|  Nickname:
The Tykes/Reds
Year formed:
1887
Ground: Oakwell
Capacity: 23,186 2007/08
average: 11,452
Record attendance:
40,255
For visitors: 2,000 in the
North Stand, can be trebled
to meet demand.
Position last season:
18th in the Championship
Manager: Simon Davey
(November 2006)
Players
in:
Luke Steele (West Brom, free),
Iain Hume (Leicester, £1.2m),
Roberto Colace (Newell's OB,
free), Mounir El Haimour (Neuc.
Xamax, free), Darren Moore (Derby,
free)
Players out: Paul
Reid (Colchester, free), Dwayne
Mattis (Walsall, free)
Key man: Brian
Howard
Record transfer fee
paid: £1.5m (Gjorgi
Hristov, Partizan Belgrade,
1997, and Mike Sheron, QPR,
Jan 1999)
Record transfer fee
received: £4.5m
(Ashley Ward, Blackburn, 1998)
Ticket office: 0871 226
6777
Ticket prices: Adults
£20, OAP/Juvenile £12,
Under 11's £6
Official website: www.barnsleyfc.co.uk
Journey: 159 miles
Journey time:
3 hours, 38 minutes
For directions to the ground
click
here
Best League Win: 9-0
v Loughborough Town 28/01/1899
Division 2
Last meeting: Norwich
City 1, Barnsley 0 (Feb 23,
2008): Captain for the day Jamie
Cureton got Norwich City back
on the winning track with the
only goal against Barnsley at
Carrow Road. Cureton, handed
the armband in a team showing
six changes from last week’s
4-0 defeat at Leicester, struck
after 25 minutes with a crisp
volley after Lee Croft’s
attempted cross rebounded off
the head of defender Dennis
Souza.
Full
Match Report
Last Norwich away win:
Barnsley 1, Norwich City 3 (Jan
12, 2008): Norwich City produced
a storming second half comeback
to sink Barnsley and continue
their climb away from the Championship
relegation zone. City fell behind
after 18 minutes when Martin
Devaney scored with a long-range
effort. But Ched Evans equalised
three minutes after the break
with a cool finish from a pass
by skipper Mark Fotheringham,
who made it 2-1 after 69 minutes
when his shot took a huge deflection
over goalkeeper Heinz Muller
into the net. Five minutes later,
Dion Dublin made it 3-1.
Full
Match Report
Chances:
Mid-table
respectability would be an achievement
for a Barnsley side that saw
some of last season’s
deficiencies masked by a tremendous
FA Cup run to the semi-finals.
But if the club keep hold of
leading scorer and captain Brian
Howard and goalkeeper Luke Steele
can perform his cup heroics
consistently, they will be a
solid, difficult-to-beat side.
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