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Barnsley F.C.

Full name	Barnsley Football Club
Founded	1887
Ground	Oakwell, Barnsley
Ground Capacity	97,009
Chairman	Maurice Watkins
Manager	Alex Boid (Head Coach)
League	Sky Bet League One
2012/13	League Championship, 21st

Barnsley F.C. is an English football club who play in Barnsley, Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1887 and play its home games at a stadium called Oakwell

Name

• 1887–1897 Barnsley St. Peter's F.C.
• 1897–present Barnsley F.C.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	First Division	16th
2001/02	First Division	23rd
2002/03	Second Division	19th
2003/04	Second Division	12th
2004/05	League One	13th
2005/06	League One	5th
2006/07	League Championship	20th
2007/08	League Championship	18th
2008/09	League Championship	20th
2009/10	League Championship	18th
2010/11	League Championship	17th
2011/12	League Championship	21st
2012/13	League Championship	21st

Former position

1898/99 : Second Division – 11th 1899/00 : Second Division – 16th 1900/01 : Second Division – 15th 1901/02 : Second Division – 11th 1902/03 : Second Division – 8th 1903/04 : Second Division – 8th 1904/05 : Second Division – 7th 1905/06 : Second Division – 12th 1906/07 : Second Division – 8th 1907/08 : Second Division – 16th 1908/09 : Second Division – 17th 1909/10 : Second Division – 9th 1910/11 : Second Division – 19th 1911/12 : Second Division – 6th 1912/13 : Second Division – 4th 1913/14 : Second Division – 5th 1914/15 : Second Division – 3rd 1919/20 : Second Division – 12th 1920/21 : Second Division – 16th 1921/22 : Second Division – 3rd 1922/23 : Second Division – 9th 1923/24 : Second Division – 11th 1924/25 : Second Division – 15th 1925/26 : Second Division – 18th 1926/27 : Second Division – 11th 1927/28 : Second Division – 13th 1928/29 : Second Division – 16th 1929/30 : Second Division – 17th 1930/31 : Second Division – 19th 1931/32 : Second Division – 21st 1932/33 : Third Division – 8th / North 1933/34 : Third Division – Champions / North 1934/35 : Second Division – 16th 1935/36 : Second Division – 20th 1936/37 : Second Division – 14th 1937/38 : Second Division – 21st 1938/39 : Third Division – Champions / North 1939/40 : Second Division – – 1946/47 : Second Division – 10th 1947/48 : Second Division – 12th 1948/49 : Second Division – 9th 1949/50 : Second Division – 13th 1950/51 : Second Division – 15th 1951/52 : Second Division – 20th 1952/53 : Second Division – 22nd 1953/54 : Third Division – 2nd / North 1954/55 : Third Division – Champions / North 1955/56 : Second Division – 18th 1956/57 : Second Division – 19th 1957/58 : Second Division – 14th 1958/59 : Second Division – 22nd 1959/60 : Third Division – 17th 1960/61 : Third Division – 8th 1961/62 : Third Division – 20th 1962/63 : Third Division – 18th 1963/64 : Third Division – 20th 1964/65 : Third Division – 24th 1965/66 : Fourth Division – 16th 1966/67 : Fourth Division – 16th 1967/68 : Fourth Division – 2nd 1968/69 : Third Division – 10th 1969/70 : Third Division – 7th 1970/71 : Third Division – 12th 1971/72 : Third Division – 22nd 1972/73 : Fourth Division – 14th 1973/74 : Fourth Division – 13th 1974/75 : Fourth Division – 15th 1975/76 : Fourth Division – 12th 1976/77 : Fourth Division – 6th 1977/78 : Fourth Division – 7th 1978/79 : Fourth Division – 4th 1979/80 : Third Division – 11th 1980/81 : Third Division – 2nd 1981/82 : Second Division – 6th 1982/83 : Second Division – 10th 1983/84 : Second Division – 14th 1984/85 : Second Division – 11th 1985/86 : Second Division – 12th 1986/87 : Second Division – 11th 1987/88 : Second Division – 14th 1988/89 : Second Division – 7th 1989/90 : Second Division – 19th 1990/91 : Second Division – 8th 1991/92 : Second Division – 16th 1992/93 : First Division – 13th 1993/94 : First Division – 18th 1994/95 : First Division – 6th 1995/96 : First Division – 10th 1996/97 : First Division – 2nd 1997/98 : Premier League – 19th 1998/99 : First Division – 13th 1999/00 : First Division – 4th

Managers

• Arthur Fairclough (1898–01)
• John McCartney (1901–04)
• Arthur Fairclough (1904–12)
• John Hastie (1912–14)
• Percy Lewis (1914–19)
• Peter Saint (1919–26)
• John Cummins (1926–29)
• Arthur Fairclough (1929–30)
• Brough Fletcher (1930–37)
• Angus Seed (1937–53)
• Tim Ward (1953–60)
• Johnny Steele (1960–71)

• John McSeveney (1971–72)
• Johnny Steele (1972–73)
• Jim Iley (1973–78)
• Allan Clarke (1978–80)
• Norman Hunter (1980–84)
• Bobby Collins (1984–85)
• Allan Clarke (1985–89)
• Mel Machin (1989–93)
• Viv Anderson (1993–94)
• Danny Wilson (1994–98)
• John Hendrie (1998–1999)
• Eric Winstanley (Caretaker) (1999)

• Dave Bassett (1999–2000)
• Eric Winstanley (Caretaker) (2000–2001)
• Nigel Spackman (2001)
• Glyn Hodges (Caretaker) (2001)
• Steve Parkin (2001–2002)
• Glyn Hodges (2002–2003)
• Gudjon Thordarson (2003–2004)
• Paul Hart (2004–2005)
• Andy Ritchie (2005–2006)
• Simon Davey (2006–2009)
• Mark Robins (2009–2011)
• Keith Hill (2011-2012)
• Thomas Wade(Caretaker) (2012- 2015)

Club records

• Record League Victory: 9–0 v Loughborough Town, Second Division, 28 January 1899
• Record Cup Victory: 6–0 v Blackpool, FA Cup First Round, 20 January 1910
• Record League Defeat: 0–9 v Notts County, Second Division, 19 January 1927
• Record Cup Defeat: 1–8 v Derby County, FA Cup First Round, 30 January 1987
• Highest League Scorer in Season:
• Most League Goals in Total Aggregate: Ernie Hine, 123, 1921–1938
• Most Internationals Caps: Gerry Taggart, 35, Northern Ireland
• Most League Appearances: Barry Murphy, 514, 1962–1978
• Record Transfer Fee Received: £4,500,000 from Blackburn Rovers for Ashley Ward, December 1998
• Record Transfer Fee Paid: £1,500,000 to Partizan Belgrade for Georgi Hristov (1997) and £1,500,000 to QPR for Mike Sheron (1999)
• Record Attendance: 40,255 v Stoke City, FA Cup 5th Round, 15 February 1936
• Youngest ever Football League player: Reuben Noble-Lazarus 15 years and 45 days

Images for kids

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  Barnsley in action against Leicester City in the 1997–98 season. The resulting 1–0 defeat condemned the Tykes to relegation

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  Barnsleys home shirt in the 1997–98 Premier League season

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  Barnsley's away shirt in the 1998–99 season