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Grove Street Issue 05 | Official Matchday Programme of Barnsley FC Barnsley v Nottingham Forest | Sky Bet Championship Wednesday 29th September, 2021 | KO 7:45pm | Oakwell

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Barnsley v Nottingham Forest | Sky Bet Championship
Wednesday 29th September, 2021 | KO 7:45pm | Oakwell

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GROVE<br />

STREET<br />

ISSUE<br />

BARNSLEY vs<br />

NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />

WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2021<br />

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BARNSLEY FC


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Happy 16th birthday<br />

Maisy!<br />

Happy 16th Birthday to Toby!<br />

Lots of love from your<br />

Mum, Matt, Jasmine<br />

and Minnie xxx<br />

WHO’S WHO<br />

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />

CO-CHAIRMAN:<br />

CHIEN LEE<br />

CO-CHAIRMAN:<br />

PAUL CONWAY<br />

DIRECTOR: NEERAV PAREKH<br />

DIRECTOR: GRACE HUNG<br />

DIRECTOR: DICKSON LEE<br />

DIRECTOR: JAMES CRYNE<br />

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:<br />

KHALED EL-AHMAD<br />

FINANCE & OPERATIONS<br />

DIRECTOR: ROBERT ZUK<br />

FRONT OFFICE<br />

CLUB SECRETARY: DAVID WERNERSSON<br />

SAFETY OFFICER: PAUL DAVIS<br />

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:<br />

NICOLAS DE MONTAUZON & LEE WASSELL<br />

HR & PAYROLL MANAGER: JEAN HALL<br />

HEAD OF MARKETING &<br />

COMMUNICATIONS: ANDREW CLARK<br />

MEDIA: ANDY WHITE & CHRIS WILDGOOSE<br />

RETAIL MANAGER: DAVID BROADHURST<br />

BOX OFFICE MANAGER: VICKY CAMPBELL<br />

RECEPTION: BETH SEFTON<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY: KEITH TURNER<br />

PROGRAMME & GRAPHIC DESIGNER:<br />

MARK STOKES<br />

FIRST TEAM<br />

HEAD COACH: MARKUS SCHOPP<br />

ASSISTANT COACH: JOSEPH LAUMANN<br />

ASSISTANT COACH: TONDA ECKERT<br />

GOALKEEPER COACH: KEVIN PILKINGTON<br />

HEAD OF SPORTS SCIENCE: MATT COOK<br />

FIRST TEAM SPORTS SCIENTIST: JAMES WALSH<br />

HEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST: CRAIG SEDGWICK<br />

FIRST TEAM PHYSIOTHERAPIST: VIKKI STEVENS<br />

TEAM DOCTOR: JOHN HARBAN<br />

PERFORMANCE ANALYSTS:<br />

NATHAN KIRBY & TOM YEOMANS<br />

KIT MEN: MALCOLM MITCHELL & CHRIS LEE<br />

MASSAGE THERAPIST: SUE WILLIAMS<br />

ACADEMY<br />

ACADEMY MANAGER: BOBBY HASSELL<br />

ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION: JENNY PEAD<br />

UNDER 23s HEAD COACH: MARTIN DEVANEY<br />

UNDER 18s HEAD COACH: TOM HARBAN<br />

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CONT<br />

07 The Big Interview<br />

24 <strong>Forest</strong> Head Coach:<br />

Callum Brittain<br />

Steve Cooper<br />

16 Markus Schopp Notes<br />

18 Khaled El-Ahmad Notes<br />

21 Tonight's Opposition:<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />

26 Opposition Corner<br />

28 Managing to Succeed<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />

30 Junior Reds<br />

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ENTS<br />

42<br />

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35 Will Hondermarck's A to Z<br />

40 Unsung Heroes:<br />

Michael Sollbauer<br />

42 Fans Photos<br />

45 Academy Interview: Ben Hall<br />

49 Guest Column: Barry Murphy<br />

53 Pre-match Pint:<br />

East Dene WMC<br />

58 Fixtures and Results<br />

62 Press Box: Andy Giddings<br />

64 Today's Squads<br />

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The Big Interview<br />

CALLUM<br />

BRITTAIN


ess than 24 hours after our defeat<br />

against Blackpool, the players are<br />

back at Oakwell. Those who played<br />

are doing a light recovery session in<br />

the gym, the others are out on the<br />

grass being put through their paces.<br />

There’s little time to reflect on the disappointment<br />

at Bloomfield with the Reds’ next assignment<br />

seeing <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> travel to South<br />

Yorkshire in a fixture that already carries an air of<br />

importance given the start that both sides have<br />

made to the campaign.<br />

Grove Street sat down with Callum Brittain,<br />

who has picked up from where he left off last<br />

season with his usual tenacious and tireless<br />

performances that make him a fan-favourite<br />

here in South Yorkshire.<br />

And, in true Callum-style (bet that tripped a<br />

few of you up), he gives a damning and honest<br />

verdict of our latest outing on the Lancashire<br />

coast and pulled no punches when asked what<br />

he thought went wrong against the Tangerines.<br />

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“It was the first half, mainly,” he began. “We<br />

didn’t start the game well enough and I think, as<br />

a team, we were too static; no one wanted the<br />

ball enough, there wasn’t enough energy and we<br />

didn’t do well enough in the final third.<br />

“We came out in the second half and I thought<br />

we played better, created a lot more chances<br />

and probably should have come away with a<br />

point, but we can’t throw away 45 minutes in a<br />

game like that – especially in the Championship;<br />

we’ll get punished.<br />

“As a team, we need to be realistic and realise<br />

that we need to beat teams like Blackpool. No<br />

disrespect to Blackpool, but we’re a good enough<br />

team and we’ve got good enough quality to see<br />

off teams like that and get three points.<br />

“The major problem at this point in time is<br />

we’re not scoring goals and we’re not winning<br />

matches; we’ve drawn too many and lost the<br />

rest, except one. We need to be honest and<br />

realistic with each other and realise that we need<br />

to start putting our chances away and stop<br />

throwing away half a game.”<br />

As Callum alluded to, <strong>Barnsley</strong> have been<br />

creating opportunities in their recent encounters<br />

– it’s just been a case of finding the back of the<br />

net. Frustrating outings against Luton Town,<br />

Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and, latterly,<br />

Blackpool have yielded just two points, although<br />

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the Reds will feel they could have earned more<br />

for their endeavours.<br />

The 23-year-old looks back at some of the<br />

past performances and insists that he and his<br />

teammates need to be more clinical in the final<br />

third and believes that, once it happens, the<br />

goals and points will start to flow.<br />

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“We deserved to win the Blackburn game,”<br />

discussed Cal. “We were dominant, played nice<br />

football, got in the final third a lot and we had<br />

chances but, again, we didn’t punish them and<br />

it’s been the story of our season so far.<br />

“We need to start doing some more final third<br />

stuff in training and we need to start taking<br />

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our chances. But it’s about confidence and we<br />

need to start taking our chances. Football is a<br />

massive confidence game and, once one goes in,<br />

hopefully they’ll all start going in.<br />

“It’s just confidence. I think, as players, we need<br />

to stick together and get around each other and<br />

bring that confidence back within the group. I think<br />

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the fans can be a massive part of that, especially<br />

coming into the game on Wednesday; if they stick<br />

with us and we stick together, it’ll come.<br />

“We’ve got enough quality in the squad and we’ll<br />

start scoring goals and winning games.”<br />

Despite not picking up as many points as we<br />

would have liked, displays at home have given<br />

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us reason to be optimistic that we can turn our<br />

fortunes around. Victory over Coventry City was<br />

an indication of the Reds’ battling spirit, while the<br />

defeat against Luton and draw with Blackburn<br />

are encounters where we should have claimed<br />

the spoils.<br />

The next two fixtures are at Oakwell, and Callum<br />

is hoping that the <strong>Barnsley</strong> faithful can provide a<br />

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“It’s a big opportunity to really get some<br />

confidence in the squad against a side that are<br />

also struggling at the moment and, yeah, we<br />

need to win. It’s at home and we need to start<br />

putting our chances away and we need to win a<br />

game – it’s as simple as that.<br />

“You don’t get out of a bad situation by not<br />

winning games, so it lies with that.<br />

“A win does everything; it boosts morale in the<br />

changing room, lifts hope, lifts the fans and<br />

creates positivity around the place. A win on<br />

Wednesday would do the place the world of<br />

good.”<br />

It would be a huge psychological boost for the<br />

Reds to claim three points and move further clear<br />

of the drop zone – even if we are still in the early<br />

stages of the season.<br />

On the flipside, however, defeat could be<br />

particularly damaging for morale, but Cal asserts<br />

that no one in the changing room is thinking like<br />

that and that they are solely concentrating on<br />

securing a priceless win.<br />

“I like to use the terminology of hitting a nail into<br />

the ground,” he discussed. “Every time you hit it,<br />

it goes further and further in and every time you<br />

lose, it hurts more. But we don’t need to think<br />

like that; we need to stick together as a club and<br />

as players and we need to keep our confidence<br />

between us.<br />

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“We all know how good the players are in the<br />

