Well it had to come to an end sometime didn’t it… After 499 minutes, Barnsley finally conceded a goal BUT The Reds have now won SIX successive league games for the first time in 35 years.
Norman Hunter’s 1980-1981 side, who ended that season promoted from the third tier, defeated Plymouth, Chester, Carlisle, Exeter, Hull and Portsmouth, scoring 15 and conceding two compared to the current crop who have netted 11 and conceded one.
It was a result that moved Barnsley into the play-off positions for the first time since August.
Barnsley have scored as many as three goals in successive matches for the first time in exactly a year.
The Reds have won three successive away matches for the first time since February 2013 when they managed four. However two of those were in the FA Cup. It is the first time they have won three away league games on the bounce for 26 years when they won at Leicester, Manchester City and Plymouth in April 1989.
After managing only one first half goal in six games, Barnsley doubled that tally yesterday. They have though managed only six in the last 16 games.
They scored more than once in the first half for only the fifth time in 36 league games this season.
Barnsley have gone 19 games without a draw, edging ever closer to the 25 without a stalemate between 1st October 2011 and 3rd March 2012.
Lewin Nyatanga grabbed his fourth and fifth goals of the season, comfortably his best ever scoring tally. It is the first time the defender has ever grabbed a brace in his career.
Lee Johnson is the first Barnsley Manager/Head Coach to be unbeaten in his four games since Simon Davey in 2006 but the first to win his four since Allan Clarke in 1978. He won his first five.
Jabo Ibehre became only the second Barnsley substitute to be booked this season. Josh Scowen was the other, 10 games ago.
Lee Johnson substituted the same three players with the same three players as he did last weekend.
Adam Lockwood was only the third opposing player to be sent off against Barnsley this season.
Barnsley enjoyed the most possession for only the fifth time on the road this season.
Barnsley have now won four league games in a row against Oldham, and have done the double over them in each of the last two seasons they have met.
The Reds have scored 15 goals in the past six league clashes, have now netted in each of the past 16 and have lost only one of the last nine.
This however was only their seventh win in 39 visits to Boundary Park.
Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Declan John
Mason Holgate
Martin Cranie
Lewin Nyatanga
Josh Scowen
Ben Pearson
Conor Hourihane
John O’Sullivan
Milan Lalkovic
George Waring
Substitutes:
Sam Winnall (for Lalkovic 62)
James Bailey (for Pearson 81)
Jabo Ibehre (for Waring 87)
Unused Substitutes:
Christian Dibble, Jean-Yves Mvoto, George Smith, Dale Jennings.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet League One results:
Saturday 14th March 2015:
Bristol City 0-0 Gillingham
Chesterfield 2-3 Coventry
Colchester 2-3 Crawley
Doncaster 0-2 Peterborough
Fleetwood 1-0 Rochdale
Leyton Orient 3-0 Yeovil
Notts County 1-1 Bradford
Oldham 1-3 BARNSLEY
Port Vale 0-1 Swindon
Preston 5-1 Crewe
Scunthorpe 1-1 Sheffield United
Walsall 1-1 MK Dons
Barnsley lie in 6th place in the Sky Bet League One with 53 points from 36 games.
We are inside the Play-Offs on Goal Difference, 16 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 27 points off First place and 15 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 15/3/15
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Thirty-Seven: Leyton Orient v Barnsley, Tuesday 17th March 2015. Kick-Off 7:45pm.
Tickets: (When bought in advance)
Adult: £23
Over 65: £15
Student (with ID): £15
Armed Forces (with ID): £15
Unemployed (with proof of benefit): £15
Under 18: £5
(When bought on the day)
Adult: £25
Over 65: £16
Student (with ID): £16
Armed Forces (with ID): £16
Unemployed (with proof of benefit): £16
Under 18: £16
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Thirty-Eight: Barnsley v Preston North End, Saturday 21st March 2015. Kick-Off: 3pm.
Tickets:
Adult: £20-£24
Over 65’s: £15-£18
Age 17-21: £15-£18
Age 12-16: £10
Under 12: £5