Loan round-up: late drama for Hugill and West Brom

The away side took the lead in the first minute through Andre Gray, before Karlan Grant scored twice in the final 15 minutes to turn the game around at The Hawthorns.

Norwich City loanee Jordan Hugill came on in the 55th minute and, following the rest of the weekend’s action, West Brom are now second in the league and two points behind AFC Bournemouth.

💙💙💙@JordanHugill and Adam Reach definitely enjoyed their first experience of a late winner at The Hawthorns 😅 pic.twitter.com/YOAH84YHyV

— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) September 26, 2021

Elsewhere in the Championship, Huddersfield Town were beaten 1-0 at Swansea City to go seventh in the league, three points behind the play-off places. Danel Sinani played the full 90 minutes for the Terriers.

In Iceland, Isak Thorvaldsson played all of IA Akranes’ 3-2 win away to Keflavik IF, the result putting the former eighth in the Urvalsdeild.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle remained unbeaten at the top of the Scottish Championship with Saturday’s 2-1 win at home to Queen of the South.

Reece McAlear came on in the 54th minute as Inverness secured 19 points from their first seven matches.

Finally, Daniel Adshead played the final 20 minutes of Gillingham’s 1-1 draw at Oxford United on Saturday. The Gills are now 19th in League One.

Players who were unused substitutes: Daniel Barden (Livingston), Akin Famewo (Charlton Athletic), Josh Martin (Milton Keynes Dons), Tyrese Omotoye (Leyton Orient)

Players who weren’t included in matchday squads: Sam McCallum (Queens Park Rangers), Josip Drmic (HNK Rijeka), Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth), Onel Hernandez (Middlesbrough), Aston Oxborough (Barnet), Archie Mair (Lincoln City)

Players whose teams didn’t play last week: Sebastian Soto (FC Porto B), Sam Blair (Bury Town), Matthew Dennis (Southend United)