Sam Winnall opened the scoring after just three minutes, Barnsley’s earliest goal in a game this season (beating Conor Wilkinson’s fourth minute strike on the opening day of the season at Chesterfield)
He bagged a brace for the first time since scoring a hat-trick in a 5-0 FA Cup win against Burton in November 2014.
In their last home game against Wigan, The Reds failed to register a single shot on target, today they scored with their first. They finished the match having had seven, only the Gillingham game (which they won 2-0 and was their last home win before today) in September have they registered more in a home league game this season (8)
Barnsley led a home match at half time for the first time since September (nine matches) It is the first time in six that they had not been behind at the break.
Barnsley have won only four home league games this season, and they have scored four times in two of them.
Marley Watkins scored his fifth goal for the club; they have won four of the matches he has netted in.
The Oakwell attendance of 9,072 is the highest for a league game against a non-Yorkshire opponent this season (Only bettered by the Bradford and Sheffield United matches)
The Reds have scored the first goal at Oakwell for the first time in EIGHT matches.
They scored three second half goals for the second time this season (also in 4-3 defeat at Coventry)
Barnsley have now gone 17 games in all competitions without a clean sheet, their worst run since they went a whopping 25 without a shut out between 31st August 2002 and the 18th January 2003.
Barnsley have now conceded 40 league goals this season, only Colchester have conceded more- 58
Barnsley won their final game of a calendar year for the first time since 2011 (4-1 v Leeds) they had lost each of the last three.
Matthew Templeton grabbed Barnsley’s fourth and final goal. It came on his home debut. His previous two appearances for the club had both been at Scunthorpe.
Barnsley are now unbeaten in three meetings with Blackpool (W2) and have lost only one of the last seven.
Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Reece Wabara
Kevin Long (YC)
Alfie Mawson
Aidan White
Marley Watkins
Ben Pearson
Lloyd Isgrove
Conor Hourihane
Adam Hammill
Sam Winnall
Substitutes:
Ryan Williams (for Isgrove 75)
Matthew Templeton (for Hammill 88)
Michael Smith (for Watkins 90+5)
Unused Substitutes:
Nick Townsend, James Bree, Marc Roberts, Brad Abbott.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet League One results:
Monday 28th December 2015:
Southend 0-4 Millwall
Martin 27, Cummings 35, Onyedinma 45, O’Brien 70
Barnsley 4-2 Blackpool
Winnall 2, Cullen 52, Little 90
54
Watkins 56
Templeton 90
Burton 1-0 Swindon
Akins pen 77
Chesterfield 1-1 Coventry
Novak 38 Maddison 89
Crewe 1-2 Shrewsbury
Colclough 26 Cole 11, Whalley 90
Fleetwood 1-3 Wigan
Sarcevic pen 69 Kellett 39, Hiwula-Mayifuila 83, Jacobs 90
Gillingham 1-0 Colchester
Samuel 70
Oldham 1-2 Doncaster
Murphy 74 Williams 12, 45
Port Vale 1-0 Bury
Kelly 57
Scunthorpe 1-1 Rochdale
Mirfin 33 Henderson 22
Sheffield United 3-1 Bradford
Sharp 11 Liddle 83
Sammon 59
Edgar 63
Walsall 2-0 Peterborough
Demetriou 80
Evans 89
Barnsley lie in 19th place in the Sky Bet League One with 24 points from 23 games.
We are 13 points off the Play-Offs, 24 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 24 points off First place and 1 point above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 28/1215
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Twenty-Four: Barnsley v Millwall Saturday 2nd January 2016. Kick-Off: 3pm.
Tickets:
Adult: £20-£25
Over 65s: £15-£18
Age 17-21: £15-£18
Under 17: £10
Under 12: £5
On The Road:
Sky Be League One Matchday Twenty-Five: Shrewsbury Town v Barnsley, Saturday 16th January 2016 Kick-Off 3pm.
Tickets:
TBC