The Barnsley Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Stan Holder out for 40 days
40 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Barnsley
AFC Wimbledon will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Barnsley were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Przemysław Płacheta was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 33. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Omari Kellyman's — 9.42
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.42, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Reyes Cleary's — 7.98
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.98, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market17 Aug 2026
Barnsley sign Jordan Shipley for $350.0K
The paperwork is done: Jordan Shipley joins from Port Vale in a deal worth $350.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Barnsley
Layton Stewart and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Barnsley
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Joan Tincres
Barnsley asked and Le Havre AC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The terraces One of their own: Layton Stewart
- Market Barnsley promote Christopher Dixon from within
- Squad Barnsley lose Chrysolite Ogbu