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Delighted Conor wants strong finish then ‘reset’
Conor Hourihane is ‘delighted’ to be Barnsley’s permanent head coach but says the club needs a ‘reset’ with ‘fresh energy and fresh faces around the place.’
The 34-year-old was given a two-year deal, with an option for a third season, after being interim boss for six games.
Hourihane told the Chronicle: “I am delighted, of course. There is a lot to organise. There are three games to go and we have to finish the season...
RESULTS
Leyton Orient
| 4-3 |
| 18th Apr |
Barnsley
Barnsley
| 4-1 |
| 12th Apr |
Bolton Wanderers
Birmingham City
| 6-2 |
| 5th Apr |
Barnsley
FIXTURES
Barnsley
| 21st Apr |
| 3:00pm |
Peterborough United
Barnsley
| 26th Apr |
| 3:00pm |
Shrewsbury Town
Reading
| 3rd May |
| 3:00pm |
Barnsley
| P | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 41 | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 43 | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wrexham | 43 | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 43 | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Stockport County | 43 | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 43 | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Reading | 43 | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 43 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 43 | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Blackpool | 42 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 43 | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Barnsley | 43 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 43 | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Exeter City | 43 | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Stevenage | 42 | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 42 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 42 | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 43 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Burton Albion | 42 | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 43 | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 43 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 43 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | 30 | ||||||||||||
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RESULTS
Leyton Orient
| 4-3 |
| 18th Apr |
Barnsley
Barnsley
| 4-1 |
| 12th Apr |
Bolton Wanderers
Birmingham City
| 6-2 |
| 5th Apr |
Barnsley
FIXTURES
Barnsley
| 21st Apr |
| 3:00pm |
Peterborough United
Barnsley
| 26th Apr |
| 3:00pm |
Shrewsbury Town
Reading
| 3rd May |
| 3:00pm |
Barnsley
PREVIEW: Orient v Barnsley
More details on today's fixture.
LIKELY LINE-UPS
Barnsley (3-5-2): Flavell; Bland, Roberts, McCarthy, Earl; Phillips, Connell, Russell; Jalo, Keillor-Dunn, Humphrys.
Orient (4-5-1): Keeley; Clare, Edmonds-Green, Beckles, Currie; Williams, Markanday, Brown, Donley, Abdulai; Kelman.
TEAM NEWS
Barnsley: Injured: Neil Farrugia, Jackson Smith, Georgie Gent. Doubts: Max Watters, Josh Benson. Suspended: Mael de Gevigney.
KEY PLAYER
Charlie Kelman
The
'Wins at home key' says Hourihane
Winning the remaining home games this season will be the ‘big message’ Conor Hourihane is sending his Barnsley players after their 4-1 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
The interim head coach recorded his first win in six attempts, while it was the Reds’ sixth league victory at Oakwell in 21 games this season.
Hourihane told the Chronicle: “It’s great but it’s a start.
“I would love to have kept a clean sheet but it’s...
First win as Reds boss 'special' says Conor
Conor Hourihane said it was ‘special’ to record his first win as Barnsley interim head coach with a 4-1 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers at Oakwell on Saturday.
Jon Russell and Fabio Jalo scored two goals each for the Reds who ended a seven-game winless run.
Hourihane told the Chronicle: “We’ve worked really hard over three or four weeks and obviously the result is the big one but the biggest thing for me is...
JON FLATMAN: Safe standing installed in time for the Bolton match
SINCE I last wrote to you all ahead of our previous home fixture, I am delighted to share that the safe standing installation has now been completed in the Norman Rimmington Stand, just in time for this weekend’s clash against Bolton Wanderers.
OR1, along with a section of the away end, is currently awaiting the final legal approvals at the time of writing.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Sports Grounds...
'Out on their feet' Reds asked for '5-game reset'
Conor Hourihane says Barnsley’s players were ‘out on their feet’ after Saturday’s loss but has asked them for a ‘five-game reset’ to end a tough season on a high.
The Reds were beaten 6-2 at League One leaders Birmingham, having played with ten men since the third minute, in their third game of the week after losing at home to Exeter having drawn at Wigan.
They are 12th and winless in their last seven games. ...
MATCH PREVIEW: Birmingham v Barnsley
A preview of Barnsley's match at League One's runaway leaders Birmingham City from 3pm.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Barnsley (3-5-2): Flavell; de Gevigney, Roberts, McCarthy; Bland, Phillips, Connell, Russell, O’Keeffe; Humphrys, Keillor-Dunn.
Birmingham (4-2-3-1): Allsop; Laird, Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Paik, Iwata; Anderson, Willumsson, Dowell; Stansfield.
TEAM NEWS
Barnsley: Out injured: Joe Gauci (hip), Jackson Smith (hamstring), Neil Farrugia, Josh Benson (hamstring
Flavell’s shirt to lose even if Gauci returns, hints Hourihane
CONOR Hourihane has suggested that Barnsley’s number one goalkeeper spot is Kieren Flavell’s to lose even if and when loanee Joe Gauci returns from injury.
Australian international Gauci, who joined on loan from Aston Villa in January, played four times before picking up a hip injury and being replaced by Jackson Smith who then hurt his hamstring weeks later.
