The Barnsley Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Lee Gregory scores twice — 8.77
Two goals and a mark of 8.77 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Barnsley walk away from Ben Davies
$1.3M was the most the club would pay and Tottenham 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Barnsley bid $590.0K for Gabe Forsyth
The offer went to Norwich City this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Barnsley make their move for Lenni Cirino
$200.0K on the table at Gillingham. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Match15 Aug 2026
Barnsley come up short against AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon left with the points after a 3‑5 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Barnsley
Connor O'Riordan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Barnsley make their move for Sam Curtis
$74.0K on the table at Sheffield United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Match15 Aug 2026
Lee Gregory among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Lee Gregory on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Barnsley and AFC Wimbledon.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Barnsley
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Boardroom Lenni Cirino will join Barnsley for nothing
- Player ratings Scott Banks was unplayable
- Market Joshua Grant steps up from the Barnsley academy