2017–18 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2017–18 season had Barnsley playing in the Championship The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Barnsley made an announcement on their official Twitter account on 3 August 2017 that Angus MacDonald is the first-team captain, and Adam Davies is the first team vice-captain.^[1][2]

Barnsley

2017–18 season
Owner	Chien Lee (80%) James Cryne/The Cryne Family (20%) Paul Conway Grace Hung Neerav Parekh Billy Beane
Chairman	Chien Lee (co-chairman) Paul Conway (co-chairman)
Head Coach	José Morais
Stadium	Oakwell
Championship	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round (Vs. Millwall)
EFL Cup	Third round (Vs. Tottenham Hotspur)
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Bradshaw (9) All: Tom Bradshaw (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

On 31 August 2017, Barnsley released a statement to announce that the club's chairman Maurice Watkins CBE was leaving the role as chairman and the board of Barnsley Football Club.^[3]

On 19 December 2017, it was announced that Patrick Cyrne and family had agreed of new shareholders and co-owners of Barnsley Football Club to a consortium led by Chien Lee of NewCity Capital and Pacific Media Group, which is led by Paul Conway and Grace Hung. Billy Beane and Neerav Parekh will also be investing in Barnsley Football Club with Chien Lee and Pacific Media Group. Chien Lee has 80% shares and the Cyrne family has 20% shares of ownership of Barnsley Football club.^[4][5]

On 6 February 2018, Barnsley F.C. made an announcement that Head Coach Paul Heckingbottom, had left the club for new manager role at fellow Championship club Leeds United. Heckingbottom was joined by his first team coach, Jamie Clapham; Head of Sports Science, Nathan Winder; and First Team Performance Analyst Alex Bailey, will also leave Oakwell for Leeds. Barnsley also announced that Paul Harsley took the role as caretaker manager. ^[6] José Morais was appointed as new head coach on 16 February 2018 on an 18-month contract.^[7]

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Davies (vice-captain)[2]	GK		Rinteln	33	163	0	Sheffield Wednesday	13 June 2014	Free	2019
13	Nick Townsend	GK		Solihull	30	18	0	Birmingham City	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
Defenders
2	Jason McCarthy	RB		Southampton	28	22	0	Southampton	1 July 2017	£207,000	2020
3	Zeki Fryers	LB		Manchester	32	23	1	Crystal Palace	1 July 2017	Free	2020
5	Matt Mills	CB		Swindon	39	4	0	Nottingham Forest	31 January 2018	Free	2018
6	Liam Lindsay	CB		Paisley	29	43	1	Partick Thistle	1 July 2017	£360,000	2020
12	Dimitri Kévin Cavaré	RB		Pointe-à-Pitre	30	9	0	Rennes	17 August 2017	Undisclosed	2019
16	Ethan Pinnock	CB		London	32	13	2	Forest Green Rovers	30 June 2017	£513,000	2020
17	Andy Yiadom (captain)[8]	RB/RW		Holloway	33	65	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2018
18	Adam Jackson	CB		Darlington	31	34	2	Middlesbrough	30 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
23	Daniel Pinillos	LB		Logroñ	32	8	0	Córdoba	19 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
24	Matty Pearson	RB		Keighley	32	19	0	Accrington Stanley	4 August 2017	£500,000	2020
Midfielders
4	Joe Williams	CM		Liverpool	28	39	1	Everton	20 July 2017	Loan	2018
7	Adam Hammill	LM		Liverpool	37	201	26	Free agent	9 November 2015	Free	2018
10	George Moncur	CM		Swindon	31	50	4	Colchester United	21 June 2016	£500,000	Undisclosed
11	Lloyd Isgrove	RM		Yeovil	32	53	2	Free agent	2 July 2017	Free	2020
14	Stevie Mallan	CM		Glasgow	29	8	0	St Mirren	1 July 2017	£306,000	2019
20	Brad Potts	CM/RM		Hexham	31	40	4	Blackpool	3 August 2017	£756,000	2020
21	Connor Mahoney	WG		Blackburn	28	8	0	Bournemouth	29 January 2018	Loan	2018
22	Gary Gardner	CM		Solihull	33	30	2	Aston Villa	31 August 2017	Loan	2018
33	Christoph Knasmüllner	AM		Vienna	33	3	0	Admira Wacker Mödling	31 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
34	Ryan Hedges	RM/LM		Northampton	30	34	3	Swansea City	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Forwards
9	Tom Bradshaw	ST		Swindon	33	88	21	Walsall	14 July 2016	£550,000	2019
15	Oli McBurnie	CF		Leeds	29	17	9	Swansea City	31 January 2018	Loan	2018
19	Kieffer Moore	ST		Torquay	33	21	3	Ipswich Town	8 January 2018	£765,000	2021
26	Mamadou Thiam	ST		Aubervilliers	30	30	1	Dijon	11 August 2017	£900,000	2018
29	Victor Adeboyejo	ST		Ibadan	27	0	0	Leyton Orient	4 November 2017	Free	2020
Out on Loan
8	Cameron McGeehan	CM		Kingston upon Thames	30	10	1	Luton Town	23 June 2017	£990,000	2020
27	Alex Mowatt	CM		Doncaster	30	13	1	Leeds United	31 January 2017	£600,000	2019
31	Dylan Mottley-Henry	WG		Leeds	28	1	0	Bradford City	12 July 2016	Free	2018
35	Jacob Brown	ST		Halifax	26	2	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	2018
37	Jared Bird	CM		Nottingham	27	4	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2020

