Jon Macken grabbed an injury-time winner for Barnsley to increase the pressure on Ipswich boss Roy Keane.
Ipswich beaten at the death by Tykes
Jon Macken grabbed an injury-time winner for Barnsley to increase the pressure on beleaguered Ipswich boss Roy Keane.
Macken scored in the sixth minute of injury time as Ipswich's worst-ever start to a season continued with the Tykes taking a deserved three points.
Iain Hume opened the scoring after only eight minutes before Liam Rosenior levelled when he pounced on an error on the stroke of half-time.
Hume then missed a late penalty as the Tractor Boys looked destined to claim a point before Macken pounced when the visitors failed to clear a free-kick.
Ipswich were unchanged from the side that drew 3-3 at Sheffield United in midweek, and their luck had not changed either as they went behind to another early goal.
Hume shrugged off two defenders before firing a low shot beyond the reach of Richard Wright.
Swirling
With swirling winds inside Oakwell making this a perilous day for the goalkeepers, Ipswich almost got a goal out of nothing in the 18th minute when Bartosz Bialkowski lost the flight of Grant Leadbitter's free-kick, almost allowing Tommy Smith to latch on to the end of it.
Hume continued to torment Ipswich, almost grabbing a second when he met Jamal Campbell-Ryce's cross but, surrounded by defenders, he was forced to settle for a corner.
The striker took it himself, finding Stephen Foster who sent a bullet header skimming off the top of the crossbar.
Ipswich were going to need a Barnsley mistake to score and they got one with 10 minutes left in the half when Foster inexplicably let Tomas Priskin's cross roll past him, unaware that Alan Quinn was ready to pounce, but the defender recovered to block the shot.
Priskin had a great chance to level moments later, pulling off his marker to meet Jon Walters' cross, but his header was weak.
The Tykes had dominated the half and should have added to their lead, but instead, Barnsley gave Ipswich another chance as Bialkowski's torrid afternoon took another turn for the worse.
Moments after being on the receiving end of a crunching tackle from Priskin, he flapped at Leadbitter's powerful free-kick, and Rosenior headed in the rebound.
Feisty
The game turned feisty in the second half with few chances at either end.
Macken should have put Barnsley back in front just before the hour mark when Ryan Shotton's long throw found him only a couple of yards out but he poked his shot wide.
At the other end, Walter's flick gave Carlos Edwards a great chance but he fluffed his shot terribly. Liam Trotter then wasted another good chance when Walter's cross found him all alone on the edge of the area, but he fired over.
Ipswich were playing with more confidence, and Bialkowski had to be alert to gather Rosenior's dangerous cross with several players lurking.
There was then drama at the other end where referee Phil Gibbs harshly gave a penalty for a foul off the ball by Smith on Hume, but the Barnsley striker saw his spot-kick crash back off the upright.
As normal time ended, McAuley stabbed a shot through a crowded penalty area which Bialkowski scrambled away, while Shotton fluffed a similar chance before Macken's killer blow.