squad and I personally believe in every single<br />

one of the players that walks out on that pitch.<br />

I know that we can get a result on Wednesday<br />

and so can everyone else.<br />

“We all need to stick together – fans, staff and<br />

players – to turn results around.”<br />

Our clash with Birmingham at the end of August<br />

bore plenty of significance for Callum as he<br />

made his 50th <strong>Barnsley</strong> appearance – quite<br />

an achievement considering he didn’t arrive at<br />

Oakwell until 10 October 2020.<br />

cauldron of noise to help him and his teammates<br />

over the line, starting with the visit of <strong>Forest</strong>.<br />

“When the fans are here and we’re playing well,<br />

confidence grows within the squad – we keep<br />

the ball better and create more chances,” he<br />

continued. “But the team really needs to step up<br />

now; our defending hasn’t been good enough, so<br />

we need to stand up with our performances.<br />

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Since making his debut at Stoke City 11 days<br />

later, the former MK Dons man has been virtually<br />

ever-present for <strong>Barnsley</strong> and he has established<br />

himself as one of our key players with a number<br />

of outstanding displays in that time.<br />

“I’ve loved every minute,” he beamed. “It came<br />

round really quickly and I played a lot of games<br />

in a very short space of time, but I’ve loved<br />

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every minute. I’ve loved the fans being back this<br />

year, I obviously loved last year when we were<br />

competitive – getting to the play-offs was a real<br />

career highlight for me.<br />

“I just want to kick on again now, this season.<br />

“As soon as I came here, I said that I was good<br />

enough to play at this level and I’ll fight for my<br />

place in the team. Obviously, with Jordan being<br />

in and out, it’s helped me massively because he’s<br />

a good player.<br />

“But I think we’ve seen, when he has come on, it’s<br />

been more left side. I’d like to keep my confidence<br />

and keep playing, and I think I’m playing well<br />

enough and have played well enough to really<br />

solidify my place in the team.”<br />

As Callum just mentioned, his fellow full-back,<br />

Jordan Williams, has been absent for long spells<br />

with persistent, niggling injuries over the past<br />

year – and he’s not the only <strong>Barnsley</strong> player to<br />

have been impacted, particularly this season.<br />

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The Reds have been without several of their<br />

first team contingency in the opening weeks of<br />

the campaign, with the majority now gradually<br />

working their way back to full fitness.<br />

One big miss, however, is Carlton Morris, who<br />

limped out of our victory against Coventry City<br />

with a knee injury, and Callum can’t emphasise<br />

enough his importance to the team.<br />

“He’s a big character in the changing room, he’s<br />

a big miss on the pitch and he’s a big moment<br />

player in games,” lauded Britts. “He creates<br />

something out of nothing and that’s what we<br />

need in our squad at the moment.<br />

“He’s a big presence, he’ll take someone on, he’ll<br />

get on the ball, create chances and also puts<br />

them away, so it’s a big miss for us and a big<br />

miss in the changing room.<br />

“Obviously, it’s quite a young squad and he’s one<br />

of the more senior players, so he’s a big miss and<br />

I can’t wait for him to get back on the pitch.”<br />

Despite being sidelined, though, our powerful<br />

striker has remained in an upbeat mood around<br />

the camp and can often be heard laughing and<br />

joking whilst in the physio room.<br />

It is an indication of his larger-than-life character<br />

and Callum is looking forward to seeing him<br />

back in a red shirt once more.<br />

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“That’s just the guy Carlton Morris is; I’ve known<br />

him for a while, now, and he’s one of my best<br />

mates,” he smiled. “He’s one of the most positive,<br />

nicest people I’ve ever met. He doesn’t let much<br />

affect him and it’s just massive credit to him.<br />

“He’s helped me a lot in terms of being positive<br />

and keeping my head at times and he’s a<br />

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massive player in this team and a big player in<br />

our squad to get back on the pitch.”<br />

Because of injuries, Cal was utilised in a central<br />

midfield role against Stoke and Blackburn. We<br />

have often seen him coming inside this season<br />

when the Reds have possession to add more<br />

numbers in the middle.<br />

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It is a position where he feels comfortable<br />

operating and he has the attributes to do a more<br />

than decent job for the team.<br />

“I think I’ve played every single position except<br />

for centre of the back three,” laughed Callum. “I<br />

think every position is quite normal for me; I’d like<br />

to say I’m quite versatile – every manager I’ve<br />

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played under has put me in central midfield, so it<br />

wasn’t a shock to me.<br />

“I do think that, when I’m in there, I’m in there to<br />

do a job and run box-to-box, and it was nice to<br />

get back in there.”<br />

One thing that has still eluded him in his <strong>Barnsley</strong><br />

career so far is that all-important first goal – but<br />

it’s not for a lack of trying from our energetic<br />

wing-back.<br />

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Cal has come close to getting off the mark for the<br />

Reds on several occasions, and he is confident<br />

that it will come eventually if he continues to<br />

persevere.<br />

“I like to get on the ball, make things happen, play<br />

forward and get crosses in, and the one thing that<br />

hasn’t happened for me yet is a goal, but it’ll come;<br />

I’m being patient with it,” he insisted. “At the end of<br />

the day, it’s not entirely my job to score so, as much<br />

as I’m dying to score, I’m being patient with it.<br />

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final third and definitely buck up my ideas in<br />

front of goal.”<br />

One thing that supporters will have noticed<br />

with Britts is his magnificent technical ability on<br />

the ball – the way he jinks beyond opposition<br />

players with deft, intricate skills and retains<br />

possession with ease.<br />

With such an array of talent, a lot of it is natural<br />

to our flying wing-back, who oozes confidence<br />

when backed into a corner.<br />

“It’s one of the best parts of my game,” admitted<br />

Callum. “I’ve worked on it since I was young;<br />

it’s always been a big asset for me and I’m<br />

comfortable on the ball in all areas. I play off<br />

instinct and I’m confident in my own ability that I<br />

can get out of certain situations.<br />

“I think it’s just composure. If I bring the same<br />

composure and confidence that I do when I’m<br />

in tight situations or when I’m on the ball into<br />

the final third, when I know I’ve got a chance<br />

to score, then I can score a lot more goals and<br />

contribute a lot more.”<br />

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A major part of Cal’s role under Markus Schopp<br />

this season is the get into more advanced<br />

positions in the final third – you will often see him<br />

and the opposite wing-back pushing higher up<br />

the pitch when <strong>Barnsley</strong> are in possession.<br />

Covering so much ground can be draining on the<br />

legs – particularly when fixtures are coming thick<br />

and fast (as they are at the moment), but it’s a<br />

side of the game that he enjoys.<br />

“Last season we were more structured in terms of<br />

a back five – he only liked one of the wing-backs<br />

going forward, but we’re told to get more players<br />

in the box,” said Callum.<br />

“I will score this season; it’s going to happen. Last<br />

season is the only season where I’ve not scored,<br />

so it’s not the norm for me to not score. But it’s a<br />

confidence thing; when I’m in front of goal I’m<br />

maybe thinking about it a bit more, whereas I<br />

maybe just need to hit it and play off instincts a<br />

bit more.<br />

“But, like I said, it’s not entirely my job to score –<br />

obviously it’d be nice if I could contribute in that<br />

way, but I need to play off instincts more in the<br />

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“Obviously, chances and goals are slim at the<br />

moment, so the more players you get in the<br />

box, the more chances you’re going to get. It’s<br />

definitely a tactic and something I’ve been told<br />

to do and, as a wing-back, your job is to get into<br />

both boxes – defend one box and try to attack<br />

the other.<br />

“It’s a tough role, but so are a lot of positions in<br />

football. It’s our job, at the end of the day, to be fit<br />

and be able to play in your position. It’s a tough<br />

stint, but it’s required.”<br />

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The Head Coach<br />

MARKUS<br />

SCHOPP<br />

Welcome back to Oakwell, Reds,<br />

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Tonight is a big opportunity to show a good reaction from the<br />

disappointment of last weekend away at Blackpool. I was unhappy<br />

with our performance in the first 45 minutes of that game where<br />

we lacked the intensity that is needed as a bare minimum in this<br />

division. We need to do more in our duels, to enforce ourselves on the<br />

opposition. Too often, we were second best in the fight and while it was<br />

an improved display in the second half, the damage had already been<br />

done.<br />

It is unbelievable that nearly 3,000 of our supporters came to back<br />

us on the day. We feel like we let them down on Saturday. But it’s all<br />

about using that feeling as extra motivation when we take on our new<br />

challenge this week, with back-to-back home fixtures, starting tonight<br />

against <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>.<br />

I would like to give a warm welcome to new <strong>Forest</strong> coach, Steve<br />

