Corey O'Keeffe

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30 Sep 2026
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Marked for Corey O'Keeffe

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The Barnsley Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Scott Banks

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Connor Barratt hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Barnsley can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Barnsley

Reyes Cleary 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.

Squad

Corey O'Keeffe 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.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Corey O'Keeffe

A mark of 7.31, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Market

Talks stall between Barnsley and Kieran Green

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Squad

Reyes Cleary 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.

Squad

Words at Barnsley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luca Connell 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.

Market

Barnsley and Kelechi Nwakali are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

The Fábio Jaló conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Gillingham will make the call about Fábio Jaló this week. Barnsley have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad

Luca Connell asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief