SPECIAL EASTER MONDAY WRAP: 4-17-2017

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Seeing as there was so much activity today, I thought I would put out a special 'wrap' for the day.

Quite a few of the more 'known' names took the field and many lesser known players done their bit. Goalkeepers had a pretty good day with a special shout out for Zac Lubin - who produced a clean sheet/win on his debut appearance in Sweden. Ciaran Nugent finally got his opportunity in Ireland and paid back his coach with a shut out, and finally Josh Wicks was stellar for Sirius also in Sweden, with a clean sheet/win. No goals, but plenty of action today....straight to the full listing

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Rubio Rubin was an unused sub as Silkeborg visited Viborg in Denmark Superliga (Relegation Group) and drew 0 - 0. Rubio still looking for his first start with Silkeborg, who remain group leaders. George Fochive remains out of the Viborg squad recovering from an injury

Alassane Kane got just the final 12 minutes as Bayern Hof were thumped by Bayern II 5 - 0 in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Benedict Laverty came off the bench at 79' as Augsburg II traveled to Furth II and came away with a point with a 1 - 1 draw in Regionalliga (Bayern)

GK Ethan Horvath was an unused sub as Club Brugge continues its effort to make a UCL spot next season in a 2 - 2 draw at Waregem in Belgium's Jupiler League (Championship Group). Ethan still has 0 minutes with his new club. Club Brugge sit in 2nd place, with 2 teams breathing heavy behind them. Position could change later today

Shane O'Neill only lasted the first half as NAC Breda were held to a 3 - 3 draw in Netherlands Eerste Divisie by Eindhoven. Breda should make it through to post season play for a promotion spot, but its a hard road for them as they will enter in the quarter finals and have to play through

Gedion Zelalem was an unused sub for Venlo in their goalless draw with Emmen in Eerste Divisie. IMHO Gedion needs to get out of this situation, and find a club where he can get some serious playing time. Venlo has a gameday squad of 23 players, its just to many for him to get a chance

Jamil Fearington went 90 in Bronshoj 1 - 0 defeat at Aarhus Fremad in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group) Bronshoj are not in the running for promotion.....

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Mayowa Alli went 90 in Thisted's 0 - 5 win at Greve in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group) Thisted are leading the group and look likely to get promoted to Denmark Division 1

Anton Peterlin played the final 3 minutes as B93 traveled to Kjellerup IF and won 1 - 3 in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group). B93 are 3 points off of the 2nd promotion spot...we will have to wait and see how they end up the season

In Sweden Superettan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski and Helsingborg got a shock when Gefle scored in the first minute of play...They fought back and the match ended in a 1 - 1 draw. Helsingborg are in 5th place, and have yet to lose a game. Good start to the season

Tim Ream went 90 for Fulham as they beat Aston Villa 3 - 1 in England's Championship. The win moves them into 6th place, the final promotional play-off spot. Fulham are on a 3 game win streak.

Eric Lichaj went 90 in Nottingham's 1 - 0 loss at Cardiff in England's Championship. Unbelievably, Nottingham are only 1 point above relegation

DeAndre Yedlin, back in the starting line-up at Newcastle, went 78 minutes as Newcastle fall 3 - 1 at Ipswich. Luckily Newcastle have a pretty good point cushion as they have only 1 point from their last 3 matches. Brighton have pulled 7 points ahead in the race for the top spot in England's Championship, but I still feel Newcastle will get the 2nd automatic berth.

Danny Williams put in 90 minutes for Reading as they win 2 - 1 over Rotherham in England's Championship and maintain their position for the post season play-offs

Duane Holmes has slipped down the pecking order and remained on the bench today as Scunthorpe continued their revival with a 3 - 1 win over Chesterfield in England League One. Sheffield United are already promoted so only 1 spot remains for automatic promotion. 4 points separates #2 and #5 so it looks to be down to the wire for that spot and then a battle between the remainder in the play-offs - exciting stuff. Just an fyi...Scunthorpe has now won 3 straight and 4 out of 5 in their run up

Niall Mason went 90 as Doncaster fall 0 - 1 to Blackpool in England League Two. Note: Doncaster have already won promotion, and will play in League One next season

GK Brendan Moore (90) as Torquay beat Braintree 3 - 1 in England's National League. Torquay are now just 1 point away from safety, but will have to travel to high-flying Dover next weekend

Jon-Paul Pittman (90) as Harrogate Town falls 0 - 3 to Halifax in England's National League (North)

Kristian Scott went 90 as Nuneaton traveled to AFC Telford and came away with a 2 - 4 win in England's National League (North)

Photo: SportingKC                         Zac Lubin

A successful debut for GK Zac Lubin, who gets the Shut-Out for his new team Ljungskile in a 1 - 0 win over Utsiktens in Sweden's Division One (Sodra)

Mix Diskerud went 86 in Goteborg's match with newly promoted AFC that ended 1 - 1. This drops Goteborg to 4th and moves AFC off the bottom - not a good result for Goteborg

Another American GK in Sweden gets a Shut-Out as newly promoted Sirius and GK Josh Wicks traveled to Norrkoping and won 0 - 2 - the win moves them to 3rd place...not a bad start to the season for Sirius

GK Bakary Sanyang went 90 in TSG Pfeddersheim' 2 - 2 draw at SV Gonserheim in Germany's Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Oscar Ortiz went 90 as FC Feucht falls 1 - 2 to SV Erlenbach in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Julian Ceesay went 90 in FC Amberg's 1 - 2 loss Wurzburger FV in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Stefan Antonijevic was an unused sub as Lillestrom visited Aalesund and lost 3 - 1 in Norway's Eliteserien. Just 4 games into the season and Lillestrom are on a 3 game losing streak

GK Alex Horwath still has not debuted for Brann, as they win 3 - 1 over Haugesund in Norway's Eliteserien

Julian Green was an unused sub in an exciting 2 -3 win by Stuttgart over Bielefeld in Germany's 2Liga  Stuttgart lead the race for promotion - by 1 point

GK Ciaran Nugent got the nod today, and showed his worth with a Shut-Out performance for Galway who won 2 - 0 over Derry City in Ireland's League Cup Round of 16 - qualify for the quarter finals.

GK Brad Guzan got a rare start with Middlesbrough  in the English Premier League, with the unenviable task of stopping Arsenal....although Arsenal are going through some problems right now, IMHO, Middlesbrough were never really expected to win and didn't, losing 1 - 2 but not a bad performance from them. Brad will be in the US (in MLS) sometime during the Summer Transfer window.