Cooper, his staff and players, but once kick-off arrives it’s all about the<br />

three points. I am sure that our visitors will be in improved spirits after<br />

taking four points from their most recent two matches, but they’ve had<br />

their own struggles at the start of this campaign and it is up to us take<br />

advantage of their weaknesses and make it a winning start to a big<br />

week for us.<br />

Unfortunately, I will be sat in the Oakwell dugout without my assistants<br />

for the next couple of games. The FA have punished Tonda Eckert and<br />

Joseph Laumann for the incident that occurred away at Stoke City<br />

recently and we must respect the decision and make sure that our<br />

behaviour as coaching staff is appropriate at all times in the future.<br />

We’ve had a good few days on the training ground since Blackpool<br />

and I am confident that the guys will show their true face this evening,<br />

but they will need your continued support from the stands. Together,<br />

we will only become stronger.<br />

Enjoy the game!<br />

Markus<br />

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The Chief Executive<br />

KHALED<br />

EL-AHMAD<br />

Good evening,<br />

Here we are once more, back at Oakwell<br />

for another Sky Bet Championship fixture.<br />

Taking in last Saturday’s game against<br />

Blackburn Rovers, I can honestly see<br />

why the fans love this football club and it<br />

further cemented my understanding as to<br />

why players and staff want to be here.<br />

Prior to kick-off, I was presented to a<br />

number of partners and supporters based<br />

in the East Stand hospitality suites. As<br />

you know, our friends like Lee Jones,<br />

Chris Beckett and Simon Dennis play an<br />

important role in this club and it was a<br />

pleasure to meet so many of them for the<br />

first time. I look forward to meeting more<br />

of our partners as the season progresses.<br />

Due to a printing deadline, I write<br />

these notes on Monday 27 September,<br />

prior to my first official engagement<br />

with supporters but I must state that I<br />

am very much looking forward to this<br />

introduction. I am aware that our Club’s<br />

direct engagement with supporters is<br />

a priority and where we as a Club can<br />

help, we will endeavor to. Looking to the<br />

future, I will welcome your feedback whilst<br />

simultaneously providing insight into how<br />

and why certain decisions are made.<br />

Face-to-face meetings will be a regular<br />

occurrence, so I look forward to meeting<br />

you in the near future.<br />

Honesty and transparency is soft<br />

value that is imperative to me, both<br />

professionally and personally. I take pride<br />

in being a good person and I surround<br />

myself with good people. Together, with<br />

all of the staff at <strong>Barnsley</strong> FC, we will work<br />

together, both on and off the field, to lay<br />

the foundations for our coming strategies<br />

and actions. We believe in the direction<br />

we are heading and despite adversity, we<br />

will remain united and continue moving<br />

forward.<br />

You may notice the LED advertising boards<br />

that are now in situ around the pitch<br />

perimeter this evening and I’m sure you’ll<br />

agree when I state that they are certainly<br />

an improvement to the stadium. I have<br />

been impressed with many departments<br />

since arriving and I would like to thank all<br />

involved for making this happen, especially<br />

Lee Wassell, Nicolas De Montauzon and<br />

Rob Zuk.<br />

Like 3,000 Reds, I was at Blackpool last<br />

week. The level of support was tremendous<br />

and, like Markus said in his post-match<br />

interviews, I wish we could have given you<br />

more. We still have six points to play for<br />

this week and that provides us with two<br />

opportunities to compete, get favorable<br />

results, to build momentum and, moving<br />

into the international break, finish this block<br />

of fixtures on a high.<br />

Knowing that you will be behind the team<br />

from the first minute until the last can<br />

make the difference and your continued<br />

support in a busy fixture programme is<br />

appreciated.<br />

Enjoy tonight’s game and I look forward to<br />

seeing you back at Oakwell on Saturday.<br />

All the best,<br />

Khaled<br />

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Tonight's opposition<br />

NOTTINGHAM<br />

FOREST


RIGHT: Lewis Grabban celebrates<br />

scoring a goal with teammates<br />

against Cardiff City.<br />

BELOW: Brennan Johnson in<br />

action against Cardiff City.<br />

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t’s been a nightmare start to the 21/22<br />

campaign for the men from the City<br />

Ground. A disastrous spell under Chris<br />

Hughton was finally ended earlier this<br />

month, with the former promotion-winning<br />

boss at this level replaced by a man in Steve<br />

Cooper who has presided over back-to-back<br />

play-off campaigns with his previous club,<br />

Swansea City. But we’ll talk about the new<br />

head coach in more depth later on in Grove<br />

Street.<br />

Seven defeats and a draw had <strong>Forest</strong> rooted<br />

to the foot of the Sky Bet Championship table<br />

before the club wielded the axe on Hughton.<br />

The Tricky Trees then immediately responded by<br />

beating Huddersfield Town away from home,<br />

before last weekend’s 1-1 home draw against<br />

Millwall. Improved form then, and as many<br />

points from their last two games than the Reds<br />

have managed now in their last six.<br />

This is still early days in the new season, but<br />

with <strong>Forest</strong> occupying the last relegation place<br />

at present, and trailing the Reds by three points,<br />

it looks a big game for both clubs despite taking<br />

place in late September.<br />

It’s difficult to understand the <strong>Nottingham</strong> club’s<br />

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struggles looking from the outside. A squad that<br />

looks well-stocked on talent, with a plethora of<br />

proven Championship-level performers to call<br />

upon, you’d imagine it’s merely a matter of time<br />

before they start moving up the table.<br />

The aforementioned know-how of frontmen<br />

Lyle Taylor and Lewis Grabban is ably aided by<br />

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the emerging youngsters behind them in the<br />

shape of Alex Mighten and Brennan Johnson.<br />

The latter’s father once lit up this division a<br />

couple of decades ago and now the 20-yearold<br />

midfielder - recently capped by Wales - is<br />

making a name for himself, particularly having<br />

scored a late equaliser against <strong>Forest</strong>’s big rivals,<br />

Derby County.<br />

The Reds had the edge in this fixture last season,<br />

with two victories at Oakwell (league and cup)<br />

whilst the City Ground encounter ended in a<br />

stalemate. Indeed, it’s five years since we last<br />

tasted defeat against <strong>Forest</strong> on home soil;<br />

beaten 5-2 live on Sky Sports in November of<br />

2016.<br />

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The <strong>Forest</strong> Head Coach<br />

STEVE COOPER<br />

ack in the dugout of a Sky Bet<br />

Championship club after a very short<br />

break, Steve Cooper was appointed<br />

Head Coach of <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> on<br />

September 21, replacing the departed Chris<br />

Hughton who had failed to lead <strong>Forest</strong> to a<br />

single victory in this new campaign.<br />

Cooper was manager of Swansea City for the<br />

last two years, guiding them to back-to-back<br />

play-off campaigns, which were both ultimately<br />

unsuccessful. Of course, it was he and his Swans<br />

outfit who got the better of Valérien Ismaël’s<br />

Reds at the semi-final stage of that competition<br />

just a few months ago now.<br />

The 41-year-old coach, prior to his stint in South<br />

Wales was an academy manager at Liverpool<br />

before moving into the England national<br />

team setup, where he helped the U17’s to the<br />

European Championship final in 2017, beaten<br />

by Spain on penalties before going one better<br />

at the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup, where England<br />

this time triumphed against the Spanish to be<br />

crowned champions.<br />

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Renowned for his work with younger players<br />

and his progressive ideas in terms of coaching,<br />

Cooper was lauded for his work at Swansea<br />

over the last couple of years whose budgets<br />

were cut drastically following their drop from<br />

the top-flight. They parted company in July on<br />

mutual terms, and his name was often dropped<br />

into conversations about a variety of potential<br />

vacancies in the summer.<br />

His task at the City Ground in the short-term<br />

appears to be a simple one - to win football<br />

matches. The two-time champions of Europe<br />

have been outside the Premier League for over<br />

two decades now, and are currently sat in the<br />

bottom three of the table after their disastrous<br />

start to the 21/22 campaign, with one of the few<br />

records worse than the Reds as we head into<br />

our tenth fixture of the season.<br />

The point picked up in his first match in charge<br />

against Millwall at the weekend in front of the<br />

home support makes it four points from the last<br />

six, and Cooper will be hoping to get his first<br />

<strong>Forest</strong> victory tonight at Oakwell.<br />

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OPPOSITION CORNER<br />

by Matt Whiley<br />

Matt Freeman is a lifelong <strong>Forest</strong> supporter, and regularly attends games at the City Ground.<br />

