Jackson Irvine's Hull City is on the march in the Championship, Mat Ryan's Brighton are on top of the world and a Socceroo has made a dream comeback in Scotland.
UK
In the Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion have jumped to eighth after two wins on the bounce. Mat Ryan played 90 minutes and kept a clean sheet while Aaron Mooy was an unused sub as Brighton beat Norwich City 2-0 at home.

In the Championship Jackson Irvine assisted a goal and played 88 minutes while Callum Elder played a full game as Hull City recorded a massive 3-0 win away to Fulham at Craven Cottage. The win takes Hull up to 11th spot, three points away from the promotion spots.
Kenny Dougall played 90 minutes, making good progress on his injury return while Bailey Wright is still anchored to the bench for Bristol City as the two sides drew 2-2.
Massimo Luongo is still out with injury as Sheffield Wednesday lost 2-1 to Blackburn.
In the Scottish League Cup Tom Rogic played 79 minutes and got a secondary assist for one of Celtic's five goals as they advanced to the final with a 5-2 win over Hibernian. Martin Boyle made an appearance off the bench, playing 14 minutes.
In the Scottish League Martin Boyle made a dream comeback from his knee injury with an equaliser in the 90th minute in Hibernian's 2-2 draw with Livingston. Lyndon Dykes is still absent from the Livingston squad.
Tom Rogic was an unused sub for Celtic in a 2-0 win over St. Mirren. Oli Bozanic played another 90 minutes for Hearts in a 1-0 loss to St. Johnstone.
In the Carabao Cup Ryan Edwards played 88 minutes for Burton Albion in a 3-1 loss to Leicester City.
In League One, Mark Milligan played 78 minutes for Southend United lost 1-0 to Sunderland. The gap between them and next placed MK Dons in the relegation zone has widened to eight points. Harry Souttar's Fleetwood Town lost 2-1 away to last placed Bolton with the Aussie playing 90 minutes.
Ryan Williams continued his good form for Portsmouth playing 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Oxford United. Ryan Edwards was rested by his manager at Burton as they drew 2-2 with Doncaster Rovers.
In League Two Cameron Burgess scored again for Salford City. He scored the opener in a 2-1 away win to Newport County. Jack Iredale and Gethin Jones completed 90 minutes in Carlisle United's 2-1 win over Macclesfield Town. Jordan Lyden replaced his injured teammate after 21 minutes as Swindon Town beat Walsall 2-1.
In the English youth leagues Peter Gwargis got an assist and played 90 minutes for Brighton & Hove Albion U23 as they smashed Southampton U23 4-1. Ben Folami was back among the goals scoring the winner for Ipswich Town U23's 2-1 win against Coventry U23.
55’ GOAL! Ben Folami doubles Blues’ advantage with a lovely curling strike that nestles into the bottom corner. Get in!
— Ipswich Town FC (@IpswichTown) October 28, 2019
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Folami returned earlier this year from a season ending knee injury and has featured for the Olyroos.
EUROPE
In Germany Mathew Leckie was an unused sub for Hertha Berlin as they lost 1-0 to newly promoted side Union Berlin. Hertha are just four points from the relegation zone with game time for Leckie at a minimum.
Brandon Borrello got some Bundesliga minutes as an 88th minute substitute for Freiburg in a 2-2 draw with Werder Bremen.

John Iredale has suffered a foot injury and was absent for Wolfsburg II's 0-0 draw with Hannoverscher SC. Jacob Italiano played 80 minutes and scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach II while Christian Theoharous started and played 56 minutes in their 3-2 win over TuS Haltern.
Jacob Young played 15 minutes off the bench for Hoffenheim II as they smashed Freiburg II 7-0.
In Denmark, Awer Mabil played 66 minutes as FC Midtjylland beat Aalborg 1-0 away from home. Zach Duncan was withdrawn after 33 minutes while Mustafa Amini and Alex Gersbach were absent for AGF in a 1-0 win over Nordsjællend.
In Austria James Holland and James Jeggo went up against each other as Holland's LASK defeated Jeggo's Austria Wien 2-0. Holland played a full 90 minutes while Jeggo was subbed off after just over an hour.
In the Netherlands Ajdin Hrsutic played 72 minutes as FC Groningen beat Willem II 2-0. Dylan Ryan watched on from the bench as Willem II U21 defeated Quick DH 4-0. Declan Lambert played 90 minutes as left back while brother Ryan Lambert was an unused sub for Den Bosch in a 1-1 draw with Helmond Sport.
Daniel Bouman missed two opportunities to make his professional debut for SC Cambuur as he watched his side beat GOES 5-0 in the cup and draw 0-0 with NEC Nijmegen in the league.
In Croatia Anthony Kalik was an unused sub for Hajduk Split as they lost 2-1 away to HNK Gorica. Deni Juric played a full game for NK Rudes as they defeated Sesvete 2-1 away.
In Cyprus Apostolos Giannou played another 90 minutes for AEK Larnaca, coming away with a 0-0 draw away to strong opponents APOEL Nicosia.
In Turkey Aziz Behich was second fiddle to Gael Clichy for Basaksehir's 2-2 draw with Trabzonspor and 0-0 draw with Alanyaspor.
In Bulgaria Tomi Juric was absent for CSKA Sofia in a 4-0 win away to Etar.
In Portugal Anthony Carter played the first half for Academico Viseu in a 3-1 loss to Estoril
In Finland Dylan Murnane played 90 minutes as his IFK Mariehamn lost the final leg of the Veikkausliga Grand Final 3-1 on aggregate to FC Honka.
In Italy Gabriel Cleur was an unused sub for Alessandria in a 1-0 win at home to Novara. Nick Pennington was an unused sub for Olbia Calcio as they drew 1-1 with Pro Vercelli.
In Switzerland Liam Chipperfield played 67 minutes for FC Basel U18 as they defeated FC Sion U18 2-0 away from home.
ASIA
In Japan Ange Postecoglou has moved closer to the J-League title with Yokohama F Marinos' 2-1 win away to Sagan Tosu. In third place, Yokohama are a point off top spot with four matches remaining.
Mitch Langerak played 90 minutes but Nagoya Grampus fell 3-0 to Consadole Sapporo.
In Saudi Arabia Craig Goodwin won a penalty and scored but unfortunately Al Wehda couldn't snatch any points, going down 3-2 to Al Raed. Brad Jones kept another clean sheet for Al Nassr in a 4-0 win over Abha.
In Korea Adam Taggart played the second half and Terry Antonis played a full 90 minutes in Suwon Bluewings' 0-0 draw with Seongnam. Rashid Mahazi was withdrawn after 62 minutes in Incheon United's 2-0 loss to Jeju United.
Bernie Ibini made a comeback for Jeonbuk Hyundai in a 2-0 loss to Daegu FC while Jason Davidson was unused by Ulsan in a 1-0 win over FC Seoul.
In Uzbekistan Steven Lustica played 77 minutes for Qizilqim in a 1-1 draw with Metallurg.
In Indonesia Anthony Golec played 90 minutes in a 4-3 Badak Lampung's 4-3 win over Arema. Aaron Evans played 90 minutes for PSM as they lost 3-2 to Bhayangkara.
NORTH AMERICA & AFRICA
In the MLS Brad Smith played 88 minutes as Seattle Sounders accomplished an enormous feat. His side beat LAFC 3-1 away from home to qualify for the MLS Cup Final against Toronto FC next Monday.

In South Africa Kaizer Chiefs progressed to the semi-finals of the Telkom Knockout Cup as they beat Orlando Pirates 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Kearyn Baccus was absent for the Chiefs.
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