Jackson Smith

Goalkeeper - Barnsley
28 Nov 2026
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Marked for Jackson Smith

12 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Eoghan O'Connell keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barnsley may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad19 Oct 2026

6 saves: Jackson Smith 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 ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Barnsley — 7.79

1 for Sebastián Olmedo, marked 7.79, 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.

Match17 Oct 2026

Jordan Hugill sends Barnsley past Plymouth Argyle

It finished 2‑0, and it was Jordan Hugill’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Barnsley.

Squad19 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for Kévin Bérigaud

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 38 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Barnsley is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Olmedo 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.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Georgie Gent beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Barnsley keep their word to Giovanni Leoni

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Robert Cook has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Robert Cook on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Connor O'Riordan is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Sebastián Olmedo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Kieren Flavell stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kieren Flavell and Barnsley agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The formation has left Kévin Bérigaud behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Barnsley will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Scott Banks gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Scott Banks is on it.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A door opens for Kelechi Nwakali

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

2 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Barnsley bid $9.9M for Ephron Mason-Clark

The offer went to Coventry 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A move Joe Powell would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Joe Powell is living that version at Barnsley, and it tends to show in the first month.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Barnsley go back to the board over Ephron Mason-Clark

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.6M — a club that wants Ephron Mason-Clark enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Calvin Ramsay at that price

Barnsley offered $550.0K; Liverpool said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Joe Powell 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 targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Mark McGuinness

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Reyes Cleary stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Reyes Cleary and Barnsley agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Joe Powell is a square peg at Barnsley

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

A loan move for Giovanni Leoni is in the works

Barnsley have made the call to Liverpool. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief