Barnsley picked up their sixth win of the season on Saturday, the last three of which have all been to nil.
It was a third victory in 15 games for The Reds and they have lost just three of their last nine matches.
Unfortunately for Barnsley, just like two weeks ago, everybody else at the bottom also won, bar Charlton who did not play and therefore dropped to the foot of the Championship table.
Millwall’s shock 1-0 win at Derby- who had won eight of their last nine home games- was the Lions first victory in eight. Whilst Yeovil who defeated a Sheffield Wednesday side unbeaten in nine on the road by two goals to nil have now won each of their last four matches on the same day as Barnsley’s last four - 8th March, 22nd February, 18th January and 3rd December!
Dale Jennings hit Barnsley’s winner with a superb strike from the edge of the area to record his first goal for the club since joining from Bayern Munich in the summer. It was the 21 year old’s first goal since April 2011.
Despite a dire away record Barnsley have started to find a bit of form at Oakwell with this win extending their unbeaten run at home to five matches and they are unbeaten at home in the league in 2014.
They have also now won back-to-back home games for the first time since last April.
This was a first win in seven meetings with Nottingham Forest who have now won just one of their last eight visits to Oakwell.
Billy Davies’ side have now lost three league games on the bounce for the first time this season.
Saturday was only Barnsley’s fifth clean sheet of the season and they stopped Nottingham Forest scoring for the first time in 13 league matches.
The Reds have managed only ONE clean sheet this season when Peter Ramage has not played.
This was only Forest’s fourth defeat on the road this season.
Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele (YC)
Jack Hunt (YC)
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Tom Kennedy
Jim O’Brien
Stephen Dawson (YC)
Martin Woods
Dale Jennings
Jacob Mellis (YC)
Chris O’Grady
Substitutes:
Emmanuel Frimpong (for Woods 75)
Liam Lawrence (for O’Brien 90)
Unused Substitutes:
Iain Turner, Lewin Nyatanga, Tomasz Cywka, Paddy McCourt, Nick Proschwitz.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet Championship results Saturday 8th March 2014:
BARNSLEY 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Birmingham 0-2 QPR
Blackpool 0-1 Bournemouth
Brighton 1-1 Reading
Derby 0-1 Millwall
Doncaster 2-0 Huddersfield
Leeds 1-5 Bolton
Middlesbrough 2-0 Ipswich
Yeovil 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Sunday 9th March 2014:
Blackburn1-2 Burnley
Barnsley lie in 23rd place in the Sky Bet Npower Championship with 29 points from 33 games.
We are 23 points off the Play-Offs 40 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 45 points off First place and 2 points inside the Relegation Zone.
Up to 10/3/14
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Thirty-Four: Barnsley v Leicester City Tuesday 11th March 2014. Kick-Off 7:45pm.
Tickets:
Adults £23.00
Over 65's £16.00
Student (aged 18-20) £16.00
Under 18's £16.00
Under 12's £5.00*
*Under 12's tickets must be purchased with an adult or over 65's ticket
On The Road:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Thirty-Five: Watford v Barnsley Saturday 15th March 2014. Kick-Off: 3pm.
Tickets:
Adult: £26.00
Over 65: £15.00
Student (Under 25): £15.00
Young Adult (aged 16-19): £15.00
Under 16: £10.00