The Barnsley Gazette
Squad16 Nov 2026
The knee: Alexander Grant out for 25 days
25 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Barnsley lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout16 Nov 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Barnsley
George Edmundson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market16 Nov 2026
Josh Earl told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Josh Earl has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Barnsley.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Luca Connell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Nov 2026
No place for Sergio Rivas in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Barnsley are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Kelechi Nwakali has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Barnsley will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Harry Smith has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Harry Smith has written the date down.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Sergio Rivas still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Barnsley would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Market The Patrick Kelly question follows Barnsley around
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Barnsley