Barnsley Ladies 58, Sunderland Flames Playing their first match for three weeks, Barnsley Ladies recorded their biggest league win of the season as they ran in ten tries against Sunderland in an encounter they totally dominated.. Captain Alix Taylor opened the scoring after only three minutes, jinking through the Sunderland defence and then kicking the… Read more »
Bolton Wanderers 3, Barnsley 1 (SkyBet Championship) The scoreline suggests a convincing win for the team from the Lancashire side of the Pennines. But not a bit of it. Statistics show that Barnsley had considerably more of the possession than the home team (59% to 41%); they had almost double the number of attempts at… Read more »
Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club were in action again at the City of Sheffield Snow Frills Meet at Ponds Forge last weekend. Jonathon Wightman (13) won silver in the 200m Butterfly and Jasmin Ball secured a bronze medal in the 11 year old breaststroke. Other swimmers who took part were Holly Atkinson, Nathan Billingham, Neve… Read more »
Ten members of Birdwell Wheelers braved the bitterly cold but dry weather on Sunday when Dave Hudson, Steve Myatt, Rodger Holmes, Roger Bacon, Austin Watson, Dave Scargill, Rob Parkes, Dave Hudson, Chris Jenkins and Phil Adams completed a club run of 60 miles to Retford. This week the club’s Sunday run is a flattish 50… Read more »
Reading 3, Barnsley 0 (SkyBet Championship) It is difficult to comprehend why Barnsley’s fortunes have taken such a dramatic turn for the worse since the international break. In the three games prior to that they had been buoyed by the accumulation of seven points out of nine. The three games following their return to action… Read more »
Barnsley 0, Leeds United 2 (SkyBet Championship) It is a long time since Barnsley played as poorly as they did in the first half of Saturday’s televised Yorkshire derby at Oakwell. They were so woeful that even head coach Paul Heckingbottom’s admission that his side were ‘second best’ seemed a massive over-assessment. Maybe, with such… Read more »
Twenty Borough of Barnsley swimmers took part in Sheffield City’s Glyn Mettam Memorial B grade meet at Ponds Forge at the weekend. The season is in full swing with many swimmers focussing on achieving entry times for the Yorkshire Championships in February as well as personal bests (55 PBs achieved out of 105 races). Club… Read more »
Barnsley 0, Cardiff City 1 (SkyBet Championship) A goal seven minutes from time at Oakwell brought an end to Barnsley’s unbeaten four-match run. It came in somewhat bizarre fashion following a corner when Adam Hammill made a great goalline clearance only to see the ball ricochet back into the net off Calum Paterson. It was… Read more »
Once again Barnsley Ladies Intermediate Cup match against Didsbury Toc H on Sunday had to be called off because their opponents were unable to field a side. Barnsley were only notified the day before the encounter and spokesperson Stuart Bennett said: “We were really looking forward to this match against a team which had won… Read more »
Norwich City 1, Barnsley 1 (SkyBet Championship) It speaks volumes for how far this young and largely inexperienced Barnsley side have advanced since they came together at start of the season that they were extremely disappointed to come away from Carrow Road with only one point. After three successive defeats Norwich were clearly lacking in… Read more »
