Barnsley conceded in the 88th minute or later for the fifth successive game in all competitions – a club record – but incredibly did it twice to somehow throw away a comfortable 2-0 lead and only take a point which extends the side’s winless run to five games, their worst run since a seven game streak between 4th March and 5th April.
It is the first time Barnsley have conceded twice after 88 minutes of a game since the 27th January 2018 when Fulham scored after 90+2 and 90+4 to win 3-1 at Oakwell.
It is the first time in 14 months that the Reds have let a 2-0 lead slip to draw 2-2, last occurring on the 24th August 2024 against Northampton whilst it is the first time on the road since the 29th December 2023 against Peterborough.
Following Reyes Cleary opening the scoring with his first goal for the club Davis Keillor-Dunn scored his sixth league goal of 2025-2026. Only Bolton’s Mason Burstow has more in League One (7) however he has played 11 games compared to DKD’s 10.
Speaking of 10 games, this result saw Barnsley reach the stage of a season where they generally say the table starts to take shape. The Reds are 9th with 17 points, which is their joint best start (with 2022-2023) since returning to League One.
As mentioned before Barnsley have set a club record for number of successive games conceding after 88 minutes, with this the first time they have conceded injury time goals in two successive away league games for 13 years, last occurring in March 2012 against Coventry and Middlesbrough - it actually occurred in three out of four away league matches at that time.
Murphy Cooper has now picked up four yellow cards this season, matching the tally for a goalkeeper by Brad Collins in 2021-2022.
The other player booked against Wycombe was Jonathan Bland who has now been shown a card in three successive appearances and four of the last five.
He is the first Barnsley player to be booked in three successive games since Mael de Gevigney received a yellow in four games in a row between 3rd February and 17th February 2024.
Bland has made 27 appearances for Barnsley and been booked in 11 of them so has incredibly been booked in 40% of his appearances.
Barnsley have kept only one clean sheet in their opening 14 games of a season (all comps) their worst start defensively since 2017-2018 when it took until the 18th game to achieve a second.
Despite failing to hold onto a lead the Reds have now lost just one of their last six meetings with Wycombe (W3 D2 L1) and only two of the last 10 (W6 D2 L2)
Two of the last three meetings have finished 2-2 whilst at least one team has scored at least twice in each of the last four clashes and the home team has scored exactly two in all four.
Wycombe have scored injury time goals in each of the last two Adams Park meetings which has earned them an extra three points (1 win 1 draw)
There has been six goals scored in the 85th minute or later in the last five meetings overall.
Barnsley have thrown away a lead in each of their last two visits – also going from 1-0 up to losing 2-1 in the last minute last season.
This was only the eighth ever meeting at Wycombe and Barnsley have lost only once with this only the second draw – the first being the first ever meeting there in 2003.
There were 15 corners in the game, the most in a Barnsley game this season and most since the 25th January against Stevenage (also 15)
Barnsley Team:
1. Murphy Cooper
5. Jack Shepherd
32. Josh Earl
14. Nathanael Ogbeta
27. Tennai Watson
48. Luca Connell
30. Jonathan Bland
8. Adam Phillips
19. Reyes Cleary
7. Caylan Vickers
40. Davis Keillor-Dunn
Substitutes:
22. Patrick Kelly (for Vickers 72)
23. Neil Farrugia (for Cleary 72)
3. Jon Russell (for Bland 83)
Unused Substitutes:
50. Kieren Flavell, 6. Mael de Gevigney, 18. Jake Rooney, 10. David McGoldrick.
Wycombe Team:
50. Will Norris
6. Taylor Allen
26. Connor Taylor
2. Jack Grimmer
10. Luke Leahy
20. Ewan Henderson
21. Jamie Mullins
22. Fin Back
3. Daniel Harvie
11. Sam Bell
12. Cauley Woodrow
Substitutions:
24. Donnell McNeilly (for Grimmer 45)
51. Alex Lowry (for Mullins 66)
9. Bradley Fink (for Woodrow 77)
23. Niall Huggins (for Harvie 86)
8. Caolan Boyd-Munce (for Back 86)
Unused Substitutes:
1 Mikki van Sas, 17. Dan Casey.
Sky Bet League One Results
Thursday 2nd October 2025
Rotherham United 2-2 Bradford City
Hall 20
Sherif 50
Sarcevic 56
Pattison 81
Saturday 4th October 2025
Doncaster Rovers (10th) 1-1 Burton Albion (21st)
Pearson 31
Shade 69
Wycombe Wanderers (20th) 2-2 BARNSLEY (9th)
Cleary 25
Keillor-Dunn 50
Bell 88
Lowry 90+3
Blackpool (23rd) 0-2 AFC Wimbledon (5th)
Orsi pen 38
Orsi 63
Bolton Wanderers (8th) 2-1 Peterborough United (24th)
Burstow 5
Burstow 21
Kioso 41
Cardiff City (3rd) 4-3 Leyton Orient (18th)
Robinson 20
Connolly 29
Lawlor 52
El Mizouni 54
Ballard 61
Salech 69
Robinson 71
Huddersfield Town (6th) 1-2 Stockport County (7th)
Norwood 45+4 pen
Bailey 78
Radulovic 90+2
Lincoln City (4th) 0-1 Exeter City (17th)
McDonald 90+4
Plymouth Argyle (15th) 1-1 Wigan Athletic (14th)
Tolaj pen 70
Murray 82
Port Vale (16th) 0-0 Northampton Town (13th)
Reading (19th) 1-1 Mansfield Town (12th)
Roberts 7
Marriott 71
Stevenage (1st) 2-0 Luton Town (11th)
Campbell 65
Roberts 71
Barnsley lie in 9th place in Sky Bet League One with 17 points from 10 games. We are 2 points off the Play-Offs, 7 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 8 points off First Place and 8 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 5/10/25
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Eleven: Bradford City v Barnsley, Saturday 18th October 2025. Kick-Off: 3pm
At Oakwell:
EFL Trophy: Barnsley v Manchester United Under 21s, Tuesday 21st October 2025. Kick-Off: 7pm
