Barnsley 0-0 Bristol Rovers

Last updated : 02 December 2024 By Rob Miles

Barnsley exited the FA Cup at the second round stage for the first time in 45 years with an agonising penalty shootout defeat following dominating for over two hours.

It is their first second round exit since the 1979-1980 season when they lost 1-0 to Chester.

It is Barnsley's first FA Cup 0-0 in seven years since a third round tie at Blackpool in 2016-2017 - they would lose the subsequent reply 2-1.

It is Barnsley's first goal-less home FA Cup tie since the second round in 2014-2015 against Chester - Barnsley would win the replay 3-0.

It is the first time Barnsley have gone to extra time in the FA Cup since the third round of 2021-2022 v Barrow (eight FA Cup ties ago) the Reds though eventually won that game 5-4.

This was only the second time in the last seven FA Cup ties that Barnsley have failed to score.

Indeed it is Barnsley's first FA Cup tie in six that at least one team hasn't scored three goals.

This was Barnsley's first 0-0 draw in any competition for 35 games - last drawing a complete blank against Cheltenham at Oakwell on the 16th March.

These are the only two 0-0s in Barnsley's last 87 matches with the Cheltenham blank the only one in 2023-2024.

Barnsley have now lost four of their last five penalty shootouts -  the one exception in the first round of the League Cup at Wigan earlier this season.

This was Barnsley's first FA Cup penalty shootout since the third round replay of 1992-1993 against Leicester which the Reds won 5-4.

This is the first season Barnsley have seen two cup ties go to a penalty shootout since 2015-2016 when they had three and won them all - Scunthorpe 7-6 in the first round of the League Cup, Wigan 4-2 in the Northern Quarter-Finals of the Football League Trophy and then famously Fleetwood 4-2 in the Northern Area Final to earn a Wembley date. 

Excluding penalty shootouts, The Reds have lost only one of their last five FA Cup ties and only three of the last 12.

25 games into the season and Barnsley finally managed to complete a match without receiving any bookings, their opponents meanwhile have been booking free in successive games.

It is the first time there have been no bookings at all in a Barnsley game since the 1st April at Burton - 33 games ago.

It is now just three home wins from 13 in all competitions in 2024-2025 (one of which has come against Bristol Rovers) they have won only one of eight home games since they defeated Rovers back in September.

Overall Barnsley have won only three of 20 home games since a run of five wins from seven back in December 2023/January 2024/February 2024.

This was however the first time Barnsley have gone back to back home games without scoring since March (v Cheltenham and Cambridge)

It is only the fourth time in 28 home games (all comps) that Barnsley have failed to net.

This result ended Barnsley's six match winning home run against Bristol Rovers which had also included a FA Cup tie.

It is the first time in seven meetings Rovers have kept a clean sheet at Oakwell dating back to 1991.

It is the first draw between the two sides at Oakwell in nine meetings, also 0-0 in January 1972.

Excluding penalty shootouts Barnsley are unbeaten now in six meetings with Rovers (home and away) and have lost only one of the last 12.

Three of the last six meetings have ended in a draw, two of those 0-0.

Four of the last five meetings which have ended in draws have been 0-0.

 

Barnsley Team:

23. Ben Killip

6. Mael de Gevigney

4. Marc Roberts

32. Josh Earl

7. Corey O’Keeffe

8. Adam Phillips

50. Kelechi Nwakali

48. Luca Connell

17. Georgie Gent

44. Stephen Humphrys

40. Davis Keillor-Dunn

Substitutes:

3. Jon Russell (for Nwakali 67)

11. Fabio Jalo (for Keillor-Dunn 68)

15. Kyran Lofthouse (for O’Keeffe 80)

2. Barry Cotter (for Gent 85)

9. Sam Cosgrove (for Humphrys 90)

Unused Substitutes:

12. Jackson Smith, 5. Donovan Pines, 21. Conor McCarthy, 18. Matthew Craig,

 

Bristol Rovers Team:

1. Josh Griffiths

2. Joel Senior

4. Taylor Moore

25. Michael Forbes

6. Clinton Mola

28. Shaq Forde

29. Jamie Lindsay

23. Luke McCormick

22. Kamil Conteh

19. Isaac Hutchinson

24. Gatlin O’Donkor

Substitutions:

5. James Wilson (for Senior 45)

18. Chris Martin (for O’Donkor 60)

10. Ruel Sotiriou (for Hutchinson 60)

8. Grant Ward (for Lindsay 66)

7. Scott Sinclair (for Conteh 116)

Unused Substitutes:

35. Matt Hall, 27. Bryant Bilongo, 11. Luke Thomas, 39. Quincy Dixon.

 

Sky Bet League One Results:

Friday 29th November 2024:

Harrogate Town 1-0 Gainsborough Trinity

Cornelius 57

Saturday 30th November 2024:

Wealdstone 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers

                           Lubala 29

                           Kone 84

Accrington Stanley 2-2 Swindon Town (Accrington win 4-1 on pens)

Walton 17

                                     Hall 45+2

                                     Cotterill 70

Walton 90+1

BARNSLEY 0-0 Bristol Rovers (Bristol win 4-3 on pens)

Cambridge United 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Njoku 77

                                     Aasgaard 85, Smith 119

Crawley Town 3-4 Lincoln City

Roles 10

Showunmi 13

                             O’Connor 19

                             Makama 39

                             Ring 47

                             Moylan 48

Kelly 82

Exeter City 2-0 Chesterfield

Crama 45+2

Magennis 69

Leyton Orient 2-1 Oldham Athletic

                             Monthe 47

Keeley 90+9

Agyei 120+1

Morecambe 1-0 Bradford City

Slew 81

Peterborough United 4-3 Notts County

Jones 10

                                        Scott 13

                                        Platt 16

Jones 73

Randall 77

Odoh 87

                                       Abbott 90+6

Salford City 2-0 Cheltenham Town

Okoronkwo 20

Stockton pen 22

Stevenage 0-1 Mansfield Town

                         McLaughlin 48

Stockport County 3-1 Brackley Town

Collar 15

Wootton 18

                                   Connolly og 55

Olaofe 86

Walsall 0-4 Charlton Athletic

                    Yahyai 16

                    Godden 28

                    Yahyai 85

                     Campbell 90+2

AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

                                  Morais 35

Stevens 45+8

                                  Rees 79

 

Sunday 1st December 2024:

Kettering Town 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

Noel-Williams 30

                                Sharp 75

                                Sharp 105

Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham City

                       Dykes 6

                       Jutkiewicz 24

Rhodes 55

Burton Albion 1-1 Tamworth – Tamworth win 4-3 on pens

Bennett 92

                              Maher 94

Reading 5-3 Harborough Town

                     Robinson 18

Camara 20

                     O’Sullivan 21

Savage 59

Akande 65

                     Tonge 86

Campbell 93

Campbell 96

Solihull Moors 1-2 Bromley

Wilkinson 12

                              Showunmi 15

                              Imray 61

 

Next Up:

On The Road:

Sky Bet League One Matchday Eighteen: Wrexham v Barnsley, Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Kick Off: 7:45pm

At Oakwell:

Sky Bet League One Matchday Nineteen: Barnsley v Birmingham City, Saturday 7th December 2024. Kick Off: 3pm