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Shane Duffy made his 25th appearance in the Premier League
Championship
Enda Stevens made his 25th appearance for Sheffield United
Preston North End 2-3 Middlesbrough
Darren Randolph’s booking was the goalkeeper’s first yellow card since September
QPR 2-1 Cardiff
Brian Murphy made his first start for Cardiff since August
Aston Villa 5-0 Bristol City
Scott Hogan’s strike was his fifth goal for Aston Villa, and his first goal since August
Conor Hourihane’s goal was the midfielder’s first since Saturday, 23rd September
League 1
Mark Byrne made his 50th start for Gillingham
Bradley Garmston started his first game since Saturday, 28th October
Rotherham 1-1 Blackburn
Richie Towell made his 25th appearance of the season
Scunthorpe 1-0 Bury
Callum Reilly made his 50th appearance in League One
Shrewsbury 1-0 Oldham
Jack Byrne’s (probably last) appearance for Oldham was his 25th appearance for the Latics
League 2
Sean Murray started his first game since Saturday, 21st October 2017
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Grimsby
James Berrett started his first game since Saturday, 11th November
Luton 4-2 Lincoln City
James Collins made his 25th appearance for Luton
Alan Sheehan was sent off for the second time for Lincoln, the seventh time in his career, his last red card was almost a year ago on Saturday, 14th January 2017
John O’Sullivan was booked for the first time this season
Connor Smith’s red card was the first time the player was sent off in his career
Tuesday, 2nd January 2018
Today was the first day this season where more than one Irish player scored on the same day in the Premier League, this hasn’t happened since Saturday, 4th February 2017
Shane Long scored his first goal of the season
West Ham United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
James McClean’s first goal of the season was also his fifth goal for West Brom
Aaron Doran marked his first start in a year with his first goal since October 2016
Wednesday, 3rd January 2018
Robbie Keane’s goal was the first time he’d scored in consecutive club games since July 2016
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