Appearances and goals correct as of 8 May 2018.

Contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
14 December 2017	CM		Jared Bird	Signed	3 years	July 2020	[9]

Statistics

As of 8 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Adam Davies	40	0	36+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jason McCarthy	24	0	17+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Zeki Fryers	23	1	22+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Joe Williams	37	1	32+1	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Lindsay	45	1	43+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Adam Hammill	44	1	32+8	0	1+0	0	1+2	1
9	FW	WAL	Tom Bradshaw	43	12	26+13	9	1+0	0	3+0	3
10	MF	ENG	George Moncur	38	2	22+12	2	0+1	0	2+1	0
11	MF	WAL	Lloyd Isgrove	17	1	10+6	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	FRA	Dimitri Kévin Cavaré	9	1	7+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Nick Townsend	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	SCO	Stevie Mallan	9	0	5+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	SCO	Oli McBurnie	17	9	16+1	9	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Ethan Pinnock	14	1	8+3	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	GHA	Andy Yiadom	33	0	31+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Adam Jackson	23	2	22+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
19	FW	ENG	Kieffer Moore	20	4	16+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Brad Potts	42	4	36+2	3	1+0	1	3+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Connor Mahoney	8	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Gary Gardner	30	2	28+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ESP	Daniel Pinillos	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Matty Pearson	19	0	14+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
26	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam	30	1	10+18	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
30	GK	ENG	Jack Walton	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	AUT	Christoph Knasmüllner	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	WAL	Ryan Hedges	26	3	5+18	2	0+0	0	2+1	1
Players out on loan:
8	MF	ENG	Cameron McGeehan	10	1	6+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
27	MF	ENG	Alex Mowatt	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
31	MF	ENG	Dylan Mottley-Henry	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	Jared Bird	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who left the club:
5	DF	ENG	Angus MacDonald	14	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Harvey Barnes	25	5	18+5	5	0+0	0	2+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Ike Ugbo	18	1	7+9	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Stefan Payne	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Goals record

As of 8 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9		CF	Tom Bradshaw	9	0	3	12
2	15		CF	Oli McBurnie	9	0	0	9
3	—		LW	Harvey Barnes	5	0	0	5
4	19		CF	Kieffer Moore	4	0	0	4
	20		CM	Brad Potts	3	1	0	4
6	34		RW	Ryan Hedges	2	0	1	3
7	10		AM	George Moncur	2	0	0	2
	16		CB	Ethan Pinnock	2	0	0	2
	18		CB	Adam Jackson	1	0	1	2
	22		CM	Gary Gardner	2	0	0	2
11	3		LB	Zeki Fryers	1	0	0	1
	4		CM	Joe Williams	1	0	0	1
	6		CB	Liam Lindsay	1	0	0	1
	7		RW	Adam Hammill	0	0	1	1
	8		CM	Cameron McGeehan	1	0	0	1
	11		LW	Lloyd Isgrove	1	0	0	1
	12		RB	Dimitri Kévin Cavaré	1	0	0	1
	26		CF	Mamadou Thiam	1	0	0	1
	—		CF	Ike Ugbo	1	0	0	1
Total					47	1	6	54

