Monday, 29 August 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 27th August 2016

Saturday, 27 August 2016
Today was the first time that two Irish players scored an own goal on the same day since January

Premier League
Crystal Palace 1-1 Bournemouth
Damien Delaney was booked for the first time this season

Everton 1-0 Stoke City
Shay Given's own goal this against Everton was the goalkeeper's first OG since October 2007

Hull City 0-1 Manchester United
David Meyler was booked for the first time since October 2015

Championship
Barnsley 4-0 Rotherham
Aidan White made his 25th appearance for Barnsley

Blackburn 0-1 Fulham
After signing for Blackburn on Friday, both Tommie Hoban and Derrick Williams made their first appearances for the Lancashire side

Newcastle Utd 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Having signed for Brighton on Friday, Shane Duffy went straight into the starting XI for the Seagulls against Newcastle

League 1
Bradford City 1-1 Oldham
Billy Clarke's second half penalty was his 20th goal for Bradford

Chesterfield 1-3 Millwall
Shaun Williams was booked for the first time since February 2016

Coventry 1-1 Northampton
Despite the season only being a month old, John-Joe O'Toole picked up his fifth booking in this game

Port Vale 3-1 Scunthorpe
Paddy Madden came off the bench to make his first appearance for Scunthorpe this season

Rochdale 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Donal McDermott made his 50th appearance for Rochdale

Walsall 3-3 Bury
After signing a new contract with Aston Villa this week, Kevin Toner went out on loan to Walsall and made his first appearance this season for his new club

League 2
Accrington Stanley 2-3 Morecambe
John O'Sullivan was booked for the first time this season

Crawley 1-3 Notts County
James Collins had the misfortune of scoring the first own goal of his career in this game

Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 2-1 St Johnstone
Joe Shaughnessy made his 50th start for St Johnstone

Celtic 4-1 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney's goal against Celtic was the Aberdeen striker's first goal in more than a month

Scottish First Division
Falkirk 1-0 Dumbarton
Danny Rogers made his 50th appearance for Falkirk

Friday, 26 August 2016

Round Up - Week of 23rd August 2016

Tuesday, 23 August 2016
English League Cup
Watford 1-2 Gillingham
Tommy Hoban's start for Watford was the defender's first appearance since April 2015
Mark Byrne scored his first goal for Gillingham, this was the defender's first goal since January

Everton 4-0 Yeovil
Darron Gibson made his first appearance of the season
Kevin Dawson made his 100th appearance for Yeovil

Millwall 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Having not scored since December 2015 until last Saturday, Shaun Williams has now scored in consecutive games for the first time since November 2013

Preston North End 2-0 Oldham
Eoin Doyle scored his fifth goal for Oldham

Northampton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
Brendan Moloney marked his first appearance of the season with an assist
James McClean marked his first start of the season with his first goal since January

Stevenage 0-4 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters' first start of the season was also his 250th appearance for Stoke City

Reading 2-2 MK Dons
Congratulations to Liam Kelly on making his senior club debut!

Wednesday, 24 August 2016
English League Cup
Morecambe 1-2 Bournemouth
On his return to Bournemouth, Marc Wilson scored his first goal in almost six years in what was his first appearance at club level since January

Fulham 2-1 Middlesbrough
Sean Kavanagh was booked for the first time in almost a year, his last yellow card was in November 2015

Monday, 22 August 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 20th August 2016

Saturday, 20 August 2016
Championship
Fulham 2-2 Cardiff
Anthony Pilkington scored his first goal of the season

Nottingham Forest 4-3 Wigan
Stephen Henderson's booking this afternoon was his first yellow card since December 2015

Reading 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
Paul McShane's equaliser for Reading was his first goal since February

Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
Richard Keogh was booked for the first time this season

League 1
Millwall 2-1 Sheffield United
Shaun Williams' strike for Millwall today was the midfielder's first goal since December 2015

Rochdale 0-1 MK Dons
Conrad Logan marked his second debut for Rochdale with a penalty save

Southend United 1-1 Bristol Rovers
Simon Cox's booking today was his first booking in more than a year. Previous to this, the striker hadn't been booked since 8th August 2015

League2
Plymouth 2-0 Mansfield Town
Connor Smith made his 25th career start
Graham Carey opened his goalscoring account for the season with the first brace of his career

Portsmouth 2-0 Colchester
Adam Barton made his 25th appearance for Portsmouth

Scottish First Division 
Dundee Utd 3-0 Ayr
Willo Flood scored his first goal since 2 April 2014

Sunday, 21 August 2016
Premier League
West Ham United 1-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter was sent off for the third time in his career, his last red card came Saturday, 5 April 2014