On-loan striker Tamás Priskin netted on his Derby County debut but couldn’t prevent his temporary club from falling to a 3-1 defeat to West Ham at Upton Park.
The Hungarian made no mistake when played in on goal by Jamie Ward in the 34th minute to put the Rams in front, but the Hammers hit back via Carlton Cole and Kevin Nolan before ex-Blues loanee Mark Noble converted a penalty.
Derby boss Nigel Clough felt that the goal would do the 25-year-old "the world of good" and was generally happy with his display: "I was very pleased with him today. He did not get an awful lot of decent service, but he did OK."
Elsewhere, striker Ronan Murray made his Swindon debut as a 50th minute sub as the Robins beat Aldershot 2-0 at the County Ground.
Manager Paolo Di Canio had praise for the Irish U21 international, who is with the League Two club for just over a month: "I have seen him play and knew what he can do. He causes problems to defenders and he has so much energy and enthusiasm.
"He knows how to attack the box and we have worked on things in training with him. Our delivery from wide areas is good and Ronan knows exactly where to attack. He had a hand in the second goal [a Darren Jones own goal] with his movement.”
Meanwhile, Shane O’Connor was left out of Port Vale’s 16 which drew 0-0 with Torquay on Friday having only joined up with the League Two club earlier in the day.
Jaime Peters wasn’t in Bournemouth’s 16 as they drew 0-0 with Shefki Kuqi’s Oldham Athletic this afternoon, while Andy Drury made his 12th appearance for Crawley as the Red Devils climbed to joint-top of League Two after their 2-1 win at Rotherham.