Stan Holder

Defensive Midfielder - Barnsley U20
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25 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Jan 2027

The knee: Stan Holder out for 19 days

19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Barnsley lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Too dear: Barnsley walk away from Hannibal

$4.8M was the most the club would pay and Burnley were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Joe Powell scored one and made one — 7.85

Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.85, and 2 involvements.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Fulham tell Barnsley: Beau Reus is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match16 Jan 2027

Wigan Athletic take the points off Barnsley

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Giovanni Leoni gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match12 Jan 2027

Barnsley see off Wycombe Wanderers

Three points for Barnsley, 2‑0 the final word against Wycombe Wanderers in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad18 Jan 2027

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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A falling-out at Barnsley

Sindre Walle Egeli and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Luca Connell at his very best
  • Squad The formation has left Charlie Kelman behind
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
24 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad11 Jan 2027

The knee: Stan Holder out for 26 days

26 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Barnsley lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match9 Jan 2027

Barnsley strike at the death to beat Burton Albion

There were 87 minutes on the clock and Burton Albion had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Barnsley did not stop to explain themselves.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Barnsley make their move for Hannibal

$4.8M on the table at Burnley. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

No sign of nerves from Sindre Walle Egeli at 20 — 7.61

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sindre Walle Egeli did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad11 Jan 2027

The step up is real for Giovanni Leoni

At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Barnsley

Connor O'Riordan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match9 Jan 2027

Barnsley see off Burton Albion

Three points for Barnsley, 2‑1 the final word against Burton Albion in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces11 Jan 2027

Barnsley supporters have found a favourite in Emersonn

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Emersonn has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad11 Jan 2027

A row about effort at Barnsley

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sebastián Olmedo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

23 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad4 Jan 2027

Stan Holder damages knee ligaments — 33 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

The paperwork begins on Emersonn

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Barnsley have done the hard part with Ipswich Town, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Wilmar González beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Barnsley

Joe Powell and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match2 Jan 2027

Barnsley cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Barnsley rebuffed over Benoný Breki Andrésson

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stockport County have kept their man, and Barnsley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match29 Dec 2026

A bad afternoon for Barnsley against Blackpool

0‑1 to Blackpool, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad4 Jan 2027

A row about effort at Barnsley

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sebastián Olmedo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market4 Jan 2027

No place for Luca Connell in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Luca Connell has his answer from Barnsley; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief