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Barnsley

Club · England · League One

«The Tykes»

363 Matches
148 wins
82 draws
133 losses
524–515 Goals
+9 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Form D 2 Aug · Away Guiseley AFC · 1:1 D 8 Aug · Home Wigan · 1:1 L 15 Aug · Home Bromley · 0:1 D 22 Aug · Away Doncaster · 0:0 W 25 Aug · Home Crewe · 3:2 W 29 Aug · Away Leyton Orient · 3:1

A replay settled it. Barnsley had lost the 1910 FA Cup final to Newcastle United, and when they returned two years later Oakwell's tenants had nothing else to show for a quarter-century of trying. In 1912 they reached the final again, drew the first match, and beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the replay. It remains the only major trophy the club has ever lifted.

The team that made it there had started life as Barnsley St Peter's, formed by Reverend Tiverton Preedy in 1887 and renamed a decade later. Oakwell became home in 1888 and has stayed that way since; the club swapped its original blue for red and white in 1904, and the colours never changed back. The Football League admitted Barnsley to its Second Division in 1898.

Three Third Division North titles followed in the 1930s and 50s, but the club's more recent identity has been built on getting out of the third tier rather than winning it outright — play-off final wins over Swansea City in 2006 and Millwall in 2016, either side of a Football League Trophy final beaten 3-2 against Oxford United.

Two names from the same era outweigh the rest. Tommy Taylor came through Barnsley's ranks before Manchester United signed him, and died in the Munich air disaster of 1958. Norman Hunter, already a World Cup winner with England, arrived as player and later manager and steered the club through two promotions in the early 1980s. The rivalries that matter most are close to home — Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United, all Yorkshire derbies.

Eric Winstanley captained the side at 19, the youngest in the club's history, and went on to make more than 460 appearances.

Latest results

All matches
29 Aug League One Leyton Orient A 3:1 W
25 Aug League Cup Crewe H 3:2 W
22 Aug League One Doncaster A 0:0 D
15 Aug League One Bromley H 0:1 L
8 Aug League Cup Wigan H 1:1 D
2 Aug Friendlies Clubs Guiseley AFC A 1:1 D

Standing

League One
# Team M W D L Goals Pts
7 Notts County 3 1 2 0 5:4 5
8 Oxford United 2 1 1 0 4:3 4
9 Barnsley 3 1 1 1 3:2 4
10 Cambridge United 3 1 1 1 5:5 4
11 Plymouth 3 1 1 1 4:4 4
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 363
363 Matches
148 wins
82 draws
133 losses
524–515 Goals
+9 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 363
148wins: 148 · 40% 82draws: 82 · 22% 133losses: 133 · 36%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
2 Aug · Away Guiseley AFC · 1:1
8 Aug · Home Wigan · 1:1
15 Aug · Home Bromley · 0:1
22 Aug · Away Doncaster · 0:0
25 Aug · Home Crewe · 3:2
29 Aug · Away Leyton Orient · 3:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 363 178 185
Scored 524 267 257
Conceded 515 240 275
Scored per game 1.4 1.5 1.4
Conceded per game 1.4 1.3 1.5
Difference +9 +27 −18

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Squad of Barnsley

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Matches
5 Jack Shepherd Defender 18
30 J. Blend Midfielder 18
19 Reyes Demar Uriah Cleary Midfielder 18
51 Kieran Flavell Goalkeeper 17
7 Corey James John O'Keeffe Defender 16
48 Luca John Connell Midfielder 16
22 Patrick Kelly Midfielder 15
18 Scott Banks Midfielder 15
15 Eoghan O'Connell Defender 15
8 Adam Phillips Midfielder 15
27 Tennai Rosharne Watson Defender 15
1 Owen Goodman Goalkeeper 14
6 Maël Durand de Gevigney Defender 14
9 Tom Bradshaw Forward 14
45 V. Yoganathan Midfielder 13
10 David James McGoldrick Midfielder 12
20 Charlie Lennon Forward 11
4 Marc Roberts Defender 9
14 Nathanael Ogbeta Defender 9
39 L. Farrell Forward 6
17 Georgie Gent Defender 6
32 Josh Earl Defender 5
17 Amani Richards Forward 3
9 MaKenzie Kirk Forward 3
36 Luke Alker Midfielder 3
4 Sam Gale Defender 3
8 Cameron Alexander McGeehan Midfielder 3
25 Rogan Ravenhill Goalkeeper 3
13 Clayton John Taylor Forward 2
11 T. Nossin Defender 2
2 A. Kay Defender 2
34 Noah Philip Town Defender 2
37 Callum Hudson Defender 1
37 Scott Flinders Goalkeeper 1

Fixtures of Barnsley

Honours of Barnsley

  • Third Division North 1934, 1939, 1955 3
  • League One Play-offs 2006, 2016 2
  • FA Cup 1912 1
  • Football League Trophy 2016 1