2025–26 Barnsley F.C. season

139th season in existence of Barnsley FC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2025–26 season was the 139th season in the history of Barnsley Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerBFC Investment Company Ltd

ChairmanNeerav Parekh

Head coachConor Hourihane

StadiumOakwell

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Barnsley
2025–26 season
Owner	BFC Investment Company Ltd
Chairman	Neerav Parekh
Head coach	Conor Hourihane
Stadium	Oakwell
League One	15th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: David McGoldrick (15) All: David McGoldrick (18)
Highest home attendance	15,783 v Huddersfield Town (30 Aug 2025, League One)
Lowest home attendance	1,202 v Lincoln City (11 Nov 2025, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	11,144
Biggest win	5–0 v Luton Town (Home, 22 Nov 2025, League One)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Brighton & Hove Albion (Home, 23 Sept 2025, EFL Cup)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Transfers and contracts

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2025	CF	Reyes Cleary	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[1]
9 July 2025	CF	David McGoldrick	Notts County	Free	^[2]
15 July 2025	LW	Aston Ellard	Coventry City		^[3]
	CB	Ben Jordison	Burnley		^[3]
	RB	Kingston Simbai	Norwich City		^[3]
	CM	Nathan Willis	Blackburn Rovers		^[3]
28 July 2025	DM	Patrick Kelly	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[4]
8 August 2025	RB	Tennai Watson	Charlton Athletic	Free	^[5]
18 August 2025	CF	Lewis Gould	Crawley Down Gatwick		^[6]
18 August 2025	CM	Voldi Mbaya	Sheffield Wednesday		^[6]
12 September 2025	CB	Stan Holder	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	^[7]
6 January 2026	CB	Eoghan O'Connell	Wrexham	Free	^[8]
17 January 2026	LW	Charlie Lennon	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[9]

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
25 July 2025	RB	Kyran Lofthouse	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	^[10]
2 January 2026	LB	Bayley McCann	Doncaster Rovers		^[11]
14 January 2026	LM	Neil Farrugia	Dundee United		^[12]
2 February 2026	CF	Davis Keillor-Dunn	Wrexham		^[13]

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
23 June 2025	GK	Murphy Cooper	Queens Park Rangers	14 January 2026^[a]	^[14]^[15]
26 June 2025	LB	Nathanael Ogbeta	Plymouth Argyle	31 May 2026	^[16]
21 July 2025	CAM	Caylan Vickers	Brighton & Hove Albion	9 January 2026^[b]	^[17]^[18]
1 September 2025	CB	Jake Rooney	Derby County	1 January 2026^[c]	^[19]^[20]
15 January 2026	GK	Owen Goodman	Crystal Palace	31 May 2026	^[21]
26 January 2026	RW	Scott Banks	St Pauli		^[22]
30 January 2026	CAM	Tawanda Chirewa	Wolverhampton Wanderers		^[23]
2 February 2026	CF	Tom Bradshaw	Oxford United		^[24]
6 February 2026	DM	Xu Bin^[d]	Wolverhampton Wanderers		^[25]
24 February 2026	CB	Isaac Smith^[d]	Manchester City		^[26]

[a]
On 14 January, Cooper's initial season-long loan from Queens Park Rangers was terminated
[b]
On 9 January, Vickers' season-long loan from Brighton & Hove Albion was terminated
[c]
On 1 January, Rooney was recalled back to his parent club Derby
[d]
Under-21 signing

