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Mark Byrne made his 50th appearance in League One
Michael Doyle scored his fifth goal in League Two, his first goal in almost three months, and a memorable strike it was too!
Saturday, 23rd December 2017
Premier League
West Ham United 2-3 Newcastle Utd
Ciaran Clark made his 50th appearance for Newcastle Utd
Championship
Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Kevin O’Connor returned to the Preston starting XI for the first time in a month
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Ipswich
Matt Doherty made his 200th career start
Aston Villa 2-2 Sheffield United
Conor Hourihane made his 300th career start
Samir Carruthers came off the bench to make his 50th appearance in the competition
League 1
Northampton 1-1 Blackburn
John-Joe O’Toole was booked for the first time in two months
Peterborough 3-0 Bury
Stephen Dawson’s introduction as a second half substitute (his first appearance for Bury since August) was his 100th appearance for the Shakers
Having only been sent off once in his career before 2017/28, Eoghan O’Connell was sent off for the second time this season
Rotherham 2-1 MK Dons
Lee Frecklington was booked for the first time this season
League 2
Luton 2-0 Grimsby
James Collins scored his tenth goal for Luton (also his 80th goal in League Two) in his first start since Saturday, 11th November
Newport Co. 0-0 Lincoln City
Mark O’Brien was sent off for the second time for Newport County
Stevenage 5-1 Chesterfield
Connor Dimaio made his 50th appearance for Chesterfield
Scottish Premier League
Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen
Adam Rooney made his 300th career start
Anthony O’Connor made his 200th career start
Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal for Celtic since moving to the Bhoys in the summer
Partick Thistle 1-0 Hamilton Academical
Niall Keown scored his first goal since August, and was unfortunately booked for the fifth time this season and so is suspended for the next game
Scottish Championship
Greenock Morton 1-0 Inverness CT
Jake Mulraney made his 25th start for Inverness CT
Indian Super League
Atlético de Kolkata 1-0 Delhi Dynamos
Robbie Keane scored his first goal for Atléletico de Kolkata, this was the striker’s first goal anywhere since September 2016
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