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AS IT HAPPENED
  • 13:36pm
    Good afternoon and welcome to the Chronicle’s live text coverage of Barnsley’s match at Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road which is due to kick off at 3pm.
  • 13:52pm
    Team news is expected to be announced at 2pm. The Reds may make changes at full-back as Zeki Fryers is back from illness while Jacob Brown replaced the out-of-form Dimitri Cavare at half-time in the 1-1 draw with Portsmouth a week ago.
  • 14:01pm
    Barnsley team: Davies; Cavare, Pinnock, Lindsay, Pinillos; Potts, Mowatt, McGeehan, Thiam; Woodrow, Moore. Subs: Greatorex, Dougall, Moncur, Jackson, Bahre, Adeboyejo, Brown
  • 14:01pm
    So Adam Jackson is left out for Liam Lindsay while Mamadou Thiam comes in for George Moncur. Kenny Dougall is back on the bench after injury
  • 14:07pm
    Blackpool: Howard; Daniels, Heneghan, Tilt; Feeney, Spearing, Pritchard, Thompson, Bola; O’Sullivan, Gnanduillet. Subs: Boney, O’Connor. Nottingham, Guy, Bunney, Davies, Delfouneso
  • 14:09pm
    John O’Sullivan, who played eight games for the Reds in 2015, signed in the summer from Carlisle but has started just two league games.
  • 14:13pm
    The Reds are currently on a four-match winless run in the league which has brought them two points. They are seventh, two points adrift of the play-off positions with a game in hand on all but one of the sides above them.
  • 14:18pm
    Assistant coach Andreas Winkler told the Chronicle: “The players are disappointed to be out of the top six, but not in a way that they just look at the ground. They will keep their chin up and be more aggressive. We have had some tough sessions in training and everyone wants to go for a win. I think being out of the top six has given them more motivation.”
  • 14:22pm
    The Reds have lost four of their last five away games in the league, while all five of their league defeats have come on their travels as they are unbeaten at Oakwell in 14 league games since March.
  • 14:24pm
    Winkler said: “It is a concern. We have lost too many away games. We have to stick to our style away or at home and really improve our record in away games. The opponent teams know our style now and we lose it in some moments and we don’t go forward and attack.”
  • 14:27pm
    He added: “Sometimes every player is not playing the same style. If you don’t work as a team in attack and defence then you get a problem. The opponent can feel that. In home games it is easier because of the atmosphere but we have to remember we played very well away this season and go back to that.”
  • 14:33pm
    The Reds signed Brad Potts from Blackpool last year, after he made 98 appearances and scored 19 goals including in the League Two play-off final win over Exeter City which was his last match for the club. He was booed by the home fans on his first return to Bloomfield Road for Barnsley’s 3-1 Carabao Cup loss in August.
  • 14:34pm
    Potts told the Chronicle: “I was a bit disappointed. My last game for them was in the play-off final and we got promoted, but it’s up to them if they want to boo me. It will only spur me on. I had a really enjoyable time there and I probably played my best football.”
  • 14:39pm
    Potts recently lost his place in the side to Mike Bahre but was back in the team on Saturday for the 1-1 draw with Portsmouth. He said: “I probably needed a few games out. My performances weren’t what they were at the start of the season. The way the gaffer wants to play is very intense and, with myself driving forward a lot, it does take a lot out of me.”
  • 14:39pm
    After manager Gary Bowyer quit his job following the first game of the season, his former assistant Terry McPhillips has taken Blackpool up to eighth in the league. They are a place and two points behind Barnsley who they can overtake with victory. Blackpool have one of the lowest average attendances in the division as many of their fans are boycotting in protest against their owners.
  • 14:43pm
    Winkler said: “They are a very aggressive and strong physical team. There is a bit of pressure on us because it is in a run of very big games. Having more fans than them might give us a bit of an advantage.”
  • 14:46pm
    Blackpool had lost just one of their last eight games in all competitions before being beaten 2-0 at Oxford United on Saturday. A full-strength side then won 3-2 at home to non-league Solihull Moors in an FA Cup replay on Tuesday, in extra-time after losing a 2-0 lead, to set up a third round meeting with Premier League giants Arsenal. Winkler said: “Blackpool might have lost some energy by playing in extra-time in midweek.”
  • 14:49pm
    Only Portsmouth and Sunderland have a better League One defensive record than the Tangerines who have conceded 21 goals, the same as Barnsley.
  • 14:49pm
    Only Portsmouth and Sunderland have a better League One defensive record than the Tangerines who have conceded 21 goals, the same as Barnsley.
  • 14:51pm
    Blackpool lost their first home game of the season against leaders Portsmouth but, since then, they have won six, drawn three and suffered a shock 3-0 reverse against lowly Bristol Rovers last month.
  • 14:52pm
    Only Sunderland, Luton and Charlton have collected more home points than the Bloomfield Road club this season.