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	4		CM	Joe Williams	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	1
2	22		CM	Gary Gardner	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
3	6		CB	Liam Lindsay	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	7		RW	Adam Hammill	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	17		RB	Andy Yiadom	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
6	2		RB	Jason McCarthy	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	20		CM	Brad Potts	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8	12		RB	Dimitri Kévin Cavaré	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	24		LB	Matty Pearson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	19		CF	Kieffer Moore	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	8		CM	Cameron McGeehan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		CF	Tom Bradshaw	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15		CF	Oli McBurnie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CB	Adam Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	1		GK	Adam Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3		LB	Zeki Fryers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB	Angus MacDonald	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	10		AM	George Moncur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		LW	Lloyd Isgrove	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CM	Stevie Mallan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16		CB	Ethan Pinnock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CF	Mamadou Thiam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	—		LW	Harvey Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					73	0	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	78	0	3

Pre-season

Friendlies

As of 9 June 2017, Barnsley have announced six pre-season friendlies against Guiseley, Grimsby Town, Coventry City, Rochdale,^[10] Rotherham United^[11] and Huddersfield Town.^[12]

Guiseley v Barnsley

11 July 2017 Friendly	Guiseley	3–3	Barnsley	Guiseley
19:30 BST	Trialist 34' Trialist 41' Thompson 73'	Report	Isgrove 17' Fryers 58' Moncur 88'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park

Grimsby Town v Barnsley

15 July 2017 Friendly	Grimsby Town	2–1	Barnsley	Cleethorpes
12:30 BST	Dembele 46' Robinson 85'	Report	Isgrove 38'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1903 (770 away fans)

Barnsley v Coventry City

18 July 2017 Friendly	Barnsley	3–1	Coventry City	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Mallan 24' Payne 40' Bradshaw 67'	Report	Beavon 54'	Stadium: Oakwell

Barnsley v Huddersfield Town

22 July 2017 Friendly	Barnsley	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Barnsley
16:00 BST		Report	Mounié 89'	Stadium: Oakwell

Rochdale v Barnsley

25 July 2017 Friendly	Rochdale	0–2	Barnsley	Spotland
19:30 BST		Report	Ugbo 69', 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 989

Rotherham United v Barnsley

29 July 2017 Friendly	Rotherham United	4–0	Barnsley	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Proctor 67', 73', 75' Moore 90+1'	Report		Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium

Competitions

EFL Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	−22	44
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	13	23	39	74	−35	43
22	Barnsley (R)	46	9	14	23	48	72	−24	41	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Burton Albion (R)	46	10	11	25	38	81	−43	41
24	Sunderland (R)	46	7	16	23	52	80	−28	37

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
44	8	14	22	45	68	−23	38	4	9	9	23	32	−9	4	5	13	22	36	−14

Last updated: 24 April 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Position	23	23	16	20	15	14	20	21	20	18	19	19	19	19	16	16	17	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	21	22	23	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the EFL Championship league fixtures were announced.^[13][14]

Bristol City v Barnsley

5 August 2017 1	Bristol City	3–1	Barnsley	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Reid 16', 30' Diédhiou 25' Pack  66'	Report	McCarthy  77' Hammill  90' Hedges 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,742 Referee: Andy Davies

Barnsley v Ipswich Town

12 August 2017 2	Barnsley	1–2	Ipswich Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Bradshaw 15' Jackson  47'	Report	Iorfa  52' McGoldrick 53' Knudsen  54' Waghorn 70'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,009 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

15 August 2017 3	Barnsley	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Bradshaw 4' Hedges 50' Potts  81' Williams  87'	Report	26' Murphy  30' Mancienne	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,883 Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield United v Barnsley

19 August 2017 4	Sheffield United	1–0	Barnsley	Sheffield
12:15 BST	Sharp 17'  21' Clarke  42' Fleck  58' Stevens  84'	Report	McCarthy  31' MacDonald  42' Hammill  45+2' Pearson  48'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,482 Referee: Tim Robinson

Barnsley v Sunderland

26 August 2017 5	Barnsley	3–0	Sunderland	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Ugbo 31' Barnes 35' Lindsay  40' Moncur 67'	Report	Oviedo  77' McGeady  86' Khazri  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 15,697 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

