Barnsley goalkeeper Adam Davies with the first save of the afternoon.

Robert Snodgrass cuts in off the right trying to make room to shoot. He is given a glimpse of goal and pulls the trigger.

Davies down to it for a routine save.

A bit of end-to-end action right now.

Barnsley do well to cover danger deep after a free-kick is directed wide to the right.

In a flash, Barnsley break with intent. But they are stopped dead.

Almost 10 minutes have come and gone, and neither side have really been threatened.

All shadow boxing and probing. Robert Snodgrass looked ominous on the ball for a moment for Aston Villa down the right, but it comes to nothing.

It comes to nothing, but there is a real sense of anticipation.

Maybe it has something to do with the atmosphere of the occasion?

It is controlled and patient build up by the hosts.

Nothing rushed at all by Barnsley.

Adam Hammill wins a free-kick in a dangerous area on the right. What can be whipped up here?

John Terry needed to be alert in front of goal there for Aston Villa.

Barnsley get forward with purpose and a low cross comes skidding across the face of goal.

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1 mins

Barnsley 0-0 Aston Villa

With just seconds on the clock we have had a clash of heads.

Aston Villa's Keinan Davis shakes it off easy enough but Barnsley's Adam Jackson needs a few running repairs and is walked off the pitch.

And we are under way...

We are just minutes from kick-off now.

A host of former club greats have been ushered onto the pitch with claps all round.

Now, the current generation head out.

It's a bright, beautiful and loud evening at Oakwell.

Tonight, Barnsley mark their 130th anniversary.

There are players of old in the stands, a special 130-page matchday programme and all sorts of bells and whistles that come with such an occasion.

But the cherry on the cake, I'm sure all will agree, would be the three points against Aston Villa.

Let's see how the celebrations get on...

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This week, terminally ill Barnsley owner Patrick Cryne gave sport one of the most poignant letters you are ever likely to read in a club programme.

Cryne, 66, who has cancer, revealed that he is "living on borrowed time" and thanked fans for their "kindness down the years".

On the night, Barnsley players dedicated their EFL Cup second-round win over Derby to the club owner.

Since then, Tykes manager Paul Heckingbottom has implored supporters to sing Cryne's name tonight.

It would make for a particularly emotional chant at the end of a very touching week at at Oakwell.

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Under-pressure Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce has responded to social media-led criticism from supporters by defending his Championship record.

Ahead of this evenings trip to Barnsley and following today's earlier fixture, Villa are 20th in the table with seven points from seven games.

And some fans are upset by the club's inconsistent start under Bruce, Villa's seventh boss in seven years.

So what did the man himself have to say about it?

"I've heard I'm a dinosaur. But I've been promoted twice in the five years," Bruce told BBC WM. "If I go, who are they going to get who's any better?"

"If it's the last-chance saloon, then so be it.

"If that's what they want. But who's creating that? Social media and radio phone-ins."

Read more here.

So, if you're heading home after a 15:00 game, what did you make of your side's display this afternoon?

Are you a happy Wolves fan, a despairing Birmingham fan are perhaps a joyous Exeter fan?

Well, whoever, you support, you can have your say now via #bbcefl on social media.

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Adam Hammill comes in for Barnsley after scoring the winner in their EFL Cup tie against Derby, while Aston Villa striker Jonathan Kodjia, injured at the end of last season, makes his first start of 2017-18.

Barnsley: Davies, McCarthy, Jackson, Lindsay, Pearson, Williams, Moncur, Potts, Hammill, Bradshaw, Barnes.

Aston Villa: Johnstone, Elmohamady, Terry, Chester, Taylor, Whelan, Hourihan, Snodgrass, Adomah, Davis, Kodjia.

Now we'll be turning our attention primarily to this evening's late Championship game between Barnsley and under-pressure Aston Villa.

Let's take a look at the team news...

Now for a look at League Two, where table-topping Exeter City did it easy to keep their unbeaten start to the season intact, beating Crewe 3-0.

Kevin Nolan's Notts County are still flying high as they prevailed 1-0 against Harry Kewell's Crawley Town.

Port Vale remain bottom as Forest Green fight back to draw 1-1.

And there was late, and I mean VERY late, drama as Luton Town's James Collins scores a 98th-minute winner against Wycombe. The initial equaliser for the Hatters had come in the final minute of normal time.

A quick glance at the League One headlines this afternoon.

At the top of the table, Shrewsbury remain unbeaten as they overcome Oldham Athletic 2-1. A quirky tale in that one being that opening scorer Stefan Payne went off with a nose injury just moments after putting the Shrews 1-0 up.

Blackburn had their four-match winning run halted, with AFC Wimbledon triumphing away from home for the first time in nine league games.

Also, MK Dons got all three points in a see-sawing match against Rochdale and Will Grigg (the one who used to be on fire) got his first goal in 30 league matches as Wigan beat Bristol.

Leeds, incidentally, remain top of the Championship on goal difference, despite their first loss of the season - a deserved one against an inspired Millwall side, who had 20 shots on goal to Leeds' one.

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• Millwall produce an inspired display to beat Leeds United and end the Championship leaders' unbeaten start to the season.
• Hull City and Sunderland's losing streaks come to an end with a 1-1 draw.
• Middlesbrough edge out QPR at the Riverside, Britt Assombalonga scoring the winner in a five-goal thriller.
• Preston North End continue their impressive start to the season, coming from behind to win at Harry Redknapp's Birmingham City.
• Bristol City, who've also only lost once, thrash Derby County 4-1 at Ashton Gate, while Diogo Jota gives Wolves victory at Nottingham Forest.
• Cole Skuse scores for the first time in two years as Ipswich Town beat bottom side Bolton Wanderers, while Stephen Warnock scores his first goal in 100 appearances as Burton Albion beat Fulham.
• Elsewhere, Norwich City win at Sheffield United, winless Brentford draw with Reading and Cardiff City score a late equaliser against Sheffield Wednesday.

Now that the 15:00 games have concluded, let's run you through the headlines, on a good day for fans of Wolves, Preston and Bristol City in particular.