The Barnsley Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Scott Banks runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Kieran Green would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kieran Green is living that version at Barnsley, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Reyes Cleary in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Barnsley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Barnsley
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Reyes Cleary
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Barnsley promote John Clark from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Clark has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Peter Clark joins the Barnsley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Clark is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Barnsley promote Richard Ross from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard Ross has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Harry Stewart steps up from the Barnsley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Harry Stewart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Reyes Cleary
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Barnsley