Team News
Dale Jennings starts a three-match ban after his second successive opening day red card. Both Keith Treacy and Reuben Noble-Lazarus are competing to replace him. Leroy Lita is available after signing on Saturday and Ross Turnbull could make his second Reds debut in goal after recovering from a back injury.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Reece Brown
Martin Cranie
Lewin Nyatanga
Joe Dudgeon
Luke Berry
James Bailey
Connor Hourihane
Dale Jennings
Sam Winnall
Danny Rose
Head to Head
Last Six Barnsley v Crewe results:
12/8/08 Crewe (Michael O’Connor, Anthony Elding) 2-0 Barnsley (League Cup)
21/4/03 Barnsley (Clayton Ince og) 1-2 Crewe (Neil Sorvel, Rob Hulse) (Division Two)
14/12/02 Crewe (Stephen Foster, Rodney Jack) 2-0 Barnsley (Division Two)
5/3/02 Crewe (Dean Ashton, Kevin Street) 2-0 Barnsley (Division One)
15/9/01 Barnsley (Dean Gorre, Alex Neil) 2-0 Crewe (Division One)
24/2/01 Barnsley (Lee Jones, David Wright og, Neil Shipperley) 3-0 Crewe (Division One)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 23
Crewe Wins: 12
Draws: 15
Barnsley Goals: 99
Crewe Goals: 61
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 15
Crewe Wins: 3
Draws: 7
Barnsley Goals: 65
Crewe Goals: 26
First Met In League Cup: Barnsley (Bruce Dyer 41, Robin Van Der Laan 57, Mike Sheron 89,90) 4-0 Crewe Tuesday 19th September 2000.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 7-1 Crewe Monday 12th December 1932.
Biggest Defeat: Crewe 4-2 Barnsley Saturday 16th December 1933.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Dean Gorre 50, Alex Neil 78) 2-0 Crewe Saturday 15th September 2001.
Last Away Win: Crewe 0-3 Barnsley (Neil Shipperley 12,71, Mike Sheron 48) Tuesday 26th September 2000.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Eric Tinkler 71, Arjan De Zeeuw 75) 2-2 Crewe (Rodney Jack 27, 70) Saturday 6th February 1999.
Last Away Draw: Crewe (Rob Hulse 36, Rodney Jack 71) 2-2 Barnsley (Darren Barnard 80, Bruce Dyer 89) Saturday 23rd September 2000.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Clayton Ince og 33) 1-2 Crewe (Neil Sorvel 34, Rob Hulse 62). Monday 21st April 2003.
Last Away Defeat: Crewe (Michael O’Connor 14, Anthony Elding 36) 2-0 Barnsley Tuesday 12th August 2008.
Last Home Meeting:
Monday 21st April 2003.
Barnsley 1 2 Crewe
Ince og 33 Sorvel 34
Hulse 62
Barnsley:
Matthew Ghent, Antony Kay, Brian O’Callaghan, David Mulligan, Neil Austin, Mitch Ward (Dean Gorre 70), Kevin Betsy, Chris Lumsdon (Rory Fallon 70), Alex Neil, Kevin Donovan (Paul Gibbs 66), Mike Sheron.
Unused substitutes:
Craig Parry, Isaiah Rankin
Crewe:
Clayton Ince, Stephen Foster, Richard Walker, Dave Walton, David Vaughan, Kenny Lunt, Dave Brammer, Neil Sorvel, Rob Hulse (Stefan Oakes 89), Steve Jones, Dean Ashton (Ben Rix 79)
Unused substitutes:
Ademola Bankole, Efe Sodje, Lee Bell.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 0
Crewe: 0
Where are they now?
Matthew Ghent: Age: 33. Goalkeeper.
9 Reds appearances between 2001 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003 and retired in 2008 following spells at Tamworth and Solihull Motors.
Antony Kay: Age: 31. Defender.
197 Reds appearances, 12 goals between 2000 and 2007. Left Oakwell in 2007, now at MK Dons following spells with Tranmere and Huddersfield.
