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Alex Pearce was named in the starting XI for a league game for the first time this season
Alan Judge started his first game since April 2016
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Damien McCrory was booked for the first time this season
Stephen Gleeson made his 400th career appearance
Ryan Manning scored his second goal of the season (one more than his total for 2016/17) in his 25th start for QPR
Wes Hoolahan started a game for the first time in three months
Marc Wilson started his first game since Saturday, 13th January
Anthony Pilkington scored his fifth goal of the season (also his 20th goal in the Championship) in his 100th appearance in the competition
Anthony Forde made his 50th start for Rotherham
Jack Byrne’s first goal since Saturday, 9th December was also his fifth goal in League One
Mark Byrne was booked for the tenth time this season
Jamie Devitt was booked for the fifth time this season
Eddie Nolan made his 100th appearance in League Two
Gavin Gunning’s first booking in two months was his tenth yellow card of the season
Alan McCormack made his 50th appearance in League Two
James Collins’ 20th goal of the season was his 90th goal in the competition
Glen Rea scored his first goal of the season
Michael Harriman started his first game since Stepember
James Berrett made his 50th start for Grimsby
Conor Hourihane scored his tenth goal of the season in his 50th start for Aston Villa
Coincidentally, Scott Hogan scored his tenth goal for the club in the same game
David Meyler scored his fourth goal of the season in his 25th appearance of the season, this is the first time the player has reached the total since 2013-14
Ryan Delaney scored his first goal for Rochdale, this was also his first goal in English football
Niall Keown’s first appearance in a month was the defender’s 50th career appearance
Conor Masterson made his second appearance in a Liverpool matchday squad, more than two years after being named on the bench for an FA Cup in January 2016. The defender is the first Irish player to be involved in a Champions League knock out tie since Anthony Stokes was named on the bench for Celtic against Juventus in March 2013.
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