We spoke to him to get the lowdown on our opponents this evening.<br />

It’s probably fair to say it’s been a tough<br />

start for <strong>Forest</strong>, but what are your<br />

thoughts on the season so far?<br />

I think I’m more optimistic now than<br />

I was a week ago. It’s probably<br />

inevitable, isn’t it, that when you get<br />

a new manager you start to naturally<br />

feel a bit more optimistic whether or<br />

not you actually have cause to, even<br />

if we have been through this every 12<br />

months for the past 15 or 20 years!<br />

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That said, it does feel like a logical kind<br />

of appointment where we’ve looked<br />

to bring younger players in and<br />

now we have a manager who<br />

has previous experience with<br />

developing youth, from his time<br />

with England’s under 17s and at<br />

Swansea City. It’s still going to<br />

be a slog, to get out of the lower<br />

reaches of the table, but I am<br />

feeling a little bit more positive than<br />

I was.<br />

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Do you think that Steve Cooper is the best<br />

appointment the club could have made?<br />

Yes, for the squad we’ve got, I do. I know names<br />

like Howe and Wilder get knocked about, and<br />

obviously they’re very good managers and have<br />

worked wonders with different clubs, but I feel<br />

like every managerial appointment is a risk –<br />

doing a good job at one club doesn’t make it a<br />

certainty that you’ll do the same at another.<br />

There is a sense, though, that with the kind of<br />

team we have at the moment, that Cooper<br />

feels like the kind of guy that could get the job<br />

done. Of course, we got our new Chief Executive<br />

in from <strong>Barnsley</strong>, who had a great campaign<br />

last time out through bringing in less-heralded<br />

younger players, so if we’re going to follow a<br />

blueprint, we might as well follow one that’s had<br />

some success!<br />

Was there predominantly a focus on bringing in<br />

younger players in recent windows?<br />

Yes, although it has been mostly loans and<br />

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quite last-minute stuff this time around. It’s<br />

difficult to say, really, because I wasn’t massively<br />

overwhelmed by the names we were bringing in<br />

– when you have to look on Wikipedia because<br />

you’ve never heard of your deadline day signing,<br />

it’s not hugely exciting!<br />

Equally, all of that said, there were a few arrivals<br />

before last season, when we brought in people<br />

like Jack Colback and Harry Arter, which felt a<br />

bit more exciting, bringing in proven performers.<br />

Of course, that didn’t really go to plan, with Arter<br />

now on loan at Charlton Athletic and Colback<br />

getting a game every now and again but not<br />

really being the player that he was in his first<br />

spell with us.<br />

The point is, that you can get seduced sometimes<br />

by bigger names coming in, and maybe that’s<br />

not the approach that we’ve needed to take.<br />

I’ve not seen many of these new guys even<br />

kick a football yet as they’ve hardly played, but<br />

I’m more than happy to give them a shot as,<br />

ultimately, some fresh impetus could do the trick.<br />

Who are the players in particular who are<br />

worth looking out for?<br />

Brennan Johnson is the big one at the moment,<br />

with some of the more impressive goals – of the<br />

very few we’ve scored so far this season – coming<br />

as a result of him flying down the wing and<br />

taking players on. He did really well at Lincoln<br />

City last season, and with David Johnson being<br />

one of my first ever favourite <strong>Forest</strong> players, I’m<br />

always going to want his son to do well.<br />

I think, besides the signings we’ve made this<br />

summer, keeping hold of Johnson and Joe<br />

Worrall was as much of an achievement when<br />

Brentford and Burnley were sniffing around the<br />

pair of them, respectively.<br />

What do you think this squad can achieve<br />

this season, now that Steve Cooper is in the<br />

dugout?<br />

I think that, perhaps within a couple of years,<br />

we could be looking at the higher reaches of the<br />

table. I think we’ve left ourselves just a little bit too<br />

much work to do to make it there this season.<br />

Really, I’d like us not to be panicking about<br />

relegation, and be solid when the New Year is<br />

rolling around. I reckon we'll be okay ultimately<br />

this year, but, given that Lewis Grabban can't go<br />

on forever, and Lyle Taylor's returns have been<br />

mixed, we will need to sign, or bring through, a<br />

younger, more dynamic out-and-out striker to<br />

seriously threaten in the next couple of years.<br />

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Brian Clough<br />

Paul Hart<br />

Frank Clark<br />

MANAGING TO SUCCEED<br />

NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />

Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles ten leading <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> managers<br />

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HARRY HALLAM<br />

Secretary-manager Harry Hallam plotted<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>'s 1898 FA Cup final triumph.<br />

He was a committee member and worked<br />

alongside Harry Radford as <strong>Forest</strong> entered the<br />

Football League and were FA Cup semi-finalists<br />

in 1892. Succeeding him in charge in July 1897, he<br />

guided <strong>Forest</strong> to the FA Cup semi-finals again in<br />

1900, when they lost to eventual winners Bury in a<br />

replay. He arranged the club's first-ever overseas<br />

tour to Argentina and Uruguay in 1905, then led<br />

<strong>Forest</strong> straight back to the top-flight as Second<br />

Division champions in 1906-07 and remained<br />

secretary-manager until leaving in July 1909.<br />

BOB MARSTERS<br />

Secretary-manager Bob Marsters guided<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> to the Second Division title in<br />

1921-22. He joined the club as assistant-secretary<br />

to Harry Hallam in July 1905, then was secretary<br />

under Teddy Earp, becoming secretary-manager<br />

in July 1912. The financial state of the club was<br />

critical at the time but he made several shrewd<br />

signings, persuading legendary goalkeeper Sam<br />

Hardy to return to League football and help <strong>Forest</strong><br />

back into the top-flight. Assisted by chairman<br />

Bob Cobbin, he plotted Victory Cup success and<br />

remained in charge at the City Ground until July<br />

1925. He later became a publican in <strong>Nottingham</strong>.<br />

BILLY WALKER<br />

Long-serving manager Billy Walker plotted<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>'s 1959 FA Cup final success.<br />

A former England international inside-left, he<br />

starred as Aston Villa won the FA Cup in 1920 and<br />

were finalists again in 1924. He became Sheffield<br />

Wednesday's boss in December 1933 and guided<br />

them to FA Cup final glory in 1935, then plotted<br />

Chelmsford's 1938-39 FA Cup run. Appointed<br />

<strong>Forest</strong>'s manager in March 1939, he led them to<br />

the Third Division (South) title in 1950-51 and back<br />

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to the top-flight in 1956-57, remaining in charge<br />

until resigning in July 1960. He was a committee<br />

member until his death in November 1964.<br />

ANDY BEATTIE<br />

Former Scotland international full-back Andy<br />

Beattie plotted <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>'s 1962-63 FA Cup<br />

run. He played for Preston in two consecutive FA<br />

Cup finals, including their 1938 Wembley triumph,<br />

becoming Barrow's manager in March 1947. After<br />

a spell in charge of Stockport County, he guided<br />

Huddersfield Town back to the top-flight at the first<br />

attempt in 1952-53, then managed Carlisle United<br />

and had two stints as Scotland national team boss.<br />

He was manager of <strong>Forest</strong> from September 1960<br />

until July 1963, then coached at Plymouth Argyle,<br />

Wolves, Notts County and Sheffield United. He died<br />

in September 1983.<br />

JOHNNY CAREY<br />

Former Irish international full-back Johnny<br />

Carey managed <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> to League<br />

Championship runners-up in 1966-67. He turned<br />

professional with Manchester United in November<br />

1936, captaining their 1948 FA Cup final triumph and<br />

1951-52 League Championship success. Appointed<br />

Blackburn Rovers' boss in August 1953, he plotted<br />

promotion in 1957-58, then managed Everton and<br />

led Leyton Orient to the top-flight in 1961-62. He<br />

took charge of <strong>Forest</strong> in July 1963 and also led<br />

them to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1966-67. Rejoining<br />

Blackburn as manager, he scouted for Manchester<br />

United and died in August 1995.<br />

BRIAN CLOUGH<br />

Legendary manager Brian Clough took<br />

<strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> to two consecutive European<br />

