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Coca Cola Championship |
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Scunthorpe 2 |
Barnsley 1 |
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Hooper 50 |
Bogdanovic 78 |
Another defeat in a bad run of results for the reds, just as everyone got excited about play off potential then we go on a bad run.... thats life as a Barnsley fan I guess!
We have had little joy against Scunny this year, with ex reds striker Paul Hayes scoring in every fixture in league and cup games, on this occasion shocking Barnsley fans with a 90th minute winner. Which proves the point that ex players will always haunt former teams.
Scunthorpe themselves put a bit of space between themselves and the relegation zone after snatching a last-gasp 2-1 win over Barnsley at Glanford Park.
Paul Hayes scored with almost the last kick of the game after reds substitute Daniel Bogdanovic cancelled out Gary Hooper's 50th minute goal.
Hooper's nice finish gave the struggling home side who had lost their last three consecutive games the lead.
Bogdanovic who came on with an hour gone, looked to have got a share of the points for the Tykes 11 minutes from time, but ex red striker Hayes popped up again to claim the win with almost the last kick of the game after a calm finish.
Barnsley looked the more likely winners in an opening which was scrappy at best. Filipe Teixeira made space for a shot on the edge of the box but it was always rising and cleared Joe Murphy's crossbar.
A run from Scunthorpe winger Martyn Woolford enabled him to break well in the 14th minute, but as he looked to pull the trigger on-loan Manchester City defender Kieran Trippier came across and diverted the ball to safety.
Hooper went close in the 22nd minute with a shot on the turn which curled just wide of its intended destination - the top-right corner of Luke Steele's goal.
Marcus Williams got a crucial block on a goal-bound Teixeira shot and just moments later the Portuguese midfielder fired the ball across the face of goal.
But with few Reds attackers prepared to attack it, Michael Raynes was able to put the ball out for a corner.
Scunthorpe finally broke the deadlock in the 50th minute following some good work down the Barnsley left, first from Hayes and then by Matt Sparrow.
The latter drove to the byline and crashed the ball across the face of goal where Hooper came up with a clever finish.
The United striker allowed the ball to pass between his legs before steering it into the net with the inside of his right boot.
A second should have come when Hooper went clean through minutes later but his touch let him down and Steele was able to clear.
The Tykes goalkeeper then got down smartly to parry a curling Hayes drive from 20 yards wide of goal.
Teixeira and Bogdanovic both wasted good chances with their heads, while Woolford and Hooper had further chances for the hosts.
But the reds pulled level in the 79th minute as the ball was played down the Scunthorpe left by Bobby Hassell and it was Jones who failed to deal with the loose ball. Bogdanovic sensed his opportunity, collected the ball and drove towards goal, before shooting low and hard past Murphy.
Very late drama followed three minutes into stoppage-time as the home side managed a winner. As they threw men forward in search of a winner, the ball fell inside the box to Hayes who curled beyond Steele to claim all three points.
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