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Short Reports from the Games.

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Nationwide League Division One : End of Season Final.
Placed 2nd & Promoted to the Premiership. 18 Points Behind the Champions Bolton.
Played 46 Won 22 Draw 14 Lost 10 For 76 Against 55 Points 80.

Highest ever league placing. (Until 1997/1998) and Highest Ever Points Total.

1996 - 1997 Results

August 1996

17th West Bromich Albion A 2-1 Marcelle scores his first for the club, and Liddel gets the other one. Wilkinson, Appleby, Bosancic, Marcelle and Thompson make the debut's for the club. 20th Rochdale A 1-2 CC Cup 1st 1. Wilkinson scores his first for the club. 25th Huddersfield Town H 3-1 Sky Sunday Marcelle Redfearn and Wilkinson score for us, while Huddersfield score by throwing the ball directly into the goal from a throw in! 27th Reading H 3-0 Sheridan and Liddell twice are the Scorers. 31st Birmingham City A (Postponed due to International commitments.) Top of Page

September

3rd Rochdale H 2-0 CC Cup 1st 2 Scorers Redfearn and Wilkinson. 7th Manchester City A 2-1 Marcelle scores twice with his second coming 2 minutes from time as he latches onto a woeful backpass from a City defender. 10th Stoke City H 3-0 Davis and Liddell get the first 2, with Thompson scoring a Bullet late on for his first for the club. 14th Queens Park Rangers H 1-3 First league defeat of the season, thus the league loses its only 100 percent team as we are beaten by a much bigger and better side on the day. Wilkinson scores. 17th Gillingham H 1-1 CC Cup 2nd 1 Dire game as we are lucky to get an own goal to tie the game. 21st Oldham Athletic A 1-0 Redfearn penalty, as Marcelle gets kicked to hell by the Oldham team. 24th Gillingham A 0-1 CC Cup 2nd 2 (Out after extra time) Worst possible result for the travelling support. Go down without scoring a goal and have to travel home the 4 hours an extra 45 minutes late. 28th Grimsby Town H 1-3 2nd consecutive loss at home in the league. Kept Brian Laws in charge for a little while longer at Grimsby. Liddell scores. Top of Page

October

1st Ipswich Town A 1-1 Redfearn penalty gets the draw. Shirtliff howler gifts Ipswich the goal. 5th Charlton Athletic A (Postponed Interntational commitments) Mid week, mid season change in the law to include under 21 internationals as an excuse for postponements robs the reds of a good chance to get back on track. 12th Crystal Palace H 0-0 Hendrie makes his debut for the club. 15th Oxford United H 0-0. 19th Bradford City A 2-2 Chris Waddle weaves his magic to put Bradford ahead, but the reds battle back with goals from Liddell and Davis. 25th Bolton Wanderers H 2-2 Sky Friday Cracking game sees a Redfearn double one being a penalty. 29th Port Vale A 3-1 Hendrie gets his first for the club. De Zeeuw and Marcelle off the bench are the other scorers. Top of Page

November

2nd Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3-3 Eaden De Zeeuw and a Redfearn penalty. 9th Norwich City H 3-1 Moses, Hendrie and Wilkinson score. 16th Swindon Town A 0-3 First away defeat of the season. 23rd Portsmouth H 3-2 Davis, Hendrie and Wilkinson score for Barnsley. 30th Bolton Wanderers A 2-2 Apparantly the first refrences to Brazil are made at this match by one bearded fan, Donald Scargill according to the Barnsley Chronicle on Friday Janaury 17th. Soon to be taken to the hearts of the Barnsley fans. Redfearn double (1 penalty) nearly earns 3 points until a late equaliser by Bolton. Top of Page

December

3rd Birmingham City A 0-0 (Rearanged) Power failure fails to put off the Reds defence as we hold out for a draw. 7th Southend United H 3-0 Hendrie 1 and a Wilkinson double secure the points. 14th Tranmere Rovers H 3-0 Hendrie, Wilkinson and another Redfearn penalty give us another 3 points. 21st Sheffield United A 1-0 STAND UP! Barnsley fans get 2 great Christmas presents from the team. Beat the Blunts away and put ourselves top of the league. Hendrie Scored. 26th Stoke City A 0-1 Sheridan sent off as we fall from the top spot. 28th Manchester City H 2-0 "I'd rather be in Barnsley than Barbados" or that's what the City fans were singing. On this performance I have to agree with them. Bosancic scores his first for the club as he takes over the reigns from an injured Redfearn as the penalty taker. Moses bullet header gets the other. Top of Page

