Match Verdict

IT WAS a local lad who proved to be the hero in Barnsley… only for the wrong side!
Danny Rose’s secondhalf brace was the difference between the two sides in a pulsating clash where the non-league part-timers held their own for most of the match.
For Mansfield, boss Steve Evans will be delighted his side avoided what would have been seen as more than a potential banana skin, with the Ducks of Shaw Lane at the top of the Northern Premier League, three steps below the Stags.
In a seesawing battle played in front of the live TV cameras, Mansfield ...