…….Unfortunately only 8,088 supporters were in the stadium to see it- the lowest league attendance at Oakwell for six years, a time when The Reds were still in League One.
Barnsley have won both their first two home games of the season without conceding a goal, just like they did in 2010-2011. They have actually gone three successive home games without conceding if you include the final game of 2011-2012 when they drew 0-0 with Brighton.
Bobby Hassell was sent off for the second time in his eight year Barnsley career. He is the first Reds player to be shown a red card in the league since Nathan Doyle was dismissed in March. That was also in a 1-0 home victory, versus Portsmouth.
This victory was only Barnsley’s second in 10 meetings with Bristol City and was the first time in eight clashes that less than two goals have been scored in a match between these two sides.
Barnsley Team:
Ben Alnwick
Bobby Hassell (RC)
Scott Golbourne
Stephen Foster
Scott Wiseman
Martin Craine
Stephen Dawson
Tomasz Cywka
Jacob Mellis
Craig Davies
Chris Dagnall (YC)
Substitutes:
John Stones (for Mellis 61)
Marlon Harewood (for Davies 62)
Unused Substitutes:
Lukas Lidakevicius, Lee Collins, Danny Rose, Kelvin Etuhu, Reuben Noble-Lazarus.
Match Reports:
Npower Championship results, Saturday 1st September 2012:
Millwall 3-1 Middlesbrough
BARNSLEY 1-0 Bristol City
Birmingham 1-0 Peterborough
Burnley 1-3 Brighton
Crystal Palace 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Derby 5-1 Watford
Hull 3-1 Bolton
Ipswich 2-2 Huddersfield
Leeds 3-3 Blackburn
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Charlton
Leicester 1-0 Blackpool
Barnsley lie in 13th place in the Npower Championship with 6 points from 4 games.
We are 1 point off the Play-Offs, 2 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 3 points off First place and 3 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 1.9.12
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Npower Championship Matchday Five: Barnsley v Blackpool Saturday 15th September 2012 Kick-Off 3pm.
Tickets:
Adult, non-member: £28
Adult, member: £25
OAP, non-member: £18
OAP, member £17
Students (18-20), non-member: £18
Students (18-20) member: £17
On The Road:
Npower Championship Matchday Six Blackburn Rovers v Barnsley Tuesday 18th September 2012 Kick-Off 7:45pm.
Tickets:
Adults: £20
Over 65's: £12
Juveniles Under 16: £5