BARNSLEY 2 (Hume 9, Macken 90)
IPSWICH TOWN 1 (Rosenior 45)

JON Macken won it for the Reds with an unnerving finish right at the death.

With Anderson's hamstring strain keeping the in-form Brazilian on the sidelines, Reds boss Mark Robins was forced into one change for the visit of Ipswich Town. Jamal Campbell-Ryce was back in the starting eleven while Emil Hallfredsson and Luke Steele were named on the bench after their injury lay offs. There was no place amongst the subs for striker illness victim Andy Gray while youngster Tom Rusling's wrist injury forced the Academy starlet out of the game.

Ipswich were skippered by ex-Reds loan star Jon Walters while Jon Stead, who netted twice at Oakwell last season, was amongst the subs.

With the wind playing havoc, the Reds did their best to present Ipswich with the opening goal on three minutes as Adam Hammill's careless pass gave Gareth McAuley the chance to shoot but Bartosz Bialkowski was in the right place to make a save.

Barnsley responded with Iain Hume's fourth minute corner causing problems for the Ipswich defence but the referee had blown for a free kick before the Reds could get a shot away under pressure.

It all went Barnsley's way just five minutes later as great play by Jon Macken battered an opening for Hume to find space. The striker did not need a second invitation and his outstanding low left footed drive beat Richard Wright and found the bottom corner.

Carlos Edwards tried to restore parity for Town just moments later as he wriggled away from Carl Dickinson before lashing a shot well, well wide of the target from 30 yards. Jamie Peters then tried one from 30 yards but was never going to trouble Bialkowski's goal.

The Reds looked dangerous every time they got at a shaky Ipswich defence. Ryan Shotton was next to get a shot in after cutting inside on 16 minutes but Wright was quickly down to make a very smart save.

Bialkowski had his first really worry on 19 minutes when a long hopeful ball into the area bounced awkwardly and allowed Tommy Smith the chance to challenge but the young keeper did well to punch clear under pressure.

Barnsley were in again on 27 minutes as great play down the left by Campbell-Ryce opened up Ipswich and put Hume clear on the six yard line but the striker was just crowded out of it before he could shoot. Hume the sent over a fine corner which Stephen Foster met on the penalty spot but his header smacked the bar and bounced over.

Hume was in again on 33 minutes as he reacted quickest after Campbell-Ryce's cross had deflected away from the Town back line but his low shot was never going to trouble Wright.

Walters picked a fight with the wrong Barnsley defender moments later after squaring up to Darren Moore and the Town skipper was a little lucky to escape without a caution after pushing the big centre back in the chest.

Foster then almost gifted a goal to Alan Quinn after jumping over Carlos Edwards' cross to allow the midfielder a shot but the Reds skipper recovered quickly to block the ball away.

Ipswich's first real clear opportunity of the half came on 38 minutes when Walters countered quickly and crossed from the left to give Tamas Priskin a free header eight yards out but the striker put a poor effort straight at Bialkowski.

Everything was dropping to Hume and the striker again fired close on 40 minutes as he turned well 16 yards out onto Carl Dickinson's long throw but this time his effort cleared the bar. Barnsley went close again moment later when Ipswich failed to clear Campbell-Ryce's cross and Macken lashed a first-time shot well over.

Barnsley were incensed on 42 minutes when Priskin put in a shocking studs up challenge on Bialkowski after the keeper had snatched the ball away. Priskin was rightly booked while Moore also picked up a caution for his reaction to the tackle.

A foul by Moore on Walters gave Ipswich one final chance in the half to level things. Bialkowski did wonderfully well to parry away Grant Leadbitter's piledriver but the keeper could do nothing about Liam Rosenior's header on the follow up.

Ipswich almost grabbed a second in stoppage time as Edwards volleyed one just over the bar from the edge of the box.

Priskin got away with murder on 49 minutes after poleaxing Foster on the byline after the ball had gone. The striker had already been booked in the first half but referee Phil Gibbs opted not to send him for an early shower.

Ipswich were suddenly getting every 50-50 decision. It got even more inexplicable on 53 minutes when the referee ordered Shotton off the pitch even though the defender had not received treatment for an injury. Thankfully Leadbitter's corner came to nothing.

Barnsley slowly started to find their feet and Hume's corner on 56 minutes had Ipswich scrambling. Nathan Doyle smacked a shot against a defender from the edge of the box before the referee pulled play back for an infringement.

Hume then went close to a lucky second on 58 minutes as his corner caught up in the wind and looked to be dropping in at the far post only for Peters to head clear from under his own bar.

Macken really ought to have put his side in front just two minutes later as Shotton's long throw beat everybody to drop on the six yard line but the striker could not find a finish.

If Macken's miss was poor, Edwards more than matched him in the sitter stakes just seconds later as Walters and Priskin combined to open up the Barnsley defence. Edwards was clean through on goal but shanked his shot woefully wide of the target. Walters then brought a save from Bialkowski a minute later with snapshot under pressure from the edge of the box.

Ipswich created and wasted another golden chance on 64 minutes as Walters' pass gave Liam Trotter the entire goal to aim at but the midfielder put his shot high into the Pontefract Road End.

Barnsley needed something to knock Ipswich out of their stride. On came Jacob Butterfield and Hallfredsson to shake things up in the middle of the park. The Reds had the chance to test Wright on 70 minutes when Trotter hauled back Hume 30 yards from goal. Hammill saw his free kick deflect over the bar.

Bialkowski saved well from Pablo Counago on 71 minutes to set the Reds off on the counter as the home side flooded forward. Hallfredsson took on the advantage to power forward and play Hume into the area. Hume did well and looked to break through on goal only for Leadbitter to punch the ball away. The referee pointed to the spot but Hume could not match his midweek strike and smacked the spot kick against the frame of the goal.

Ipswich almost won it in the first minute of stoppage time as Leadbitter's free kick dropped to Counago but the striker was denied by Bialkowski's outstanding save. The Reds then went close seconds later as Wright fluffed a deep Hume free kick but Shotton could not pounce inside the six yard box.

The winner came with the last kick of the game. Butterfield's deep free kick was only half cleared and Macken pounced right on the edge of the area to shoot unnervingly past Wright and into the bottom corner.

BARNSLEY: Bialkowski, Shotton, Foster, Moore, Dickinson, Campbell-Ryce (Butterfield 66), Doyle (J. Gray 84), Colace (Hallfredsson 66), Hammill, Hume, Macken.
Subs: Steele, Bogdanovic, Kozluk, Thompson.

IPSWICH TOWN: R. Wright, Rosenior, Peters, McAuley, Smith, Quinn (Martin 84), Leadbitter, Trotter, Edwards (Stead 74), Walters, Priskin (Counago 61).
Subs: Lee-Barratt, Colback, Balkestein, D.Wright.

Referee
Phil Gibbs (West Midlands)
Assistant Referees
James Adcock (Nottinghamshire) and Nigel Smith (Derbyshire)
Fourth Official
Darren Drysdale (Lincolnshire)

Attendance - 12,224

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