Two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half helped Stevenage storm to a 3-0 win at home to Barnsley in League One.Elliott List got the first, two minutes after coming on as substitute. The ball ran to him on the right side of the box after a Jamie Reid shot had been blocked.List, who has been guilty of some glaring misses this season, made no mistake with a low drive inside Gabriel Slon...Full Story »

Barnsley head coach Darrell Clarke hopes his side take confidence from their 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers.Davis Keillor-Dunn marked his Reds debut with a goal. Adam Phillips also scored for the hosts, with Rovers’ goal scored by Ruel Sotiriou.Clarke said: “With chucking away a couple of points against Northampton in our last home league game, it was important that we got back to w...Full Story »

Davis Keillor-Dunn marked his Barnsley debut with a goal to help his new side to a 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers.Visiting goalkeeper Josh Griffiths was forced into an early save to keep out Barry Cotter’s well-struck 20-yard effort.Adam Phillips then went close for the hosts, heading narrowly wide after meeting a corner from Keillor-Dunn.Keillor-Dunn struck the opener in the 11th minute with...Full Story »

Barnsley head coach Darrell Clarke heaped praise on two-goal Adam Phillips as the Tykes produced a confident display to beat Crawley 3 -0 at the Broadfield Stadium.After defender Donovan Pines had headed Barnsley in front after 13 minutes, attacking midfielder Phillips burst through to double the advance before converting a penalty in first-half stoppage time having won the spot-kick.The victory...Full Story »

Midfielder Adam Phillips scored twice after an opener from Donovan Pines as Barnsley produced a dominant display to coast to a 3-0 victory at Crawley.Crawley, beaten at home for the first time in five months, never looked likely to mount a comeback after conceding three times in the first half and Barnsley are now unbeaten in their last four league games.Scott Lindsey warned his young Crawley si...Full Story »

Barnsley boss Darrell Clarke was pleased with the way his side recovered from a disappointing result on Saturday to beat South Yorkshire neighbours Sheffield United 1-0 in the Carabao Cup.After Max Watters scored the second-half goal which settled this second round tie, Clarke said: “We scored a really good goal and it’s a good night for us. Defensively, as a team, we were a lot bett...Full Story »

A second-half goal from Max Watters proved enough for Barnsley to beat South Yorkshire neighbours Sheffield United 1-0 and reach the third round of the Carabao Cup.Watters made the decisive breakthrough for the League One side in the 53rd minute at Oakwell, getting on the end of a move involving Barry Cotter and Phillips.Sai Sachdev made his first start in a young Blades line-up and there was a ...Full Story »

Barnsley head coach Darrell Clarke said his side have a “soft under-belly” after throwing away a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw against Northampton.Goals from Max Watters and Adam Phillips put the hosts in control before Northampton equalised with goals from Liam McCarron and Jack Baldwin.Clarke said: ”It’s two points dropped, isn’t it? We get ourselves two-nil up at t...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke insists his Barnsley side were “nowhere near good enough” despite a 2-1 win at Lincoln.Sam Cosgrove and Marc Roberts were on target for the Tykes before Ben House replied and the Imps Lincoln missed several chances to get something from the game.Clarke said: “Nowhere near good enough. I don’t paper over the cracks, the performance was poor. We were sloppy.&...Full Story »

Barnsley assistant coach Martin Devaney hailed debutant goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina for his heroics as his two saves in Tuesday night’s penalty shoot-out against Wigan saw them progress to the second round of the Carabao Cup.The summer signing saved spot-kicks from Josh Stones and Thelo Aasgaard to see the visitors progress 4-2 in an all-League One encounter following a 1-1 draw after 90 mi...Full Story »

Debutant goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina was the hero as Barnsley reached the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out triumph away to Wigan.After a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes, summer signing Slonina saved spot-kicks from Josh Stones and Thelo Aasgaard to see the visitors progress in an all-League One encounter.Aasgaard had slotted home from 12 yards out just after the half-hour mark ...Full Story »

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough praised his side’s start to the game as they marked their return to the third tier with a 2-1 victory at Barnsley.Playing at this level for the first time in over two decades, the promoted Stags were quickly out of the blocks at Oakwell and led 2-0 after 18 minutes through Stephen Quinn and Lee Gregory goals.Luca Connell pulled one back for the hosts before half...Full Story »

Mansfield struck twice early on to pave the way for a 2-1 victory over Barnsley as they made a winning start to life in League One.Stephen Quinn and Lee Gregory netted in the opening 18 minutes for the promoted Stags and that proved enough for the points despite Luca Connell pulling one back for the hosts at Oakwell.The deadlock was broken in the 13th minute when Quinn struck a left-footed effor...Full Story »

Bolton secured their place in the League One play-off final despite being beaten by Barnsley at the Toughsheet Community Stadium as Ian Evatt’s men edged the Tykes 5-4 on aggregate.Holding the upper hand after last Friday’s 3-1 semi-final first-leg win at Oakwell, Bolton had their lead cut in the 36th minute by Sam Cosgrove before hitting back with a fine Aaron Collins strike and an ...Full Story »

Bolton head coach Ian Evatt said his side deserved their two-goal lead as they beat Barnsley 3-1 at Oakwell in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.A Dion Charles double left the visitors looking comfortable at 2-0 before Barnsley substitute Sam Cosgrove halved the deficit with 15 to play.But Randell Williams scored directly from a corner in stoppage time to give Wanderers a healthy le...Full Story »

Dion Charles’ double ensured Bolton have the upper hand in their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final against Barnsley after they triumphed 3-1 at Oakwell.Ian Evatt’s side were two goals up with 15 minutes left to play before Sam Cosgrove halved the deficit to keep Barnsley in it, but Randell Williams netted in stoppage time to restore Bolton’s two-goal lead.The result gives ...Full Story »

Martin Devaney does not know if he will be asked to lead Barnsley in the play-offs.The Tykes parted company with Neill Collins this week with a game of the season to go, asking club stalwart Devaney to deliver the result they needed to make the top six against Northampton.A 1-1 draw means they will face Bolton over two legs, but Devaney is unsure as to who will prepare the side.“I don&rsqu...Full Story »

Barnsley made it into the League One play-offs despite conceding late on to draw 1-1 with Northampton.The Reds head into the play-offs with just one win in their last nine and under the interim care of Martin Devaney after Neill Collins’ departure earlier in the week.Herbie Kane netted a first-half opener before Louis Appere equalised in the dying embers.Barnsley opened the scoring in the ...Full Story »

Blackpool kept their play-off hopes alive with a 3-2 win over fellow promotion chasers Barnsley.Sonny Carey gave Blackpool the lead on 12 minutes with a curling shot from 25 yards out that found the corner.A James Husband header from Karamoko Dembele’s pinpoint free-kick put Blackpool 2-0 up on the stroke of half-time, while Hayden Coulson smashed one into the roof of the net just after th...Full Story »

Conor Shaughnessy struck late on as Portsmouth secured the League One title and promotion to the Championship with a 3-2 win over Barnsley at Fratton Park.Pompey knew one point would return them to the second tier following a 12-year absence but they were up against it after Devante Cole and John McAtee scored for the play-off chasing Tykes either side of Kusini Yengi’s equaliser.However, ...Full Story »