Sunday, 30 October 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 29th October 2016

Saturday, 29 October 2016
Premier League
West Bromwich Albion 0-4 Manchester City
After being booked for the third game in a row, James McClean has picked up five yellow cards this season and is suspended for the next game

Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland
John O'Shea made his 350th start in the Premier League, but unfortunately had to be substituted due to injury in the first half


Championship
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-0 Norwich
Robbie Brady introduction from the bench was his 50th appearance for Norwich City

Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
This was the first game where two Irish international defenders scored since November 2009 when Ian Harte and Richard Keogh scored for Carlisle in a 3-2 defeat to Bristol Rovers
Cyrus Christie marked his 100th start for Derby County with his first goal of the season
Alex Pearce's first goal for Derby (also his fifth in the Championship) was the defender's first goal since 14 April 2014

Ipswich 2-2 Rotherham
David McGoldrick marked his return to the Ipswich Town starting XI since August 6th with his first goal since the same game

Leeds United 2-0 Burton Albion
Eunan O'Kane's 250th career appearance was marred with his first booking of the season

Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Paul McShane made his 50th start for Reading

League 1
Oxford United 1-2 Millwall
Aiden O'Brien scored his 15th goal in League One

Bolton 3-1 Port Vale
After returning to the Port Vale side with an appearance from the bench a week and a half ago, Sam Kelly made his first start since August 9th

Fleetwood 2-1 Gillingham
Cian Bolger was booked for the first time this season

Sheffield United 2-1 MK Dons
Darren Potter scored his first goal of the season, before this the midfielder hadn't scored since January 31st

Scunthorpe 4-1 Swindon
The second goal of Paddy Madden's brace against Swindon (his fourth goal in four games) was the former Shamrock Rovers' striker's fiftieth goal for Scunthorpe, in 140 appearances for the Iron

Southend United 1-1 Shrewsbury
Stephen McLaughlin scored his fifth goal of the season, having gone more than a month since his last strike

League 2
Cambridge United 0-1 Portsmouth
Noel Hunt marked his first appearance for Portsmouth since September 10th with his first booking in over a year, having not been shown a yellow card since Monday, 31 August 2015
Michael Doyle was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Carlisle United 3-1 Crawley
Mark Connolly's consolation goal was his fifth time scoring for Crawley

Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Michael Harriman was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Leyton Orient 0-2 Crewe Alexandra
After appearing on the Sky Sports documentary "Out of Contract", Michael Collins signed a short term contract with Leyton Orient and came off the bench against Crewe to make his debut for the O's

Mansfield Town 1-2 Stevenage
Patrick Hoban scored his fifth goal in League Two

Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 3-3 Hearts
Having returned to the Inverness first team last week, Aaron Doran scored his first goal of the season in almost 18 months against Hearts, his last goal came on Saturday, 2 May 2015

St Johnstone 1-2 Partick Thistle
Adam Barton was booked for the first time in two months

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 3-1 Aris
Cillian Sheridan scored his 25th goal for Omonia Nicosia on his 50th appearance for the club

Australian A-League
Western Sydney Wanderers 1-1 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O'Donovan was booked for the first time this season

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Round Up - Week of 25th October 2016

Tuesday, 25 October 2016
English League Cup
Newcastle Utd 6-0 Preston North End
The yellow card awarded to Eoin Doyle (his first booking of the season) was the first time the striker had been booked in 18 months, his last booking came on Saturday, 18 April 2015Alan Browne's red card was the first time the former Cork City player had been sent off in his career

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Scottish Premier League
Motherwell 0-3 Inverness CT
After eight introductions from the bench this season following a serious injury, Aaron Doran returned to the Inverness starting XI for his first start since Thursday, 23 July 2015

Rangers 1-1 St Johnstone
Robbie Kiernan was booked for the second time this season

English League Cup
West Ham United 2-1 Chelsea
Darren Randolph made his fifth appearance of the season for West Ham, but has yet to make an apearance in the league for the Hammers in 2016/17

Monday, 24 October 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 21st October 2016

Friday, 21 October 2016
Australian A-League
Melbourne City 2-3 Perth Glory
Andy Keogh scored his first hat trick almost exactly two years after his last triple on 19th October 2014.

Saturday, 22 October 2016
Premier League
Burnley 2-1 Everton
Seamus Coleman made his 200th start for Everton
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the first time since the opening game of the season

Championship
Brentford 0-2 Barnsley
Conor Hourihane was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Newcastle Utd 3-0 Ipswich
David McGoldrick came off the bench to make his first appearance since August 9th

Rotherham 0-1 Reading
Paul McShane scored his second of the season, two months after his last goal on 20 August 2016. The defender has now scored more than once in a season for the first time since 2012-13

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Leeds United
Matt Doherty was booked for the first time this season, exactly 200 days after his last yellow card on April 5th

League 1
Bradford City 3-3 Sheffield United
Billy Clarke scored his fifth goal of the season

MK Dons 0-3 Southend United
Simon Cox's scored his third of the season, two months after his last strike on August 20th
Darren Potter was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Scottish Championship
Dundee Utd 2-1 Dumbarton
Willo Flood picked up his fourth booking of the season, his first since August 20th