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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water.
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Blackburn 1-0 Newcastle Utd
Daryl Murphy came off the bench to make his first appearance for Newcastle since November 29th
Bristol City 2-3 Reading
Callum O’Dowda made his first start for Bristol City since October 25th
Liam Kelly scored his first goal for Reading
Burton Albion 0-1 Preston North End
Eoin Doyle lined out for Preston’s starting side for the first time since October 25th
Alan Browne made his 100th appearance for Preston
Leeds United 3-0 Rotherham
Anthony Forde made the 150th appearance of his career
Norwich 3-0 Derby County
Wes Hoolahan returned to the Norwich City starting XI for the first time since November 26th
Richard Keogh was booked for the second time this season, more than four months after his first booking on August 20th
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Barnsley
Stephen Henderson’s start for Forest was his first appearance since August 27th
Conor Hourihane scored his fifth goal of the season, winning the SkyBet Championship Goal of the Day. This was also the midfielder’s 30th goal for Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
This game was striker Joe Mason’s first start since September 20th
Connor Ronan made his first start for the club
AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Millwall
Aiden O’Brien scored his 11th goal of 2016/17, winning the Sky Bet League One Goal of the Day, in his 25th start of the season
Charlton 4-1 Bristol Rovers
After coming off the bench as a late substitute in his last game, Liam Lawrence made his first start since August 30th
Coventry 2-2 Bolton
After signing for Coventry on loan, Callum Reilly made his first appearance for the club, almost five months after his only appearance of the season on August 10th
Gillingham 0-1 Oxford United
Mark Byrne start for Gillingham was the defender’s first start in almost two months
Accrington Stanley 2-2 Hartlepool
Seamus Conneely made his 100th appearance in England
Barnet 1-0 Plymouth
Connor Smith made his 25th appearance for Plymouth
Crawley 2-0 Yeovil
James Collins scored the 100th goal of his career
Exeter 4-0 Leyton Orient
Liam McAlinden scored his 15th goal of his career
Portsmouth 1-0 Luton
David Forde was booked for the first time this season on his 25th appearance for Portsmouth. Before this the goalkeeper hadn’t been booked in almost a year – his last yellow card was on 9th January 2016
Glen Rea made his 50th career appearance
Brechin 0-1 Peterhead
Fiacre Kelleher made his 25th appearance for Peterhead
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