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Saturday, 10th August 2019
Premier League
Seven Irish players were named in the starting XI of today’s Premier League games for the first time since January 2018
Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United
Sheffield United are the first team to name four Irish players in the starting XI of a Premier League game since Burnley in May 2017
Burnley 3-0 Southampton
Michael Obafemi returned from injury for his first appearance since February
Championship
Charlton 3-1 Stoke City
Stephen Ward’s start, his first since January, was his 400th appearance in English football
Derby County 0-0 Swansea
Richard Keogh was shown his first yellow card of the season in what was his 350th appearance for Derby County – remarkably in every one of these he was named in the starting XI
Fulham 2-0 Blackburn
Harry Arter assisted Fulham’s opener on his debut for the Cottagers – his first assist since March
Middlesbrough 0-1 Brentford
Darren Randolph’s start was his 100th appearance for Middlesbrough – all of which have been starts
Preston North End 3-0 Wigan
Sean Maguire scored his first goal of the season
QPR 1-1 Huddersfield
Ryan Manning completed his first assist of the season – his first in almost a year
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Millwall
Alex Pearce unfortunately scored an OG in this game, his first since November 2014
League 1
Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough
Anthony Forde came off the bench to make his debut at new club Oxford United
Portsmouth 2-0 Tranmere
Darren Potter made his first start for Tranmere Rovers – his first time being named in a starting XI since December 2017
Rochdale 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
Kieran Sadlier scored his fifth goal for Doncaster – all of which have been in league football
Southend United 1-3 Blackpool
Simon Cox scored his first goal of the season in his 150th appearance for Southend United
League 2
Grimsby 1-1 Bradford City
Eoin Doyle made his 50th appearance for Bradford City
Cheltenham 4-1 Scunthorpe
Jake Doyle-Hayes marked first appearance for loan club Cheltenham with an assist
Macclesfield 3-0 Leyton Orient
Fiacre Kelleher made his 50th appearance for Macclesfield
Former U21 cap Emmanuel Osadebe’s first goal for Macclesfield was his first strike since November 2018
Swindon Town 3-2 Carlisle United
Canice Carroll was sent off for the first time in his career
Scottish Premier League
Hearts 0-0 Ross County
After overcoming severe injury, Aidan White made his first appearance for Hearts. This was his first appearance in football since January 2017
Scottish Championship
Inverness CT 2-1 Arbroath
Aaron Doran scored the 40th goal of his career – this was also his tenth goal in the Scottish Championship
Slovakian Super Liga
Trenčín 2-1 DAC
Connor Ronan was booked for the first time this season
Sunday, 11th August 2019
Scottish Premier League
Rangers 6-1 Hibernian
Daryl Horgan scored his first goal of the season
Joe McCarthy
