A Look At The Weekend Action

Back to back defeats for Flitcroft… .These are the first back to back defeats under David Flitcroft and it ends their 100% home record under his tenure. It is Barnsley’s eighth home league defeat of  the 2012-2013 campaign, the second highest in the division, but it is their first in 2013. Barnsley have now scored in 15 successive games for the first time in 47 years. Barnsley have also scored at least twice in seven successive matches, equalling the run of December 1999/ January 2000. The run 13 years ago went 3,3,3,2,2,2,5. This one reads 2,2,3,3,2,3,2. Barnsley had conceded a first half goal in only one of David Flitcroft’s first nine matches, but have now conceded in the first half in each of the last three. Both Tomasz Cywka and Chris O’Grady have scored in successive games and this was Cywka’s first home goal after scoring three on the road. Barnsley Team: Luke Steele Scott Wiseman Martin Cranie Tom Kennedy Jim O’Brien David Perkins Tomasz Cywka Ryan Tunnicliffe Kelvin Etuhu Chris O’Grady Chris Dagnall Substitutes: Marlon Harewood (for O’Grady 60) Jacob Mellis (for O’Brien 65) Jason Scotland (for Tunnicliffe 67) Unused Substitutes:  Lukas Lidakevicius, Bobby Hassell, Stephen Foster, Reuben Noble-Lazarus. Match Reports: FootyMad Official Website BBC Sky Sports Npower Championship results Saturday 2nd March 2013: Leeds 1-0 Millwall BARNSLEY 2-3 Bolton Blackburn 2-3 Peterborough Blackpool 0-0 Bristol City Brighton 4-1 Huddersfield Charlton 0-1 Burnley Hull 5-2 Birmingham Ipswich 1-0 Leicester Middlesbrough 2-1 Cardiff Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Nottingham Forest Barnsley lie in 21st place in the Npower Championship with 37 points from 34 games. We are 18 points off the Play-Offs 28 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 33 points off First place and 1 point above the Relegation Zone. Up to 2.3.13 Next Up: On The Road: Npower Championship Matchday Thirty Five: Burnley v Barnsley Tuesday 5th March 2013: Kick-Off: 7:45pm Tickets: Adult - £25 OAP (Over 65) - £15 Student - £15 Young Adult 16-18 - £15 Juvenile Under 16 - £11 At Oakwell: Npower Championship Matchday Thirty Six: Barnsley v Brighton and Hove Albion Tuesday 12th March Kick-off: 7:45pm. Tickets: Adult, non-member: £23 Adult, member: £20 OAP, non-member: £16 OAP, member: £15 Students (18-20), non-member: £16 Students (18-20), member: £15 Juveniles (12-17), non-member: £16 Juveniles (12-17), member: £15 Juveniles (5-11): £5  Source: TykesMAD

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