Saturday, 31 December 2016

Round Up - Weekend of 29th December 2016

Thursday, 29 December 2016
Championship
Rotherham 1-2 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season

Friday, 30 December 2016
Premier League
Hull City 2-2 Everton
David Meyler returned to the Hull City starting XI for his first start in a month

Championship
Newcastle Utd 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Ciaran Clark was booked for the first time this season

League 1
Port Vale 1-0 Chesterfield
Jay O'Shea made his 200th appearance for Chesterfield

League 2
Hartlepool 3-2 Morecambe
Jake Carroll made his 100th appearance since leaving St Patrick's Athletic
Padraig Amond scored his eighth goal of the season, having not found the back of the net since November 19th

Scottish Premier League
Hearts 0-1 Aberdeen
Jonathan Hayes scored his 25th goal for Aberdeen

Saturday, 31 December 2016
Premier League
Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Shane Long's first goal of the season wasn't enough for Southampton to beat West Brom on the last day of the year

Championship
Huddersfield 1-1 Blackburn
Derrick Williams made his 150th career appearance

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 QPR Ryan Manning made his first appearance for QPR, and unfortunately was booked

Brentford 0-0 Norwich
John Egan made his 25th appearance for Brentford
Robbie Brady was sent off for the second time in his career, five years after his last red card in November 2011
League 1
Southend United 1-1 Charlton
Simon Cox was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking since 26 November 26th) and is suspended for the next game

Bolton 2-1 Scunthorpe
Stephen Dawson unfortunately marked his 50th start for Scunthorpe with his  fifth booking of the season and is suspended for the next game. This was the midfielder's first yellow card in two months

Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Rory Gaffney made his 50th appearance for Bristol Rovers

League 2
Luton 3-1 BarnetAlan Sheehan scored his second goal of the season, three months after his last goal on September 27th. This was also the defender's fifth goal in League Two
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Newport Co. 1-4 Exeter
Liam McAlinden made two assists in his first start for Exeter in more than a month

Plymouth 2-0 Crawley
James Collins made his 250th career start
Both Connor Smith and Mark Connolly picked up their fifth bookings of the season, and will be suspended for their next game
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Round Up - Week of 26th December 2016

Monday, 26 December 2016
Premier League
Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Damien Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season in what was the defender's 300th start in England
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter made his 200th career start

Swansea 1-4 West Ham United
Declan Rice was in the matchday squad at West Ham for the first time as an unused substitute

Championship
Brentford 2-2 Cardiff
Brian Murphy made his first appearance for Cardiff since signing for the Bluebirds in September, indeed this was his first appearance in a matchday squad for the club!

Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory made his 300th career appearance

Barnsley 2-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the first time in his career

Ipswich 0-2 Fulham
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th start for Ipswich

Newcastle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Keiren Westwood's performance for Sheffield Wednesday against Newcastle was recognised by WhoScored and EA as the among the best of the week's fixtures

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Bristol City
Joe Mason came off the bench to make his first appearance for Wolves since October 15th

League 1
Southend United 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
Simon Cox ended a goal drought of more than a month by scoring his first brace since November 2014, and his performance was recognised by the Football League as one of the best of the week

Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry
Liam Lawrence made his first appearance for Bristol Rovers since August 30th

League 2
Leyton Orient 3-2 Crawley
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking in more than a month) and is suspended for the next game

Luton 0-1 Colchester
Owen Garvan was booked for the first time this season

Newport Co. 2-3 Portsmouth
On his 34th birthday, Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth since November 5th
Enda Stevens scored his first goal for Portsmouth, 18 months after signing for Pompey in June 2015. This was the defender's first goal since February 2015

Yeovil 0-0 Exeter
Liam McAlinden was booked for the first time this season

Tuesday, 27 December 2016
Premier League
Liverpool 4-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters scored his 60th goal for Stoke

Championship
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 QPR
Shane Duffy made his 150th career start

Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Premier League
Southampton 1-4 Tottenham
Shane Long was picked up his second booking of the season, more than 100 days since his last booking on September 18th

Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 1-2 Motherwell
Carl McHugh returned to the Motherwell starting XI for his first appearance the opening day of the season

St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers
Graham Cummins lined out for St Johnstone for the first time since October 29
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Saturday, 24 December 2016

Round Up - Week of 21st December 2016

Wednesday, 21 December 2016
League 1
Millwall 3-1 Charlton
In what was a memorable night for striker Aiden O'Brien, he made his 100th appearance for Milwall and scored his 25th goal for the Lions, which was also his 20th league goal for the club, and his tenth goal of the season!

English FA Cup
Newport Co. 0-1 Plymouth
Graham Carey will remember his first goal in the FA Cup (his tenth goal of the season) after earning Plymouth a third round tie against Liverpool

Cypriot Premier League
Doxa 2-3 Omonia Nicosia
Cillian Sheridan scored his eighth goal of the season, almost two months after his last goal on October 29th. This was also the striker's 30th goal in the Cypriot League

Friday, 23 December 2016
Scottish Premier League
Motherwell 1-3 Aberdeen
After going more than a month without scoring since his last goal on November 19th, Adam Rooney scored his tenth goal of the season, this was the Don's striker's 70th goal in the Scottish Premier League

Dundee 3-2 Hearts
Darren O'Dea's second goal of the season was the defender's first SPL goal since scoring for Celtic in May 2010 season, and his fifth goal in the competition overall

Saturday, 24 December 2016
Scottish Championship
Dundee Utd 2-1 St Mirren
Sean Dillon returned to the Dundee United starting XI for his first start since November 12th

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