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Facts about events in the history of Barnsley Football Club since the club was formed in 1887. New facts every day of the year.
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On this day in 1978, Barnsley played Worksop Town in the first round of the FA Cup at Oakwell and Graham Reed retained his place having made his debut the previous week. The Reds were easy winners by 5-1, Reed scoring two and Allan Clarke, Glyn Riley and Derek Bell completing the
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On this day in 1984, Barnsley played at Birmingham City in Division 2 – the first time the teams had met in 31 years after Birmingham had been relegated from Division 1 the previous season. Marshalled by Paul Futcher, the Reds had only conceded 2 goals in 7 away games to that
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Following the appeal* by the Mayor of Barnsley (Mr E Sheerien) and Barnsley FC Chairman J S Rose in May, on this day in 1930 Barnsley players held a whist drive and dance at the Arcadian Hall in support of the special appeal fund set up to help Barnsley FC. *The appeal was to
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On this day in 1974, Barnsley lost 1-2 to Halifax Town in the FA Cup first round at Oakwell. Kenny Brown scored the Reds' goal. The defeat was made worse because top scorer Mick Butler limped off with what proved to be a broken leg. This was also the final appearance for two
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On this day in 1914, a charity match was played at Oakwell between Barnsley’s past and present players, for the benefit of the local Belgian Refugees Fund. The refugees were kept together in Beevor Hall and returned home in 1919. I've been unable to find details of who played in
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On this day in 1919, Brough Fletcher scored one and Joe Halliwell got a hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Oakwell in Division 2. This was Halliwell’s 3rd hat-trick in just the 15th game of the season. It set a new club record for hat-tricks in a season.
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Barnsley ended a run of 8 defeats in a row at a wintery Boundary Park on this day in 2015. Conor Hourihane opened the scoring with one of his trademark shots from outside the area and whilst Oldham equalised, Kevin Long scored a winner in the 89th minute. Look at the relief in
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On this day in 1972, after a 1-1 draw at Oakwell 3 days earlier, Barnsley visited The Shay to replay the FA Cup 1st Round tie with Halifax Town. Despite going ahead following an own goal after just 10 minutes, Halifax came back and won the game 2-1, ending Barnsley interest in
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I mentioned goalkeeper John Carrigan a couple of weeks ago. He had another bad day on this day in 1926. The Reds were in a run of poor form, particularly away from home and were 3rd bottom of Division 2 when they played away at South Shields – themselves really struggling and a
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On this day in 2019, Gerhard Struber was appointed Head Coach at Oakwell following a 6 week search after Daniel Stendel's sacking. Struber was previously with Wolfsberger AC in the Austrian Bundesliga. #BarnsleyFC #GerhardStruber #WolfsbergerAC
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For the 5th match in a row Barnsley failed to score when they played West Ham United in Division 2 on this day in 1921. They got a point from 0-0 draws in the 2 previous games but were well beaten this time as the Hammers scored 4. Winger Joseph Turner made the last of his 12
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On this day in 1989, having sacked Allan Clarke a fortnight earlier and then lost 7-0 at WBA, Barnsley played #NewcastleUnited at Oakwell with Mark Smith, a recent signing from Plymouth Argyle for £145,000 and Brian McCord, on loan from Derby County (he later signed permanently)
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On this day in 1993, Barnsley ‘keeper David Watson gained his 2nd England U21 cap in a European Championship Qualifier against San Marino. England won 4-0. Two future Reds forwards also played in the game: Mike Sheron (who scored one of the goals) and Neil Shipperley who made his
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On this day in 1992, Barnsley played IFK Goteborg (Gothenberg) in a friendly match at Oakwell. The game was a warm-up match for IFK before they played AC Milan in the European Cup. The result was a 2-2 draw with Phil Gridelet scoring both goals for the Reds. #BarnsleyFC
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On this day in 1989, newspaper reported that Barnsley were in dispute with South Yorks Police and had refused to pay the policing bill for the FA Cup 4th round replay v Stoke City at Oakwell on 31st January. The dispute was the police decision to hold 20 coaches of Stoke fans on
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In the Hillsborough thread there are a few references to the FA Cup replay at Barnsley. I went to this game ( I was in my mid teens ) and recall going down a slope to the back of the away end,
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On this day in 1969, Stewart Barrowclough made his debut in the FA Cup 1st Round tie at Darlington, coming in for the injured Bob Earnshaw. The game ended in a 0-0 draw. Barnsley won the replay at Oakwell days later 2-0, goals from Norman Dean and Peter Graham. #BarnsleyFC
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On this day in 1981, following both clubs’ promotion the previous season, Barnsley played Rotherham United at Millmoor in Division 2. And what a game it was..... https://t.co/wa9PrxtuLW
#BarnsleyFC #IanBanks #RotherhamUnited
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On this day in 1970, Barnsley played Swansea in a Division 3 fixture at Oakwell. This was the first match against them with their new ‘City’ suffix as prior to this it was ‘Town’. The club changed the name early in 1970 to reflect Swansea’s new status as a City. The match ended
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On this day in 2010, Barnsley got a fine 3-1 win at Ipswich Town in the Championship. Goran Lovre opened the scoring with his first goal for the Reds and it was 2-0 by half-time when a shot from Adam Hammill hit the post and cannoned into the net off the Ipswich keeper. Gary
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A run of just 1 win in 8 games (1 win, 7 draws) had seen Barnsley drop to 4th in the Division 1 table, when they played 3rd placed Norwich City in a promotion 6 pointer on this day in 1996. Goalless at half-time, Adie Moses broke the deadlock with a stunning volley in the 55th
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