James McClean calls Huddersfield Town fans who threw missiles at him 'cowards' - VIDEO

Bottles, coins, and lighters were thrown at the Albion winger towards the end of Saturday’s game after he lunged in on Tom Ince near the byline.

It was a poor challenge that earned McClean a yellow card, but the 28-year-old was then bombarded from the home end.

A bottle flew past him, causing the former Sunderland and Wigan man to round on the fans.

He then caught another missile in his left hand while the angry home supporters continued to hurl more than just abuse at him.

Watch: James McClean gets pelted by Huddersfield fans

Video courtesy of Mark Thompson (@Tommo0707)

And the Republic of Ireland international criticised the Terriers supporters, posting on Instagram: “Frustrating is the best word to describe today.. p.s launching bottles and other objects from up in the stands make you cowards not hard men.”

McClean also criticised the BBC for putting his challenge in their highlights package on Match of The Day but not televising the response it got

He posted on Twitter: “Convenient how match of the day cameras pick up my tackle, but fail to pick up bottles, coins and lighters been throwing in same incident.”

McClean came off the bench around the hour mark and was immediately booed by fans in the home end because of his decision to not wear a poppy on his Albion shirt.

The match was the closest fixture to Remembrance Sunday at the John Smith’s Stadium and Huddersfield marked the occasion with a large motif in the LV= Britannia Rescue Stand.

The Last Post was also played on the bugle before kick-off.

McClean was one of Albion’s brightest sparks on the day, depsite only playing half an hour.

He drew Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl into a superb save in injury time with a downwards header and added some much-needed pace to the team.

But his frustrations boiled over towards the end of the match when he flew into Ince.

McClean started the first three games of the season, all of which Albion won, but hasn’t been in the starting XI since then and the Baggies have failed to win any of those games.

He recently voiced his frustrations on Instgram, saying: ‘Can’t play with passion if you don’t play at all.’

But Pulis bristled at the suggestion he should start the winger after the Huddersfield game, saying: “It’s why do I start with one player or someone else.

"I get the responsibility to pick the team and that’s what I’ll do. One day when you’re a manager you can pick it.”