Cup final triumphs. A former England international<br />

centre-forward with Middlesbrough and<br />

Sunderland, he became Hartlepool United's boss<br />

in October 1965. He managed Derby County to<br />

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the League Championship in 1971-72, then was<br />

briefly in charge of Brighton and Leeds United<br />

before becoming <strong>Forest</strong>'s manager in January<br />

1975. Resuming his partnership with Peter Taylor, he<br />

plotted their 1977-78 League Championship success<br />

and four League Cup final triumphs before retiring<br />

in May 1993. He died in September 2004.<br />

FRANK CLARK<br />

Frank Clark guided <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> back to the<br />

top-flight at the first attempt in 1993-94. A former<br />

left-back, he helped Newcastle United to win the<br />

Second Division title in 1964-65 and Fairs Cup in<br />

1969. He moved to <strong>Forest</strong> in May 1975 and featured<br />

in their 1977-78 League Championship success, 1979<br />

European Cup final triumph and two consecutive<br />

League Cup final wins. After assisting Ken Knighton<br />

at Sunderland and Orient, he managed the O's<br />

1988-89 promotion success and rejoined <strong>Forest</strong> as<br />

manager from May 1993 until December 1995. He<br />

then managed Manchester City, since having a<br />

spell back at <strong>Forest</strong> as chairman.<br />

<strong>Forest</strong> to promotion in 2007-08. He impressed<br />

with Mansfield Town prior to joining Swindon<br />

Town in July 1985, starring as they soared to<br />

the top-flight, then appeared for Tottenham<br />

Hotspur, Aston Villa, <strong>Forest</strong> and Notts County.<br />

He became Northampton Town’s boss in<br />

October 2003 and plotted promotion in 2005-06.<br />

Rejoining <strong>Forest</strong> as manager in June 2006, he<br />

led them to the League One play-offs in 2006-07<br />

but left in January 2009. He has since had spells<br />

managing Hibernian and Cambridge United,<br />

also assisting Chris Hughton at various clubs.<br />

DAVE BASSETT<br />

Dave Bassett managed <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> to the<br />

First Division title in 1997-98. An England Amateur<br />

midfielder, he helped Walton & Hersham win the<br />

Amateur Cup in 1973 and followed Allen<br />

Batsford to Wimbledon in July 1974. He<br />

became manager in January 1981 and<br />

plotted the Crazy Gang's meteoric rise<br />

to the top-flight before taking charge of<br />

Watford in May 1987. Guiding Sheffield<br />

United to promotion, he managed<br />

Crystal Palace, then <strong>Forest</strong> from February<br />

1997 (initially as general manager) until<br />

January 1999. He steered <strong>Barnsley</strong> to the<br />

First Division play-off final in 1999-2000,<br />

then managed Leicester City.<br />

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PAUL HART<br />

Paul Hart guided <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> to<br />

the First Division play-offs in 2002-03. A<br />

son of Johnny Hart, the central defender<br />

turned professional with Stockport in<br />

September 1970 and starred in their 1972-<br />

73 League Cup run. Joining Blackpool in<br />

June 1973, he moved via Leeds United<br />

to <strong>Forest</strong> in May 1983 and scored once<br />

in 70 League games before joining Sheffield<br />

Wednesday in August 1985, then played for<br />

Birmingham and Notts County. He managed<br />

Chesterfield and was in charge of <strong>Forest</strong> from<br />

July 2001 until February 2004, then was boss of<br />

<strong>Barnsley</strong>, Rushden & Diamonds, Portsmouth,<br />

QPR, Crystal Palace and Swindon.<br />

COLIN CALDERWOOD<br />

Ex-Scotland international central defender<br />

Colin Calderwood managed <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />

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Colin Calderwood<br />

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quiz TIME<br />

Have a go at our quiz, which will test your knowledge<br />

of today's opponents, <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>!<br />

1. In what year were <strong>Forest</strong> founded?<br />

2 Who are their city rivals?<br />

3 What was the score in this fixture last<br />

season?<br />

4 New coach Steve Cooper’s last club<br />

was?<br />

5 True or False - <strong>Forest</strong> have never played<br />

in the Premier League.<br />

6 What is the name of <strong>Forest</strong>’s stadium?<br />

7 Which <strong>Forest</strong> ‘keeper once appeared<br />

(literally) for the Reds?<br />

8 Which famous manager led <strong>Forest</strong> to<br />

European glory?<br />

9 <strong>Forest</strong> beat which other Yorkshire club<br />

in their last away game?<br />

10 Who scored a dramatic goal for the<br />

Reds in this fixture in July 2020?<br />

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ALL MIXED UP<br />

Can<br />

Arrow Jello<br />

Bargains Blew<br />

Jack Enrol Inns<br />

Camera Bibs<br />

you unjumble these words to find<br />

some <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> players?<br />

spot the difference<br />

Can you find the five differences in these two photographs?<br />

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numb3r<br />

crunch3r<br />

Can you work out the answer<br />

to this maths puzzle?<br />

Match report<br />

Can you help Toby Tyke with your match report?<br />

BEFORE KICK-OFF:<br />

1) What do you think today’s score will be?<br />

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2) Who do you think will be Man of the Match?<br />

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3) Guess how many people will be at the game<br />

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AT HALF TIME:<br />

4) What was the half-time score?<br />

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5) What do you think the full time score will be now?<br />

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6) Who has impressed you most in the first half?<br />

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AFTER THE MATCH:<br />

7) What was the final score?<br />

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8) Who scored the goals?<br />

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9) Was the best player in the first half just as good in<br />

the second? Yes ■■ No ■■<br />

10) Who was your Man of the Match?<br />

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SPOT THE BALL<br />

Can you spot where the ball is on this photograph from<br />

Saturday against Blackpool?<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

wordsearch<br />

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Y E L M U L S L T F<br />

Can you find these eight EFL<br />

Championship goalkeepers in<br />

our wordsearch?<br />

COLLINS<br />

MOORE<br />

ROOS<br />

BENTLEY<br />

TRAVERS<br />

IVERSEN<br />

BURSIK<br />

LUMLEY<br />

D U R R R N Z R S J<br />

D K B Q I M A N I E<br />

X Q I L S V E V X R<br />

T H L S E S O O R O<br />

P O J R R T H B G O<br />

C N S E V U T G S M<br />

M L V B P T B F I C<br />

W I P I T Y B X Q F<br />

V B E N T L E Y V W<br />

ANSWERS: QUIZ TIME: 1. 1865, 2. Notts County, 3. 2-0 <strong>Barnsley</strong>, 4. Swansea City, 5. False, 6. The City Ground, 7. Jordan Smith, 8. Brian<br />

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NUMBER CRUNCHER: 28. SPOT THE BALL: C.<br />