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
4 July 2025	RB	Barry Cotter	Notts County	31 May 2026	^[27]
18 July 2025	RB	Corey O'Keeffe	Stockport County	5 January 2026^[a]	^[28]^[29]
18 July 2025	CF	Max Watters	Dundee United	31 May 2026	^[30]
8 August 2025	CF	Andrew Dallas	Southend United	31 May 2026	^[31]
13 August 2025	LB	Bayley McCann	Peterborough Sports	30 October 2025^[b]	^[32]^[33]
14 August 2025	CB	Kacper Łopata	Bristol Rovers	6 January 2026^[c]	^[34]^[35]
29 August 2025	GK	Rogan Ravenhill	Leamington	26 September 2025	^[36]
4 October 2025	CB	Connor Barratt	Kidderminster Harriers	30 October 2025	^[37]
10 October 2025	CF	Leo Farrell	Guiseley	3 January 2026	^[38]
10 October 2025	GK	Jackson Smith	Rochdale	17 October 2025	^[39]
30 October 2025	LB	Bayley McCann	Alfreton Town	3 January 2026	^[33]
7 November 2025	CB	Connor Barratt	Bedford Town	5 December 2025	^[40]
20 December 2025	GK	Jackson Smith	Grimsby Town	31 May 2026^[d]	^[41]^[42]^[43]
8 January 2026	CM	Jon Russell	Mansfield Town	31 May 2026	^[44]
15 January 2026	CB	Kacper Łopata	Walsall		^[45]
30 January 2026	LW	Fábio Jaló	Oldham Athletic		^[46]
3 February 2026	CB	Connor Barratt	Galway United	30 June 2026	^[47]
20 February 2026	GK	Rogan Ravenhill	Macclesfield	31 May 2026	^[48]
21 February 2026	CF	Luke Alker	Alfreton Town	21 March 2026	^[49]
28 February 2026	CF	Leo Farrell	Scunthorpe United	28 March 2026	^[50]
27 March 2026	LW	Aston Ellard	Horsham	31 April 2026	^[51]
27 March 2026	CF	Lewis Gould	Horsham	31 April 2026	^[51]

[a]
On 5 January, O'Keeffe was recalled back from his season-long at Stockport
[b]
On 30 October, McCann was recalled back from his loan at Peterborough Sports and subsequently joined Alfreton on loan
[c]
On 6 January, Łopata's season-long loan at Bristol Rovers was terminated
[d]
On 27 December, Smith's loan at Grimsby was extended by a further seven days. Then on 8 January, it was extended again until the end of the season

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CF	Stephen Humphrys	Bradford City	1 July 2025	^[52]^[53]
	CM	Jean Claude Makiessi	Emley		^[54]
	CB	Conor McCarthy	Northampton Town		^[54]^[55]
	CF	Emmaisa Nzondo	Emley		^[54]
	CB	Nathan James	BG Pathum United	3 July 2025	^[54]^[56]
	CM	Callum West	Connah's Quay Nomads	3 July 2025	^[54]^[57]
	CM	Josh Benson	Rotherham United	21 July 2025	^[54]^[58]
	CB	Donovan Pines	Grazer	5 August 2025	^[54]^[59]
	CF	Josiah Dyer	Peterborough Sports	6 August 2025	^[54]^[60]
	CM	Charlie Hickingbottom	Peterborough Sports	6 August 2025	^[54]^[60]
	GK	Adam Hayton	Bishop's Stortford	7 August 2025	^[54]^[61]
	CF	Sam Cosgrove	Auckland	19 August 2025	^[54]^[62]
	CAM	Theo Chapman	Scarborough Athletic	18 September 2025	^[54]^[63]
	CF	Aiden Marsh	Truro City	26 September 2025	^[54]^[64]
	LW	Jonathan Lewis	Lexington SC	3 March 2026	^[54]^[65]
	LB	Hayden Pickard			^[54]
23 February 2026	RB	Barry Cotter	Derry City	23 February 2026	^[66]^[67]

New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
29 May 2025	GK	Kieren Flavell	30 June 2027^[a]	^[68]
30 May 2025	CM	Jonathan Bland	30 June 2028^[a]	^[69]
23 June 2025	CB	Connor Barratt	30 June 2027^[a]	^[70]
15 July 2025	CM	Aaron Atkinson	Undisclosed	^[3]
	CM	Kieran Graham		^[3]
	RB	Ziggy Kozluk		^[3]
	LB	Bayley McCann		^[3]
20 February 2026	GK	Rogan Ravenhill	30 June 2029^[a]	^[48]

[a]
Club option for a further year

Pre-season and friendlies

On 4 June, Barnsley announced their pre-season schedule, with frienlies against Emley, Worksop Town, Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town and York City.^[71]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2025 Friendly	Emley	0–3	Barnsley	Emley
19:00 BST		Report	Keillor-Dunn 16' Woodcock 37' Farrugia 79'	Stadium: Welfare Ground Attendance: 1,546

5 July 2025 Friendly	Worksop Town	1–1	Barnsley	Worksop
15:00 BST	Starcenko 63'	Report	Keillor-Dunn 80'	Stadium: Sandy Lane

8 July 2025 Friendly	Buxton	3–1	Barnsley XI	Buxton
19:00 BST	Kirby 14' Johnston 51' Campbell 86'	Report	Graham 37'	Stadium: The Silverlands

