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Barnsley

Club · England · League One

«The Tykes»

365 Matches
149 wins
82 draws
134 losses
527–521 Goals
+6 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Form 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 W 2 Sep · Home Blackpool · 2:1 L 5 Sep · Home Stevenage · 1:5

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
5 Sep League One Stevenage H 1:5 L
2 Sep League One Blackpool H 2:1 W
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

Standing

League One
# Team M W D L Goals Pts
12 Notts County 5 1 4 0 7:6 7
13 Plymouth 5 2 1 2 7:8 7
14 Barnsley 5 2 1 2 6:8 7
15 AFC Wimbledon 5 2 1 2 4:7 7
16 Stevenage 5 1 3 1 9:6 6
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 365
365 Matches
149 wins
82 draws
134 losses
527–521 Goals
+6 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 365
149wins: 149 · 40% 82draws: 82 · 22% 134losses: 134 · 36%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
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
2 Sep · Home Blackpool · 2:1
5 Sep · Home Stevenage · 1:5
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 365 180 185
Scored 527 270 257
Conceded 521 246 275
Scored per game 1.4 1.5 1.4
Conceded per game 1.4 1.4 1.5
Difference +6 +24 −18

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Squad of Barnsley

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
30 J. Blend Midfielder 20
19 Reyes Demar Uriah Cleary Midfielder 20
51 Kieran Flavell Goalkeeper 19
48 Luca John Connell Midfielder 18
5 Jack Shepherd Defender 18
22 Patrick Kelly Midfielder 17
7 Corey James John O'Keeffe Defender 16
27 Tennai Rosharne Watson Defender 15
8 Adam Phillips Midfielder 15
15 Eoghan O'Connell Defender 15
18 Scott Banks Midfielder 15
9 Tom Bradshaw Forward 14
6 Maël Durand de Gevigney Defender 14
1 Owen Goodman Goalkeeper 14
45 V. Yoganathan Midfielder 13
10 IE David James McGoldrick Midfielder 38 12
20 Charlie Lennon Forward 11
4 Marc Roberts Defender 9
14 Nathanael Ogbeta Defender 9
39 L. Farrell Forward 8
17 Georgie Gent Defender 6
17 Amani Richards Forward 5
8 Cameron Alexander McGeehan Midfielder 5
36 Luke Alker Forward 5
32 Josh Earl Defender 5
25 Rogan Ravenhill Goalkeeper 4
9 MaKenzie Kirk Forward 4
11 T. Nossin Midfielder 4
4 Sam Gale Defender 4
13 Clayton John Taylor Forward 4
2 A. Kay Defender 3
6 Connor O'Riordan Defender 2
3 Z. Larkeche Defender 2
34 Noah Philip Town Defender 2
44 Tayo Dunne Midfielder 1
38 N. Saunders Midfielder 1
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

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