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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water.
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Robert Elliot made his 50th start for Newcastle Utd. This was the first game where three Republic of Ireland players (Elliot, Ciaran Clark and Daryl Murphy) started a game for Newcastle since February 2008 when Shay Given, Stephen Carr and Damien Duff were in the starting XI for the toon.
Jake Mulraney returned to the Inverness starting XI for his first start since the end of February
Jeff Hendrick’s appearance in the Burnley starting XI was the midfielder’s 200th career start
Alex Pearce was booked for the fifth time this season
David McGoldrick made his 25th start of the season
Eunan O’Kane’s first start since the beginning of March was also the midfielder’s 25th appearance for Leeds United
Liam Kelly was booked for the first time this season
Gerry McDonagh was shown the first yellow card of his loan spell at Cambridge in his first appearance since March 28th
James Collins made his 50th appearance for Crawley
Mark O’Brien made his 25th appearance in League Two
Padraig Amond was booked for the first time this season
Joe Shaughnessy was booked for the first time since September
Daniel Devine was sent off for the second time this season
Conor Sammon’s opener for Kilmarnock was the striker’s first goal since March 18th
Kevin Doyle was booked for the first time in the 2017 MLS season
Andy Keogh was booked for the fifth time this season
Chris Forrester made his 50th appearance of the season
Mark Byrne made his 25th start for Gillingham
Joe Rafferty made his 50th appearance of the season
Kevin Toner’s first start since Sunday, 26th March was also the defender’s 25th career start
Stephen McLaughlin marked his 100th appearance since leaving Derry City with his first goal of 2017
Cillian Sheridan scored his fifth goal for Jagiellonia Białystok
