Today’s seven fixtures set a new high for a single day’s fixtures without a starting Irish player. The previous high was five games on 6th November 2016
Sean Maguire marked his 40th start in English football with his fourth goal of the season and his first booking of 2017/18
Sunderland 1-2 Bristol City
Darron Gibson first start in a month was also his 25th appearance in the Championship
League 1
John-Joe O’Toole made his 350th career appearance
Bristol Rovers 2-0 MK Dons
Rory Gaffney scored his 25th goal in English football
Bury 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
Eoghan O’Connell was sent off for the second time in his career, the defender was last shown a red card on 22nd April
Oldham 2-3 Scunthorpe
Jack Byrne made his 50th career appearance
Walsall 0-1 Southend United
Simon Cox scored his 20th goal for Southend
League 2
Jamie Devitt made his 200th appearance in League Two
Grimsby 0-0 Cambridge United
James Berrett was booked for the first time in a month in his landmark 350th career appearance
Luton 0-3 Coventry
Glen Rea was sent off for the second time for Luton, the defender’s last red card came in January of this year
Port Vale 0-3 Swindon Town
Donal McDermott made his 25th appearance inLeague 2
Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time in almost three months
Yeovil 3-0 Stevenage
Kevin Toner was sent off for the first time in his career
Aaron McCarey stated his first game since Saturday, 16th September
Daniel Devine made his 50th start for Partick Thistle
Niall Keown made his 25th appearance in the Scottish Premier League
Joe McCarthy