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Ais for Alien.<br />

Do you believe?<br />

I do. I’ve never seen<br />

anything, but it’s way too big for<br />

it to be just us.<br />

Bis for Baller. Who is the best you’ve played<br />

with?<br />

I trained with Emi Buendía; he was very<br />

impressive.<br />

Cis for Cheese. What’s<br />

your favourite kind?<br />

Mozzarella.<br />

Dis for Dessert. What’s your<br />

choice of sweet?<br />

It’s got to be cheesecake –<br />

strawberry cheesecake.<br />

Eis for Eat. What’s your favourite meal?<br />

I would say an oven cooked pizza.<br />

Fis for Five. What is your all-time five-a-side<br />

team?<br />

In goal, I’m gonna have to go with someone<br />

who’s good with their feet, so I’ll say Ederson. A<br />

back two of Ramos and a nippy little full-back –<br />

Dani Alves! In the middle, I’ll have Zidane and up<br />

top Ronaldo; the Brazilian one.<br />

Gis for Guests. Which three people would you<br />

invite to a dinner party?<br />

Just because of the first question, Buzz Aldrin,<br />

to see if he’s lying or not. Maradona; I always<br />

heard he was a good character. And Michael<br />

Jackson.<br />

His for Hero. What<br />

would your superhero<br />

power be?<br />

It’d be between strength and invisibility; I’ll<br />

say strength.<br />

Iis for Island. What three items would<br />

you want on a desert island?<br />

I’ll say a big power bank, a music player so I<br />

can listen to music and not go berserk and a<br />

knife so I can stay alive.<br />

Jis for Joke. Tell us one.<br />

To the person who stole my<br />

place in the queue, I’m after you<br />

now…<br />

Kis for Karaoke. What’s your go-to song?<br />

I’ve got a couple, but if I had to pick one I’d<br />

say Valerie by Amy Winehouse. It’s a good one<br />

if you can’t really sing.<br />

Lis for Literature. What was<br />

the last book you read?<br />

I read one called Artificial Intelligence. It’s about<br />

the development of Tesla’s and phones and<br />

robots and stuff like that; it’s becoming a big<br />

thing now.<br />

Mis for Music. Who’s your<br />

favourite artist?<br />

All-time or right now? All-time, I’ve got to go MJ.<br />

Nis for Nickname.<br />

What do your friends call you?<br />

People just call me Will. When I’m at home, it’s<br />

William.<br />

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Ois for Opposition.<br />

Who is the best you’ve played against?<br />

I’ll go for Buendía again because I’ve played<br />

against him, too.<br />

Pis for Profession. If you weren’t a<br />

footballer, what would you do?<br />

I struggle to see myself as a student because<br />

I’m quite a free mind, so I’d struggle being in<br />

class all day. I think I’d have started my own<br />

business and done an unnatural route.<br />

Qis for Quarantine. Did you do anything<br />

new in lockdown?<br />

We’ve been through a few, but it was in the last<br />

one. Everything blew up a little bit and most of<br />

the stuff was closed, but there was a shooting<br />

range that had just opened up. Most of the stuff I<br />

used to do was closed, so I booked myself for the<br />

shooting range, which I’d never done before, and<br />

it was really good. It’s something that you’d never<br />

think of doing when you’re busy all day, but in<br />

lockdown I was thinking what I could do that I’d<br />

never tried.<br />

Ris for Retirement. What do you see<br />

yourself doing after playing?<br />

I’m a very family person, so hopefully I’ll have a<br />

great career and be able to relax and take care<br />

of my family.<br />

Sis for Sport. What’s your<br />

favourite outside of football?<br />

It’s becoming ping-pong with the table at the<br />

club, but I’d say basketball.<br />

Tis for Travel? What’s your ideal holiday<br />

destination?<br />

My ideal holiday is Bordeaux in the south of<br />

France, but a camping site, so it’s very relaxed<br />

and I’d go there for a month so I can just tune<br />

out; forget everything and chill out in the south<br />

of France.<br />

Uis for Unlimited. If you could have<br />

endless something, what would it be?<br />

I’ll say endless energy.<br />

Vis for Vehicle. What is your dream car?<br />

It’s not really a brand, but I’ve always<br />

wanted a nice automatic 4x4 with leather seats.<br />

A big car.<br />

Wis for Watch. Can you recommend a film<br />

or tv series?<br />

I would say Inception. It’s quite complex, but if you<br />

get it, it’s an unbelievable movie.<br />

Xis for X-Ray. Have you ever broken a<br />

bone?<br />

I broke a bone in my eye. I’ve been in a lot<br />

of tackles and never broken anything but,<br />

somehow, hit my eye off the fridge and broke a<br />

bone in my eye.<br />

Yis for You. Describe yourself in three<br />

words.<br />

Different, kind and calming.<br />

Zis for Zombie. What would you do in the<br />

event of a zombie apocalypse?<br />

Just stock up on cans of beans, get myself a nice<br />

little room, barricade myself in and wait it out.<br />

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ome might call it a modern<br />

injustice, others see the unsung<br />

hero as a typically good old<br />

British way of knuckling down<br />

for the cause without fanfare; something<br />

which seems to be of huge value to our<br />

little island.<br />

Many have been posthumously recognised<br />

for their contributions, albeit too late in<br />

some people’s eyes.<br />

Alan Turing, the man credited with breaking<br />

the enigma code in WWII and ultimately<br />

turning the tide in the favour of the allies.<br />

Never recognised when he was alive due to<br />

the classified nature of his work, disgraced<br />

due to archaic laws, the Queen officially<br />

recognised him in 2013, some 61 years after<br />

he died.<br />

Peter Taylor, Brian Clough’s not-so famous<br />

assistant who is generally considered to be<br />

the man that looked after the football while<br />

Cloughie did the man management. With<br />

league championships, league cups and<br />

European cups on his CV, he will always be<br />

recognised as a number 2.<br />

Murdoch from the A-Team, Howling Mad<br />

as he was known, they had to break him<br />

out of the veteran’s hospital every time<br />

someone found them when no one else<br />

could help. We all wanted to be BA, we<br />

wanted to drive Face Man’s Corvette and<br />

make a plan like Hannibal, but without a<br />

spiked glass of milk and Murdoch’s skills as<br />

a pilot, they’d have not got anywhere fast.<br />

And so that brings me to……….<br />

MICHAEL SOLLBAUER<br />

UNSUNG<br />

Most Reds fans fully buy into our business<br />

HEROES<br />

Neil Richardson<br />

model. As a fan, we can all feel our<br />

frustrations when we see relatively smaller<br />

clubs pinch players either from us or from<br />

under our noses when the fans think they<br />

can do a job. However, I am fully behind<br />

the owners when it comes to how we<br />

balance our books. I’ll take young and<br />

hungry battling players over the risk of a<br />

points deduction and administration when<br />

we see the same happen to clubs that<br />

have over-spent and underachieved year<br />

upon year.<br />

Sometimes those lads with the raw and<br />

untapped talent that get nurtured in<br />

the right direction by the coaches, the<br />

chaplains, the physios, sports scientists<br />

and nutritionalists, just need a steady head<br />

beside them in the arena of play when all<br />

the behind-the-scenes preparation can<br />

seem so far away.<br />

Sollbauer was that man, at the right<br />

moment when the ship needed steadying<br />

in 2020. When talented players were<br />

seemingly losing their heads, when<br />

we were leaking goals because of<br />

inexperience, when we were getting<br />

‘old-manned’ in almost every game, up<br />

stepped Sole to add that old head on<br />

steady shoulders. In the midst of a global<br />

pandemic, when football shut down and<br />

ultimately restarted without fans, there was<br />

an old guard who had played almost 300<br />

games in the Austrian Bundesliga to steer<br />

us to survival and ultimately our later dally<br />

with the play-offs.<br />

At the end of last season season and after<br />

making around 60 appearances in 18<br />

months, he completed a move to Dynamo<br />

Dresden for an undisclosed fee. But, I feel<br />

his influence and experience at the right<br />

time cannot be underestimated.<br />

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Academy Interview<br />

BEN HALL<br />

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ith four goals in five Professional<br />

Development League fixtures so far,<br />

it’s safe to say that Ben Hall has come<br />

flying out of the blocks this campaign.<br />

What’s more impressive though is that his<br />

contribution is from right wing-back, while he is<br />

also registering a healthy number of assists for<br />

his teammates, too.<br />

Grove Street caught up with the youngster to<br />

get his thoughts on what has been a positive<br />

start to the season.<br />

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“It might sound bad but, as a wing-back, I am<br />

more attacking than defensive,” began Ben. “So,<br />

I was expecting to be in and amongst the goals,<br />

but I wasn’t expecting to have the start I have<br />

with the four goals.<br />

“I’m enjoying getting forward and it’s a bit of a<br />

shock being so high in the scoring charts, but<br />

I’m just hoping to carry it on through the season<br />

now.”<br />

On the opposite flank is our 20/21 Academy<br />

Player of the Year, Hayden Pickard, who is also<br />

notching his fair share of goals and assists for<br />

Tom Harban’s side.<br />

The 16-year-old even won this season’s August<br />

Goal of the Month award for his magnificent<br />

strike against Bristol City U18s, and Ben admits<br />

it’s testament to the brand of football the young<br />

Reds are currently playing.<br />

“I think between me and Hayden, there’s 12<br />

goal contributions from wing-back and you can<br />

kind of tell where we get our joy throughout the<br />

academy,” he continued. “Hayden is the same<br />

as me – he prefers attacking to defending, but<br />

we have to do both.<br />

“I’m enjoying it and I think Hayden is, too,<br />

because it gives us the licence to bomb on and<br />

get involved.”<br />

Another player excelling at this level is Fabio<br />

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Jalo, who has made quite the impression while<br />

stepping up from our U16s set-up.<br />

The fledgling forward also has four goals to his<br />

name this term – including one against Wigan<br />

Athletic in the Premier League Cup last weekend<br />

as our U18s secured a 2-0 victory.<br />

“He’s been brilliant,” praised Ben. “Every time<br />

he’s come off the bench this season, he’s scored<br />

or assisted. He came off the bench against<br />

Wigan and scored and assisted, and we won<br />

2-0.<br />

“So, he’s a brilliant asset to come on; he’s a<br />

workhorse, scores goals and he’s everything we<br />

need as a substitute.”<br />

That victory at Wigan was a statement of intent<br />

from our young Reds, who had a couple of fiery<br />

encounters with the Lancashire outfit towards<br />

the end of last season.<br />

The Latics have started the campaign brightly<br />

and came into this clash on the back of a<br />

resounding 7-1 win over Cardiff City, but we<br />

managed to show our mettle and get off to the<br />

perfect start in Group C with fixtures against<br />

Crewe Alexandra and Hull City to come.<br />

“It should boost everyone’s confidence,” insisted<br />

Ben. “There was a lot of animosity last year<br />

when we played them because there was a<br />

tackle on Hayden that should have been a red<br />

card, but they got a yellow and we went onto<br />

lose the game we should have won – both<br />

games, home and away.<br />

“So, going into this one, a lot of the second years<br />

knew what it was going to be like. They had two<br />

red cards but, even 11 v 11, I would have fancied<br />

us because the way we started and came up<br />

against them was really good. I’m hoping we<br />

can take that into the Sheffield United game.”<br />

Rampaging up and down the flanks is no easy<br />

task and stamina levels need to be as high as<br />

possible for wing-backs in the modern game –<br />

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particularly with the club’s high tempo philosophy<br />

