Loanee round-up: Nouble on target

West Ham United's loanees enjoyed a busy Saturday afternoon in the npower Football League.

There was a debut goal for Frank Nouble, victories to celebrate for Cristian Montano, Robert Hall, Callum McNaughton and Jordan Brown but defeats for Jordan Spence, Olly Lee and Ahmed Abdulla.

Making his bow for League Two club Gillingham, Nouble set Andy Hessenthaler's men on the way to a thumping 6-1 victory at Hereford United.

The forward, who turned 20 on 24 August, netted the third senior goal of his career, having previously hit the target for Swansea City and Charlton Athletic during previous loan spells.

Lee was also on target for the first time in the Football League in Dagenham & Redbridge's 2-1 home League Two defeat by leaders Morecambe.

Elsewhere, Cristian Montano helped Martin Allen's Notts County to climb to seventh in the League One table courtesy of a 2-0 win at Stevenage.

In League Two, Hall played the full 90 minutes for Oxford United in a 2-0 success at Barnet that lifted the U's into the Play-Off places.

McNaughton also completed the whole game as AFC Wimbledon beat Cheltenham Town 4-1 at Kingsmeadow, while Brown was an unused substitute as Aldershot Town continued their recent renaissance with a 1-0 win at Bristol Rovers.

On the down side, Spence started in Bristol City's 2-1 Championship defeat at Leeds United, while Abdulla's Swindon Town went down to a League Two defeat at Burton Albion.

Further afield, Pablo Barrera aopeared as a 59th-minute substitute for Real Zaragoza in their 2-1 victory over RCD Espanyol in Spain's Primera Division on Sunday.