12 July 2025 Friendly	Barnsley	1–1	Rangers	Harrogate
12:00 BST	Watters	Report	Danilo	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

19 July 2025 Friendly	Harrogate Town	0–3	Barnsley	Harrogate
15:00 BST		Report	Shepherd 8' McGoldrick 44' Yoganathan 86'	Stadium: Wetherby Road

22 July 2025 Friendly	York City	2–2	Barnsley	Huntington
19:00 BST	Banks 6' Pearce 71'	Report	Vickers 55' Phillips 75'	Stadium: York Community Stadium

Competitions

League One

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Blackpool	46	17	9	20	54	65	−11	60
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	9	20	50	69	−19	60
15	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	68	73	−5	59
16	Wigan Athletic	46	14	14	18	49	58	−9	56
17	Burton Albion	46	13	15	18	50	60	−10	54

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^[72]

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
45	15	14	16	67	70	−3	59	9	6	7	38	34	+4	6	8	9	29	36	−7

Last updated: 28 April 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were revealed, with Barnsley visiting Plymouth Argyle on the opening weekend.^[73]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Plymouth Argyle	1–3	Barnsley	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Sarpong-Wiredu 45+4' Ibrahim 45+4' Watts 50'	Report	Sarpong-Wiredu 13' (o.g.) Phillips 30' McGoldrick 35' Shepherd 45+4' 63' Bland 49' Russell 70' Keillor-Dunn 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,483 Referee: Declan Bourne

9 August 2025 2	Barnsley	3–2	Burton Albion	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Earl 45+3' Vickers 55' Keillor-Dunn 63' Kelly 86' McGoldrick 90+3'	Report	Beesley 4' (pen.) Tavares 35' McKiernan 82'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,456 Referee: David Rock

16 August 2025 3	Barnsley	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Yoganathan 34' 52' McGoldrick 47' Farrugia 90+7' Cooper 90+8'	Report	Burstow 34' McAtee 86' Morley 90+4'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Leigh Doughty

19 August 2025 4	Peterborough United	0–1	Barnsley	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Frith 90+2'	Report	Vickers 44' Watson 58' Earl 68' Cleary 90+7'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,148 Referee: Scott Jackson

23 August 2025 5	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Barnsley	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Ogundere 8' Stevens 29' Seddon 50' Hackford 70'	Report	Earl 47'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Oliver Yates

30 August 2025 6	Barnsley	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Keillor-Dunn 9' 85' Connell 39' 44'	Report	Harness 15' Goodman 36' Taylor 68' 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Edward Duckworth

13 September 2025 8	Barnsley	3–2	Reading	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Earl 9' Keillor-Dunn 37', 55' Phillips 59' (pen.) Connell 88' Cooper 90+6'	Report	Jacob 22' Marriott 35' Savage 38' Ahmed 45+2' Kyerewaa 66', 70' Burns 76'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,803 Referee: Elliot Bell

20 September 2025 9	Blackpool	1–0	Barnsley	Blackpool
12:30 BST	Morgan 90+6' Brown 90+8', 90+9'		Bland 53'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Martin Coy
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[74]

27 September 2025 10	Barnsley	0–2	Port Vale	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Bland 63'	Report	Shipley 35' Lawrence-Gabriel 65', 81' Croasdale 89'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,688 Referee: James Linington

4 October 2025 11	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	Barnsley	High Wycombe
12:30 BST	Woodrow 74' Bell 88' Lowry 90+3'	Report	Cleary 25' Cooper 43' Keillor-Dunn 50' Bland 65'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[75]

18 October 2025 13	Bradford City	2–2	Barnsley	Bradford
15:00 BST	Sarcevic 9' Humphrys 45+4'	Report	Cleary 24' Ogbeta 45+3' Kelly 64'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 22,228 Referee: Andrew Humphries

25 October 2025 14	Barnsley	0–1	Rotherham United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Roberts 14' Shepherd 45+2' Kelly 55' Connell 63'	Report	Spence 64'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,468 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

8 November 2025 15	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Barnsley	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Molyneux 38' Nixon 90+5'	Report	Yoganathan 33', 55' Keillor-Dunn 68' Roberts 75' Connell 88'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 11,415 Referee: Darren Drysdale

