in September: McGoldrick, Murphy, Stokes and Adam Rooney, with Rooney's all coming in one game, the eighth hat trick of his career. Two of Stokes' goals were from the penalty spot, David Meyler, Liam Kelly and Adam Rooney were the only other players to score from 12 yards with a single penalty each.

Discipline
Cyrus Christie was booked four times in the six games he started in September

Report Card for weekend of Saturday, 30th September 2017

Saturday, 30 September 2017

Premier League

Manchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace

Damien Delaney made his first start of the season

Stoke 2-1 Southampton

Shane Long's start against Stoke meant he started three consecutive games for Southampton for the first time since September 2016

Championship

Hull City 6-1 Birmingham City

David Meyler scored his tenth goal in the Championship in what was his 150th career start

Middlesbrough 2-2 Brentford

Darren Randolph was booked for the first time this season

Preston North End 2-2 Sunderland

Daryl Horgan made his 25th appearance for Preston North End
John O'Shea started his first game in more than a month

League 1

Blackburn 1-0 Gillingham

Mark Byrne was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth

Rory Gaffney scored his tenth goal in League One
Graham Carey was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Portsmouth 1-2 Oldham

The first goal of Eoin Doyle's brace was his fifth goal for Oldham

League 2

Grimsby 0-0 Lincoln City

James McKeown made his 50th appearance in League Two

Forest Green 0-1 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely scored his first goal of the season

Luton 3-1 Newport Co.

Joe Quigley made his first appearance in a month
Alan Sheehan reached a number of landmarks with his first goal of the season, it was also his fifth goal for Luton and the 25th goal of his career

Swindon Town 2-0 Cambridge United

Emmanuel Osadebe came off the bench to make his first appearance in a month

Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Barnet

Michael Harriman made his 200th career start

Yeovil 0-1 Colchester

Sean Murray scored his first goal for Colchester in his 25th appearance in League Two. This was also the winger's first goal in League Two, and his first goal in just over a year, he last scored on Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 3-0 St Johnstone

Joe Shaughnessy made his 100th appearance for St Johnstone
Graham Cummins made his 50th start for St Johnstone
Adam Rooney's hat trick was the eighth time the striker went home with the match ball in his career

Motherwell 3-0 Partick Thistle

Niall Keown made his 25th appearance for Partick Thistle
Adam Barton was booked for the first time this season

Polish Ekstraklasa

Wisła Kraków 0-0 Jagiellonia Białystok

Cillian Sheridan made his 25th appearance in the Polish League

Sunday, 1 October 2017

Premier League

Everton 0-1 Burnley

Robbie Brady made his 100th appearance in the Premier League
Jeff Hendrick's first goal of the season was the first time the midfielder scored since December 2016