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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water.
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Alex Pearce was booked for the first time in two months
After signing for Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season on Friday, Ryan Sweeney made his first appearance of the season in the Pirates’ starting XI. This was the defender’s first appearance since May, and also picked up his first yellow card since last March.
Michael Timlin was booked for the first time in almost two months, the midfielder’s last yellow card was on December 6th
Bradley Garmston returned from injury to make his first appearance since November 16th. This was the defender’s 50th appearance for Gillingham
Gary Deegan start today was the midfielder’s 150th career start
Billy Clarke was named in the Bradford City starting XI for the first time since November 12th
Darren Potter was booked for the tenth time this season
Jake Carroll was booked for the first time in more than three months, the defender’s last booking came on October 22nd
Padraig Amond’s consolation strike for Hartlepool was the striker’s tenth goal of the season
James Collins’ thought he had salvaged a draw for Crawley with his 15th goal of the season, only for Notts County to score again and claim all three points
Robbie Kiernan was booked for the fourth time seas season, almost two months after his last booking on December 3rd
Gary Dicker scored his first goal for Kilmarnock (also his first goal in the SPL, and his tenth goal since leaving the League of Ireland) in his 25th start of the season. Before this, Dicker hadn’t scored in almost two years, his last goal came in April 2015 for Carlisle
After signing for Partick Thistle on Tuesday, Reading’s Niall Keown made his first start for the Jags
The first goal of Graham Cummins’ brace (his first goals since September) was the striker’s tenth goal in the SPL
Connor Ronan came off the bench to make his first appearance in the FA Cup
Richie Towell scored his first goal for Brighton’s senior team, having already scored for the U23 side in the Checkatrade Trophy this season and was booked for the first time this season
Cillian Sheridan’s opener was the striker’s first goal since December 21st
