Jonathan Hamilton

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495 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

21 Jan 2036
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market21 Jan 2036

Oliver Ludwig asks to leave Barnsley

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout21 Jan 2036

Oliver Ludwig says Barnsley went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings21 Jan 2036

Jonathan Hamilton, 19, steals the show — 7.67

Marked 7.67 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings21 Jan 2036

Up for the corner, and Patrick Kelly delivers — 7.93

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Patrick Kelly scored, was marked 7.93, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Market21 Jan 2036

Jonathan Cunningham has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Barnsley they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad21 Jan 2036

Home is on Body Samir's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Barnsley are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad21 Jan 2036

Layton Stewart 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.

Transfer targets21 Jan 2036

Door shut on Sean Steur

Barnsley asked and Chelsea said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match15 Jan 2036

Barnsley see off Preston

Three points for Barnsley, 1‑0 the final word against Preston in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

Back issues
491 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

24 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 Dec 2035

Zac Potts breaks a bone — 14 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 14 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market24 Dec 2035

Oliver Ludwig puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Barnsley, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad24 Dec 2035

6 saves: Body Samir was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings24 Dec 2035

Jonathan Hamilton, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.71

A mark of 7.71 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings24 Dec 2035

Patrick Kelly pops up at the right end — 7.99

7.99, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market24 Dec 2035

Jonathan Cunningham has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Barnsley they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad24 Dec 2035

Layton Stewart 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.

Match22 Dec 2035

Barnsley end the wait against Cambridge United

It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Squad24 Dec 2035

Peter Morgan signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Peter Morgan and Barnsley agree another 3 years.

In brief

473 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

20 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Aug 2035

Peter Phillips damages knee ligaments — 31 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings20 Aug 2035

Layton Stewart scores twice — 8.99

Two goals and a mark of 8.99 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings20 Aug 2035

Jonathan Hamilton, 18, plays like he has been here for years — 7.87

A mark of 7.87 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 18-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market20 Aug 2035

Eyes on Georgie Gent again

The phone has started ringing about Georgie Gent again, and this time the name on the line is Sunderland. Barnsley are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market20 Aug 2035

Casper Delaney is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Barnsley is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad20 Aug 2035

Tempers go at Barnsley

Layton Stewart was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom20 Aug 2035

8 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.

Match14 Aug 2035

Layton Stewart the difference as Barnsley beat Wrexham

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Layton Stewart. 3‑2 against Wrexham, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Boardroom20 Aug 2035

Barnsley agree a free transfer for Julot Monteyne

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

In brief

469 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

23 Jul 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market23 Jul 2035

Shrewsbury Town come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Barnsley did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets23 Jul 2035

Barnsley agree $190.0K for Daniel Marshall

The clubs have shaken hands with Port Vale; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market23 Jul 2035

Casper Delaney is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Barnsley is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market23 Jul 2035

Jonathan Hamilton puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Barnsley, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad23 Jul 2035

Tempers go at Barnsley

Layton Stewart was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom23 Jul 2035

Barnsley agree a free transfer for Ali Fadal

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Squad23 Jul 2035

Alexander Hunter signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexander Hunter commits to Barnsley for another 3 years.

Transfer targets23 Jul 2035

Chelsea tell Barnsley: Park Seung-Soo 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.

Squad23 Jul 2035

Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aaron Nour is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief