Scunthorpe United 2-0 Barnsley

Gary McSheffrey previously had spells at Birmingham City and Coventry

Scunthorpe United eased to victory over Barnsley, whose losing streak in League One was extended to six games.

Tykes keeper Nick Townsend's awful attempted clearance gifted Tom Hopper his first goal of the season.

And the Iron doubled their lead after Gary McSheffrey drilled home Scott Wiseman's pinpoint cross.

Barnsley's day went from bad to worse as former Scunthorpe striker Sam Winnall had his penalty saved by Luke Daniels after a foul by Murray Wallace.

Scunthorpe United manager Mark Robins told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I thought we were good. I thought we deserved the three points in the end. I thought it was a hard-fought game and I thought we were made to work all the way through the game.

"We've got a goalkeeper to thank for a couple of really, really top saves.

"I think the penalty save was a good save, but there were others during the game that we've got to thank him for.

"Game management in the second half was good and towards the end of the game we had our best spell of possession I would say because we kept the ball away from them."