Barnsley Football Club News

Nickname:The Tykes
Founded:1887
Manager:Keith Hill

Ground:Oakwell
Capacity:23,186

Last Game: 28-Apr-2012 12:30: Barnsley0
VS
Brighton and Hove Albion0; Full match report

Competing in:

Ritchie happy with Healy

24 Aug 2006 - 13:48:01

Barnsley boss Andy Ritchie was delighted to see midfielder Colin Healy come through his first start for the Tykes unscathed in the Carling Cup clash with Blackpool.

The injury-jinxed former Sunderland and Celtic schemer played the whole 120 minutes of the Bloomfield Road tie that ended in a 4-2 penalty shootout win for the Tykes.

Ritchie said: "He still needs games under his belt for his fitness, but I thought his energy levels were okay.

"He just needs to get his game really honed now and hopefully he can do that in games and also in training."

Republic of Ireland international Healy, 26, has suffered two broken legs in the last three years.