Nathan Collins was booked for the first time a month in what was his 30th start for the Potters' senior side
League 2
Salford City 2-2 Harrogate Town
Richie Towell's substitute appearance was his first appearance since Saturday, 5th December
Simon Power came off the bench to make his Harrogate Town debut
Swiss Challenge League
Grasshopper 2-0 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
Connor Ronan was named in the Grasshopper starting XI in their first game following the end of the Swiss winter break
Indian Super League
SC East Bengal 0-1 Mumbai City
Anthony Pilkington made his tenth start for SC East Bengal
Saturday, 23rd January 2021
League 1
Charlton 2-2 Swindon Town
Conor Masterson made his first appearance for loan club Swindon Town - this was his first start in two months
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Shane McLoughlin was booked for the first time in two months
Gillingham 2-2 Rochdale
Jimmy Keohane's brace was his first goal in eight weeks
Ipswich 0-1 Peterborough
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time in two months
Lincoln City 2-1 Northampton
Anthony Scully scored his tenth goal of the season
Michael Harriman's start was his 300th career appearance
Portsmouth 0-4 Hull City
Ronan Curtis started a game for the first time in five weeks
Sunderland 1-0 Shrewsbury
Aiden McGeady was booked for the first time this season
Wigan 0-0 Fleetwood
After signing a short term contract with Wigan Athletic, Corey Whelan made his first appearance for the Latics
League 2
Cambridge United 0-0 Bradford City
Paudie O'Connor started his 50th game for Bradford City
Morecambe 3-0 Colchester
John O'Sullivan's first goal in a month was the 20th goal of his career
Port Vale 1-3 Walsall
Tyreik Wright completed an assist in his first appearance for loan club Walsall
Liam Kinsella was booked for the first time in two months
Southend United 0-1 Mansfield Town
Stephen Quinn's start was his first appearance for Mansfield Town
Tranmere 2-1 Bolton
Ryan Delaney was sent off for the first time in his career
Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 2-0 Motherwell
Tommie Hoban scored his second goal of the season, the second time he's scored twice in a single season in his career, having also managed it for Watford in the 2012/13 season
Scottish Championship
Dunfermline 0-0 Ayr
Corrie Ndaba made his first appearance for loan club Ayr
FA Cup
Swansea 5-1 Nottingham Forest
Ryan Manning's start was the 100th time the defender was named in a starting XI in his career Conor Hourihane's first appearance for Swansea was his first appearance in two months
Millwall 0-3 Bristol City
Max O'Leary's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 17 October
Sunday, 24th January 2021
Championship
Preston North End 0-0 Reading
Jayson Molumby was booked for the first time this season
FA Cup
Chelsea 3-1 Luton
James Collins' substitute appearance was his 500th career appearance
Fulham 0-3 Burnley
Kevin Long scored the tenth goal of his career in his first appearance since Saturday, 31 October, more than two years after his last goal on Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Scottish League Cup
Livingston 1-0 St Mirren
Dylan Connolly was booked for the first time this season
Australian A-League
Wellington Phoenix 1-2 Newcastle Jets
Roy O'Donovan's first goal of the season was his 50th goal in the A-League
It's a new year but it's the same FAI. Two of Stephen Kenny's coaching
team have stepped aside following the controversial video shown to the
squad before the friendly against England. Mark Travers has moved to
League One Swindon on loan - could he and fellow third tier goalkeeper
Gavin Bazunu be in the manager's thoughts for the qualifiers in March,
and what will Jack Byrne's move to Cyprus do for his international
ambitions?
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy and Phil Flanagan to discuss all this in the first podcast of 2021
*note this episode was recorded before Andy Reid stepped down as U18 coach and Mick McCarthy was appointed as Cardiff City manager
