Goals from Paul Parry, Kevin McNaughton and Joe Ledley gave Cardiff the perfect preperation for their FA Cup final against Portsmouth as they beat Barnsley 3-0.

The Bluebirds dominated throughout and were well worth the victory over their FA Cup semi-final victims which ended City's three-game winless run.

Parry, who missed the semi-final win over the Tykes, further enhanced his claims for a starting berth at Wembley with the opener before McNaughton and Ledley struck in the second half to secure City the points.

Barnsley, who staved off the threat of relegation with a 3-0 win over Charlton last weekend, looked comfortable on the ball but were well short of ideas in the final third, with strikers Istvan Ferenczi and Jon Macken showing a distinct lack of movement up front.

The scoreline could have been even more destructive to the Tykes had it not been for some last ditch defending and the intervention of the woodwork which denied Peter Whittingham in the first half.