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Weekend Roundup: Meyler and McGoldrick score, Long starts

Saturday, 16 September 2017
Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton

Shane Long was booked for the first time since December 2016 in what was the striker’s first start of the season

Newcastle Utd 2-1 Stoke City

Ciaran Clark’s start against Stoke City was the defender’s 200th career appearance and was booked for the first time since March

Championship
Brentford 1-1 Reading

Liam Kelly first goal in a month was the his fifth goal for the club
Both John Egan and Paul McShane were booked for the first time this season

Hull City 1-1 Sunderland

David Meyler scored his second goal of the season, a month after his last goal on August 15th

Ipswich 2-0 Bolton

David McGoldrick scored his fourth goal of the season

Millwall 1-0 Leeds United

Aiden O’Brien scored his first goal in a month on his 25th appearance in the Championship
Eunan O’Kane was shown his first yellow card since March 2017
Conor Shaughnessy was booked for the first time this season

Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time in a month on his 25th appearance for Aston Villa

League 1
Bradford City 1-0 Rotherham

Colin Doyle was booked for the first time since September 2013

Bury 0-0 Plymouth

Joe Murphy made his 25th appearance for Bury

Oldham 1-2 Shrewsbury

Eoin Doyle’s red card was the third time the striker has been sent off in his career

Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood

Cian Bolger was shown his third yellow card of the season on his 50th appearance for Fleetwood

Southend United 2-2 Northampton

Brendan Moloney was booked for the first time this season

Wigan 3-0 Bristol Rovers

Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the second time in his career

League 2
Cambridge United 2-1 Coventry

Michael Doyle made his 100th appearance in League Two

Cheltenham 3-1 Colchester

The first goal of Kevin Dawson’s brace was his fifth goal in League Two and was booked for the first time this season

Chesterfield 1-2 Accrington Stanley

Seamus Conneely was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League
Celtic 4-0 Ross County

Jonathan Hayes returned to the Celtic starting XI for the first time since Friday, 11th August

Dundee 3-2 St Johnstone

Darren O’Dea was sent off for the first time for Dundee (his first red card since April 2012) in his first appearance since Saturday, 12 August

Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell

Anthony Stokes scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season

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