22 November 2025 17	Barnsley	5–0	Luton Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cleary 7', 39' Kelly 35' Connell 45' Kodua 62' (o.g.) Bland 62' Keillor-Dunn 75'	Report	Saville 16' Walsh 43'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,882 Referee: Thomas Parsons

29 November 2025 18	Stockport County	1–1	Barnsley	Edgeley
12:30 GMT	Connolly 89'	Report	Yoganathan 27' Connell 30'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,861 Referee: Criag Hicks
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[75]

9 December 2025 19	Lincoln City	3–1	Barnsley	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Hackett-Fairchild 36', 71' Bayliss 68'	Report	Connell 33' Keillor-Dunn 67'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7,768 Referee: Dale Baines

13 December 2025 20	Barnsley	3–2	Leyton Orient	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cleary 10' Cooper 27' Russell 77' Keillor-Dunn 85'	Report	Ballard 30' (pen.) O'Neill 38', 44' Craig 51' Bakinson 76'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,232 Referee: Simon Mather

20 December 2025 21	Exeter City	3–0	Barnsley	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Niskanen 41' Sweeney 45+2' Wareham 61' Cole 73'	Report	Kelly 54' Keillor-Dunn 77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,471 Referee: Ben Atkinson

26 December 2025 22	Barnsley	2–3	Mansfield Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cleary 2' Keillor-Dunn 13'	Report	Reed 25' (pen.) Hewitt 33' McLaughlin 58', 71' Lewis 83' Cargill 90' Moriah-Welsh 90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,856 Referee: Martin Coy

29 December 2025 23	Barnsley	0–2	Lincoln City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Earl 18' Bland 56' Connell 82' Kelly 86'	Report	Hamer 8'. 86' Reach 72' McGrandles 86'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,711 Referee: Paul Howard

1 January 2026 24	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Barnsley	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Costelloe 6' Aimson 85'	Report	Phillips 69' Connell 84'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 9,079 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

17 January 2026 27	Barnsley	2–1	Blackpool	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Bland 17' McGoldrick 27', 90+3' Phillips 83'	Report	Ashworth 36' Honeyman 53' Fletcher 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,266 Referee: Andrew Humphries

24 January 2026 28	Reading	2–2	Barnsley	Reading
15:00 GMT	Roberts 32' Marriott 84'	Report	Shepherd 19' McGoldrick 38' O'Keeffe 57' Phillips 67' Keillor-Dunn 84'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,101 Referee: Leigh Doughty

27 January 2026 29	Cardiff City	4–0	Barnsley	Leckwith
19:45 GMT	Ng 3' Robertson 5' Willock 45+1', 69' Kellyman 63'	Report	O'Connell 17' O'Keeffe 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,841 Referee: Lee Swabey

31 January 2026 30	Barnsley	3–1	Stevenage	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Watson 7' McGoldrick 14' Keillor-Dunn 31', 48' Shepherd 65' Goodman 66'	Report	Kemp 37' Cornick 65' Lubala 66'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,823 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 February 2026 16^[76]	Barnsley	2–2	Northampton Town	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Shepherd 4' McGoldrick 30' Phillips 62' Kelly 90+5'	Report	Guinness-Walker 3' McGeehan 58' Dyche 71'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,806 Referee: Thomas Parsons
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 15 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[77]

7 February 2026 31	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Barnsley	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Dalby 5', 19' Dempsey 29' McAtee 32' Forino-Joseph 45+2' Johnston 77'	Report	Connell 57' Phillips 60' Bland 79' Shepherd 88'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 21,415 Referee: Scott Oldham

14 February 2026 32	Barnsley	3–3	AFC Wimbledon	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	McGoldrick 10' Bradshaw 14' O'Keeffe 31' Bland 62' Banks 87'	Report	Bugiel 25', 27' Browne 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,640 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 February 2026 33	Barnsley	2–1	Peterborough United	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Connell 34', 83' Cleary 53' Phillips 59'	Report	Lisbie 21' Johnston 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,257 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

21 February 2026 34	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Barnsley	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Ledson 46', 57' Hardie 74'	Report	Gent 6' McGoldrick 42' O'Keeffe 90+5'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Referee: Peter Wright

28 February 2026 35	Leyton Orient	1–3	Barnsley	Leyton
12:30 GMT	Levitt 20' Abdulai 90+3'	Report	McGoldrick 10', 53', 62' Phillips 49'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,313 Referee: Carl Brook
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[78]