Preston North End v Barnsley

9 September 2017 6	Preston North End	1–1	Barnsley	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire 23' Hugill  36'	Report	Potts 26' McCarthy  50' Pearson  87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,813 Referee: Peter Banks

Reading v Barnsley

12 September 2017 P	Reading	P–P	Barnsley	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 31 August due to second round EFL Cup match against Derby County being moved to the same date.[15]

Barnsley v Aston Villa

16 September 2017 7	Barnsley	0–3	Aston Villa	Barnsley
17:30 BST	Hammill  25'	Report	Adomah 19', 44 pen.' Davis 55' Whelan  76' Hourihane  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,633 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Barnsley

23 September 2017 8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Neves  47' Coady  57' Saiss  70' Enobakhare 80' N'Diaye 90+3'	Report	Williams  27' Jackson 90+1'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,154 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Barnsley v Queens Park Rangers

26 September 2017 9	Barnsley	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley
19:45	Barnes 20' Williams  49'	Report	Caulker  23' Luongo  39' Freeman 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,920 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Millwall v Barnsley

30 September 2017 10	Millwall	1–3	Barnsley	Bermondsey
15:00	Gregory 45+2' (pen) Wallace  64' Ferguson  82'	Report	Bradshaw 40', 60' Pearson  45+1' McGeehan  48' Thiam 83' (pen) McCarthy  85'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,147 Referee: Oliver Langford

Barnsley v Middlesbrough

14 October 2017 11	Barnsley	2–2	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Bradshaw 2' McGeehan 9' Pearson  73' Williams  74'	Report	Braithwaite 7' Assombalonga 60'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 17,163 Referee: Lee Mason

Barnsley v Hull City

21 October 2017 12	Barnsley	0–1	Hull City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	McGeehan  55'	Report	Stewart  29' Campbell 78',  83' McGregor  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,624 Referee: Peter Bankes

Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley

28 October 2017 13	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Barnsley	Owlerton
12:30 BST	Reach 34'  87' van Aken  45'	Report	Hammill  37' Barnes 67'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,097 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Burton Albion v Barnsley

31 October 2017 14	Burton Albion	2–4	Barnsley	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Lund 38' Dyer 45+3'	Report	Isgrove 21'  66' Potts 40' Williams 73' Barnes 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,760 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Barnsley v Birmingham City

4 November 2017 15	Barnsley	2–0	Birmingham City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Bradshaw 2' Fryers 68'	Report	Kieftenbeld  38' Roberts  61'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,946 Referee: James Linington

Norwich City v Barnsley

18 November 2017 16	Norwich City	1–1	Barnsley	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Murphy 12' Husband  34'	Report	Yiadom  44' Barnes 47' Williams  87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,545 Referee: Scott Duncan

Barnsley v Cardiff City

21 November 2017 17	Barnsley	0–1	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT		Report	Ralls  79' Paterson 83' Bamba  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,051 Referee: David Coote

Barnsley v Leeds United

25 November 2017 18	Barnsley	0–2	Leeds United	Barnsley
12:30 GMT	Barnes  15' Gardner  48' Hammill  75'	Report	Jansson  3' Ayling  15' Sáiz 23' Alioski 45+4' Hernández  53'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,399 Referee: Andrew Madley

Reading v Barnsley

28 November 2017 19	Reading	3–0	Barnsley	Reading
20:00 GMT	Edwards 20' van den Berg 29' Böðvarsson 88'	Report	Williams  83'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,317 Referee: Darren Bond

Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley

2 December 2017 20	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Barnsley	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Madine 20', 39' Ameobi  37' Henry  55' Vela  60' Little 69' Pratley  89'	Report	Bradshaw 22',  28' Potts  56' Williams  60' Thiam  89' Yiadom  90+6'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,371 Referee: Oliver Langford

Barnsley v Derby County

9 December 2017 21	Barnsley	0–3	Derby County	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42205343	Lawrence 39' Vydra 44' Weimann  63', 78'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,973 Referee: Tim Robinson

Brentford v Barnsley

16 December 2017 22	Brentford	0–0	Barnsley	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Sawyers  90+2'	Report	Yiadom  59' Gardner  90+1'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,868 Referee: David Coote

Fulham v Barnsley

23 December 2017 23	Fulham	2–1	Barnsley	London
15:00 GMT	Ojo  28', 72' Ayité 54'	Report	Yiadom  4' Gardener  14' Bradshaw 68'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,308 Referee: James Linington

