Between a lack of game time at West Brom and the vilification he routinely receives from the stands and on social media, the Premier League must sometimes feel like a cold house to James McClean.

Huddersfield Town 2 Manchester United 1: Jose Mourinho suggested his entire Manchester United team should come to the press conference to explain themselves after this bizarre surrender at newly-promoted Huddersfield but, showing the same sort of resolve they had displayed for the previous 90 minutes, his players firmly ducked the challenge.

Monday Morning Quarterback.

Slaven Bilic got the birthday present he so desperately needed as West Ham hauled themselves off the foot of the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield.

Blackburn claimed all three points in Tony Mowbray's first home game in charge to boost their survival prospects and weaken Derby's diminishing play-off hopes.

Brighton stormed back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table with a 4-1 victory over struggling Burton.

Matt Ritchie fired a second-half double as Newcastle climbed back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 4-0 home win against Rotherham.

Millwall produced the shock of the day.

Tom Ince fired Derby into the FA Cup fourth round as two quickfire Rams goals stunned West Brom.

David McGoldrick came off the bench to ease the pressure on Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy in Saturday’s Championship action.

Newcastle continued their dominance of the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-1 victory at home to Cardiff to extend their winning run to seven matches.

Shay Given is close to sealing a move to Stoke City as Aston Villa agree to release him from his contract a year early.

He’s the Irishman whose goals have ensured that what should be a procession resembles a contest.

Championship: Derby captain Richard Keogh admits he cannot wait for their top-of-the-table clash at Bournemouth tonight.

Nottingham Forest have been placed under a full transfer embargo over the non-payment of a fee to Peterborough – but new boss Dougie Freedman is not fazed by the sanction.

Now that the dust has settled on the January winter transfer window, a number of clubs hoping to have made the signings that will make the difference for them between now and May.

Deadline Day Moves in Bold

Hull will pay up to £2.3m for Tom Ince after they reached a compensation agreement with Blackpool over the winger.

Arsenal 2 Hull City 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of the full round of matches on St Stephen’s Day in the Premier League.

Hull boss Steve Bruce has demanded an apology from out-of-favour defender Paul McShane.

Nottingham Forest are in talks with Hull about a potential loan deal for Tom Ince.

Capital One Cup holders Manchester City got their defence off to a stylish start by thrashing Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 at the Etihad.

Aston Villa’s unbeaten start to the Barclays Premier League season continued as goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann put away Hull at Villa Park.

Hull have completed the signing of Michael Dawson from Tottenham for an undisclosed fee.

Stoke salvaged a controversial late point against 10-man Hull after captain Ryan Shawcross bundled home from point-blank range seven minutes from time.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

All the latest team news ahead of the first weekend of Premier League action.

Chelsea have reached an agreement to sign striker Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid, the Premier League club have announced.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez trusts midfielder Gareth Barry to make the right call when his loan spell expires at the end of the season.

The Premier League title race is pretty much ‘as you were’ following a transfer deadline day in which most of the top eight — even super-wealthy Manchester City refused to pay overinflated prices and saved their money instead for the summer market.

Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is closing in on his first signings as Bluebirds boss.

Jack Wilshere will today contest the length of his ban for an offensive hand gesture made towards Manchester City fans in Arsenal’s 6-3 defeat last Saturday.

Repubic of Ireland defender Richard Keogh put the icing on the cake for Derby as they cruised to victory at the renamed iPro Stadium this afternoon.

Luis Suarez’s name was booed twice at the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year awards.

Hull failed to seal automatic promotion to the Barclays Premier League after they were beaten 2-0 by Barnsley, who climbed out of the npower Championship relegation zone as a result of the win.

Ipswich 1 Blackpool 0

Premier League: MAN CITY V LIVERPOOL

Manager Brendan Rodgers signed one player and gave up on another last night, all while being impressed with the ones he already has at Liverpool.

FA Cup Fourth Round: Oldham v Liverpool

Tom Ince and Alex Baptiste start for Blackpool in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at Fulham, despite speculation both are on the brink of quitting the club.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes the time to judge his side will not come until the last two months of the season.

With the transfer window opening today Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has hit out at the network of people surrounding Demba Ba, with his future on Tyneside becoming the subject of frenzied speculation.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has brushed off any comparison of his record with that of former Reds boss Roy Hodgson.