Saturday, 14 March 2020

Round up for week of Tuesday, 10th March 2020

Tuesday, 10th March 2020
League 1
Burton Albion 2-2 Bolton
Ryan Delaney scored his first goal for Bolton - this was his first goal since Saturday, 12th October

Portsmouth 2-2 Fleetwood
Ronan Curtis was booked for the fifth time this season

Blackpool 1-2 Tranmere
Connor Ronan's start was his 90th career appearance

League 2
Carlisle United 2-0 Newport Co.
In his first start since Saturday, 1st February, Joshua Kayode scored his first goal since the same game

Thursday, 12th March 2020
UEFA Cup
Olympiakos 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matt Doherty was booked for the first time since Saturday, 21st December

CONCACAF Champions League
América 3-0 Atlanta United
Jake Mulraney was shown his first yellow card since Thursday, 26th December

Monday, 9 March 2020

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 6th Match 2020

Friday, 6th March 2020
Championship
Nottingham Forest 0-3 Millwall
Jay Molumby completed his first assist of the season

Australian A-League
Brisbane Roar 3-1 Western Sydney Wanderers
Jay O'Shea scored his first goal in the A-League - this was his first goal since August
Simon Cox was booked for the fifth time this season

Saturday, 7th March 2020
Premier League
Southampton 0-1 Newcastle Utd
Michael Obafemi came off the bench for his 30th career appearance

Championship
Bristol City 1-1 Fulham
Cyrus Christie was named in the Fulham starting XI for the first time in a month
Harry Arter was booked for the fifth time this season

Preston North End 1-3 QPR
Ryan Manning's goal, his first since October, was his tenth in English football

Wigan 0-0 Luton
Glen Rea was booked for the fifth time this season

League 1
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Bolton
Ryan Delaney was named in the Bolton starting XI for the first time - this was his first start since New Year's Day

Lincoln City 3-2 Burton Albion
Alan Sheehan's start was his first appearance for new club Lincoln City
Anthony Scully assisted a goal for the first time this season
John-Joe O'Toole was booked for the tenth time this season

Peterborough 2-0 Portsmouth
Ronan Curtis' start was his 90th appearance for Portsmouth

Rochdale 3-1 Rotherham
Jimmy Keohane started a game for the first time in a month

League 2
Carlisle United 0-3 Colchester
Joshua Kayode came off the bench for his first appearance in a month

Northampton 1-2 Mansfield Town
Alan McCormack was booked for the first time since Thursday, 26th December

Salford City 2-0 Bradford City
Darron Gibson assisted two goals, his first assists for Salford
Jamie Devitt's start was his first appearance since Tuesday, 28 January

Swindon Town 0-2 Forest Green
Kevin Dawson was booked for the first time this season - more than a year after his last yellow card on Saturday, 2nd March 2019

Scottish Championship
Dunfermline 1-1 Queen of the South
In his tenth career appearance, Jonathan Afolabi scored his second goal in three games

Greenock Morton 1-1 Arbroath
Sean McGinty scored his first goal for Greenock Morton, this was his first goal of the season, and his first goal since February 2018

Bulgarian Championship
CSKA Sofia 2-0 Beroe Stara Zagora
In his first start since Saturday, 14th December Graham Carey score for the first time since the same game. Carey actually scored twice, his first brace since March 2018

Polish Ekstraklasa
Arka Gdynia 1-2 Wisła Płock
Cillian Sheridan assisted a goal for Wisła Płock for the first time since his return to Poland

Sunday, 8 March 2020

Shared birthdays

Yesterday, Ireland internationals Megan Connolly and Hayley Nolan both celebrated their 23rd birthday, so we wondered if there were any other internationals who were born on the same day?
After examining our records, we found two other pairs of players who share a birthday

On Wednesday, 17th May 1978, midfielder Ciara Grant was born in Waterford, and on the same day, goalkeeper Paddy Kenny was born in Halifax. Grant played more than 100 times for her country, scoring 11 goals. Kenny made his debut for Ireland in 2004, qualifying through both his Irish-born parents. He went on to earn six more caps, before retiring from international football in 2007 to resolve some personal issues.

Nine years later, on Sunday, 29th November 1987, Stephen O'Halloran was born in Cobh, the same day that David McGoldrick was born in Nottingham. O'Halloran was given his debut in May 2007 by Steve Staunton, having spent the 2006/07 season on loan at Wycombe Wanderers. A year later, he was named U21 player of the year in the FAI awards. McGoldrick had been adopted, and , after contacting his birth mother, discovered he qualified for the national side through her father, who was born in Ireland.