The Barnsley Gazette
Market28 May 2029
Mark White puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Barnsley, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market28 May 2029
Ben Purrington is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Barnsley is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 May 2029
A falling-out at Barnsley
Sean Steur and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 May 2029
Omar Sowunmi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Omar Sowunmi and Barnsley agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market28 May 2029
One of our own: Robert Harris joins the Barnsley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robert Harris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 May 2029
One of our own: Nicholas Ward joins the Barnsley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas Ward is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match26 May 2029
Barnsley come up short against Coventry City
Coventry City left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 May 2029
Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sheyi Ojo 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.
The dugout28 May 2029
Thomas Phillips: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Ben Purrington gets it from the manager
- The dugout Josh Earl has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Sheyi Ojo knocks on the manager's door