Aussies In Europe: Mark Schwarzer Wins Player Of Month As Brett Holman Makes Scoring Return
The big goalkeeper again stole headlines on the continent.
By Chris Paraskevas
A full game for Neill in the 2-1 defeat at Eskisehirspor, where an injured Kewell didn’t take part.
Tim Cahill (Everton, England)
Yet to return from injury and missed his side’s 5-1 thrashing of Hull City.
Mark Schwarzer, (Fulham, England)
Presented with the English Premier League Player of the Month award shortly before he made a couple of sharp saves in Fulham’s 0-0 FA Cup draw with Tottenham at Craven Cottage.
Brett Emerton, Vince Grella (Blackburn Rovers, England)
Grella was introduced as a 60th minute substitute in the recent 2-1 defeat at Liverpool while Emerton remained on the bench.
Mark Bresciano (Palermo, Italy)
Wasn’t in the squad for the 1-0 home win over Livorno.
Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow, Russia)
End of Russian season.
Scott McDonald, Rhys Williams, Brad Jones (Middlesbrough, England)
McDonald missed the 1-0 away defeat against Cardiff with a hernia injury while Jones was an unused substitute and Williams appeared after 52 minutes.
Richard Garcia (Hull City, England)
Played a full game and was unfortunate to head into his own net as his side were thumped 5-1 away against Everton.
Brett Holman, James Holland (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)
Holman came off the bench with four minutes remaining and netted the fourth goal in Alkmaar’s 4-1 home win over Heerenveen.

Played a full game in the 1-1 home draw with Aris.
David Carney (FC Twente, Netherlands)
Sidelined with a shoulder injury and missed the 1-0 win at Waalwijk.
Nikita Rukavytsya (Roeselare, Belgium)
Match postponed at the weekend.
Dario Vidosic (MSV Duisburg, Germany)
An unused substitute in the 1-0 win on the road against FC Union Berlin.
Carl Valeri (Sassuolo, Italy)
Match abandoned at the weekend.
Nick Carle (Crystal Palace, England)
Replaced at the end of normal time as his relegation-threatened side scored a crucial 1-0 win over visiting Sheffield United.
Adam Federici (Reading, England)
Played a full game as his side were beaten 4-2 at home by Aston Villa and dumped out of the FA Cup.
Patrick Kisnorbo, Neil Kilkenny, Shane Lowry (Leeds United, England)
A full game for Kisnorbo in the 1-1 home draw with Brentford, Kilkenny an unused substitute and Lowry not in the squad.
Dean Bouzanis (Accrington Stanley, England)
An unused substitute in the 3-0 home defeat against Notts County.
Oliver Bozanic (Aldershot Town, England)
Replaced at half-time during the 2-0 defeat at home against Burton Albion.

Bruce Djite (Diyarbakirspor, Turkey)
Match abandoned at the weekend due to crowd trouble.
Mile Jedinak (Antalyaspor, Turkey)
Played a full game in the 1-0 defeat at Fenerbahce.
James Troisi (Kayserispor, Turkey)
Wasn’t involved in the 2-2 draw at Kasimpasa.
Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey)
Didn’t feature in the 1-0 home defeat against Istanbul Buyuksehir.
Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel, Switzerland)
Remains sidelined with long-term injury.
Ante Covic (Elfsborg, Sweden)
Swedish season finished.
Nathan Burns (Kerkyra, Greece)
Replaced in the 89th minute as his side were beaten 3-1 away against OFI Crete.
Trent McClenahan, James Wesolowski (Hamilton, Scotland)
McClenahan was an unused substiute and Wesolowski wasn’t on the bench for the 1-1 draw at home against Abderdeen.
Dean Heffernan (Huddersfield Town, England)
Wasn’t in the squad as his side were beaten 2-0 at Gillingham.
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