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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water.
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Melbourne City 2-1 Central Coast Mariners
Roy O’Donovan scored his 60th goal since leaving the League of Ireland, and unfortunately was sent off for the first time for Central Coast Mariners in the same game. O’Donovan’s last red card came in October 2014 when he was with DPMM in Singapore
Crystal Palace 0-1 Everton
Seamus Coleman scored his 25th goal since leaving the League of Ireland in his 240th appearance for Everton
QPR 1-1 Fulham
Ryan Manning scored his first goal for QPR, a day after signing a contract extension until the summer of 2019
Aston Villa 2-2 Preston North End
Alan Browne was booked for the fifth time this season
Blackburn 1-1 Birmingham City
Stephen Gleeson was booked for the first time since September
Derby County 3-2 Reading
Alex Pearce made his 25th start for Derby
Cyrus Christie came off the bench to make his first appearance since getting injured in early November
Newcastle Utd 4-0 Rotherham
Stephen Kelly came off the bench for his first appearance since December 10th
Norwich 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Robbie Brady scored his fourth goal of the season (his first since December 3rd) in what was his 25th appearance of the season
Wes Hoolahan was booked for the fifth time this season
Barnsley 3-2 Leeds United
Eunan O’Kane returned from injury for his first appearance since November 29th and was booked for the first time since three days before that game
Bradford City 1-1 Millwall
Josh Cullen made his 25th start of the season
Coventry 0-1 Fleetwood
Cian Bolger was booked for the fifth time this season
MK Dons 5-3 Northampton
Darren Potter scored his second goal of the season, this is the first time the midfielder has scored twice in the same season since 2014/15
Swindon Town 0-1 Peterborough
Chris Forrester scored his fourth goal of the season, two months after his last goal on November 19th
Walsall 3-1 Bristol Rovers
Eoghan O’Connell scored his first goal of his career in only his second appearance for Walsall
Barnet 0-0 Newport Co.
Mark O’Brien was booked for the first time this season, this was the defender’s first booking since August 2015
Cambridge United 1-3 Mansfield Town
Gerry McDonagh made his first appearance for Cambridge after signing for them on loan
Exeter 3-0 Colchester
Liam McAlinden’s goal against Colchester was his fifth goal for Exeter
Aberdeen 4-0 Stranraer
The second goal of Adam Rooney’s brace was the striker’s 70th goal for Aberdeen
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell
Carl McHugh was booked for the fourth time this season, this was his first booking since being booked in each of his first three games
Elgin City 1-2 Inverness CT
Aaron Doran was booked for the first time this season, this was the midfielder’s first booking since December 2014
Raith 1-1 Hearts
Conor Sammon came off the bench to make his first appearance since December 17th
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