2024–25 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 138th season in the history of Barnsley Football Club and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Barnsley
2024–25 season
OwnerBFC Investment Company Ltd
ChairmanNeerav Parekh
Head CoachDarrell Clarke[1]
StadiumOakwell
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CM   Conor Hourihane   Derby County Free [2]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 6 June and would become official on July 1 once his Derby County contract expired
Date Pos Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB   Jordan Williams   Portsmouth 1 July 2024 [3][4]
30 June 2024 CM   Joe Ackroyd [3]
30 June 2024 CF   Mylan Benjamin [3]
30 June 2024 CB   Daniel Benson [3]
30 June 2024 LM   Nicky Cadden [3]
30 June 2024 CF   Devante Cole [3]
30 June 2024 GK   Paul Cooper [3]
30 June 2024 CB   Robbie Cundy [3]
30 June 2024 CB   Alex Joof [3]
30 June 2024 CM   Herbie Kane [3]
30 June 2024 CB   Joshua McKay [3]

First-team coaches and staff

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Role Name
Head Coach  Darrell Clarke
Assistant Head Coach   Martin Devaney
First-Team Coach   Jon Stead
First-Team Coach   Conor Hourihane[5]
Goalkeeping Coach   Thomas Fawdry
Head of Sports Science   Matt Cook
Sports Scientist   James Walsh
Head Physiotherapist   Vacant
Club Doctor   Dr John Harban
Performance Analyst   Tom Yeomans
  Ed Davies
Head of Football Operations and Club Secretary Ann Hough[6]
Academy Manager   Bobby Hassell
U21 Manager   Tom Harban
U18 Manager   Nicky Eaden

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 24 May, Barnsley announced their first pre-season friendly, against Accrington Stanley.[7] A month later, the club confirmed their pre-season schedule with fixtures against Alfreton Town, RCD Mallorca and Derby County.[8]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Alfreton Town v Barnsley Alfreton
15:00 BST Stadium: North Street
20 July 2024 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Barnsley Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
26 July 2024 Friendly RCD Mallorca v Barnsley TBC
12:00 CEST
(11:00 BST)
Stadium: TBC
31 July 2024 Friendly Barnsley v Derby County Barnsley
19:45 BST Stadium: Oakwell

Competitions

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League One

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[9]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2024 1 Barnsley v Mansfield Town Barnsley
20:00 BST Stadium: Oakwell

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Barnsley were drawn into Northern Group F alongside Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town and a TBC Category One Academy Side.[11]


  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Adam Hayton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   IRL Barry Cotter 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   FRA Maël de Gevigney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Josh Earl 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   THA Nathan James 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Kyran Lofthouse 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   POL Kacper Łopata 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   IRL Conor McCarthy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   IRL Corey O'Keeffe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   USA Donovan Pines 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Aaron Atkinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Josh Benson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Luca Connell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Conor Hourihane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Adam Phillips 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   JAM Jon Russell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   HUN Callum Styles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Matty Wolfe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Vimal Yoganathan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   ENG Sam Cosgrove 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Andrew Dallas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   POR Fábio Jaló 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Oli Shaw 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Max Watters 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Darrell Clarke Appointed As Head Coach". Barnsley FC. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Conor Hourihane Rejoins The Reds". Barnsley F.C. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Retained List". Barnsley FC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Williams Becomes First Summer Signing". Portsmouth FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ Conor Hourihane rejoins the Reds Barnsley Football Club, Official website. Retrieved on 6 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Reds make Senior Leadership Appointment". Barnsley F.C. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Reds To Face Accrington Stanley In Pre-Season". Barnsley FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". Barnsley FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.