Nahki Wells and Huddersfield Town endured a nightmare start to the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday, losing 4-0 at home to Bournemouth in a performance that cost Mark Robins his job as manager.

The first dismissal of the new season in England, which comes even before a ball has been kicked in the fickle world of the Barclays Premier League, was announced this morning with Huddersfield supporters still hung over from what had been the worst of home openers.

More significantly, Wells, the Bermuda striker, must now pick up the pieces from a horrible day at the John Smith’s Stadium without the man who gave him his big break in England’s second tier in January, when he signed him from Bradford City for a club-record £1.5 million.

Steve Thompson, the assistant manager, and Steve Eyre, the first-team coach, are in interim charge of team affairs and took training this morning.