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Joe McCarthy reveals how Irish players around the globe performed over the weekend…
Saturday, 29 October 2016
Premier League
West Bromwich Albion 0-4 Manchester City
After being booked for the third game in a row, James McClean has picked up five yellow cards this season and is suspended for the next game
Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland
John O’Shea made his 350th start in the Premier League, but unfortunately had to be substituted due to injury in the first half
Championship
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-0 Norwich
Robbie Brady introduction from the bench was his 50th appearance for Norwich City
Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
This was the first game where two Irish international defenders scored since November 2009 when Ian Harte and Richard Keogh scored for Carlisle in a 3-2 defeat to Bristol Rovers
Cyrus Christie marked his 100th start for Derby County with his first goal of the season
Alex Pearce’s first goal for Derby (also his fifth in the Championship) was the defender’s first goal since 14 April 2014
Ipswich 2-2 Rotherham
David McGoldrick marked his return to the Ipswich Town starting XI since August 6th with his first goal since the same game
Leeds United 2-0 Burton Albion
Eunan O’Kane’s 250th career appearance was marred with his first booking of the season
Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Paul McShane made his 50th start for Reading
League 1
Oxford United 1-2 Millwall
Aiden O’Brien scored his 15th goal in League One
Bolton 3-1 Port Vale
After returning to the Port Vale side with an appearance from the bench a week and a half ago, Sam Kelly made his first start since August 9th
Fleetwood 2-1 Gillingham
Cian Bolger was booked for the first time this season
Sheffield United 2-1 MK Dons
Darren Potter scored his first goal of the season, before this the midfielder hadn’t scored since January 31st
Scunthorpe 4-1 Swindon
The second goal of Paddy Madden’s brace against Swindon (his fourth goal in four games) was the former Shamrock Rovers’ striker’s fiftieth goal for Scunthorpe, in 140 appearances for the Iron
Southend United 1-1 Shrewsbury
Stephen McLaughlin scored his fifth goal of the season, having gone more than a month since his last strike
League 2
Cambridge United 0-1 Portsmouth
Noel Hunt marked his first appearance for Portsmouth since September 10th with his first booking in over a year, having not been shown a yellow card since Monday, 31 August 2015
Michael Doyle was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Carlisle United 3-1 Crawley
Mark Connolly’s consolation goal was his fifth time scoring for Crawley
Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Michael Harriman was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Leyton Orient 0-2 Crewe Alexandra
After appearing on the Sky Sports documentary “Out of Contract”, Michael Collins signed a short term contract with Leyton Orient and came off the bench against Crewe to make his debut for the O’s
Mansfield Town 1-2 Stevenage
Patrick Hoban scored his fifth goal in League Two
Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 3-3 Hearts
Having returned to the Inverness first team last week, Aaron Doran scored his first goal of the season in almost 18 months against Hearts, his last goal came on Saturday, 2 May 2015
St Johnstone 1-2 Partick Thistle
Adam Barton was booked for the first time in two months
Cypriot Premier League
Omonia Nicosia 3-1 Aris
Cillian Sheridan scored his 25th goal for Omonia Nicosia on his 50th appearance for the club
Australian A-League
Western Sydney Wanderers 1-1 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O’Donovan was booked for the first time this season
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