Mr Allison rightly ignored Barnsley's penalty pleas

Mr Allison rightly ignored Barnsley's penalty pleas.Sis minutes from time Barnsley wrapped up the points with a goal from a counter-attack. Thompson provided the perfect pass from the left and Eaden sidefooted the ball home.Barnsley (3-5-2): Watson; Moses, Appleby, De Zeeuw; Eaden, Redfearn, Marcelle, Sheridan, Thompson; Wilkinson, Hendrie. Substitutes not used: Liddell, Bosanic, Bullock.Sheffield United (4-4-2): Kelly; Short, Holdsworth, Nilsen, Ward; White, Hutchison, Henry, Whitehouse (Sandford, 58); Taylor, Fjortoft. Substitutes not used: Katchouro, Tracey (gk).Referee: D Allison (Lancaster).. Two Scottish First Division sides entertain Premier opponents today hoping to emulate the feats of minnows south of the border and progress to the Tennents Scottish Cup semi-finals.

Greenock Morton meet Kilmarnock, while Falkirk face another struggling team, Raith. Falkirk are trying to reach the last four for the first time since they won the trophy in 1957. Their manager, Alex Totten, said: "We've beaten Dunfermline at Brockville and it will take a similar performance if we're to get through against Raith." Dundee United, unbeaten in 13 matches, face Motherwell at Tannadice in a repeat of the 1991 final. Motherwell won 4-3 on that occasion under the management of Tommy McLean, who is now in charge of United."We are favourites but I don't buy that," McLean said. "Motherwell have been having a hard time in recent weeks but there is a lot of glory attached to a good cup run and reaching the semi-finals.". Mark McGhee is confident Wolves will hold their nerve when the First Division promotion battle hots up. Wolves go for a League double over Tranmere at Molineux today with McGhee happy he has enough experience in his squad to avoid jitters at Easter and thereafter. McGhee thinks Wolves, who have 62 points and are 10 points adrift of leaders Bolton, need a further 20 from their remaining 11 games - including quite a favourable run-in - to claim the second automatic promotion place.McGhee said: "It will be a question of nerve then, but I'm sure we've got the strength in our squad to see us through."Bolton tackle Swindon at Burnden Park with their manager, Colin Todd, expecting Per Frandsen, his Danish international midfielder, to recover from a leg injury in time.Crystal Palace face a London derby with Charlton at The Valley, while fifth-placed Norwich meet Port Vale at Carrow Road..

Rangers, the Scottish League champions left reeling after being knocked-out of the Tennents Scottish Cup by Celtic on Thursday, were last night facing the prospect of being without three key players for several important games. The England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been ruled out until after the Premier Division meeting with Celtic on Sunday week. Erik Bo Andersen, their Danish striker, is out for three weeks at the very least after suffering a hairline fracture to his skull in the Cup quarter-final defeat by Celtic at Parkhead. And the midfielder Ian Ferguson must serve a two-match suspension after the second derby with Celtic. Medical experts have advised Gascoigne must remain in plaster for the next week to 10 days, Archie Knox, the Rangers assistant manager, said.