Irish Abroad: Egan and Brady score, Rice starts again

Alex Pearce was booked for the first time since April in the defender’s first start of the season
James Berrett was booked for the first time this season

Adam McDonnell made his first start of the season
Congratulations to Shane McLoughlin on his first appearance for Ipswich Town

James McClean was booked for the first time this season

Congratulations to Eoghan Stokes on his first career appearance
Joe Quigley was booked for the first time this season

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Hull City

Brian Lenihan made his first appearance of the season for Hull

Aston Villa 4-1

Congratulations to Jake Doyle-Hayes on making his senior debut for Aston Villa
Noel Hunt came off the bench to made his first appearance for Wigan

John Egan’s second goal in two games was his first goal in the League Cup

Richie Towell made his first start of the season, this was the midfielder’s first appearance since March
Jay Molumby made his first senior appearance for Brighton and Hove Albion
Congratulations to Aaron Connolly on his career debut

Anthony Pilkington scored his first goal since January in his 100th appearance for Cardiff
Sean Scannell made his first start for Burton Albion since signing for the Brewers on loan

Rory Gaffney and Ryan Sweeney were both booked for the first time this season, the striker hadn’t been booked since March, whereas the defender’s last booking was in April

Stephen Quinn’s start against Millwall was the midfielder’s first start since September 2016

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Jonathan Walters made his first start for Burnley, this was the striker’s first start since Saturday, 8th April
Kevin Long was booked in his first appearance of the season. Before this, he hadn’t been shown a yellow card since January 2016!
Robbie Brady scored his first goal of the season, before this the midfielder hadn’t scored since February

Cheltenham 0-2 West Ham United

Declan Rice made his first appearance in the competition

 

Joe McCarthy