IRELAND INTERNATIONAL CJ Hamilton was on target as Steve Bruce made a winning start as Blackpool manager today.
The 29-year-old gave the League One strugglers the lead against Exeter after 19 minutes.
Ed Francis equalised for the visitors late on before James Husband’s dramatic stoppage-time winner handed his side their first win of the season.
Former Man United star Bruce is back in management for the first time since a short stint with West Brom ended in 2022.
Meanwhile, promising 19-year-old Irish midfielder Rocco Vata made his first Championship appearance since moving from Celtic to Watford in the summer window.
Vata came off the bench with 10 minutes remaining during the 1-1 draw with Coventry, while Watford also introduced another Irish debutant in the 67th minute, as Festy Ebosele made his first appearance since joining the club on loan from Udinese last month.
English Championship results on Saturday:
Oxford 1 Stoke 0
Millwall 0 Luton 1
Leeds 0 Burnley 1
Swansea 1 Norwich 0
Sheffield Wednesday 1 QPR 1
Watford 1 Coventry 1
Derby 1 Cardiff 0
Middlesbrough 1 Preston 1
Blackburn 3 Bristol City 0
Plymouth 3 Sunderland 2
Played Friday
Hull 0 Sheffield United 2
Playing Sunday
Portsmouth v West Brom
I’d say Van Gall is a very difficult man to work with.. He comes across so arrogant he even makes alex ferguson look humble..
I’m sure Giggs was happy with the win but just not in the manner in which it came
Never mind the relationship, who cares, where the fck do these generic incompetent reporters come from? You could get an app on a phone that would ask smarter questions….
I’m sure he’s delighted to have such an ambitious, ruthless and absolutely incredibly popular assistant manager.
Old Scholes didn’t exactly give him the vote of confidence the other day and I’m sure he’s still close with Giggs, I wonder did he know Paul was going to stick the boot in.
He seriously needs to chill out!
I always thought van gaal thought giggsy was a bit of a simp
He’s an awkward man!
Not sure about LVG. All arrogance and yet to back it up. Serious money spent and the team is a shambles. They create next to nothing. When they do score it’s more an accident than anything else. Terrible defence. Jones, Smalling & Fabio (is that his name?) are awful – should be playing with Derby or Burnley. Rojo way too rash. People go on about Falcao not scoring???? United create nothing for him. Give him some service and I’m certain he’ll put them away – he is proven quality. Di Maria? Don’t know what’s happened to him. Blind is as average as the day is long. He’s the dutch Glenn Whelan, every pass is sideways or backwards. LVG brings on Fellaini to dig him out of a hole every 2nd game? Unreal. I wonder does the chap realise how lucky he is to play for United – he’s absolutely rubbish. And I’m not jumping on the band wagon, I thought that from day one. Ever see him try to control the ball with his fee? He’s not able to. I suppose the only good thing is that they are 4th, but I fancy Liverpool to finish 4th. United with a lot of tough fixtures in the last 12 odd games. (Liverpool, Spurs, City, Chelsea, Everton)
Dutch Glen Whelan I love it
Ah the paper looks for angle
Man U are pure shite this season.