Record v Top Half and Bottom Half

Last Updated : 14-Jun-2026 by Robert Miles

Final Position:  1st – Lincoln City (last season Birmingham aggregate 3-8)

Home Fixture: 29th December 2025 Barnsley 0-2 Lincoln (Tom Hamer 8, Adam Reach 72) LOST

Away Fixture: 9th December 2025 Lincoln (Reeco Hackett 36, 71, Tom Bayliss 68) 3-1 Barnsley (Davis Keillor-Dunn 67) LOST

Aggregate Score 1-5

 

Final Position: 2nd – Cardiff City (last season Wrexham aggregate 2-2)

Home Fixture: 10th March 2026 Barnsley (Scott Banks 22) 1-1 Cardiff (Rubin Colwill 11) DREW

Away Fixture: 27th January 2026 Cardiff (Perry Ng 3, Chris Willock 45, 69, Omari Kellyman 63 4-0 Barnsley LOST

Aggregate Score 1-5

 

Final Position: 3rd – Stockport County (for the second season in a row aggregate 2-3 last season)

Home Fixture: 2nd May 2026 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 52) 1-3 Stockport (Adama Sidibeh 23, Oliver Norwood pen 71, Benony Andresson 90) LOST            

Away Fixture: 29th November 2025 Stockport (Callum Connolly 89) 1-1 Barnsley (Vimal Yoganathan 27) DREW          

Aggregate Score 2-4

 

Final Position: 4th – Bradford City (last season Charlton aggregate 2-3)

Home Fixture: 18th April 2026 Barnsley (Eoghan O’Connell 50, Leo Farrell 90) 2-2 Bradford (Nick Powell 73, Marc Roberts og 82) DREW 

Away Fixture: 18th October 2025 Bradford (Antoni Sarcevic 9, Stephen Humphrys 45) 2-2 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 24, Patrick Kelly 64) DREW

Aggregate Score 4-4

 

Final Position: 5th – Bolton Wanderers (last season Wycombe aggregate 3-4)

Home Fixture: 16th August 2025 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 47) 1-1 Bolton (John McAtee 86) DREW           

Away Fixture: 7th February 2026 Bolton (Sam Dalby 5, 19, John McAtee 32) 3-2 Barnsley (Luca Connell 57, Adam Phillips 60) LOST

Aggregate Score 3-4

 

Final Position: 6th – Stevenage (last season Leyton Orient aggregate 3-8)

Home Fixture: 31st January 2026 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 14, Davis Keillor-Dunn 31, 48) 3-1 Stevenage (Dan Kemp 37) WON              

Away Fixture: 21st April 2026 Stevenage (Dan Kemp 22) 1-0 Barnsley LOST

Aggregate Score 3-2

 

Final Position: 7th – Luton Town (last season Reading aggregate 6-4)

Home Fixture: 22nd November 2025 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 7, Patrick Kelly 35, Luca Connell 45, Tennai Watson 62, Davis Keillor-Dunn 75) 5-0 Luton WON

Away Fixture: 25th April 2026 Luton (Nahki Wells pen 16, Kasey Palmer 79) 2-1 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 26) LOST          

Aggregate Score 6-2

 

 

Final Position: 8th – Plymouth Argyle (last season Bolton aggregate 6-2)

Home Fixture: 6th April 2026 Barnsley 0-3 Plymouth (Owen Oseni 16, pen 79, Lorent Tolaj 57) LOST           

Away Fixture: 2nd August 2025 Plymouth (Caleb watts 50) 1-3 Barnsley (Brendan Wiredu og 13, Adam Phillips 30, Davis Keillor-Dunn 86) WON              

Aggregate Score 3-4

 

Final Position: 9th – Huddersfield Town (last season Blackpool aggregate 2-4)

Home Fixture: 30th August 2025 Barnsley (Davis Keillor-Dunn 9, 85, Luca Connell 44) 3-1 Huddersfield (Joe Taylor 87) WON

Away Fixture: 21st February 2026 Huddersfield (Ryan Ledson 57, Ryan Hardie 74) 2-1 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 42) LOST

Aggregate Score 4-3

 

Final Position: 10th – Mansfield Town (last season Huddersfield aggregate 1-4)

Home Fixture: 26th December 2025 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 2, Davis Keillor-Dunn 13) 2-3 Mansfield (Louis Reed pen 25, Stephen McLaughlin 58, Aaron Lewis 83) LOST

Away Fixture: 14th March 2025 Mansfield (Lucas Akins 57, Stephen McLaughlin 90) 2-2 Barnsley (Dvaid McGoldrick 19, Scott Banks 49) DREW

Aggregate Score 4-5

 

Final Position: 11th – Wycombe Wanderers (last season Lincoln aggregate 6-4)

Home Fixture: 3rd March 2026 Barnsley 0-1 Wycombe (Aaron Morley 59) LOST              

Away Fixture: 4th October 2025 Wycombe (Sam Bell 88, Alex Lowry 90) 2-2 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 25, Davis Keillor-Dunn 50) DREW

Aggregate Score 2-3

 

Final Position: 12th – Reading (last season Barnsley)

Home Fixture: 13th September 2025 Barnsley (Josh Earl 9, Davis Keillor-Dunn 55, Adam Phillips pen 59 3-2 Reading (Jack Marriott 35, Daniel Kyerewaa 66) WON              

