Six clubs appoint new managers

The Championship, the second tier of the English game, will kick off on Saturday with six clubs having appointed new managers.

The new men in charge are Sam Allardyce (West Ham), Sean Dyche (Watford), Keith Hill (Barnsley), Chris Hughton (Birmingham), Mulky Mackay (Cardiff) and Steve McClaren (Nottingham Forest).

The Football League will revert to five named substitutes this season following a vote by clubs.

Club call

Barnsley

Manager: Keith Hill.

Signed: David Perkins from Colchester − free. Matt Done from Rochdale − undisclosed. Jim McNulty from Brighton − undisclosed. Scott Wiseman from Rochdale − free. Miles Addison from Derby − loan. Rob Edwards from Blackpool − free.

Birmingham

Manager: Chris Hughton.

Signed: Chris Burke from Cardiff − free. Marlon King from Coventry − free. Morgaro Comis from Dundee United − free. Adam Rooney from Inverness − free. Steven Caldwell from Wigan − free. Boaz Myhill from West Brom − loan.

Blackpool

Manager: Ian Holloway.

Signed: Josh Egan from Cheltenham − free. Bojan Djordjic from Videoton − free. Matt Hill − unattached. Kevin Phillips − unattached. Craig Sutherland − unattached. Paul Bignot from Newport − undisclosed. Gerardo Bruna from Liverpool − free.

Brighton

Manager: Gus Poyet.

Signed: Will Buckley from Watford − £1m. Roland Bergkamp from Excelsior − undisclosed. Craig Mackail-Smith from Peterborough − undisclosed. Romain Vincelot from Dagenham − undisclosed. Kazenga LuaLua from Newcastle − loan.

Bristol City

Manager: Keith Millen.

Signed: Yannick Bolasie from Plymouth − undisclosed. Ryan Taylor from Rotherham − ‘tribunal’. Neil Kilkenny from Leeds − free.

Burnley

Manager: Eddie Howe.

Signed: Ben Lee from Manchester City − loan. Kieran Trippier from Manchester City − loan.

Cardiff City

Manager: Malky Mackay.

Signed: Craig Conway from Dundee United − free. Don Cowie from Watford − free. Andrew Taylor from Middlesbrough − free. Robert Earnshaw from Nottm Forest − free. Aron Gunnarsson from Coventry − free. Joe Mason from Plymouth − free. Kenny Miller from Bursaspor − undisclosed. Filip Kiss from Slovan Bratislava − loan.

Coventry City

Manager: Andy Thorn.

Signed: Chris Dunn from North-ampton − undisclosed. Joe Murphy from Scunthorpe − free.

Crystal Palace

Manager: Dougie Freedman.

Signed: Glenn Murray from Brighton − free. Kagisho Dikgacoi from Fulham − undisclosed. Mile Jedinak − unattached. Jonathan Parr from Aalesund − undisclosed.

Derby County

Manager: Nigel Clough.

Ins: Frank Field from Blackburn − undisclosed. Theo Robinson from Millwall − undisclosed. Jamie Ward from Sheffield United − undisclosed. Craig Bryson from Kilmarnock − undisclosed. Nathan Tyson − unattached. Jason Shackell from Barnsley − undisclosed. Chris Maguire from Aberdeen − undisclosed. Adam Legzdins from Burton − undisclosed.

Doncaster

Manager: Sean O’Driscoll.

Signed: Danny Spurr from Sheffield Wed. − undisclosed. Kyle Bennett from Bury − undisclosed. James Baxendale from Leeds − free. Richard Naylor − unattached. Chris Brown − unattached. Ryan Mason from Tottenham − loan.

Hull City

Manager: Nigel Pearson.

Signed: Joe Dudgeon from Manchester United − free. Corry Evans from Manchester United − undisclosed. Dele Adebola from Nottm Forest − free. Jack Hobbs from Leicester − £850,000. Paul McKenna from Nottm Forest − free. Peter Gulacsi from Liverpool − loan. Robert Brady from Manchester United − loan.

Ipswich Town

Manager: Paul Jewell.

Signed: Michael Chopra from Cardiff − £1.5m. Ivar Ingmarsson − unattached. Nathan Ellington from Watford − free. Aaron Cresswell from Tranmere − undisclosed. Lee Bowyer from Birmingham − free. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas from Arsenal − undisclosed. David Stockdale from Fulham − loan.

Leeds United

Manager: Simon Grayson.

Signed: Paul Rachubka from Blackpool − free. Michael Brown − unattached. Andy ­Lonergan from Preston North End − undisclosed.

Leicester City

Manager: Sven Goran Eriksson.

Signed: Lee Peltier from Huddersfield − undisclosed. Neil Danns − unattached. Kasper Schmeichel from Leeds − undisclosed. Sean St Ledger from Preston − undisclosed. David Nugent − undisclosed. Matthew Mills from Reading − £5m. Michael Johnson from Manchester City − loan.

Middlesbrough

Manager: Tony Mowbray.

Signed: Curtis Main from Manchester United − undisclosed. Luke Dobie from Everton − free. Malaury Martin from Blackpool − free.

Millwall

Manager: Kenny Jackett.

Signed: Ryan Allsop from West Brom − free. Therry Racon from Charlton − free. Darius Henderson from Sheffield United − undisclosed. Jordan Stewart − unattached. Mark Laird from ­Leyton Orient − undisclosed.

Nottingham Forest

Manager: Steve McClaren.

Signed: Andy Reid from ­Blackpool − free. Jonathan Greening from Fulham − undisclosed. George Boateng − unattached.

Peterborough

Manager: Darren Ferguson.

Signed: Paul Jones from Exeter − free. Ryan Tunnicliffe from Manchester United − loan. Nicky Ajose from Manchester United − undisclosed. Craig Alcock from Yeovil − undisclosed.

Portsmouth

Manager: Steve Cotterill.

Signed: David Norris from Ipswich − free. Jason Pearce from Bournemouth − undisclosed. Stephen Henderson from Bristol City − free. Luke Varney from Derby − £750,000. Jack Cork from Chelsea − £750,000. Greg Halford from Wolves − undisclosed.

Reading

Manager: Brian McDermott.

Signed: Mikele Leigertwood from QPR − undisclosed. Bongani Khumalo from Tottenham − loan.

Southampton

Manager: Nigel Adkins.

Signed: Steve de Ridder from De Graafschap − undisclosed.

Watford

Manager: Sean Dyche.

Signed: Craig Forsyth from Dundee − undisclosed. David Mirfin from Scunthorpe − free. Mark Yeates from Sheffield United − undisclosed. Price Bauben − unattached. Chris Iwelumo from Burnley − undisclosed.

West Ham

Manager: Sam Allardyce.

Signed: Abdoulaye Faye − unattached. Matthew Taylor from Bolton − undisclosed. Matt Taylor from Bolton − £2.2m. Carl Dickinson from Stoke − undisclosed. Joey Brian − unattached.