James McClean causes uproar at the end of West Brom's game with Sunderland

West Brom beat Sunderland 1-0 in a fairly dull game in the Premier League but James McClean's actions at the end means it'll get a few more headlines than it probably deserves.

North East football writer James Hunter was covering the game at the Hawthorns and he described exactly what happened after the final whistle. https://twitter.com/JHunterChron/status/655410610432176128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JHunterChron/status/655410889303003140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JHunterChron/status/655411103522906112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Of course, this isn't the first time in recent weeks that James McClean has provoked an angry reaction. The Derry-born player is no stranger to controversy, and his recent FIFA 16 related tweet didn't go down at all well with Rangers supporters.

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