Friday, 30 September 2016

Round Up - Week of 26th September 2016

Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Championship
Brentford 4-1 Reading
Paul McShane made his 50th appearance for Reading
Alan McCormack's returned to the Brentford starting XI for his first appearance since 9th August and was booked for the first time since April

Huddersfield 2-1 Rotherham
Sean Scannell was booked for the first time in almost a year on his return for Huddersfield after a month out of the side

Ipswich 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Leon Best made his first start for Ipswich since signing for the Tractor Boys. Before this, the striker hadn't started since the end of April
Jonathan Douglas was booked for the first time this season

League 1
Bradford City 2-1 Fleetwood
Josh Cullen made his 25th appearance for Bradford City (starting each one of them) and was booked for the first time in the 2016/17 season
Billy Clarke scored his 70th goal of his career, a month after he scored his 69th goal against Oldham

Southend United 2-1 Oxford United
David Mooney made his 50th appearance for Southend
Stephen McLaughlin made his 50th club start since leaving the League of Ireland

Swindon Town 1-3 Northampton
Sean Murray scored his first goal for Swindon. This was the winger's first goal since November 2015

Walsall 1-4 Scunthorpe
Liam Kinsella was booked for the first time this season

League 2
Accrington Stanley 1-1 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban made his first start for Mansfield, having not started a game since February

Hartlepool 1-1 Luton
Alan Sheehan scored his first goal of the season

Leyton Orient 0-2 Plymouth
Graham Carey was booked for the first time this season

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Championship
Newcastle Utd 4-3 Norwich
Ciaran Clark made his 150th career start
Robbie Brady was booked for the first time since March

Monday, 26 September 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 24th September 2016

Saturday, 24 September 2016
Premier League
Liverpool 5-1 Hull City
David Meyler scored his first goal of the season, 11 months to the day since his last goal on 24 October 2015.

Championship
Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
Cyrus Christie made his 100th appearance for Derby County.

Norwich 3-1 Burton Albion
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the first time in more than a year. Before this, the palymaker hadn't been shown a yellow card since 12 September 2015.

Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
Lee Frecklington returned to the Rotherham starting XI for the first time since the 6th August

League 1
Bury 2-1 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 250th club appearance since moving to England

Millwall 2-3 Rochdale
Aiden O'Brien scored his fifth goal of the season, this was also the striker's 20th goal for Millwall

Northampton 4-0 Southend United
John-Joe O'Toole scored the opener for Northampton in this win. This was the midfielder's 50th goal of his career.

Peterborough 1-1 Walsall
Chris Forrester made his 50th start for Peterborough.

League 2
Morecambe 2-3 Crawley
James Collins scored in the third game in a row for his fifth goal since signing for Crawley

Newport Co. 1-2 Cambridge United
Reece Grego Cox was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League
Partick Thistle 1-1 Motherwell
Adam Barton made his first appearance for Partick since signing for them from Portsmouth

Celtic 6-1 Kilmarnock
Gary Dicker assisted the opener for Kilmarnock in his 25th start for the club

Scottish First Division
Dundee Utd 2-1 Greenock Morton
Sean Dillon scored his first own goal since October 2010. Unfortunately for the defender, all three of his career OGs have come while playing for Dundee United.

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 4-2 Karmiotissa
Cillian Sheridan's opening penalty in Omonia's win was his fifth goal of the season and the 70th goal of the Cavan striker's career

Sunday, 25 September 2016
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal since the end of July

MLS
LA Galaxy 2-4 Seattle Sounders FC
Robbie Keane's brace in this game was unfortunately offset by the Galaxy captain's first booking since March

Friday, 23 September 2016

Round Up - Week of 20th September 2016

Tuesday, 20 September 2016
English League Cup 
Leeds United 1-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the first time this season, before this the midfielder hadn't been booked April

Bournemouth 2-3 Preston North End
Marc Wilson was booked for the first time January

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Reading
Stephen Quinn scored his first goal of the season

Newcastle Utd 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Daryl Murphy made his first appearance for Newcastle since signing for the toon

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
English League Cup
QPR 1-2 Sunderland
John O'Shea returned to the Sunderland starting XI for the first time in a month

Thursday, 22 September 2016
Scottish League Cup
Aberdeen 1-0 St Johnstone
Adam Rooney scored his fifth goal of the season, this was the Dons' striker's tenth goal in the League Cup, during spells with both Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Joe Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season