The Barnsley Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Omari Kellyman out for 35 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Barnsley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Age has not caught David McGoldrick yet — 8.16
At 38 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.16 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Reyes Cleary beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Barnsley — 7.98
1 for Jack Senior, marked 7.98, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Cambridge United tell Barnsley: Louis Appéré 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.
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Barnsley find a way past AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon made Barnsley work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Adam Ross joins the Barnsley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Ross 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
One of our own: Stephen Morgan joins the Barnsley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stephen Morgan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Barnsley promote Mark Collins from within
- Market One of our own: Adam Hawkins joins the Barnsley first team
- Transfer targets A loan move for Salim Musah is in the works