Monday, 30 January 2017

Round Up - Weekend of 27th January 2017

Friday, 27th January 2017
English FA Cup
Derby County 2-2 Leicester City
Alex Pearce was booked for the first time in two months

Saturday, 28th January 2017
League 1
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Swindon Town
After signing for Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season on Friday, Ryan Sweeney made his first appearance of the season in the Pirates' starting XI. This was the defender's first appearance since May, and also picked up his first yellow card since last March.

Fleetwood 1-1 Southend United
Michael Timlin was booked for the first time in almost two months, the midfielder's last yellow card was on December 6th

Gillingham 1-1 Shrewsbury
Bradley Garmston returned from injury to make his first appearance since November 16th. This was the defender's 50th appearance for Gillingham
Gary Deegan start today was the midfielder's 150th career start

Oldham 1-2 Bradford City
Billy Clarke was named in the Bradford City starting XI for the first time since November 12th

Peterborough 0-4 MK Dons
Darren Potter was booked for the tenth time this season

League 2
Luton 2-0 Cambridge United
Jake Carroll was booked for the first time in more than three months, the defender's last booking came on October 22nd

Newport Co. 3-1 Hartlepool
Padraig Amond's consolation strike for Hartlepool was the striker's tenth goal of the season

Notts County 2-1 Crawley
James Collins' thought he had salvaged a draw for Crawley with his 15th goal of the season, only for Notts County to score again and claim all three points

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell 0-2 Rangers
Robbie Kiernan was booked for the fourth time seas season, almost two months after his last booking on December 3rd

Kilmarnock 3-2 Ross County
Gary Dicker scored his first goal for Kilmarnock (also his first goal in the SPL, and his tenth goal since leaving the League of Ireland) in his 25th start of the season. Before this, Dicker hadn't scored in almost two years, his last goal came in April 2015 for Carlisle

Inverness CT 0-0 Partick Thistle
After signing for Partick Thistle on Tuesday, Reading's Niall Keown made his first start for the Jags

St Johnstone 3-0 Hamilton Academical
The first goal of Graham Cummins' brace (his first goals since September) was the striker's tenth goal in the SPL

English FA Cup
Liverpool 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Connor Ronan came off the bench to make his first appearance in the FA Cup

Lincoln 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Richie Towell scored his first goal for Brighton's senior team, having already scored for the U23 side in the Checkatrade Trophy this season and was booked for the first time this season

Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 3-0 Nea Salamis
Cillian Sheridan's opener was the striker's first goal since December 21st

Friday, 27 January 2017

Round Up - Week of 24th January 2017

Tuesday, 24 January 2017
League 1
Oldham 2-0 Peterborough
Paul Green scored his first goal for Oldham, a year and a half after his last goal in August 2015

Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Championship
Leeds United 2-0 Nottingham Forest
After his substitute appearance last weekend, Eunan O'Kane made his first start since the end of November

Scottish FA Cup
Hearts 4-2 Raith
Conor Sammon came off the bench to make his 25th appearance for Hearts

Monday, 23 January 2017

Round Up - Weekend of 19th January 2017

Thursday, 19 January 2017
Australian A-League
Melbourne City 2-1 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O'Donovan scored his 60th goal since leaving the League of Ireland, and unfortunately was sent off for the first time for Central Coast Mariners in the same game. O'Donovan's last red card came in October 2014 when he was with DPMM in Singapore

Saturday, 21 January 2017
Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-1 Everton
Seamus Coleman scored his 25th goal since leaving the League of Ireland in his 240th appearance for Everton

Championship
QPR 1-1 Fulham
Ryan Manning scored his first goal for QPR, a day after signing a contract extension until the summer of 2019

Aston Villa 2-2 Preston North End
Alan Browne was booked for the fifth time this season

Blackburn 1-1 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson was booked for the first time since September

Derby County 3-2 Reading
Alex Pearce made his 25th start for Derby
Cyrus Christie came off the bench to make his first appearance since getting injured in early November

Newcastle Utd 4-0 Rotherham
Stephen Kelly came off the bench for his first appearance since December 10th

Norwich 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Robbie Brady scored his fourth goal of the season (his first since December 3rd) in what was his 25th appearance of the season
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the fifth time this season

Barnsley 3-2 Leeds United
Eunan O'Kane returned from injury for his first appearance since November 29th and was booked for the first time since three days before that game

League 1
Bradford City 1-1 Millwall
Josh Cullen made his 25th start of the season

Coventry 0-1 Fleetwood
Cian Bolger was booked for the fifth time this season

MK Dons 5-3 Northampton
Darren Potter scored his second goal of the season, this is the first time the midfielder has scored twice in the same season since 2014/15

Swindon Town 0-1 Peterborough
Chris Forrester scored his fourth goal of the season, two months after his last goal on November 19th

Walsall 3-1 Bristol Rovers
Eoghan O'Connell scored his first goal of his career in only his second appearance for Walsall

League 2
Barnet 0-0 Newport Co.
Mark O'Brien was booked for the first time this season, this was the defender's first booking since August 2015

Cambridge United 1-3 Mansfield Town
Gerry McDonagh made his first appearance for Cambridge after signing for them on loan

Exeter 3-0 Colchester
Liam McAlinden's goal against Colchester was his fifth goal for Exeter

Scottish FA Cup
Aberdeen 4-0 Stranraer
The second goal of Adam Rooney's brace was the striker's 70th goal for Aberdeen

Rangers 2-1 Motherwell
Carl McHugh was booked for the fourth time this season, this was his first booking since being booked in each of his first three games

Elgin City 1-2 Inverness CT
Aaron Doran was booked for the first time this season, this was the midfielder's first booking since December 2014

Sunday, 22 January 2017
Scottish FA Cup
Raith 1-1 Hearts
Conor Sammon came off the bench to make his first appearance since December 17th