3 March 2026 26^[79]	Barnsley	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	O'Connell 61' Yoganathan 86' Connell 90+3'	Report	Morley 59' Casey 72' Norris 82' Mullins 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,608 Referee: Ollie Yates
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was postponed due to FA Cup involvement.^[80]

7 March 2026 36	Barnsley	2–1	Exeter City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	McGoldrick 8' Yoganathan 16' Shepherd 29'	Report	Rydel 23' Wareham 75'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,706 Referee: Ross Joyce

10 March 2025 12^[81]	Barnsley	1–1	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Banks 22'	Report	Colwill 11' Lawlor 43'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,677 Referee: Will Finnie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 11 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[82]

14 March 2026 37	Mansfield Town	2–2	Barnsley	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Akins 57' (pen.) McLaughlin 90+4'	Report	de Gevigney 7' McGoldrick 19' O'Keeffe 27' Banks 49' Kelly 68'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8,538 Referee: Martin Woods

17 March 2026 38	Barnsley	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Barnsley
20:00 GMT	de Gevigney 45+1' Yoganathan 50' Connell 75' Lennon 90+6'	Report	Taylor 29' Wright 56' 88' Moxon 57'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Ross Martin
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was pushed back for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[83]

21 March 2026 39	Barnsley	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	O'Keeffe 64' Watson 74'	Report	Gotts 54' Lee 65' (pen.) Lo-Tutala 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,026 Referee: David Rock

3 April 2026 41	Burton Albion	1–1	Barnsley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Webster 60' Hartridge 76'	Report	Connell 11' Farrell 86' McGoldrick 90' Roberts 90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

6 April 2026 42	Barnsley	0–3	Plymouth Argyle	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Shepherd 78'	Report	Ross 10' Oseni 16', 79' (pen.) Tolaj 57'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,722 Referee: Tom Reeves

11 April 2026 43	Rotherham United	1–3	Barnsley	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Nombe 90+5' (pen.)	Report	O'Keeffe 20' Phillips 37' Yoganathan 50' Bradshaw 64', 74' de Gevigney 88' O'Connell 90+4'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,575 Referee: Lee Swabey

14 April 2026 25^[84]	Port Vale	0–0	Barnsley	Burslem
19:45 BST	Humphreys 20'	Report	Phillips 62' Earl 74'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Oliver Mackey
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[85]

18 April 2026 44	Barnsley	2–2	Bradford City	Barnsley
12:30 BST	Yoganathan 8' O'Connell 50' Bland 71' Cleary 76' Farrell 90+6'	Report	Swan 33' Touray 55' Metcalfe 65' Powell 73' Roberts 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,906 Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[86]

21 April 2026 7^[87]	Stevenage	1–0	Barnsley	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Kemp 22'	Report		Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 September, but was postponed due to international call-ups in both squads.^[88] It was then postponed again on 10 February, due to a waterlogged pitch.^[89]

25 April 2026 45	Luton Town	2–1	Barnsley	Luton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,781

28 April 2026 40	Northampton Town	0–1	Barnsley	Northampton
19:45 BST	List 87'	Report	Cleary 37' O'Keeffe 55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,143 Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 March, but was rearranged due to international call-ups.^[90]

FA Cup

Barnsley were drawn at home to York City in the first round,^[91]^[92] and away to Peterborough United in the second round^[93] and to Liverpool in the third round.^[94]^[95]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round	Barnsley	3–2	York City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Keillor-Dunn 30', 77' Roberts 55', 90+1'	Report	Stones 23' Pearce 36' Banks 80' Kitching 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 5,953 Referee: Michael Barlow

6 December 2025 Secon round	Peterborough United	0–1	Barnsley	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Garbett 63' Okagbue 90+4'	Report	Jaló 25' Phillips 27' de Gevigney 48' Kelly 73', 90+4' Connell 90+2'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,157 Referee: Alan Young

12 January 2026 Third round	Liverpool	4–1	Barnsley	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Szoboszlai 9' Gomez 32' Frimpong 36' Wirtz 84' Ekitike 90+4'	Report	Phillips 40'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 60,206 Referee: Farai Hallam

EFL Cup

Barnsley were drawn at home to Fleetwood Town in the first round,^[96]^[97] Rotherham United in the second round^[98]^[99] and to Brighton & Hove Albion in the third round.^[100]^[101]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 August 2025 First round	Barnsley	2–2 (5–4 p)	Fleetwood Town	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Russell 15' Mullarkey 59' (o.g.) Cooper 90+8'	Report	Mullarkey 45+1' Devonport 90+4'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,259 Referee: Carl Brook

