Barnsley take all 3 points

Hull United v Barnsley FC

Last Sunday was the first home game of the year; United wanted to carry on from last week's win with another.

The first ten minutes of the match were end to end, with both teams struggling to convert any attempts at goal. Barnsley battled hard in the middle of the park, but skipper Robinson, with support from Tankard and Damms, kept them quiet. One clear-cut chance was created for Tate to put away, but unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. Just before the half-time whistle, Barnsley broke free from the back four, and a miss timed tackle caused the striker to go down in the box and subsequently a penalty was awarded to the visitors. Barnsley put away the penalty - finishing the half in front.

After the half-time team talk, United knew they had to be more clinical when taking chances; the team needed to take more attempts from a distance rather than trying to walk the ball into the goal. One change was made, which was O’Neill for Thomas.

United tried to kick on from the first whistle and created some good opportunities. One chance came from Damms, who made a great run, cutting into the box, but it was saved by the Barnsley keeper. This became a reoccurring theme for the second half. Changes were made in the 70th minute, where Sharpie made way for O’Rourke and Ward was replaced by Cooke. Unfortunately, another goal was slotted away by the Barnsley attack, making it 2 nil. The final substitution was made for United around the 75th minute mark, where Tate came off for Lisle, hoping fresh legs would change the dynamics of the game. However, Barnsley defended well until the end whistle. The away team took away the points with a 2 nil victory.

The player of the match went to Chloe Robinson for her constant battling and headers in the middle.

Assistant Manager Mel Marsden Added " First half i thought we were brilliant, and where very unlucky to go in one nil down, we competed all over the park and Barnsley did not really cause us any problems, Sharla had very little to do in goal. We need to improve in our forward play and be more clinical in front of goal. Football is a game of fine margins and today it did not go our way, but there are lots of positives for us to take into next weeks game against Bradford City.

Next week's game is away against Bradford City.