On This Day 8th May

Sunday 8^th May 2016

Wigan 1-4 Barnsley

Grigg 10

                  Winnall pen 33

                  Winnall 44

                   Hourihane 56

                   Brownhill 74

Interesting to note:

A very memorable day exactly 12 months ago as Barnsley thumped the League One champions to finish inside the play-offs on goal difference.

Seven of the players who started this would start the first game of the following season at Ipswich.

Barnsley XI: Adam Davies, Marc Roberts, George Williams, Alfie Mawson, Josh Scowen, Conor Hourihane, Josh Brownhill, Adam Hammill, Lloyd Isgrove, Sam Winnall, Ashley Fletcher.

Subs: Jak McCourt (for Isgrove 79), Harry Chapman (for Fletcher 78), Ivan Toney (for Winnall 84)
Subs not used: Nick Townsend, Lewin Nyatanga, Aidy White, Shaun Tuton.

Goals: Sam Winnall pen 33, 44, Conor Hourihane 56, Josh Brownhill 74.

Attendance: 18,730.

Saturday 8^th May 2004

Stockport 2-3 Barnsley

                       Wroe 10

                        Birch 16

Morrison 58

                       Neil 72

Barlow 90

Interesting to note:

Despite topping the Second Division table at the start of September after winning four of their first six games and being sat comfortably in fourth as late as January 2004, a run of two wins in 17 prior to this final day win at Edgeley Park meant that the best The Reds could hope for was a top half finish and thanks to this 3-2 victory they achieved it, finishing 12^th, 11 points off the play-offs.

Since winning promotion to the Premier League, this 2003-2004 is only the fifth time in 20 seasons that Barnsley have achieved a top half finish (4^th 1999-2000 2^nd tier, 12^th 2003-2004 3^rd tier, 5^th 2005-2006 3^rd tier, 11^th 2014-2015 3^rd tier, 6^th 2015-2016 3^rd tier)

That summer, manager Paul Hart (who had replaced the club’s first ever foreign boss Gudjon Thordarson in the March) made wholesale changes with only winger Chris Shuker starting this match and the first one of the 2004-2005 season. Seven of the starting 11 at Stockport moved on that summer although goalkeeper Ross Turnbull did return on loan in October 04.

Barnsley XI: Ross Turnbull, Craig Ireland, David Murphy, Antony Kay, Lee Crooks, Robbie Williams, Neil Austin, Chris Shuker, Alex Neil, Nicky Wroe, Gary Birch.

Subs: Kevin Betsy (for Murphy 45)
Subs not used: Scott Flinders, Brian O’Callaghan, Peter Handyside, Chris Lumsdon..

Goals: Nicky Wroe 10, Gary Birch 16, Alex Neil 72.

Attendance: 6,581.