Saturday, 1 October 2016
There were 20 yellow cards shown to Irish players today, the most since 22nd November 2014
Championship
Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn
Stephen Gleeson scored his first goal of the season
Tommie Hoban was shown his first yellow card since March 2015!
Ipswich 0-1 Huddersfield
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th appearance for Ipswich
Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley
Conor Hourihane made his 250th career start, in what was the midfielder’s 260th career appearance
Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa
Greg Cunningham was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Rotherham 0-1 Newcastle Utd
Lee Frecklington marked his 150th appearance for Rotherham with his first booking since April 2015
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Norwich
Robbie Brady scored his first goal for Norwich since March
League 1
Northampton 2-3 Bristol Rovers
Rory Gaffney scored his first goal of the season for Bristol Rovers
Port Vale 0-2 Coventry
Chris McCann scored his first goal of the season
Shrewsbury 1-1 Swindon Town
Gary Deegan was sent off for the third time in his career
League 2
Cheltenham 1-1 Luton
Alan Sheehan made his 25th appearance for Luton
Crawley 1-0 Blackpool
Mark Connolly’s winner for Crawley was the Monaghan defender’s first goal since December 2015
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town
Patrick Hoban’s first goal for Mansfield was his first goal since November 2015 while the striker’s booking in the same game was his first yellow card since February 2015
Grimsby 0-3 Hartlepool
Padraig Amond’s brace was the first time the former Sligo Rovers player had scored in a month
Jake Carroll was booked for the first time this season
Plymouth 4-1 Yeovil
Graham Carey scored his fifth goal of the season
Scottish League One
Peterhead 1-2 Livingston
Fiacre Kelleher scored his first senior goal, on loan at Peterhead
Indian Super League
NorthEast United 1-0 Kerala Blasters
Graham Stack made his first appearance for his new side on the opening day of the new Indian Super League season
Saturday, 2 October 2016
Premier League
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal
Congratulations to Jeff Hendrick on reaching 200 league appearances after starting for Burnley this afternoon
Joe McCarthy