that runs holistically through the age groups.<br />

Ben put in the hours in pre-season to ensure<br />

he was in peak condition, and he is certainly<br />

reaping the rewards now with a number of<br />

scintillating performances.<br />

“There was a lot of fitness work in pre-season,<br />

especially for me,” discussed the 17-year-old.<br />

“Last season, I wasn’t at my fittest, so I knuckled<br />

down in pre-season, lost a lot of weight and<br />

made sure I came back as fit as I could to hit the<br />

ground running like I have.<br />

“In pre-season, we played three or four games<br />

and I scored two goals and assisted two, so I<br />

knew that if I could stay in the condition I have,<br />

I’d hit the ground running from the start of the<br />

season.<br />

“It was vital coming back fit and we wouldn’t have<br />

been able to have the start we have because<br />

everyone came back in in a really good state.<br />

“We came back in pre-season and did the bleep<br />

tests, and the scores that everyone was getting<br />

were really high. It was good to see, the amount of<br />

effort that everyone was putting in in pre-season.<br />

“The fitness levels have either stayed the same<br />

or improved as we’ve gone through the season,<br />

which is great.”<br />

Like all of our second-year scholars, it is a crucial<br />

period coming up with decisions to be made as<br />

to who will be earning their pro contracts at the<br />

end of the season.<br />

Ben is hoping that he can maintain his excellent<br />

displays so far, which have also resulted in him<br />

appearing amongst the substitutes for Martin<br />

Devaney’s U23s side a few times this term.<br />

“I’d like to think that if I carry on the way<br />

I’ve started the season I’d have a chance –<br />

especially the way I’m going forward,” he said.<br />

“I’d like to say that I’m a leader within the group.<br />

There’s a lot of leaders this year, but there’s a<br />

few of us who have to grab it by the neck.”<br />

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LIGHT<br />

SPEED<br />

FINISHING


49<br />

Guest Column<br />

BARRY<br />

MURPHY<br />

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s has often been the case this season,<br />

we have had two games since I last<br />

wrote my column for you and, again, it<br />

has been mixed fortunes for the Reds in<br />

that time.<br />

There were plenty of encouraging signs in our<br />

draw with Blackburn Rovers to suggest that<br />

results will start to turn positive in the coming<br />

weeks.<br />

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I thought Blackburn were similar to us, in that<br />

they like to play from the back and through<br />

midfield. Both sides play some impressive<br />

football and they’re a good team – I said this<br />

when I was up in the Legends Lounge.<br />

Overall, I thought it was a good performance<br />

against a good team – and there were some<br />

excellent individual displays, too.<br />

We created the better chances and we should<br />

have won the game, but this is the problem at<br />

the moment and we need to start sticking the<br />

ball in the back of the net.<br />

I think we look solid at the back, but scoring<br />

goals is a real problem at the moment. We’ve<br />

got the quality in the squad, so it only looks like<br />

a matter of time before they start going in on a<br />

regular basis.<br />

It only takes one opportunity to get a goal – like<br />

Blackpool did to us on Saturday. I felt for the<br />

supporters who travelled to Bloomfield Road<br />

because I thought the Reds would get a result,<br />

but it wasn’t to be.<br />

Again, we created opportunities, but failed to<br />

put them away. The old cliché is if you don’t<br />

score goals, you don’t win games, and that’s our<br />

problem.<br />

Everyone is getting frustrated, but it’s so<br />

important that the fans get behind the team<br />

because this is a big game against <strong>Nottingham</strong><br />

<strong>Forest</strong> and we need everyone to be positive.<br />

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We’ve got a good squad and it’s about getting<br />

the best out of them.<br />

Confidence and morale is important in football,<br />

and all it takes is a win to help transform the<br />

mood around the place.<br />

And it doesn’t matter how we get it – an own goal<br />

will do – as long as we get the result, so there’s a<br />

bit more confidence in the dressing room.<br />

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So, get behind the lads tonight and hopefully<br />

we can come away with three points and<br />

take that into the next match against<br />

Millwall.<br />

Enjoy the game!<br />

Barry<br />

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Murphy's autobiography<br />

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or online<br />

barnsleyfcdirect.co.uk<br />

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PRE-MATCH P NT<br />

EAST DENE WMC<br />

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n Doncaster Road, just a few minutes<br />

from Oakwell, is East Dene Working<br />

Men’s Club, which is also home to East<br />

Dene Reds – an official supporter club of<br />

<strong>Barnsley</strong> FC.<br />

The Club is home to Reds supporters and visiting<br />

fans on matchdays and provides a wonderful,<br />

friendly atmosphere for those wishing to enjoy a<br />

drink before and after the game, and it is not just<br />

limited to members of the supporters group.<br />

A magnificent glass atrium welcomes you as you<br />

enter the Club, with modern facilities available to<br />

use following a big investment.<br />

There is an abundance of space inside the main<br />

function room, complete with a large stage to<br />

accommodate live music acts or discos, while a<br />

big screen also pulls down to show live sport –<br />

primarily the lunchtime kick-off ahead of a trip to<br />

watch <strong>Barnsley</strong> on Grove Street.<br />

East Dene WMC, in conjunction with East<br />

Dene Reds, liaise with supporter groups from<br />

travelling clubs to ensure that those who visit on<br />

a matchday are unlikely to cause trouble and,<br />

since being founded in 2016, there have been no<br />

incidents.<br />

As well as the function room, there is a games<br />

room on the opposite side of the bar complete<br />

with snooker and pool tables. A fun fact, as<br />

divulged by Club Secretary, Steve Dowle, is that a<br />

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second snooker table (which has been dismantled<br />

and now lives under the other table) was used by<br />

our 1912 FA Cup winning side.<br />

Not only does the Club provide a magnificent<br />

venue to socialise on matchdays and during the<br />

week with various events running, but, along<br />

with the supporters group, the two are keen<br />

fundraisers.<br />

John Howard runs East Dene Reds and he told<br />

us how they presented a cheque worth £1,000<br />

to Sunderland supporter, Bradley Lowery, who<br />

tragically died in July 2017 following a brave battle<br />

with cancer.<br />

Hundreds of Mackem fans crammed into the<br />

function room applauded with many in tears at<br />

the incredible gesture.<br />

Fundraising events have also been held for the<br />

children’s unit at <strong>Barnsley</strong> Hospital and Yorkshire<br />

Air Ambulance, again with £1,000 donated to<br />

those specific charities.<br />

Supporters coaches leave for away games from<br />

East Dene WMC with over 400 members and a<br />

‘core of 100 fans’ who regularly attend. The Club is<br />

family friendly and often holds parties for children<br />

and end of season functions, too.<br />

So, if you fancy a drink before or after the game,<br />

call in to East Dene Working Men’s Club where<br />

you’ll get a warm welcome.<br />

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FIXTURES&RESULTS21/22<br />

DATE KO OPPONENT RES COMP POS ATT STARTING XI<br />

AUGUST<br />

Sat 07 3.00PM CARDIFF CITY A 1-1 LEAGUE 9 17,431 (858 Reds) COLLINS SIBBICK 1 HELIK KITCHING BRITTAIN<br />

Tue 10 8.00PM BOLTON WANDERERS A 0-0* EFL CUP - 7,147 (1,601 Reds) WALTON MOON ■ HELIK HALME MILLER<br />

Sat 14 3.00PM COVENTRY CITY H 1-0 LEAGUE 9 13,961 (1,719 away) COLLINS ■ SIBBICK ■ HELIK KITCHING ■ BRITTAIN<br />

Tue 17 7.45PM LUTON TOWN H 0-1 LEAGUE 13 12,999 (748 away) COLLINS SIBBICK HELIK ■ KITCHING BRITTAIN<br />

Sat 21 12.30PM QUEENS PARK RANGERS A 2-2 LEAGUE 13 11,882 (596 Reds) COLLINS SIBBICK HELIK KITCHING ■ BRITTAIN<br />

Sat 28 3.00PM BIRMINGHAM CITY H 1-1 LEAGUE 14 13,950 (1,889 away) COLLINS SIBBICK HELIK KITCHING BRITTAIN<br />

SEPTEMBER<br />

Sat 11 3.00PM AFC BOURNEMOUTH A 0-3 LEAGUE 17 9,486 (872 Reds) COLLINS SIBBICK HELIK ■ MOON ■ BRITTAIN ■<br />

Wed 15 7.45PM STOKE CITY A 1-1 LEAGUE 17 17,832 (644 Reds) COLLINS ■ SIBBICK HELIK ■ MOON BRITTAIN ■<br />

Sat 18 3.00PM BLACKBURN ROVERS H 0-0 LEAGUE 19 13,640 (1,647 away) COLLINS SIBBICK HELIK MOON BRITTAIN<br />

Sat 25 3.00PM BLACKPOOL A 0-1 LEAGUE 20 12,698 (2,912 Reds) COLLINS MOON ■ HELIK KITCHING BRITTAIN<br />

Wed 29 7.45PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST H LEAGUE<br />