  • 14:53pm
    Blackpool have two former Barnsley loanees in Ryan McLaughlin and John O'Sullivan. Right-back McLaughlin – who played nine games for the Oakwell club on their way to relegation out of the Championship in 2014 – has only started once in the league since a summer move from Oldham Athletic.
  • 14:54pm
    This is the 102nd meeting of the two clubs, with Barnsley winning 44 and Blackpool winning 32 including the last two.
  • 14:55pm
    The Tangerines won 2-1 at Oakwell in the FA Cup last year then knocked Stendel’s side out of this season’s League Cup with a 3-1 success in August. George Moncur put the Reds ahead but the hosts netted three second half goals.
  • 14:56pm
    Blackpool have won just one of their last seven league games against the Reds, losing three and drawing three. Barnsley had a good record at Bloomfield Road, losing once and winning six of ten visits from 1991 to 2013, but have not won in their last four visits there with two draws and two defeats.
  • 14:56pm
    The teams are now walking out onto the pitch. Barnsley are all in black, being led out by Adam Davies in his bright yellow. Blackpool of course are in their tangerine kit
  • 14:58pm
    There will now be a minute's silence for Blackpool's club chaplain who died this month
  • 15:00pm
    GAME UNDERWAY
  • 15:02pm
    The away fans are already in great voice. There's about 1,500 away fans here which is not that much less than the home attendance
  • 15:02pm
    2 Blackpool win a free-kick on the right wing. Jordan Thompson crosses it into the box and Cameron McGeehan clears
  • 15:03pm
    Brad Potts then tried to lead a counter-attack but was tackled on the halfway line
  • 15:03pm
    The home fans are responding to the noisy away end with a drum and some chanting, despite their low numbers
  • 15:04pm
    4 Harry Pritchard tries to play in Armand Gnanduillet but the pass is overhit and Davies gathers
  • 15:05pm
    4 Thiam whips in a cross from the right after combining with Potts and Cavare but it is easily gathered by the goalkeeper at his near post
  • 15:05pm
    'We've got more fans than you' sing the away end
  • 15:07pm
    7 Barnsley work the ball nicely into the box and Moore has a shot blocked then Mowatt volleys from 30 yards but it is straight at Mark Howard who catches
  • 15:08pm
    8 Another right-wing Blackpool free-kick is again headed away by McGeehan
  • 15:10pm
    9 A brisk Reds counter-attack sees Woodrow play an excellent through ball to Thiam who collects on the left then does well to lay-off to Moore but his pass is too far behind Potts and the chance of a clear opening is gone. Potts gets it back to Woodrow his 25-yard shot is blocked by his own man Moore
  • 15:12pm
    12 A third right-wing home free-kick. This one is closer and Thompson's ball to the back post evades everyone and goes out for a goal kick
  • 15:14pm
    So, as we approach the 15-minute mark, there have been no real chances. Blackpool have had three free-kicks easily dealt with by Barnsley who have counter-attacked well but without creating that clear opportunity
  • 15:16pm
    Here's Cameron McGeehan in action
  • 15:16pm
    Ethan Pinnock with Blackpool top-scorer Armand Gnanduillet
  • 15:17pm
    Cauley Woodrow in action
  • 15:18pm
    The pitch today is extremely bad, There are huge muddle circles all the away across it. You can tell it has been raining heavily this week
  • 15:20pm
    19 Barnsley are playing some good football but not creating enough chances. Kieffer Moore has a chance to drive into the box but hesitated then the cross fell to Cavare on the right of the box but he took a bad touch and it was cleared
  • 15:23pm
    22 Harry Pritchard is played in in the box and grounds around Davies at a very tight angle but his cross is blocked by McGeehan who is defending very well today
  • 15:25pm
    We're more than a quarter of the way through the game. Barnsley have had a good last few minutes with plenty of possession in the home half without really getting into the box or having a shot
  • 15:27pm
    26 McGeehan – the best player on the pitch so far – robs Jay Spearing of the ball with some excellent pressing deep in the home half. His 25-yard shot is blocked when he could have passed to a team-mate
  • 15:28pm
    27 Huge chance! Mamadou Thiam wriggles into the box from the left and passes to Woodrow whose shot from ten yards takes a slight deception and goes just wide. The corner is cleared then Pinillos fires well wide from 35 yards
  • 15:29pm
    Woodrow looked set to score there with the goal gaping but his toe-poked effort trickled just the wrong side of the post
  • 15:30pm
    29 Now Blackpool have their best opportunity . Ex-Red John O’Sullivan receives a pass from Liam Feeney in the box and his shot from a tight angle is saved by the legs of Adam Davies
  • 15:33pm
    'Last year, I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away, This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it Daniel Stendel'
  • 15:33pm
