A Brief History Of The Hunt Brothers Playing Together

With the conclusion of Noel Hunt's loan to his brother Stephen's team Ipswich Town, and his return to Leeds United, we are unlikely to see both players together on the pitch again. During his loan to the Tractor Boys, the brothers appeared together against Brentford and Charlton.
Noel's most memorable appearance was arguably his debut against Charlton, where he came off the bench to score a late winner for Mick McCarthy's side. However, while both players were in the matchday XVI, they were not on the pitch at the same time, with Stephen being substituted on 76 minutes, before Noel's late introduction on 83 minutes.
We have to go back to 18th April 2009 to find the last time they both started for the same team, both starting for Reading in a 0-0 draw against Championship rivals Barnsley. This was the last of 29 games they started together, the first coming on 12 Aug 2008 in a League Cup game away to Dagenham and Redbridge.
Both players scored in only three games they appeared in together, against Luton in the League Cup on 26th August 2008, against Swansea in the Championship on 27th September 2008 and finally against Burnley on 4th October 2008.

Their overall record when starting together is as follows:

	Home			Away			Overall
P	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L
23	11	3	2	2	3	11	13	6	4

Irish Abroad player statistics for December 2014

Appearance data for December 2014: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=12
AFC Bournemouth's Harry Arter won five of the six games he started in December
John O'Shea, Paul Green and Michael Harriman all started three draws in the final month of 2014
Millwall's David Forde and Shaun Williams both started four losses in December, along with Seamus Coleman, Stephen McLaughlin, and Wigan duo Chris McCann and James McClean
Coleman and McLaughlin also started the most number of games in December, along with Cyrus Christie, John O'Shea, Ciaran Clark, Enda Stevens, David Meyler, and Michael Harriman. Each player lined out for their respective side six times
Of these, Coleman, O'Shea, Stevens and Christie all completed 90 minutes in each game. Strangely, none of the midfielders who started six games completed all six games
Midfielder Jeff Hendrick was withdrawn from the action more times than any other Irish player, the Derby County player was substituted in four games. Oddly, two goalkeepers were substituted last month - Conrad Logan and Robert Elliott
Conversely, both Wes Hoolahan and Leon Best were introduced from the bench the most, with each player coming on four times in December
Kevin Long and Shay Given were both named as unused substitutes six times in December 2014
Daryl Murphy topped the scoring charts in December with six finishes, one ahead of Harry Arter's five finishes. Their combined total of eleven is only just under half of every other Irish goal scored in December - 23! Their respective sides went on to win every game Murphy and Arter scored in!
David McGoldrick, Murphy's strike partner at Ipswich, was shown more yellow cards than any other Irish player, with three bookings in his five starts

Irish Scorers 26th December 2014

26 December 2014 Sky Bet Championship Bournemouth 2-0 Fulham Harry Arter(90) Brentford 2-4 Ipswich Town Daryl Murphy(1) Daryl Murphy(21) Leeds United 0-2 Wigan Athletic James McClean(83) Rotherham United 2-2 Huddersfield Town Lee Frecklington(90) Sky Bet League 1 Chesterfield 3-2 Peterborough United Eoin Doyle(10) Eoin Doyle(54) Leyton Orient 4-1 Crawley Town David Mooney(88) Scunthorpe United 2-1 Rochdale Paddy Madden(77) Sky Bet League 2 Burton Albion 2-0 Tranmere Rovers Damien McCrory(23, penalty) Cambridge United 0-1 Southend United Barry Corr(57) Newport County AFC 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Mark Byrne(82) Oxford United 0-2 Shrewsbury Town James Collins(13) Portsmouth 0-2 AFC Wimbledon Frankie Sutherland(9)