Away Fixture: 24th January 2026 Reading (Haydon Roberts 32, Jack Marriott 84) 2-2 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 38, Adam Phillips 67) DREW

Aggregate Score 5-4

 

Overall record v top half:

W5 D8 L11 Points: 23 (last season W7 D4 L11 Points: 25)

 

 

Final Position: 13th – Blackpool ( last season Rotherham aggregate 3-0)

Home Fixture: 17th January 2026 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 27, 90) 2-1 Blackpool (Ashley Fletcher 74) WON           

Away Fixture: 20th September 2025 Blackpool (Jordan Brown 90) 1-0 Barnsley LOST

Aggregate Score 2-2

 

Final Position: 14th – Doncaster Rovers (last season Stevenage aggregate 0-4)

Home Fixture: 21st March 2026 Barnsley 0-1 Doncaster (Elliot Lee pen 65) LOST          

Away Fixture: 8th November 2025 Doncaster (Luke Molyneux 38) 1-2 Barnsley (Vimal Yoganathan 33, Davis Keillor-Dunn 68) WON           

Aggregate Score 2-2

 

Final Position: 15th – Barnsley (last season Wigan aggregate 1-2)

 

Final Position: 16th – Wigan Athletic (last season Exeter aggregate 3-3)

Home Fixture: 17th March 2026 Barnsley (Charlie Lennon 90) 1-1 Wigan (Joe Taylor 29) DREW

Away Fixture: 1st January 2026 Wigan (Dara Costelloe 6) 1-1 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 69) DREW

Aggregate Score 2-2

 

Final Position: 17th – Burton Albion (last season Mansfield aggregate 2-4)

Home Fixture: 9th August 2025 Barnsley (Caylan Vickers 55, Davis Keillor-Dunn 63, David McGoldrick 90) 3-2 (Jake Beesley pen 4, Fabio Tavares 35) WON – second season in a row they have played the team who would finish 17th at home on the 9th August

Away Fixture: 3rd April 2026 Burton (Charlie Webster 60) 1-1 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 90) DREW      

Aggregate Score 4-3

 

Final Position: 18th – Peterborough United (for the second season in a row, aggregate last season 4-2)

Home Fixture: 17th February 2026 Barnsley (Luca Connell 34, Reyes Cleary 53) 2-1 Peterborough (Kyrell Lisbie 21) WON

Away Fixture: 19th August 2025 Peterborough 0-1 Barnsley (Caylan Vickers 44) WON

Aggregate Score 3-1 – one of only two league doubles Barnsley achieved in 2025-2026

 

Final Position: 19th – AFC Wimbledon (last season Northampton aggregate 4-3)

Home Fixture: 14th February 2026 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 10, Tom Bradshaw 14, Scott Banks 87) 3-3 Wimbledon (Omar Bugiel 25, 27, Marcus Browne 74) DREW      

Away Fixture: 23rd August 2025 Wimbledon (Matty Stevens 29, Antwoine Hackford 70) 2-0 Barnsley LOST

Aggregate Score 3-5

 

Final Position: 20th – Leyton Orient (last season Burton aggregate 2-1)

Home Fixture: 13th December 2025 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 10, Jon Russell 77, Davis Keillor-Dunn 85) 3-2 Leyton Orient (Dom Ballard pen 30, Ollie O’Neill 38) WON              

Away Fixture: 28th February 2026 Leyton Orient (Dylan Levitt 20) 1-3 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 10, 53, 62) WON

Aggregate Score 6-3 – One of only two league doubles Barnsley achieved in 2025-2026

 

Final Position: 21st – Exeter City (last season Crawley aggregate 6-0)

Home Fixture:  7th March 2026 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 8, Vimal Yoganathan 16) 2-1 Exeter (Jayden Wareham 75) WON

Away Fixture: 20th December 2025 Exeter (Ilmari Niskanen 41, Jayden Wareham 61, Reece Cole 73) 3-0 Barnsley LOST

Aggregate Score 2-4

 

Final Position: 22nd – Port Vale (last season Bristol Rovers aggregate 3-4)

Home Fixture: 27th September 2025 Barnsley 0-2 Port Vale (Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel 65, Ryan Croasdale 89) LOST

Away Fixture: 14th April 2025 Port Vale 0-0 Barnsley DREW

Aggregate Score 0-2

 

Final Position: 23rd – Rotherham United (last season Cambridge aggregate 2-2)

Home Fixture: 25th October 2025 Barnsley 0-1 Rotherham (Kian Spence 64)        LOST

Away Fixture: 11th April 2026 Rotherham (Sam Nombe pen 90) 1-3 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 37, Tom Bradshaw 64, 74) WON

Aggregate Score 3-2

 

Final Position: 24th – Northampton Town (last season Shrewsbury aggregate 3-2)

Home Fixture: 3rd February 2026 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 30, Adam Phillips 62) 2-2 Northampton (Nesta Guinness-Walker 3, Max Dyche 71)           DREW

Away Fixture: 28th April 2026 Northampton 0-1 Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 37)      WON

Aggregate Score 3-2

 

Overall record v bottom half: W10 D6 L6 Points: 36 (last season W10 D6 L8 Points: 36 – also identical record to last season, there were two less defeats in 2025-2026 but also two less games as Barnsley finished in the bottom half