Barnsley finally secured their first win of the season and ensured that they did not go through the whole of August with a victory for the first time since 1992.
Chris O’Grady has now netted seven goals in his last seven league games at Oakwell, whilst also netting the winning penalty against Scunthorpe in the cup.
Two Barnsley strikers scored in the same match for the first time since the 12th March as Marcus Pedersen netted on his home league debut.
Mike Pollitt played back-to-back games for the first time since August 2009 but unfortunately could not prevent Barnsley’s run without a clean sheet stretching to six league games.
The goal he conceded means The Reds have conceded the most in the Championship (13), one more than Bournemouth (12) who actually occupy sixth place in the division. Only one team in the Football League has conceded more and that is League One Carlisle with 14 attempts finding the way into their net so far this season.
However Barnsley’s record of six goals scored is joint best in the bottom half- remarkable considering they failed to score in their first two league games.
Today’s victory was Barnsley’s first this season and only their second in 14 matches.12 seasons.
Huddersfield’s start to this league season LDWDWWWL is EXACTLY the same as their start to last season and by failing to win today they were unable to gain their best start to a season for 30 years.
Barnsley Team:
Mike Pollitt
Tom Kennedy
Scott Wiseman
Jean-Yves Mvoto
Jim O’Brien
Stephen Dawson (YC)
David Perkins
Kelvin Etutu
Reuben Noble-Lazarus
Chris O’Grady
Marcus Pedersen
Substitutes:
Jacob Mellis (for Noble-Lazarus 73)
Chris Dagnall (for Pedersen 75)
Unused Substitutes:
Luke Steele, Jim McNulty, Dale Jennings, Tomasz Cywka, Jason Scotland.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet Championship results Saturday 31st August 2013:
Leeds 0-1 QPR
BARNSLEY 2-1 Huddersfield
Birmingham 1-1 Ipswich
Blackburn 4-1 Bolton
Blackpool 1-0 Watford
Brighton 1-1 Millwall
Charlton 2-1 Leicester
Derby 0-3 Burnley
Doncaster 0-1 Bournemouth
Middlesbrough 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Yeovil 0-1 Reading
Barnsley lie in 20th place in the Npower Championship with 4 points from 5 games.
We are 5 points off the Play-Offs 9 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 9 points off First place and 1 point above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 31.8.13
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Six: Nottingham Forest v Barnsley Saturday 14th September 2013: Kick-Off: 3pm
Tickets:
Adult £25.00
Senior £18.00
Under 18 £12.00
Under 12 £6.00
At Oakwell:
Sky bet Championship Matchday Eight: Barnsley v Watford Saturday 21st September 2013: Kick-Off 3pm
Tickets:
Adults £23.00
Over 65's £16.00
Students (aged 18-20) £16.00
Under 18's £16.00
Under 12's £5.00*
*Must be purchased with an adult or over 65's ticket.