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Weekend Roundup: Lenihan and McMillan find the net

Joe McCarthy

Friday, 4th May 2018

Scottish Premier League

Partick Thistle 1-1 Ross County

Conor Sammon was name in a starting XI for the 200th time since leaving the League of Ireland. Daneil Devine made his first appearance in a month

Saturday, 5th May 2018
Premier League
Leicester City 0-2 West Ham United

Declan Rice made his 25th Premier League appearance

League 1
Blackburn 2-1 Oxford United

Darragh Lenihan scored his first goal for Blackburn, more than three years after his last goal, on loan at Burton in January 2015

Fleetwood 2-0 Walsall

Paddy Madden scored his tenth goal of the season

Northampton 2-2 Oldham

Brendan Moloney made his first appearance in a month

League 2
Exeter 1-0 Colchester

Liam McAlinden’s start against Colchester was the striker’s first appearance since Tuesday, 20th March

Forest Green 0-3 Grimsby

James Berrett’s late introduction from the bench was his first appearance in a month

Lincoln City 1-1 Yeovil

Corey Whelan returned to Yeovil and his start against Lincoln was his first appearance since Saturday, 10th March

Mansfield Town 1-1 Crawley

Mark Connolly made his 200th career start, and was booked for the first time since March

Notts County 0-0 Luton

Glen Rea made his 50th appearance of the season
Alan Sheehan was shown his first yellow card in a month

Swindon Town 3-0 Accrington Stanley

After being shown two yellow cards, Jimmy Dunne was sent off for the first time in his career

Scottish Premier League
Dundee 1-0 Hamilton Academical

Darren O’Dea started his first game in a month

Motherwell 1-5 St Johnstone

David McMillan scored his first goal for St Johnstone in his first appearance since Saturday, 27th January

Australian A-League
Newcastle Jets 0-1 Melbourne Victory

Roy O’Donovan was sent off for the second time in two months

Sunday, 6th May 2018
Premier League
Arsenal 5-0 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick started his first start since Saturday, 10th March.
Hendrick, Stephen Ward, and Kevin Long were all named in the starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 24th February

Championship
Cardiff 0-0 Reading

Paul McShane came off the bench for his first appearance since Saturday, 13th January

Ipswich 2-2 Middlesbrough

Shane McLoughlin’s late introduction was his debut appearance in the Championship

Leeds United 2-0 QPR

Eunan O’Kane came off the bench for his first appearance in a month

Millwall 1-0 Aston Villa

Aiden O’Brien was named in a starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 20th Januar
Shaun Williams’s first goal since Friday, 30 March was also his fifth goal in the Championship

Preston North End 2-1 Burton Albion

Sean Maguire’s start was his 25th appearance for Preston North End

Sunderland 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Marc Wilson made his 25th appearance in the Championship

 

Joe McCarthy

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