Barnsley v Preston North End

26 December 2017 24	Barnsley	0–0	Preston North End	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Williams  90+2'	Report	Woods  9' Huntington  12' Harrop  77'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,014 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Barnsley v Reading

30 December 2017 25	Barnsley	1–1	Reading	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Pinnock 90+1'	Report	Kermongant 68' Aluko  85'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,945 Referee: Simon Hooper

Sunderland v Barnsley

1 January 2018 26	Sunderland	0–1	Barnsley	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Love  61'	Report	Potts  11' Pinnock 47' Lindsay  50' Davies  67' Bradshaw  80' Fryers  90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,311 Referee: Robert Jones

Barnsley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 January 2018 27	Barnsley	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Mallan  43'	Report	Saïss  29' Jota  40'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,050

Aston Villa v Barnsley

20 January 2018 28	Aston Villa	3–1	Barnsley	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hogan 5', 7' Hourihane 19'	Report	Cavaré 11' Moore  41' Pinnock  81'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,869 Referee: Scott Duncan

Barnsley v Fulham

27 January 2018 29	Barnsley	1–3	Fulham	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Lindsay 31' Hammill  36' Cavare  39'  45' Lindsay  56'	Report	Bettinelli  31' Johansen  45+1' Sessegnon 49', 90+5' McDonald 90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,147 Referee: Andy Davies

Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley

3 February 2018 30	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Barnsley	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Cousins  6' Scowen 48' Manning  71' Robinson  90+4'	Report	Gardner  33'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,413 Referee: Tony Harrington

Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday

10 February 2018 31	Barnsley	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Barnsley
12:15 GMT	McBurnie 21' Hammill 45'		Nuhiu 18',  19' Jones 79' Wallace 90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,858 Referee: Lee Probert

Barnsley v Burton Albion

20 February 2018 32	Barnsley	1–2	Burton Albion	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Williams  55' Moore 75'	Report	Allen 1',  88' Davenport 45+4' MacFadzean  50' Naylor  62' Akins  74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,774 Referee: Tim Robinson

Birmingham City v Barnsley

24 February 2018 33	Birmingham City	0–2	Barnsley	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Gallagher  24' Gardner  32' Dean  74'	Report	McBurnie 12', 36'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,822 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Hull City v Barnsley

27 February 2018 34	Hull City	1–1	Barnsley	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	MacDonald  47' Clark  48' McGregor  67' Dawson 73' Campbell  90+2'	Report	McBurnie 22' Lindsay  51' Cavaré  71'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,005 Referee: Mike Jones

Barnsley v Norwich City

3 March 2018 P	Barnsley	v	Norwich City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Oakwell
Note: Match postponed due to a frozen pitch preventing play.[16]

Cardiff City v Barnsley

6 March 2018 35	Cardiff City	2–1	Barnsley	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Grujić  14', 46' Paterson 31' Halford  81'	www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43206633	Gardner  14' McBurnie 60' Yiadom  83' Moore  85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Robert Jones

Middlesbrough v Barnsley

10 March 2018 36	Middlesbrough	3–1	Barnsley	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Ayala 1' Traoré 18' Bamford 53'	Report	Gardner  5' Moore 58'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,917 Referee: Andy Davies

Barnsley v Norwich City

13 March 2018 37	Barnsley	1–1	Norwich City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Lindsay  14' McBurnie 45' Gary Gardner  75'	Report	Murphy 71' Vrančić  77'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,508 Referee: Steve Martin

Barnsley v Millwall

17 March 2018 38	Barnsley	0–2	Millwall	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report	Gregory 24' Marshall 63'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,041 Referee: Peter Bankes

Barnsley v Bristol City

30 March 2018 39	Barnsley	2–2	Bristol City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Moore 7' Potts 78',  79'	Report	Wright  6' Diédhiou 31' Brownhill 90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,236 Referee: David Webb

Barnsley v Sheffield United

7 April 2018 40	Barnsley	3–2	Sheffield United	Barnsley
12:15 BST	Gardner 25' McBurnie  34', 74' Lindsay  45' Bradshaw 88'	Report	O'Connell  36' Brooks  45' Fleck 57' Clarke 65'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,041 Referee: Scott Duncan

