Promotion will be perfect start as history beckons!

A CLINICAL second-half performance from Blues blitzed Barnsley 6-2 and put the club on the brink of a return to the Championship.

- By ALEX DICKEN

Blues only require one more win to seal promotion and can do it tonight when they travel to Peterborough - five days before they meet the Posh at Wembley in the Vertu Trophy final.

Barnsley, who were reduced to ten men when Mael De Gevigney saw red early on, scored through Davis Keillor-Dunn and Stephen Humphrys.

The red card arrived inside three minutes. A raking long ball from Ryan Allsop set Keshi Anderson racing in behind and, after the winger's touch, De Gevigney clipped his heels, leaving referee Sam Purkiss with no choice but to send him off. Jay Stansfield (penalty), Ben Davies, Alfie May, Luke Harris, Kieran Dowell and Lukas Jutkiewicz were on target for the hosts in a crazy game at St Andrew's. Here are the talking points.

Carnage at both ends

To Barnsley's credit, they matched Blues in the first half and created an entertaining end-to-end game. The first 45 minutes could have ended 3-3.