The Barnsley Gazette
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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 ratings24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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
- Match Barnsley and Burton Albion cancel each other out
- Squad Fabian Schnellhardt still has not settled
- Squad Marc Roberts left out for tactical reasons at Barnsley
- Market The Patrick Kelly question follows Barnsley around