Ipswich Town v Barnsley

10 April 2018 41	Ipswich Town	1–0	Barnsley	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Knudsen 54',  72'	Report	Yiadom  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,271 Referee: James Linington

Barnsley v Bolton Wanderers

14 April 2018 42	Barnsley	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Gardner 22',  57' Moore  45' Moncur  79' McBurnie  81', 90+3' Lindsay  90+4'	Report	Henry  13' Ameobi  55' Beevers  59' Pratley  81' le Fondre 82' (pen.) Noone 85'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,138 Referee: Mike Jones

Leeds United v Barnsley

21 April 2018 43	Leeds United	2–1	Barnsley	Leeds
19:45 BST	Pearce 17' Vieira  31' Alioski 50'	Report	O'Connor 36' (o.g.) Hammill  87'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,451 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest v Barnsley

24 April 2018 44	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Barnsley	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Fox  18' Tomlin 26' Brereton 36' Guédioura  87' Vellios 90'	Report	Jackson  53'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 23,633 Referee: Robert Jones

Barnsley v Brentford

28 April 2018 45	Barnsley	2–0	Brentford	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Moore 11' McBurnie 51'	Report	Barbet  82'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,127 Referee: Darren Bond

Derby County v Barnsley

6 May 2018 46	Derby County	4–1	Barnsley	Derby
12:30 BST	Jerome 14' Vydra 55' Nugent 68', Lawrence 71'	Report	Moncur 80'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,682 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Barnsley entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Millwall.^[17]

Millwall v Barnsley

6 January 2018 Third round	Millwall	4–1	Barnsley	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 35', 56' Thompson 47' Onyedinma 61'	Report	Potts 11' Cavaré  39' Williams  52' Gardner  81'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,319 Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place, with Morecambe being confirmed as the opposition.^[18] The second round also saw Barnsley at home to either Grimsby Town or Derby County.^[19] Derby County won their first round tie to set up a second round fixture against the Reds.^[20]

Barnsley v Morecambe

8 August 2017 First round	Barnsley	4–3	Morecambe	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Bradshaw 2', 46' Ugbo 22' Potts  71' Yiadom  82' Hedges 90+5'	Report	36' Campbell 45+1',  65' Lavelle 49' Rose  76' Thompson 82' Oliver	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Darren Bond

Barnsley v Derby County

12 September 2017 Second round	Barnsley	3–2	Derby County	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Jackson 18' Bradshaw 73' McCarthy  76' Hammill 89'	Report	Russell 7' Bennett 39'  79'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Tottenham Hotspur v Barnsley

19 September 2017 Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Barnsley	Wembley
20:00 BST	Alli 65'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 23,826 Referee: Tim Robinson

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	LB		Zeki Fryers	Crystal Palace	Free	[21]
1 July 2017	CB		Liam Lindsay	Partick Thistle	£360,000	[22]
1 July 2017	CM		Stevie Mallan	St Mirren	£306,000	[23]
1 July 2017	RB		Jason McCarthy	Southampton	£207,000	[24]
1 July 2017	CM		Cameron McGeehan	Luton Town	£990,000	[25]
1 July 2017	CB		Ethan Pinnock	Forest Green Rovers	£513,000	[26]
1 July 2017	LB		Ben Williams	Blackburn Rovers	Free	[27]
2 July 2017	LW		Lloyd Isgrove	Free agent	Free	[28]
3 August 2017	CM		Brad Potts	Blackpool	£756,000	[29]
4 August 2017	RB		Matty Pearson	Accrington Stanley	£500,000	[30]
11 August 2017	CF		Mamadou Thiam	Dijon	£900,000	[31]
17 August 2017	RB		Dimitri Kévin Cavaré	Rennes	Undisclosed	[32]
4 November 2017	CF		Victor Adeboyejo	Leyton Orient	Free	[33]
8 January 2018	CF		Kieffer Moore	Ipswich Town	£765,000	[34]
19 January 2018	LB		Daniel Pinillos	Córdoba	Undisclosed	[35]
31 January 2018	AM		Christoph Knasmüllner	Admira Wacker	Undisclosed	[36]
31 January 2018	CB		Matt Mills	Nottingham Forest	Free	[36]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF		James Carvell	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	LW		Jake Charles	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	CB		Jack Cowgill	Boston United	Released	[37][a]
1 July 2017	LB		Callum Evans	Forest Green Rovers	Released	[37][b]
1 July 2017	CB		Lewin Nyatanga	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	CF		Omari Patrick	Bradford City	Released	[37][c]
1 July 2017	CB		George Proctor	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	CB		Marc Roberts	Birmingham City	£3,500,000	[41]
1 July 2017	LB		Matty Templeton	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	CM		Josh Scowen	Queens Park Rangers	Rejected Contract	[42][d]
1 July 2017	LB		Aidy White	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2017	RW		Marley Watkins	Norwich City	Rejected Contract	[42][e]
1 July 2017	RM		Ryan Williams	Rotherham United	Released	[37][f]
4 July 2017	CF		Elliot Lee	Luton Town	Released	[37][g]
17 July 2017	LB		Cole Kpekawa	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[47]
21 July 2017	CF		Kayden Jackson	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed	[48]
18 August 2017	DM		Sessi D'Almeida	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[49]
18 August 2017	CF		Stefan Payne	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[50]
31 January 2018	CB		Angus MacDonald	Hull City	Undisclosed	[51]