January 1997

1st Oldham Athletic H (Postponed Frost and Snow) Football for a Fiver put on hold for a while. 4th Oldham Athletic H (Postponed FA Cup 3rd, Frost and Snow continue.) 11th Queens Park Rangers A 1-3 Redfearn scores the first before a massive 3 goal comeback from Rangers is started by hat-trick man Spencer just before half time as we pushed for a second. Spencer also breaks Davis's leg and so plunges the Reds into a serious injury crisis for the first time this season. 14th Oldham Athletic H 2-0 FA Cup 3rd (Rearranged) Brazilliant first half sees Bosancic starting the revival by being streched off after 5 minutes of treatment on the pitch. Bullock scores a magnificient 2nd goal for the club, first of the season. Marcelle gets the second off a Bullock pass which was inspired by the best pass I have ever seen by Hendrie. 18th Ipswich Town H 1-2 Bosancic recovers to make the bench. Lackluster performace nearly sees us rescue a point after a Liddell goal. 25th Queens Park Rangers A 2-3 FA Cup 4th (Out) Will we ever beat this side? Redfearn gives us the lead, QPR get 2 back and take the lead before Sinclair scores an overhead scissor kick from the edge of the 18 yard box, contender for goal of the season. Hendrie gets one back with 4 minutes to go but its not enough. 28th Grimsby Town A 3-2 Hendrie hat-trick beats 10 man Grimsby. Top of Page

February

1st Norwich City A 1-1 Lucky Eaden deflection gives us the lead. Then got murderd in the second half. 8th Port Vale H 1-0 Hendrie again with well taken goal to keep us up with the promotion race. 2000 free school kid seats swelled the crowd to just over 12,000. 15th Charlton Athletic A 2-2 Utter Chaos as the Referee spoiled what could have been a good game. (Pitch didn't help either). Jason Lee put Charlton up with 2 minutes to go. Another Super Johnny Hendrie Double. The second of which in the last minute caused much did it cross the line controversy. For some bizarre reason Wilkinson nearly caused a riot and was almost sent off. Why did he jump over the advertizements infront of the Charlton fans? 22nd Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1-3 Unable to recover from 2nd minute Bull goal. Sheridan brought us within striking distance while there keeper lay prostrate on the floor. Also had the embarrasement for a Barnsley Song played before the game, "Its Just Like Watching Brazil". A couple of months ago it was. Not anymore. I think all the recent media coverage has just gone to there heads. Perhaps its a media conspiracy. Put them on the telly then they will go to pieces. Top of Page

March

1st Southend United A 2-1 Redfearn Double saves Appleby's blushes. 4th Swindon Town H 1-1 Redfearn dead on Target again with an absolute bullet. Then we let it slip with one soft goal. 7th Sheffield United H 2-0 Sky Friday Night Game. Amazing work by Eaden to keep a ball in play sets up Hendrie for a faint back heel. 3 Guilt edged chances missed in the Second half before Eaden was put through to score the 2nd with 10 minutes left. Some absolute nutter should also have been banned from the ground forever after chasing after the Referee when he didn't give a penalty. Was he pissed up? Who knows, but whoever you are stay away from Oakwell idiot. 15th Tranmere Rovers A 1-1 Bit Jittery. Wilkinson scores (first time in ages) to bring us back level after the break. 22nd Huddersfield Town A 0-0 First time we haven't scored since boxing day. Hendrie came closest when his cross took a deflection an outrageous deflection and hit the post. Biggest cheer of the day came when Toby came onto the pitch 5 minutes before kickoff. 28th West Bromich Albion H 2-0 Sky Friday Good first half performance, Redfearn first followed by Thompson penalty which nearly burst a hole in the goal. Should have been more up really. 31st Reading A 2-1 Should have been four up in first 20 minutes but it was only 2. Own goal and Liddell the scorers. Penalty decision against gave Reading hope. Both Redfearn and Sheridan booked so the will both miss a future game. Top of Page