    That's the song coming out of the vibrant away end
  • 15:36pm
    35 Another big chance for the visitors as Woodrow sprints down the right wing and finds Thiam unmarked 15 yards out in the middle of the box but the Frenchman badly scuffs his effort and it just rolls to the goalkeeper
  • 15:38pm
    Barnsley's formation is unusual. Kieffer Moore is playing on the left wing with Mamadou Thiam on his own up front
  • 15:39pm
    38 Another good chance for Barnsley as Thiam crosses from the right and Moore heads straight at Howard when on his own at the back post. The angle was slightly tight but he could have scored by putting it in either corner
  • 15:42pm
    Woodrow, Thiam and Moore have all had good chance but failed to test the home goalkeeper
  • 15:43pm
    Just two minutes until the break now.. Barnsley have had the better chances but need to be more clinical
  • 15:45pm
    Alex Mowatt in action
  • 15:47pm
    45 Potts takes a theatrical tumble in the home box and does not get a penalty which will not endear him to his former fans
  • 15:47pm
    HALF-TIME: Blackpool 0, Barnsley 0
  • 16:03pm
    Blackpool have made a change at half-time. Curtis Tilt has been replaced by Paudie O'Connor
  • 16:03pm
    GAME UNDERWAY
  • 16:06pm
    48 Blackpool have a corner on the right. Ben Heneghan heads it and it is cleared off the line by McGeehan
  • 16:06pm
    Big chance for Blackpool who scored twice early in the second half in the cup clash here earlier in the season
  • 16:07pm
    49 Brad Potts latches onto a loose pass inside the Pool half, goes around a defender and shoots from just inside the box but it goes wide of the bottom left corner
  • 16:11pm
    53 A right-wing Blackpool corner is fired straight out of play
  • 16:12pm
    It's been a hectic start to the second half with a couple of near misses and several corners at each end
  • 16:12pm
    The away fans are getting behind their team with loud chants of 'go on Barnsley'
  • 16:14pm
    56 Harry Pritchard, who scored a stunner against Barnsley in August, shoots from 25 yards but it goes well wide
  • 16:16pm
    GOAL!
    Cameron McGeehan heads in Potts' cross!
  • 16:17pm
    He's been the best player on the pitch and deserved his goal
  • 16:18pm
    Potts' cross from the byline on the right took a slight touch at the near post and was headed in from a yard out by McGeehan
  • 16:19pm
    That's given the away fans a massive lift. If the Reds can hold on, this would be a huge result
  • 16:22pm
    Alex Mowatt has limped off for treatment but it looks as though he will return
  • 16:25pm
    Blackpool haven't responded particularly brightly to going behind and Barnsley have had a lot of the ball since taking the lead.
  • 16:27pm
    Blackpool's second substitution sees ex-Red John O'Sullivan go off for Michael Nottingham
  • 16:28pm
    Attendance: 4,054 (1,508 from Barnsley)
  • 16:29pm
    Moore seems now to have gone back top front with Woodrow while Thiam and Potts are on the wings
  • 16:30pm
    72 Dani Pinillos heads an attempted clearance back into danger and Woodrow, on the turn, volleys just wide from the edge of the box
  • 16:33pm
    YELLOW CARD
    Alex Mowatt
  • 16:34pm
    Blackpool make their third change with Steve Davies replacing Liam Feeney
  • 16:36pm
    The goal seems to have unsettled Blackpool and they haven't had many chances of a leveller or even attacks
  • 16:36pm
    YELLOW CARD
    Liam Lindsay - a few yellow cards being collected by the visitors now
  • 16:37pm
    That one was for taking out a home player near halfway
  • 16:38pm
    We're into the 80th minute now. This game has got a bit scrappy and dull now which will suit Barnsley as they look to see this win out
  • 16:38pm
    Barnsley's first chance sees Bahre replace Thiam
  • 16:39pm
    YELLOW CARD
    Ben Heneghan booked – eventually after the referee spoke to the linesman – for taking out Moore. The away fans wanted red but there was another defender back
  • 16:40pm
    83 The free-kick is passed to Potts whose shot is deflected behind,. The corner is then cleared
  • 16:43pm
    86 Mowatt's corner is cleared by Armand Gnanduillet
  • 16:44pm
    It is the Reds who are attacking more and looking the most likely to get a second
  • 16:47pm
    90 Kenny Dougall returns from injury as a late substitute, with Alex Mowatt going off
  • 16:49pm
    Five minutes added time
  • 16:49pm
    90+ 1. Great chance for Moore to finish the hosts off. A cross from the. right by Woodrow was brought down by the striker and his first shot was saved then the second blocked by a defender
  • 16:50pm
    Barnsley's final change sees Woodrow replaced by Victor Adeboyejo
  • 16:51pm
    90+3 Blackpool's first real chance for a leveller but it never looks like going in as the ball was lofted into the box and Davies looped up a 15-ytard header which Davies caught easily
  • 16:55pm
    FULL-TIME: Blackpool 0, Barnsley 1. A deserved win for the Reds secured by the excellent Cameron McGeehan

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