Barnsley sealed a comfortable 4-1 win in Dundalk last night.
The Reds were kick starting the League of Ireland Premier side’s pre-season off at their Oriel Park ground with Barnsley having no competitive action this weekend due to Wigan’s FA Cup involvement.
Dundalk took the lead when Ryan Towell smashed home from 25 yards following a punch out from Reds stopper Christian Dibble.
The Reds were not behind for long though when Tomasz Cywka curled home a delicious freekick.
Barnsley then took the lead when Danny Rose managed to sneak an effort under the Dundalk keeper.
The Reds stretched their lead in the second half. Brek Shea played a lovely one-two on the edge of the area with Dale Jennings, before finishing low.
In injury time, Paul Digby then played a defence splitting pass for Jennings to run onto and finish.
DUNDALK: Peter Cherrie (Gabriel Sava H/T); Sean Gannon (Manuel Kaguako 83), Simon Kelly (Mark Rossiter H/T), Andy Boyle, Dane Massey; Chris Shields (Ruaidhri Higgins H/T), Stephen O’Donnell (Daryl Horgan 7); Darren Meenan (Mark Griffin H/T) Richie Towell, John Mountney (Conor McDonald 66); Kurtis Byrne (Patrick Hoban H/T)
Substitutes not used: None.
BARNSLEY: Christian Dibble; Stephen Dawson (Jacob Mellis 64), Reuben Noble-Lazarus, Lewin Nyatanga, Martin Cranie (Dale Jennings 64), Liam Lawrence (Brek Shea 64), Paul Digby, Danny Rose, Tomasz Cywka, Jean Yves-Mvoto, Paddy McCourt (Tom Kennedy 64).
Substitutes not used: Luke Steele (GK), Nick Proschwitz, Peter Ramage, Jim O’Brien.