1. Jack Cowgill joined Boston United following his release.^[38]
2. Callum Evans joined Forest Green Rovers following his release.^[39]
3. Omari Patrick joined Bradford City following his release.^[40]
4. Josh Scowen joined Queens Park Rangers after rejecting a new contract.^[43]
5. Marley Watkins joined Norwich City after rejecting a new contract.^[44]
6. Ryan Williams joined Rotherham United following his release.^[45]
7. Elliot Lee joined Luton Town following his release.^[46]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
17 July 2017	CF		Ike Ugbo	Chelsea	3 January 2018[a]	[53]
20 July 2017	CM		Joe Williams	Everton	30 June 2018	[54]
11 August 2017	CM		Harvey Barnes	Leicester City	30 June 2018	[55]
31 August 2017	CM		Gary Gardner	Aston Villa	30 June 2018	[56]
31 August 2017	CF		Oli McBurnie	Swansea City	7 September 2017[b]	[58]
29 January 2018	WG		Connor Mahoney	Bournemouth	30 June 2018	[59]
31 January 2018	CF		Oli McBurnie	Swansea City	30 June 2018	[36]

1. On 3 January 2018, Ugbo was recalled by parent club, Chelsea.^[52]
2. On 7 September 2017, the EFL rejected Oli McBurnie's loan at the player returned to Swansea City with immediate effect.^[57]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Brad Ash	Boreham Wood	30 June 2018	[60]
31 August 2017	CM		Alex Mowatt	Oxford United	30 June 2018	[61]
22 September 2017	GK		Jack Walton	Stalybridge Celtic	24 October 2017	[62]
2 October 2017	RM		Dylan Mottley-Henry	Tranmere Rovers	2 January 2018	[63][a]
23 October 2017	GK		Nick Townsend	Solihull Moors	20 November 2017	[65]
18 November 2017	CM		Josh Kay	Tranmere Rovers	18 December 2017	[66]
4 January 2018	CM		Jared Bird	Yeovil Town	30 June 2018	[67]
4 January 2018	CM		Josh Kay	Chesterfield	30 June 2018	[68]
4 January 2018	CM		Cameron McGeehan	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2018	[69]
31 January 2018	CF		Jacob Brown	Chesterfield	30 June 2018	[70]
31 January 2018	RM		Dylan Mottley-Henry	Chesterfield	30 June 2018	[70]

1. On 2 November, Dylan Mottley-Henry's loan at Tranmere Rovers was extended until early January.^[64]

Summary

Games played	43 (39 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games won	9 (7 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games drawn	13 (13 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	21 (19 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	45 (38 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup)
Goals conceded	68 (58 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 6 League Cup)
Goal difference	-25
Clean sheets	7 (7 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	66 (61 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Red cards	3 (2 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	Joe Williams (9 , 1 )
Best result	3–0 vs Sunderland (26 Aug 17)
Worst result	3–0 vs Aston Villa (16 Sep 17) 3–0 vs Reading (28 Nov 17) 3–0 vs Derby County (9 Dec 17) 4–1 vs Millwall (6 Jan 18)
Most appearances	Tom Bradshaw (28 starts, 9 subs)
Top scorer	Tom Bradshaw (10)
Points	34