LIVE FROM OAKWELL

BARNSLEY 1 (Colace 45)
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 3 (Fletcher 64, Mackie 74, Fallon 84)

A SLOPPY second half performance saw the Reds throw away the points at Oakwell as Argyle made the long journey back to Home Park victorious.

With Bobby Hassell, Rob Kozluk and Ryan Shotton missing, Reds boss Mark Robins handed a home debut to on loan youngster Keiran Trippier as he looked for three points against a struggling Argyle. The Reds changed things around again following their midweek defeat at Middlesbrough as Jay Rodriguez came into the starting eleven with Anderson de Silva missing out. Iain Hume sat out the game with an injury picked up in training earlier this week.

Plymouth had former Oakwell stars Rory Fallon and Chris Barker in their side.

The Reds had to be patient in the opening exchanges as Plymouth bombarded the ball forward. The Reds' first sight of goal came on four minutes when Trippier was upended by Noone. The on loan full back took the free kick himself and teed up Filipe Teixeira but the midfielder saw his effort cannon away. Colace lashed the loose ball into the stand.

Plymouth had half a chance to snatch the lead just seconds later as Jamie Mackie crossed well from the right but Carl Fletcher fluffed his lines in the centre and the ball squirmed through to Luke Steele.

Barnsley really ought to have been in front on ten minutes after Andy Gray battled his way to the byline to cross. His low ball left David Stockdale nowhere and fell to Emil Hallfredsson at the back post with the simple task of rolling it into an empty net. The Icelander got it all badly wrong and blazed high into the stand. It was a bad, bad miss.

Teixeira almost embarrassed Stockdale on 13 minutes as he tricked his way past three Plymouth defenders before crossing from the right but the Plymouth keeper managed to grab the ball before it looped over him and into the back of the net.

Rodriguez had Oakwell on its feet on 17 minutes as he shrugged off a heavy challenge midway through the Plymouth had to advance forward and let fly from 30 yards. Stockdale did wonderfully well to turn the ball around the post.

Stephen Foster was the first played cautioned on 23 minutes after he fell victim to a dive by Fallon as the Plymouth striker looked to break away midway through the Reds half. Noone's free kick came to nothing.

It was all Barnsley and more quick passing gave Teixeira the chance to shoot on 27 minutes but his effort from out wide sailed well over the top. Fallon quickly followed Foster into the notebook just after the half hour mark. It was a booking for persistent fouling more than anything.

The Reds should have had a clear penalty on 32 minutes when Reda Johnson blatantly handled Carl Dickinson's long throw in the area. It was a clear, clear handball but nothing was given.

For all Barnsley's total dominance, Plymouth were still a threat and Fallon did well on 36 minutes to craft an opening for Mackie but his effort smacked into Darren Moore and flew wide.

Again the Reds saw a big chance come and go on 37 minutes as Teixeira's cross beat everybody and flew through to Stockdale. It would have taken just a touch or a gamble from a Barnsley player to put it into the net.

Mackie then thought he should have had a penalty on 40 minutes as he tumbled over Foster's challenge. Foul or dive? The referee thought the latter. He should have booked Mackie.

Rodriguez lashed one just over seconds later before Teixeira tricked his way into the area on 41 minutes but could not find a finish to match the brilliance of his run.

Barnsley finally got their goal on the stroke of half time as Dickinson's cross left the Plymouth defence struggling and Colace arrived late to smash the ball past Stockdale from the edge of the area.

Fallon thought he had put Plymouth back on levels terms on 51 minutes as he climbed over Foster to meet Chris Clark's cross but Steele was in magnificent form to dive and claw his header away. Fallon did everything right but it was a moment of pure magic by the Barnsley number one.

Dickinson was only a foot or so from grabbing a second goal for Barnsley on 54 minutes as he let fly from 30 yards but his shot whistled past the post.

Mackie was again told to get up by the referee two minutes later after ending up on the deck as he looked to nip in down the left. The Reds were once again living dangerously at the back on the hour mark as substitute Yannick Bolasie met Karl Duguid's deep cross but Steele was made the save.

Teixeira almost put the game beyond Plymouth a moment later as he cut in from the left onto a loose clearance and hammered a shot an inch past the upright. Stockdale was a very worried man. The Reds defence went walkabout on 63 minutes as Clark was again given far too much time and space to cross but Mackie never looked like getting his header on target.

Barnsley's sloppy start to the second half cost them as the made a mess of dealing with another punt into the area and Fletcher was on hand to rifle the ball past Steele from the edge of the box. Fletcher, who had already been booked, was a little lucky to stay on the pitch as he raced to celebrate with the Plymouth supporters behind Steele's goal.

The Reds could have been back in front within two minutes as Teixeira's corner dropped nicely in the side yard box but Dickinson planted a firm header over the bar.

Barnsley's reluctance to close down on the edge of the box almost cost them dear again on 68 minutes as Fletcher was once more given all the time in the world to shoot and his effort beat Steele but clipped the bar.

The introduction of Adam Hammill and Daniel Bogdanovic looked to spark the Reds. Hallfredsson saw one deflect over on 72 minutes before Bogdanovic twice went close as Argyle got the jitters from a Hammill corner seconds later.

Barnsley's calamitous defending suddenly got even worse from Bolasie's corner on 75 minutes as Fallon won the initial header and Mackie was left completely unmarked to deflect the ball past Steele from four yards.

The Reds should have been back on level terms just seconds after the restart when Hammill's corner was flicked on by Foster and Dickinson appeared unmarked but hit the ball into the stand.

The home side pressed on. Hallfredsson's volley on 79 minutes was deflected wide of the post before Foster was a little lucky to escape a second yellow card as he tripped Mackie.

Barnsley's misery was complete by a goal from Oakwell old boy Fallon and it was a real screamer by the New Zealand striker. Fallon pounced on Foster's clearance some 35 yards from goal and clipped an outrageous and utterly amazing shot past Steele and into the back of the net.

Even though Plymouth were coasting Bolasie could have been sent off on 85 minutes for a stupid hack through Trippier by the corner flag. The Plymouth substitute, who had turned the game for Argyle in the second half, was shown a yellow.