26 August 2025 Second round	Barnsley	2–1	Rotherham United	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Bland 58' Russell 59' Phillips 68', 78'	Report	Martha 19', 44' Dawson 69'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Matt Corlett

23 September 2025 Third round	Barnsley	0–6	Brighton & Hove Albion	Barnsley
19:45 BST		Report	Gómez 9', 21', 33', 68' Kadıoğlu 37' Baleba 46' Tzimas 63' Howell 87' Ayari 89'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 7,790 (1,437 Albion fans) Referee: Tom Reeves

EFL Trophy

Barnsley were drawn against Lincoln City, Notts County and Manchester United U21 in the group stage.^[102] After finishing second in the group, they were then drawn away to Port Vale in the round of 32.^[103]^[104]

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Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Lincoln City	3	3	0	8	0	+8	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Barnsley	3	1	2	6	6	0	3	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3
4	L2	Notts County	3	1	2	2	6	−4	3

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 September 2025 Nor. Group D	Notts County	2–1	Barnsley	Nottingham
19:00 BST	Luker 9' Norburn 45+1' Robertson 56' Tsaroulla 81' Hall 89', 90+3'	Report	Bland 7' 53' Keillor-Dunn 50' Watson 84'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,822 (440 away) Referee: Peter Wright

21 October 2025 Nor. Group D	Barnsley	5–2	Manchester United U21	Barnsley
19:00 BST	McGoldrick 43' (pen.), 51', 62' Farrugia 74' Russell 79'	Report	Fletcher 7', 63' Obi 53'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: William Davis

11 November 2025 Nor. Group D	Barnsley	0–2	Lincoln City	Barnsley
19:00 GMT	Graham 86'	Report	Okoronkwo 29' Collins 61'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1,202 Referee: Jacob Miles

2 December 2025 Round of 32	Port Vale	5–0	Barnsley	Burslem
19:00 GMT	Paton 5', 8' Brown 72' Waine 80' Debrah 83'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 636 Referee: Elliot Bell

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 28 April 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Owen Goodman	22	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	MF	JAM	Jon Russell	20	4	0+12	1	2+0	0	3+0	2	1+2	1
4	DF	ENG	Marc Roberts	20	1	12+4	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Shepherd	47	0	37+2	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
6	DF	FRA	Maël de Gevigney	36	0	19+10	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
7	DF	IRL	Corey O'Keeffe	23	0	20+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Adam Phillips	49	10	29+13	8	2+0	1	0+2	1	1+2	0
9	FW	WAL	Tom Bradshaw	18	3	13+5	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	IRL	David McGoldrick	41	18	30+7	15	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	3
11	FW	POR	Fábio Jaló	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Nathanael Ogbeta	30	0	14+9	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
15	DF	IRL	Eoghan O'Connell	25	1	23+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Georgie Gent	6	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	SCO	Scott Banks	21	3	16+5	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Reyes Cleary	49	7	29+12	7	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
20	FW	ENG	Charlie Lennon	2	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	NIR	Patrick Kelly	46	3	32+7	2	1+2	1	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ZIM	Tawanda Chirewa	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	ENG	Tennai Watson	44	0	27+9	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
29	DF	IRL	Connor Barratt	6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
30	MF	WAL	Jonathan Bland	52	0	31+13	0	3+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Kieran Graham	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
32	DF	ENG	Josh Earl	22	1	20+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	DF	ENG	Robson Woodcock	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Matty Doyle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Leo Farrell	12	1	0+9	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
42	FW	ENG	Luke Alker	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
45	MF	WAL	Vimal Yoganathan	43	3	20+14	3	1+1	0	2+1	0	4+0	0
48	MF	IRL	Luca Connell	47	4	38+2	4	1+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
50	MF	NGA	Kelechi Nwakali	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
51	GK	ENG	Kieren Flavell	5	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
1	GK	ENG	Murphy Cooper	28	0	21+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Caylan Vickers	22	2	12+3	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jake Rooney	7	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
23	DF	IRL	Neil Farrugia	21	1	2+10	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	3+1	1
40	MF	ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	34	16	22+2	13	3+0	2	3+0	0	2+2	1

2025–26 Barnsley F.C. season

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