Barnsley waited five games for a goal but found four all at once to beat Doncaster - with just 10 men.
Ten men Barnsley end goal drought in style
Barnsley had been waiting five games for a goal but found four all at once to beat Doncaster Rovers 4-1 - with just 10 men.
The Tykes' last goal had arrived in late August and their hopes of rectifying the situation looked even slimmer when Darren Moore was sent off early in the second half with South Yorkshire rivals Rovers already leading thanks to an 11th-minute penalty converted by Brian Stock.
But they produced a stunning fightback led by their captain Stephen Foster who brought them level just three minutes after Moore's dismissal.
It ended an eight-hour wait for the Tykes to score a league goal, and the floodgates opened as Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Jon Macken and Iain Hume also netted to give Barnsley - who had only scored four goals in the league all season previously - just their second win of the campaign.
Disallowed
The visitors thought they had gone ahead before their 11th-minute penalty when Lewis Guy was flagged for offside after prodding in a James Coppinger cross.
The away fans did not have to wait long though as Foster needlessly pushed Guy out of the way as he sought to clear Coppinger's floated ball into the area and concede a spot-kick.
Referee Phil Dowd's decision prompted protests from the home side, and after a short delay, Stock kept his cool converting low to Heinz Muller's right despite the goalkeeper guessing the correct way to dive.
Rovers were looking the more adventurous side with the pace of Guy causing concern as he twice drifted past Moore with ease although Barnsley showed signs of recovering the deficit as Neil Sullivan was called on to make diving saves to deny Rob Kozluk and Dennis Souza before the interval.
Straight red
The game continued at a frantic pace after the break although the home side were rocked after 50 minutes when Moore, who spent three seasons at Rovers in the mid-90s, was shown a straight red card after he hauled down Guy as the last man.
But just as the Tykes' afternoon looked to be going from bad to worse they ended their goalscoring drought.
The break came in scrappy circumstances as Foster made up for conceding the earlier penalty to tap in after a goalmouth scramble in the 53rd minute.
The Tykes fans only had to wait another six minutes to see another goal. Campbell-Ryce cut inside the defence at the point of the area and shot low across Sullivan.
Simon Davey, who has come in for some criticism in recent weeks, could have been forgiven for allowing himself a smile when he saw Macken score with his first touch after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
And Hume smashed in a long-range shot with five minutes remaining to seal a memorable comeback win.