OCTOBER<br />

Sat 02 3.00PM MILLWALL H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 16 3.00PM READING A LEAGUE<br />

Wed 20 7.45PM MIDDLESBROUGH A LEAGUE<br />

Sun 24 12.30PM SHEFFIELD UNITED H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 30 3.00PM BRISTOL CITY A LEAGUE<br />

NOVEMBER<br />

Wed 03 7.45PM DERBY COUNTY H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 06 3.00PM HULL CITY H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 20 3.00PM FULHAM A LEAGUE<br />

Wed 24 7.45PM SWANSEA CITY H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 27 3.00PM PETERBOROUGH UNITED A LEAGUE<br />

DECEMBER<br />

Sat 04 3.00PM HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 11 3.00PM PRESTON NORTH END A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 18 3.00PM WEST BROMWICH ALBION H LEAGUE<br />

Sun 26 3.00PM STOKE CITY H LEAGUE<br />

Wed 29 7.45PM BLACKBURN ROVERS A LEAGUE<br />

JANUARY<br />

Sat 01 3.00PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 15 3.00PM BLACKPOOL H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 22 3.00PM BIRMINGHAM CITY A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 29 3.00PM AFC BOURNEMOUTH H LEAGUE<br />

FEBRUARY<br />

Sat 05 3.00PM CARDIFF CITY H LEAGUE<br />

Tue 08 7.45PM LUTON TOWN A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 12 3.00PM QUEENS PARK RANGERS H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 19 3.00PM COVENTRY CITY A LEAGUE<br />

Tue 22 7.45PM HULL CITY A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 26 3.00PM MIDDLESBROUGH H LEAGUE<br />

MARCH<br />

Sat 05 3.00PM DERBY COUNTY A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 12 3.00PM FULHAM H LEAGUE<br />

Tue 15 7.45PM BRISTOL CITY H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 19 3.00PM SHEFFIELD UNITED A LEAGUE<br />

APRIL<br />

Sat 02 3.00PM READING H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 09 3.00PM MILLWALL A LEAGUE<br />

Fri 15 3.00PM SWANSEA CITY A LEAGUE<br />

Mon 18 3.00PM PETERBOROUGH UNITED H LEAGUE<br />

Sat 23 3.00PM HUDDERSFIELD TOWN A LEAGUE<br />

Sat 30 3.00PM PRESTON NORTH END H LEAGUE<br />

MAY<br />

Sat 07 12.30PM WEST BROMWICH ALBION A LEAGUE<br />

GOALSCORERS IN BOLD - WOODROW 1 = 1 GOAL SCORED BY CAULEY WOODROW.<br />

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YELLOW CARD ❚ | RED CARD ❚ | HOME GAMES ARE HIGHLIGHTED RED.<br />

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SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 UNUSED SUBS<br />

STYLES PALMER B WILLIAMS MORRIS WOODROW FRIESER BENSON (63) ODUOR (72) MOON (76) WALTON, J WILLIAMS, HALME, THOMPSON<br />

J WILLIAMS BENSON ■ STYLES ADEBOYEJO WOODROW ODUOR THOMPSON (56) KANE (60) ■ COLE (60) COLLINS, SIBBICK, SRAHA, FRIESER<br />

STYLES ■ PALMER ■ B WILLIAMS MORRIS FRIESER 1 ■ WOODROW ■ ODUOR (33) BENSON (63) ■ J WILLIAMS (69) WALTON, MOON, HALME, ADEBOEJO<br />

STYLES BENSON PALMER FRIESER WOODROW ODUOR COLE (56) ADEBOYEJO (75) HALME (90) WALTON, MOON, MILLER, B WILLIAMS<br />

STYLES ■ BENSON ■ PALMER FRIESER 1 WOODROW 1 ODUOR MOON (60) COLE (69) HALME (81) WALTON, B WILLIAMS, ADEBOYEJO, THOMPSON<br />

STYLES 1 ■ BENSON PALMER ■ FRIESER WOODROW ODUOR ADEBOYEJO (80) MOON (84) WALTON, B WILLIAMS, HALME, MILLER, THOMPSON<br />

STYLES B WILLIAMS PALMER FRIESER WOODROW ODUOR GOMES (28) LEYA ISEKA (45) HALME (78) WALTON, HONDERMARCK, ADEBOYEJO, COLE<br />

STYLES LEYA ISEKA PALMER FRIESER WOODROW 1 HALME GOMES (45) ADEBOYEJO (45) ■ HONDERMARCK (79) ■ WALTON, ODUOR, SRAHA, COLE<br />

STYLES GOMES LEYA ISEKA ODUOR WOODROW HALME HONDERMARCK (45) FRIESER (45) ADEBOYEJO (60) WALTON, VITA, SRAHA, COLE<br />

STYLES B WILLIAMS BENSON ■ FRIESER WOODROW ADEBOYEJO ODUOR (45) LEYA ISEKA (60) ■ PALMER (73) WALTON , J WILLIAMS, GOMES, SIBBICK<br />

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1ST SUB: GREEN | 2ND SUB: BLUE | 3RD SUB: RED | EXAMPLE - MOON (65) - 65TH MINUTE SUB.<br />

*<strong>Barnsley</strong> lost 5-4 on penalties<br />

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From the Press Box<br />

ANDY GIDDINGS<br />

BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD<br />

62<br />

Are you not entertained?” screamed<br />

Maximus to the crowds after a<br />

particularly bloody win in the film<br />

Gladiator. Applying that question to<br />

<strong>Barnsley</strong> right now the answer is ‘Yes’ and ‘No’.<br />

It always puzzles me why clubs who’ve enjoyed<br />

success playing one way, a way that had<br />

far more substance than style under Valérien<br />

Ismaël, want to change that. To pander to the<br />

fan base? Not if the callers on Football Heaven<br />

provide any kind of barometer of the general<br />

opinion. It’s a treacherous challenge in sport<br />

if ever there was one, but it was a challenge<br />

accepted by Markus Schopp.<br />

There’s no doubt the Reds start to the season<br />

has been hindered by injury, Covid-19 issues,<br />

and that damn passport office, but we’ve seen<br />

some great stuff – pressing high, technically<br />

adept possession, and great attacking spirit.<br />

The performance at QPR being evidence of<br />

that. And some panicky, naive football. The<br />

performance at QPR being evidence of that.<br />

But it’s been a common theme of Schopp’s most<br />

recent interviews – even after the defiant draw at<br />

Stoke – that he wants the side to win more ‘duels’<br />

which is code for get stuck in and win more<br />

tackles. Like, well, a gladiator.<br />

On that front, I’m not expecting anyone to enter<br />

the Oakwell, er, battle ground with a sword<br />

against underwhelming <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>,<br />

but what was greatly encouraging chatting to<br />

Callum Brittain and Cauley Woodrow after the<br />

matches at Bournemouth and then Stoke (what<br />

a goal that was, Cauley) was the way they were<br />

prepared to take personal responsibility – always<br />

a good trait – for the performances. Not just take<br />

refuge behind the ‘it was Bournemouth’ excuse.<br />

So, with the squad looking a little more flush<br />

and Messrs Andersen, Morris, Oularé not too far<br />

away (no pressure lads) there are still grounds<br />

for optimism, but as ever consistency is a vitally<br />

important part of any successful season. The<br />

question remains can this squad under this Head<br />

Coach achieve it? My personal view is yes, but it<br />

needs to come soon.<br />

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BARNSLEY<br />

HEAD COACH<br />

MARKUS SCHOPP<br />

NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />

HEAD COACH<br />

STEVE COOPER<br />

GK<br />

JACK WALTON<br />

JORDAN WILLIAMS<br />

BEN WILLIAMS<br />

CALLUM STYLES<br />

LIAM KITCHING<br />

MADS ANDERSEN<br />

CALLUM BRITTAIN<br />

CAULEY WOODROW<br />

JOSH BENSON<br />

AARON LEYA ISEKA<br />

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DANIEL JINADU<br />

CARLTON MORRIS<br />

JASPER MOON<br />

CLAUDIO GOMES<br />

TOBY SIBBICK<br />

ROMAL PALMER<br />

CLARKE ODUOR<br />

WILL HONDERMARCK<br />

AAPO HALME<br />

RÉMY VITA<br />

DOMINIK FRIESER<br />

VICTOR ADEBOYEJO<br />

MICHAŁ HELIK<br />

JASON SRAHA<br />

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DEVANTE COLE<br />

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