Plymouth Argyle gave their survival hopes a shot in the arm courtesy of a last-gasp win over Bristol City.
Fletcher the hero as Plymouth edge past Robins
Plymouth Argyle gave their survival hopes a shot in the arm courtesy of a last-gasp 3-2 win over Bristol City.
The relegation-threatened Pilgrims were looking good for the points at half-time courtesy of goals from Chris Clark and Bradley Wright-Phillips.
However, the visitors made life uncomfortable for the home side when Maynard pulled a goal back on 58 minutes.
The home fans had their heads in their hands with 12 minutes to go when Maynard bagged his second, but there was to be a sting in the tail.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce saw red late on and Plymouth made their man advantage count when Carl Fletcher scored the winner in injury time.
First chance
The first chance of the game fell to Maynard after just seven minutes, but the striker, who had scored just one goal in his previous 20 appearances, shot wide.
His last goal had come in the 2-1 defeat at QPR in December, a strike that recently saw him pick up the Mitre Goal of the Year award, but he ended his barren run with two second-half goals.
At the other end, Wright-Phillips saw his effort blocked by Louis Carey, who was making his 600th club appearance for the Robins.
On-loan goalkeeper David Stockdale then came to Plymouth's rescue to deny Cole Skuse with an excellent parry. Debutant Stefan Maierhofer, who this week joined on loan from Wolves, was on hand to tap home the rebound but his effort was ruled out for offside.
But it was Plymouth, who had the worst home record in the Championship prior to kick-off, who opened the scoring with a rare goal from Clark shortly after the half-hour mark.
Clark latched onto a cross from Chris Barker before firing home a sweetly-struck volley at the back post for his first goal of the season.
Comfortable save
The Pilgrims could have doubled their lead six minutes before the break but Jamie Mackie's effort was parried by Dean Gerken, who comfortably gathered the ball at the second attempt.
Paul Mariner's men increased their advantage on the stroke of half-time as City failed to deal with a long throw-in from Kari Arnason, leaving Wright-Phillips to score his first goal for the club with a spectacular overhead kick.
City got themselves back into the game within 13 minutes of the restart as Maynard scored from a quickly worked free-kick, and the Robins would have been level soon after had Stockdale not parried away Jamie McAllister's effort.
The Robins finally drew level when Maynard sent a right-footed shot beyond Stockdale 12 minutes from time and the striker almost completed his hat-trick soon after, only to see his header sail just wide.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce was dismissed for a second bookable offence late on and Plymouth took full advantage of the extra man with Fletcher's winner.
