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HECK SEES RED BUT TYKES TAME LIONS

By Yinsu Collins
PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM was left scratching his head after he was sent to the terraces during his side’s win at Millwall.
A second-half away from the touchline was the only negative point for the Barnsley boss on an afternoon during which his side recorded their first away win of the season and moved three points clear of the Championship relegation zone.
Tom Bradshaw scored in either half, sandwiching a Lee Gregory penalty in first-half stoppage time, before replacement Mamadou Thiam put the gloss on the victory with a late spot-kick of his own.
Heckingbottom was dismisse...

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