Brian O’Callaghan: Age: 33. Defender.
90 Reds appearances, 1 goal between 1998 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004, now at Limerick following spells with Notts County and Halifax.
David Mulligan: Age: 32. Defender.
70 Reds appearances, 1 goal between 2000 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003, now at Hawkes Bay United in New Zealand following spells with Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Port Vale.
Neil Austin: Age: 31. Defender.
165 Reds appearances between 2002 and 2007. Left Oakwell in 2007, now at Hartlepool following a spell at Darlington.
Mitch Ward: Age: 43. Midfielder.
85 Reds appearances between 2000 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003, and retired in 2004 following spells with York and Altrincham.
Kevin Betsy: Age: 36. Midfielder
105 Reds appearances 17 goals between 2002 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004, now at Woking following spells at Hartlepool, Wycombe, Bristol City, Yeovil, Walsall, and Southend.
Chris Lumsdon: Age: 34. Midfielder.
97 Reds appearances, 13 goals between 2001 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004, and retired in 2010 following spells with Carlisle and Darlington.
Alex Neil: Age: 33. Midfielder.
132 Reds appearances, 4 goals between 2000 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004 and now the Player/Manager of Hamilton Academical following a spell with Mansfield.
Kevin Donovan: Age: 42. Midfielder.
59 Reds appearances, 1 goal between 2001 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003 and retired in 2007 following spells with Rochdale, York and Alfreton.
Mike Sheron: Age: 42. Striker.
172 Reds appearances, 40 goals between 1999 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003 and retired in 2005 following spells with Blackpool, Macclesfield, Shrewsbury and Warrington Town.
Craig Parry: Age: 30: Goalkeeper.
0 appearances between 2002 and 2004. Quit football following his departure from Oakwell in 2004.
Paul Gibbs: Age: 41. Defender.
36 Reds appearances, 1 goal between 2002 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003 and retired in 2005 following spells with Gravesend & Northfleet/ Ebbsfleet, Canvey Island, Weymouth and Gorleston.
Dean Gorre Age: 43. Midfielder.
70 Reds appearances, 10 goals between 2001 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004 and retired in 2005 following spells with Breidablik in Iceland and Blackpool.
Isaiah Rankin: Age: 36. Striker.
54 Reds appearances, 10 goals between 2001 and 2004. Left Oakwell in 2004 and is now at Hendon following spells with Grimsby, Brentford, Macclesfield, Stevenage, Crawley and Forest Green.
Rory Fallon: Age: 32. Striker.
58 Reds appearances, 11 goals between 2000 and 2003. Left Oakwell in 2003 and is now a free agent following spells with Shrewsbury, Swindon, Yeovil, Swansea, Plymouth, Ipswich, Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Crawley.
Crewe:
Clayton Ince: Age: 42. Goalkeeper.
137 Crewe appearances between 1999 and 2005. Left Crewe in 2005 and retired in 2013 following spells with Dundee, Coventry, Walsall, Ma Pau and T & Tec Sports Club, the latter two both based in Trinidad & Tobago.
Stephen Foster: Age: 33. Defender.
242 Crewe appearances, 18 goals between 1997 and 2006. Left Crewe in 2006 and retired this year following spells with Burnley, Barnsley and Tranmere.
Richard Walker: Age: 32. Defender.
115 Crewe appearances, 7 goals between 1999 and 2006. Left Crewe in 2006 and retired in 2009 following spells with Northwich, Port Vale, Wrexham, Macclesfield, Berwick and Hednesford.
Dave Walton: Age: 41. Defender.
171 Crewe appearances, 4 goals between 1997 and 2003. Left Crewe in 2003 and retired in 2005 following spells with Derby, Stockport and Shrewsbury.
David Vaughan: Age: 31. Midfielder:
209 Crewe appearances, 20 goals between 2000 and 2008. Left Crewe in 2008 and is now at Nottingham Forest following spells with Real Sociedad, Blackpool and Sunderland.
