Bobby Hassell will definitely miss today's crunch Yorkshire derby with Leeds United after suffering a groin strain in the 2-1 midweek defeat at Derby County. Neil Austin will take his place.
Skipper Paul Reid should start despite suffering from sickness and diarrhoea but Danny Nardiello is still not considered ready for a start. Tommy Wright could keep his place upfront.
Probable Line-Up:
Nick Colgan
Neil Austin
Antony Kay
Paul Reid ©
Paul Heckingbottom
Martin Devaney
Sam Togwell
Brian Howard
Michael McIndoe
Tommy Wright
Marc Richards
Barnsley and Leeds meet in a league fixture tomorrow for the first time since the Premiership days with Barnsley looking to continue an impressive home run of 1 defeat in 5 against The struggling Whites.
That defeat came in the last Oakwell meeting back on 29th November 1997 when The Reds threw away a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2.
Ashley Ward and Andy Liddell had fired The Reds 2-0 in front after 28minutes but Alfie Haaland, Rod Wallace and a 82nd minute Derek Lilley strike saw Leeds take back the three points.
Sides:
Barnsley:
Leese ,Eaden ,De Zeeuw ,Redfearn ,Liddell (Hristov ,85 ) ,Bullock (Appleby ,79 ) ,Bosancic (Moses ,72 ) ,Tinkler ,Barnard ,Ward ,MarkstedtSubs not used: Watson, Hendrie,
Leeds:
Martyn ,Kelly ,Robertson ,Haaland (Molenaar ,69 ) ,Radebe ,Wetherall ,Wallace ,Hasselbaink ,Ribeiro ,Bowyer (Lilley ,77 ) ,Halle (Maybury ,45)Subs not used Beeney, Laurent,
*Gary Kelly still remains at Leeds today!
The Reds were 2nd bottom after that game whilst Leeds were riding high in 4th.
In the return fixture at Elland Road on the 4th April 1998 Leeds triumphed 2-1 thanks to a truly bizarre own-goal from Adie Moses 10 minutes from time. Moses bulleted a header past a startled Watson from a Leeds corner after Georgi Hristov had levelled a Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink goal.
Sides:
Leeds:
Martyn ,Kelly ,Wetherall ,Molenaar ,Martin Hiden ,Harte ,Halle ,Bowyer ,Ribeiro (McPhail ,46 ) ,Kewell ,HasselbainkSubs not used: Hopkin, Lilley, Jackson, Beeney,
Barnsley:
Watson ,Eaden ,Moses ,Redfearn ,Bullock (Marcelle ,79 ) ,Bosancic ,Jones (Fjortoft ,82 ) ,Hristov (sent off 89),Barnard ,Ward ,MorganSubs not used Sheridan, De Zeeuw, Leese,
As you can see a certain Stephen McPhail came on for Leeds at half-time!
Both teams remained in 19th and 4th respectively.
As we all know The Reds ended the season 2nd bottom (19th) and their short stay in England's top flight was over, a place we have yet to return. Leeds finished impressively in 5th place, before their financial implosion saw them relegated in 2004.
The two teams have met since that day, in the FA Cup on the 6th January 2001 at Elland Road with Leeds (a Premiership side) winning 1-0 over Barnsley (a Championship side) courtesy of an early Mark Viduka goal.
Onto to 2006-2007 then and both teams are in deep relegation trouble.
Leeds sit just 1 point and 2 places above The Reds in 21st place after a horrendous start. Leeds lost in the Championship Play-Off last term and the hangover from that game is still obvious.
Kevin Blackwell, who led Leeds to last seasons final, was sacked in September with Leeds in the relegation zone and caretaker John Carver didn't do much better.
Last week saw the arrival of former Chelsea stars Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet who had a dream start with a 2-0 home win over fellow strugglers Southend last Saturday. They were sent crashing back down to earth however with a 4-1 hammering at Preston on Tuesday night. Both Barnsley and Leeds have the worst defensive records in the league having both conceded 30 goals each!
A win for The Reds could see them move above Leeds into 21st place, whilst a win for The Whites could move them up a place to 20th and put them 4 points above The Reds.
Last 6 Barnsley v Leeds results:
2000/2001:
Sat 6 Jan Leeds Utd. 1 - 0 Barnsley (F.A. Cup)
1997/1998:
Sat 04 Apr Leeds Utd. 2 - 1 Barnsley (Premiership)
Sat 29 Nov Barnsley 2 - 3 Leeds Utd. (Premiership)
1990/1991:
Wed 09 Jan Leeds Utd. 4 - 0 Barnsley (F.A. Cup)
Sun 06 Jan Barnsley 1 - 1 Leeds Utd. (F.A. Cup)
1989/1990:
Wed 25 Apr Leeds Utd. 1 - 2 Barnsley (Second Division)
Overall:
Barnsley Wins: 14
Leeds Wins: 19
Draws: 14
Barnsley Goals: 55
Leeds Goals: 72
Records:
Highest Aggregate 5, Barnsley 2 - 3 Leeds Utd. 1997/1998
Highest Barnsley score: 3, Barnsley 3 - 0 Leeds Utd. 1985/1986
Highest Leeds Utd. score: 4, Leeds Utd. 4 - 0 Barnsley 1990/1991
Last 6 2006-2007 results:
Barnsley:
1/11/06 Derby 2-1 Barnsley (Championship)
28/10/06 Barnsley 0-1 Coventry (Championship)
21/10/06 Sunderland 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
17/10/06 Barnsley 2-2 Plymouth Argyle (Championship)
14/10/06 Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Barnsley (Championship)
30/9/06 Barnsley 1-2 Luton (Championship)
W:0 D:1 L:5 F:5 A:11 GD:-6 Points:1
Leeds:
31/10/06 Preston 4-1 Leeds (Championship)
28/10/06 Leeds 2-0 Southend (Championship)
24/10/06 Leeds 1-3 Southend (League Cup)
21/10/06 Luton 5-1 Leeds (Championship)
17/10/06 Leeds 1-2 Leicester (Championship)
14/10/06 Leeds 0-4 Stoke (Championship)
W:1 D:0 L:5 F:6 A:18 GD:-12 Points: 3
Barnsley currently lie 23rd in the Coca-Cola Championship with 12 points from 15 games, 1 point below Leeds who lie 21st with 13 points from 15 games.
WHO ARE YA!
Leeds United
Full name: Leeds United Association Football Club
Nickname(s): The Whites, United, The Peacocks
Founded
1919Ground:
Elland RoadChairman: Ken bates
Manager: Dennis Wise
League: The Championship
2005-06: Championship, 5th
Honours
Domestic Honours
- Football League First Division/FA Premier League
- Champions
- Runners-up 1964-65, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72
- Winners 1969, 1992
- Runners-up 1974
- Winners 1993, 1997
European Honours
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup
- Winners
- Finalists 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off (1971) - Runners-Up
- (Decided who kept the trophy when the competition was replaced by the UEFA Cup)
- Finalists 1975
- Finalists 1973
Team Records |
Victory: | 8-0 v Leicester City, Division One. 7th April 1934 |
Defeat: | 1-8 v Stoke City Division One, 27 August 1934 |
Attendance: | 57,892 v Sunderland FA Cup 5th rd.(replay) 15th March 1967 |
Taken from www.wikipedia.org and
www.footymad.co.uk