Jonathan Bland

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13 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Oct 2026

Sebastián Olmedo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match24 Oct 2026

Barnsley refuse to lose to Peterborough United

A point taken on 89 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Jonathan Bland stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Bland and Barnsley agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Too much change too quickly at Barnsley

13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Wilmar González was the difference for Barnsley

Marked 7.73. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Match24 Oct 2026

Honours even between Barnsley and Peterborough United

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Robert Cook: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Georgie Gent

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Wilmar González finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Barnsley have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

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12 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Eoghan O'Connell keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barnsley may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad19 Oct 2026

6 saves: Jackson Smith was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Barnsley — 7.79

1 for Sebastián Olmedo, marked 7.79, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Match17 Oct 2026

Jordan Hugill sends Barnsley past Plymouth Argyle

It finished 2‑0, and it was Jordan Hugill’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Barnsley.

Squad19 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for Kévin Bérigaud

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 38 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Barnsley is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Olmedo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Georgie Gent beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Barnsley keep their word to Giovanni Leoni

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Robert Cook has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Robert Cook on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief