Barnsley won for only the seventh time in 30 league matches and only the second time in 12.
Conor Hourihane has now scored in four successive league games and he has been The Reds first goal scorer in those matches.
No other Reds player has scored a first half league goal since October.
Barnsley opened the scoring in a league game for only the second time in nine matches
Barnsley led at half time for only the third time in 16 matches.
Barnsley held a two goal half time lead for only the second time this season (the other being the 2-0 win against Gillingham in September)
It is the first time they have held such a lead away from home since December 2011 when they won 4-3 at Peterborough.
Seven of Barnsley’s last 12 goals in all competitions have been scored by either Conor Hourihane or Adam Hammill.
Hammill scored his first league goal for Barnsley since Boxing Day 2010.
Barnsley have scored three times away from home on three occasions this season, the most since they did it four times in 2012-2013
They have though now gone 15 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 36 league goals this season, only yesterday’s opponents Colchester have conceded more- a staggering 52. Chesterfield and Crewe have also conceded 36.
Incredibly, Barnsley made no substitutions for the first time in over five years. The last time the starting 11 all ended the match was in a 1-0 win over Portsmouth on the 20th November 2010- Adam Hammill also scored in that match.
Barnsley have now won as many away league games as they have home (3) with two of those coming since The Reds last tasted victory in front of their own supporters. If you take cup games in account they have actually won more away (5 to 4)
Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Reece Wabara
Alfie Mawson
Lewin Nyatanga
Aidan White
Marley Watkins
Ben Pearson (YC)
Conor Hourihane
Adam Hammill
Ivan Toney
Sam Winnall
Substitutes:
None
Unused Substitutes:
Nick Townsend, Marc Roberts, James Bree, Lloyd Isgrove, Ryan Williams, Simeon Jackson, Michael Smith.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet League One results:
Saturday 12th December 2015:
Bradford P-P Southend
Bury 1–0 Chesterfield
Mayor 68
Colchester 2–3 Barnsley
Moncur 67 Hourihane 18, Hammill 40, Toney 60
Porter 70
Doncaster 3–2 Crewe
Grant 32 Haber 26, Saunders 90
Stewart 90+2
Williams 90+4
Fleetwood P-P Walsall
Gillingham 0–3 Burton
McCrory 59, Akins 90, O’Connor 90+5
Oldham P-P Millwall
Peterborough 1–1 Shrewsbury
Washington 56 Barnett 79
Port Vale 1–1 Scunthorpe
Leitch-Smith 45 King 36
Swindon 2–1 Rochdale
Robert 33 Lancashire 60
Gladwin 34
Wigan 0-1 Blackpool
Aldred 36
Sunday 13th December 2015:
Sheffield United 1-0 Coventry
Sharp 79
Barnsley lie in 21st place in the Sky Bet League One with 21 points from 21 games.
We are 13 points off the Play-Offs, 18 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 23 points off First place and inside the Relegation Zone on Goal Difference.
Up to 13/1215
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Twenty-Two: Barnsley v Wigan Athletic Saturday 19th December 2015. 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 Bet League One Matchday Twenty-Three: Bury v Barnsley, Saturday 26th December 2015 Kick-Off 3pm.
Tickets:
Adults: £22
Over 65: £16
Unemployed: £16
Student: £16
Under 23: £16
Under 11: £6
Family Ticket (1 adult and 1 Under 16): £22