It was back to league action on a spring like day at Oakwell. The team mascots today were the U10 Blues who were also providing the pre-match entertainment playing hide and seek.

This promised to be a close game and it wasn't until the 12th min that Barnsley managed to fashion their first chancewith a shot from Lissa Woodhouse stopped at point blank range by the Liverpool keeper Tomkins.
12 min Liverpool were forced into their first change with Pope going off injured to be replaced by Mortimer.
19 min Another close chance as Lucy Turner sponsored by Lifetime tried, but her effort cannoned back off the crossbar and is then saved by Tomkins
22 min A shot by Liverpool Mortimer is blocked by the Barnsley defence
29 min Goal to Barnsley as Drew Greene sponsored by iVision pounced on a loose ball and found the back of the Liverpool net, 1-0
33 min chance for Liverpool to equalises with the ball bouncing agonisingly close to the goal line before it was cleared away and then shot over the bar by Rogers
38 min Liverpool equalised as Lee lobbed the ball over Skye Kirkham after a long ball forward by James 1-1
39 min Liverpool almost take the lead as Lee narrowly heads wide
45 min Three efforts on goal in ten seconds, first Tomkins makes a great 1 on 1 save, then rebounds off the post and then it is fired over the crossbar
47 min penalty to Barnsley and with the keeper beaten Danielle Whitham watched as her shot hit the post
Halftime and the teams are evenly match with chances gone begging for both.
59 min chance for Barnsley came to nothing as both teams suffered from a cagey first 15 min of the 2nd half
60 min Liverpool keeper is forced to make another save in a goalmouth scramlble to set up a Liverpool break which saw Rogers narrowly firing over the Barnsley crossbar
66 min Liverpool substitutions with Lee coming off for Bartrup
72 min Liverpool final substitution with Devereaux replaced by Douglas
73 min another effort from Drew Greene but again it is the post that comes to the rescue to deny Barnsley the lead followed by a great reflex save by Tomkins but the flag was up anyway
74 min The Greene twins combine for another effort on goal but the Assistant referee has his flag up for offside
75 min Barnsley substitution as Darcie Greene is replaced by Kathryn Smith
77 min A Double Barnsley substitution with Amy Woodruff & Shannon Durkin coming on to replace Lissa Woodhouse and Drew Greene
83 min the substitutes Amy Woodruff and Shannon Durkin combine on the break to give Shannon Durkin a shooting opportunity that she gratefully took 2-1 Barnsley
85 min Free kick to Liverpool from the edge of penalty area but the ball end up safely in Skye Kirkham's gloves
86 min chance for Liverpool again from a long ball but this time Rogers cannot finish it off
90 min Another Liverpool free kick this time headed just wide as they continue to push for an equaliser
90+3 min A Liverpool shot is partially gathered by Skye Kirkham under pressure and the ball ends up in the back of the goal, but the Referee had already blown for the foul on the goalkeeper and the goal disallowed.
Full time 2-1 Liverpool
Cawa Coffee player's of the match were Drew Greene sponsored by iVision and Danielle Whitham.

Hear the reaction of Red's Manager Chris Hamilton here: 'Good teams lose and come back, it's how they respond, and we've responded well today'