Scunthorpe United 0 Barnsley 0: Tykes' steely resolve denies Baraclough first win

With both strike forces impotent and defences sturdy, the pair played out an entertaining draw that continues the Tykes' winless run on the road that stretches back to February.

The visitors had goalkeeper Luke Steele and the goal frame to thank for keeping the game goalless heading into the break.

Tempers threatened to fray in the second half as both sides became frustrated by the lack of end product, as play was reduced to set-pieces and audacious balls in an attempt to break the deadlock.

Both sets of players found new impetus as the clock ran down but neither could find the elusive winner, with Eddie Nolan scooping a shot just over in stoppage time for the Iron.

The first moment of note came after 16 minutes, when Josh Wright's long-range effort was palmed wide by goalkeeper Steele.

The shot seemed to spark the visitors into life and, after wasting several corners they came agonisingly close to scoring, although Jim O'Brien could not get his toe on the end of Adam Hammill's terrific left-wing cross.

The former Liverpool man came close himself minutes later, before an Iron free-kick routine seemed botched but Wright laid the ball to Martyn Woolford, whose deflected shot was heading into the bottom left-hand corner until Steele parried.

Jonathan Forte twice came close to breaking the deadlock, first seeing his shot rebound off the post before blazing needlessly over minutes later.

The home side again came out strongly after the break, with Woolford having a shot deflected over and Rob Jones almost bundling home in the opening minutes.

Scunthorpe: Murphy, Byrne, Mirfin, Jones, Nolan, Collins (Grant 56), Josh Wright (O'Connor 73), Togwell, Woolford, Dagnall, Forte. Unused substitutes: Slocombe, Raynes, Godden, Canavan, McClenahan.

Barnsley: Steele, Hassell (Doyle 72), Shackell, Foster, Potter, Hammill, Butterfield, Arismendi, O'Brien, Lovre, Gray (Wood 77). Unused substitutes: Preece, Trippier, Dickinson, Colace, Morales Neumann.

Referee: R Shoebridge (Derbyshire).