Record-breaker Shelvey starts at Oakwell

Jonjo Shelvey will make Charlton history at Oakwell this afternoon.

At 16 years and 59 days the midfielder becomes the youngest played to represent the club, beating previous incumbent Paul Konchesky by little over three weeks.

Manager Alan Pardew has made four changes for the final away game of the season with recalls for Chris Iwelumo and Luke Varney.

Iwelumo, Charlton's leading marksman this season with ten goals, is expected to operate alone up front.

Varney will start wide on the left and Ambrose will likely provide the ammunition from the opposite flank with Jose Semedo coming into midfield.

But the real story of the day surrounds the prodigiously talented Shelvey.

The attacking midfielder, who turned 16 the day Charlton bowed out of the FA Youth Cup, has only just been named in the U18 squad for next season yet has bulged the net 11 times in academy football.

He also takes the number of players Pardew has utilised this season to 37 - beating the previous record number of 36 from Charlton's first season in the Football League.

Since the play-off ending defeat at Queens Park Rangers Leroy Lita and Lee Cook have both ended their loan spells at the club and returned to Reading and Fulham respectively.

The other two players to make way are Zheng Zhi and Andy Gray with the striker on the bench together with academy talisman Scott Wagstaff, who has made an impressive 38 appearances this season for the reserves and U18s.

Fit again Sam Sodje is also named in reserve after dislocating a toe at Plymouth and youngsters Grant Basey and Darren Randolph fill up the bench.

Barnsley, still not secured of their Championship safety, have midfield firepower in the shape of captain Brian Howard while Chelsea destroyer Kayode Odejayi leads the line up front and ex-Addick Jamal Campbell-Ryce operates out wide.

Charlton: Weaver; Halford, Thatcher, McCarthy, Bougherra; Ambrose, Holland, Semedo, Shelvey, Varney; Iwelumo.

Subs: Randolph, Sodje, Basey, Wagstaff, Gray

Barnsley: Steele, Van Homoet, Kozluk, Souza, Nyatanga; Campbell-Ryce, Hassell, Howard, Leon; Macken, Odejayi.

Subs: Letheren, Butterfield, Togwell, Ferenczi, Nardiello.

Referee: R Beeby

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