The Barnsley Gazette
Match15 Aug 2026
Barnsley tear AFC Wimbledon apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against AFC Wimbledon, and it could have been more.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Marcus Forss takes the afternoon — 9.13
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Marcus Forss provided it, and the 9.13 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Coventry City tell Barnsley: Jack Rudoni 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $1.2M for Emmanuel Adegboyega
Barnsley have gone to Rotherham United with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Barnsley baulk at the price for Rhys Chadwick
Leeds United wanted more than $1.3M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Barnsley go back to the board over Emmanuel Adegboyega
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.4M — a club that wants Emmanuel Adegboyega enough to be asked twice.
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.
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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Layton Stewart
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Player ratings Scott Banks runs at them all day
- Market One of our own: Andrew Barnes joins the Barnsley first team
- Market Barnsley promote Henry Mitchell from within