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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Stephen Brooker is being taken off, Michael Bridges has come on in his place.
Barry Conlon is being taken off, Marc Richards has come on in his place.
Scott Brown is replaced by Scott Murray.
Bristol City are replacing Marcus Stewart with Guy Madjo.
Paul Hayes is being taken off, Daniel Nardiello has come on in his place.
Marcus Stewart goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
Barnsley are replacing Martin Devaney with Brian Howard.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 3 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by M Clattenburg
Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Marcus Stewart putting it in the back of the net.
Marcus Stewart takes a penalty for Bristol City and scores!.
The referee has booked Jacob Burns.
Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Stephen Brooker putting it in the back of the net.
It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, September 27th, the match has kicked off.
New manager Gary Johnson has made the perfect start with Bristol City after securing his second win in as many games. Barnsley, who had two players sent off at the weekend, were ripe for the taking and revitalised by their new boss who joined them from Yeovil last week, City did just that. While the Yorkshire side defended strongly around the box, they were undone by a penalty and two perfect passes from the midfield. The first midway through the opening half came from Australian Luke Wilkshire. Seeing a gap in the back line between Robbie Williams and Bobby Hassell, he pushed a well measured pass through to Steve Brooker. He took it in his stride to drive right footed from 20 yards inside the left-hand post. If that was bad for Barnsley the next two strikes were disastrous. Chasing a ball into the left side of the box Marcus Stewart was upended by Dale Tonge. There was no doubt about the penalty and Stewart, with a clever five pace run, caught Nick Colgan off balance as he converted it. Six minutes later the former Sunderland finisher, who has found it hard to strike form in League One, had the ball in the net again. This one was set up by Scott Brown, who robbed Tonge near the touchline to cut in and release to Stewart unmarked on the far side of goal. The scoreline was harsh but the script looked predetermined and City even had luck early in the second half when there was a strong penalty call for handball against midfielder Cole Skuse. City's new manager had made an emergency loan, taking 20-year-old Osei Sankofa from Charlton for a month, but the deal went through so late that the new centre-back only met his new team-mates in the dressing room an hour before kick-off. He was given an early examination by Barnsley's Paul Hayes but quickly settled into the back four. For Barnsley, Martin Devaney and Chris Shuker worked the flanks well, but as a team The Tykes, in the middle of a poor run, never quite created enough pressure in the final third.
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