April

5th Birmingham City H 0-1 Freak winds took the ball away from Watson to put City up. 12th Charlton Athletic H 4-0 On song again after a shaky start. Marcelle tap in for the first after Brendon (Ex Barnsley) made a terrible back pass to put Athletic in trouble. Thompson Double either side of the break followed by Hendrie make it a day to remember. It could have been more as the Charlton keeper tipped it onto the bar twice late on, and Hendrie missed from less than a yard. The result was made even sweeter when over the radio the result came through that Wolves had lost at Reading. 15th Oldham Athletic H 2-0 Rearranged Game from new years day. Football for a fiver paid off with a bumper crowd although early on its impatience was poor from. Hendrie scored the first just before half time lifting the whole of the stadium. Marcelle scored the second to put the game out of reach. Then for the first time I can ever remember Radio 5 started to gush about our performance and how the whole team had pulled together. Amazing. David Pleat are you a Barnsley fan? 19th Crystal Palace A 1-1 Early second half Thompson penalty after Wilkinson was felled in the box pulls back a first half defecit. Appleby taken off with suspected broken leg. *note big advice for those wishing to travel away to Selhurst. Don't do it on the bus, it seems to take forever. Especially when the Video doesn't work, neither does the tape deck, neither does the radio, then they turn off the lights the second it gets dark. (Can't read your paper) Then your walkman batteries run out. 22nd Portsmouth A 2-4 Rearranged. Reddo Double in the second half fails to save us from dropping 3 points. (23rd Wolves 1 - Grimsby 1. We are one win away from promotion! eeeek.COME ON YOU REDS. 

26th Bradford City H 2-0. It's Unbelieveable! WE ARE GOIN UP SAY WE ARE GOIN UP! The most amazing day in the history of Barnsley FC, were promoted automatically with no need to resort to the playoff lottery. Early strike from Paul Wilkinson settled a few nerves. We should have been six up at half time but the Bradford goal led a charmed life. Then they got back into it and hit the post with the score still at 1-0. The crowd went silent for a second. Then with three minutes to go, Marcelle a late substitute for Bullock took the ball from Redfern and then took it passed two Bradford players and stuck it in the back of the net. Cue mass histeria among the largest crowd at Oakwell this season. Animated GIF's of the Two Goals. Thompson hit the post later still, but it didn't matter. WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE SAY WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE! The whole crowd were on there feet and singing Liverpool's anthem. "You'll never Walk Alone" Oh how I wished I had my Camera for the scenes of jubilation and the whole of the ORA stand with scarves aloft. After the players had reapeared on the pitch the Stewards could hold us back no longer. The crowd spilled onto the pitch and everything was right with the world. Then into town for Barnsley's biggest ever party. Top of Page
27th April All over Barnsley. Largest known consumption of Resolve. We woke up and it wasn't a dream the batterd copy of the Green Un said it all "THEY'RE UP!"

May

4th Oxford United A 1-5 In a party atmosphere we went down to our worst defeat of the season. The players looked like they were on a Sunday afternoon stroll. But "Were Up and Couldn't Give a F***" Redfearn our only scorer reached 19 goals for the season, his best ever tally.Oxford's fans were brilliant, joining with some of our promotion songs and the general condeming of Mark Magee. The Oxford players and Referee gave the Reds a guard of honour onto the pitch at the start of the game. Nigel Jemson achieved cult status by joining with the light hearted banter on the day "Nigel Nigel Nigel". (He also scored twice). Fans without tickets climbed trees behind our open terraced end. We sang "Stand UP if your in the Tree's" And they did! We lost and didn't really care. Not the best way to leave the division, but on that note we waved "Bye Bye to the Nationwide"

7th Gary Flemmings Testimonial - "Just Like Going to watch Barnsley used to be." Five and a half thousand turned up on an awful night to watch a three cold but entertaining hours. Barnsley FC Past & Present XI V Northern Ireland XI. Banks, Glavin, Wilson, Shotton. They were all there, and all in the same side for this 25 minutes each way game. Wilson got cheered for every touch. In the second half one of the highlights of the season. Toby Tyke came on and went in goal for Barnsley FC. "TOBY TOBY TOBY TOBY". I don't think that he will be worrying Watson though. He had one shot on target and one goal against. Terrific entertainment none the less. If only he could have been on from the first half.
Gary Flemming All Stars V Manchester City. Played at a much faster pace than the first game. Flemming played the first half hour. At half time the upstairs refrshments sold out of everything but pepsi it was that cold. And the A1 ACE Taxi's Man of the Match - Gary Flemming. Lee Butler, Mick McCarthy, Mark Smith, Owen Archdeacon, Wayne Biggins and John Sheridan all took part.

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