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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water.
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Stephen Gleeson’s 25th appearance of the season was also his 350th career start
Ian Lawlor made his 25th career appearance
Today was the first time that two Irish players(Aiden McGeady and John-Joe O’Toole) scored a brace on the same day since October 1st, when Padraig Amond and Adam Rooney both scored twice
Darron Gibson’s first appearance in the Sunderland starting XI was the midfielder’s first start since November
Shane Long’s fifth goal of the season was his 25th goal for Southampton
Congratulations to Richard Keogh on achieving the landmark of 500 career appearances against Bristol City
Wes Hoolahan’s goal this afternoon (his first since October) was his 25th goal in the Championship
Daryl Horgan scored his first goal for Preston North End, 100 days after his last goal on November 3rd for Dundalk in the Europa League
Fellow defender Derrick Williams also made his 25th start for Blackburn
Matt Doherty was booked for the fifth time this season
Joe Murphy’s start against Swindown was the goalkeeper’s in more than a year – his last time in a team’s starting XI was on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 for parent club Huddersfield
Cian Bolger made his 25th start for Fleetwood Town
Niall Canavan started his first game in more than two months, his last start was on Tuesday, 6 December 2016
The second goal of John-Joe O’Toole’s brace was the midfielder’s 20th league goal for Northampton
Darren Potter was sent off for the second time for MK Dons (the third time in his career). The midfielder’s last red card was more than five years ago in August 2011
Samir Carruthers was unfortunately booked on his first start for Sheffield United
Jay O’Shea came off the bench to make his first appearance for Sheffield United
Paddy Madden’s second half introduction from the bench (his first appearance for the Iron since January 2nd) was the striker’s 150th appearance for Scunthorpe United
Gavin Gunning was booked for the first time in two months
Barry Corr returned from injury to make his first appearance for Cambridge in more than a year. This was also the striker’s 25th appearance for The U’s
Noel Hunt came off the bench to make his first appearance since January 2nd
Conor Sammon was booked for the first time since August in his first start since the end of October
Sean Dillon made his first appearance of 2017
Jake Mulraney and Dean Ebbe both came off the bench in the second half for their first appearances in the Scottish Cup
Daniel Devine was booked for the first time in 2017 in his 25th start for Partick Thistle