Kenny Lunt: Age: 34. Midfielder:
418 Crewe appearances, 37 goals between 1997 and 2006. Left Crewe in 2006 and is currently at Welsh outfit Bala Town following spells with Sheffield Wednesday and Hereford.
Dave Brammer: Age: 39. Midfielder.
103 Crewe appearances, 6 goals between 2001 and 2004. Left Crewe in 2004 and retired in 2009 following spells with Stoke, Millwall and Port Vale.
Neil Sorvel: Age: 41. Midfielder.
283 Crewe appearances, 13 goals between 1999 and 2005. Left Crewe in 2005 and retired in 2011 following spells with Shrewsbury, Morecambe, Southport, Droylsden, Hyde and Northwich.
Rob Hulse: Age: 34. Striker.
131 Crewe appearances, 51 goals between 1999 and 2003. Left Crewe in 2003 and retired in 2013 following spells with West Brom, Leeds, Sheffield United, Derby, QPR, Charlton and Millwall.
Steve Jones: Age: 37. Striker.
177 Crewe appearances, 46 goals (in two spells) between 2001 and 2006 and 2008. Left Crewe on a permanent basis in 2006 to join Burnley before returning on loan in 2008. Now at Nantwich Town following spells with Huddersfield, Bradford, Walsall, Motherwell, Droylsden, Telford and Airbus UK Broughton.
Dean Ashton: Age: 30.Striker.
177 Crewe appearances, 75 goals between 2000 and 2005. Left Crewe in 2005 and was forced to retire at the age of 26 in 2009 following spells with Norwich and West Ham.
Stefan Oakes: Age: 35. Midfielder.
7 Crewe appearances (on loan from Leicester) in 2003. Now at Oadby Town following spells with Walsall, Notts County, Wycombe, Lincoln, Tamworth and FC New York.
Ben Rix: Age: 30. Midfielder.
159 Crewe appearances, 6 goals between 2001 and 2009. Left Crewe in 2009 and retired in 2010 following a spell with St Blazey AFC.
Ademola Bankole: Age: 44. Goalkeeper.
64 Crewe appearances between 2000 and 2004. Left Crewe in 2004 and retired in 2008 following spells with Barnet, Brentford, MK Dons and Colchester. He is now goalkeeping coach at Colchester.
Efe Sodje: Age: 41. Defender.
116 Crewe appearances, 4 goals between 2000 and 2003. Left Crewe in 2003 and is now at Macclesfield following spells with Huddersfield, Yeovil, Southend, Gillingham, Bury and Barrow.
Lee Bell: Age: 30. Midfielder.
148 Crewe appearances, 5 goals in two spells between 2002 and 2008 and 2010 and 2012. Left Crewe in 2008 to join Shrewsbury, Burton, Mansfield and Macclesfield before rejoining Crewe in 2012. Now at Burton.
Last Season/This Season:
Last six 2013-2014/2014-2015 results:
Barnsley:
9/8/14 Barnsley 0-1 Crawley (League One)
3/5/14 Barnsley (O’Grady, 2) 2-3 QPR (Championship)
26/4/14 Middlesbrough 3-1 Barnsley (Mvoto) (Championship)
21/4/14 Derby 2-1 Barnsley (Proschwitz) (Championship)
19/4/14 Barnsley 0-1 Leeds (Championship)
15/4/14 Charlton 1–2 Barnsley (Mvoto, Kennedy) (Championship)
W: 1 D: 0 L: 5 F: 6 A: 11 GD: -5 Points: 3
Crewe:
9/8/14 Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe (Inman) (League One)
3/5/14 Crewe (Dugdale, Pogba) 2-1 Preston (League One)
26/4/14 Bristol City 0-0 Crewe (League One)
21/4/14 Crewe 0-0 Colchester (League One)
18/4/14 Shrewsbury 1-3 Crewe (Pogba, Ikpeazu, Grant) (League One)
12/4/14 Crewe 0-2 Wolves (League One)
W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 6 A: 6 GD: 0 Points: 8
Interesting Stats:
The last time these two sides met was also in the First Round of the League Cup, exactly six years ago to the day. Back on the 12th August 2008 two penalties saw Crewe progress with a 2-0 win at Gresty Road.