That gave a chance to academy stopper Flavell who has generally impressed in the last four...
Reds accounts show loss of £2.8m during 2023/24
BARNSLEY FC lost £2.8million during the 2023/24 season, the club’s latest annual accounts reveal.
The statement covered a 13-month period between June 1, 2023 and June 30 2024, during which the club reports an operating loss of almost £9.7million compared to £5.9million the previous year.
They made £6.8million profit in player trading, almost £5million more than in the previous accounting year, after selling the likes of Mads Andersen and Liam Kitching
Hourihane 'gutted' with draw but takes positives
Conor Hourihane admitted he and the Barnsley players were ‘gutted’ after a sloppy late leveller saw them draw 1-1 at Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
Davis Keillor-Dunn scored a fine opener but a late mix-up allowed the hosts to level. The Reds are winless in five including three matches under interim boss Hourihane.
Hourihane said: “The boys gave me everything that they had again. We pressed well, created chances, played through them at times. While it’s...
Barnsley's remaining games in 2024/25
A look at the final eight games in Barnsley's season.
Wigan, A, Saturday
March has so far seen Barnsley collect four points from five games, with a 4-3 win over Lincoln on the first followed by three losses then the draw with Cambridge.
No team in the division has won more away games than Barnsley’s ten this season.
But their eight away losses on the road is more than in their last three...
Hourihane praises youngsters after home draw
Conor Hourihane was pleased with how Barnsley finished their 1-1 home draw with lowly Cambridge United on Saturday and the performance of their young players.
The Reds conceded an early goal then levelled in injury-time through substitute Jon Lewis.
Hourihane, who was in the Oakwell diugout for the first time as interim head coach, told the Chronicle: “It was good how we finished. We kept at it and kept going. It’s something to build on....
JON FLATMAN: Progress on safe standing and fanzone application
THIS weekend Conor Hourihane will lead Barnsley Football Club into our home fixture against Cambridge United as interim head coach, and I know the town will be behind him.
Conor had to step up at short notice last week after the club parted ways with Darrell Clarke.
Everyone connected to the club wishes Darrell every success for the future.
While sadly everything did not go to plan on the pitch, he conducted himself around Oakwell...
Wombwell to host Worsbrough in possible rehearsal for play-offs
WOMBWELL Town and Worsbrough Bridge meet on Friday in an all-Barnsley clash which could be repeated in the play-offs in the coming weeks.
Town – who host the derby from 7.45pm – are third, with six games to play while they are 12 points clear in the top five play-off places and eight off the only automatic promotion spot.
Bridge are seventh, four points outside the play-offs, with four games left.
Worsbrough manager Lee Morris...
Talking points from Mansfield loss
IT was Conor Hourihane’s first game in charge of the Reds since Darrell Clarke’s sacking - but if Saturday’s performance was anything to go by it’s going to take a while for the Irishman to put his stamp on the team.
Clarke was sacked on Wednesday and Hourihane only had a couple of days on the pitch with the team before the game against Mansfield.
And despite the changes - Adam Phillips, Mael de Gevigney...
Hourihane knows what the fans want from a Reds side
BARNSLEY’S new interim head coach Conor Hourihane says that he will demand his players represent the town in the right way – and despite the play-offs looking increasingly unlikely, he’s hoping for a late push into the top six.
When Hourihane rejoined the Reds in June last year as a player/coach, there was hope that he would return as the talismanic midfielder he once was.
But after just 84 minutes on the pitch and appearing...
'Consistency is not our strong point' - Marc Roberts
BARNSLEY centre-back Marc Roberts said Saturday’s 3-0 defeat was typical of the way the season has gone so far.
The Reds conceded three goals in the second half at Oakwell on Saturday, leaving them in tenth place, eight points outside of the play-off places with just ten games remaining.
Roberts said the players must take the blame for the performance, rather than the coaching staff.
He told the Chronicle: “It was frustrating.
"It's just disappointing...
MATCH PREVIEW: Barnsley v Blackpool
A preview of Barnsley's home game with mid-table Blackpool on Saturday from 3pm.
LIKELY LINE-UPS
Barnsley (3-5-2): Smith; Barratt, Roberts, McCarthy; O’Keeffe, Benson, Connell, Russell, Farrugia; Keillor-Dunn, Watters.
Blackpool (4-4-2): Tyrer, Offiah, Pennington, Casey, Husband; Apter, Morgan, Carey, Hamilton; Fletcher, Ennis.
TEAM NEWS
Barnsley: Out: Joe Gauci (hip), Fabio Jalo (shoulder), Barry Cotter (ankle), Jonathan Lewis (thigh), Donov
Phillips and Earl 'very doubtful' for weekend
Adam Phillips and Josh Earl are both set to miss Barnsley’s home game with Blackpool on Saturday as the injury crisis goes on.
Both midfielder Phillips and defender Earl – who are almost ever-presents in the starting 11 when fit – came off in Tuesday’s loss at Charlton Athletic with strains. That meant the number of first team players out with either injury or suspension was in double figures.
Head coach Darrell Clarke said: “They...