They also met in this competition in 2000-2001. Barnsley won a two-legged Second Round affair 4-0 at Oakwell and 3-0 at Gresty Road.
It is 13 years and five meetings since Barnsley last defeated Crewe and they have scored just once in the last four encounters.
Even that goal was an own goal by the Crewe goalkeeper Clayton Ince; meaning Alex Neil on the 15th September 2001 is the last Barnsley player to score against the Railwaymen.
An ex Red has netted in this fixture within that time. A 22-year-old Stephen Foster netted the opening goal in a 2-0 Crewe victory back in 2002, five years before he signed for the Reds. Foster, who retired this summer was also in the Alex side the last time they played at Oakwell.
The next goal Barnsley score against Crewe however will be their 100th in this fixture. Crewe currently lag well back having netted 61 times.
Indeed Barnsley have scored more Oakwell goals than Crewe have managed in this fixture altogether and the Alex have emerged from this part of South Yorkshire victorious on just three occasions from 25 visits.
Two of those occurred this century but they have won one and lost three of their past four visits.
There has been a winner in this fixture in each of the last seven meetings, and in only one of those has both teams scored.
Crewe have lost just two of their last seven matches going back to last season but they were defeated 2-1 at Fleetwood on the opening day of this campaign.
Crewe have won three of their last five away matches but have lost their last four League Cup matches on the road.
The Alex have progressed past the First Round in just two of the last six seasons.
Barnsley have lost each of their last five matches and have failed to win any of their last six at home.
The Reds have scored just once at Oakwell in those six games.
Barnsley have got past the First Round of the League Cup in each of the past two seasons, going out in the Second Round on both occasions.
Ref Watch:
Christopher Sarginson.
2013-2014: Games: 31 Yellows: 95 Reds: 6
Last Barnsley match: Barnsley 1-1 Reading, Tuesday 1st October 2013. (Yellow card shown to Jacob Mellis, Paddy McCourt and Jason Scotland)
Last Crewe match: Crewe 3-0 Sheffield United, Saturday 1st February 2014. (Yellow card shown to Chuks Aneke)
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 8 Won: 4 Drawn: 0 Lost: 4 Scored: 10 Conceded: 12.
Last match on the 12th August: 2008. Crewe 2-0 Barnsley. Att: 2,492.
Last win: 2006
Last draw: N/A
Last defeat: 2008
STAT! – Barnsley have won four and lost four on this date and were beaten by Crewe in the League Cup six years ago.
Crewe:
Played: 7 Won: 2 Drawn: 3 Lost: 2 Scored: 10 Conceded: 9.
Last match on the 12th August: 2008. Crewe 2-0 Barnsley. Att: 2,492.
Last win: 2008
Last draw: 2006
Last defeat: 2000
STAT! – Crewe’s victory against Barnsley in 2008 was only their second win on this date. They are however unbeaten now in the last three.
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7:45pm:
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7:45pm:
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Blackburn v Scunthorpe
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Brighton v Cheltenham
Bristol City v Oxford
Burton v Wigan
Charlton v Colchester
Chesterfield v Huddersfield
Crawley v Ipswich
Dag & Red v Brentford
Exeter v Bournemouth
Leeds v Accrington
Luton v Swindon
Millwall v Wycombe
MK Dons v Wimbledon
Morecambe v Bradford
Oldham v Middlesbrough
Plymouth v Leyton Orient
Portsmouth v Peterborough
Rochdale v Preston
Rotherham v Fleetwood
Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County
Shrewsbury v Blackpool
Southend v Walsall
Stevenage v Watford
Tranmere v Nottingham Forest
Wolves v Northampton
Yeovil v Gillingham
York v Doncaster
8pm:
Reading v Newport
Wednesday 13th August 2014:
7:45pm
Coventry v Cardiff
Sheffield United v Mansfield