Barnsley v Nottingham Forest
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
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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ISSUE<br />
BARNSLEY vs<br />
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WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2021<br />
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CO-CHAIRMAN:<br />
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DIRECTOR: NEERAV PAREKH<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 />
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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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FANS<br />
PHOTOS<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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Signed copies of Barry<br />
Murphy's autobiography<br />
are available to buy<br />
from the Superstore<br />
or online<br />
barnsleyfcdirect.co.uk<br />
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Football Foundation has been investing into<br />
communities like yours for the last 21 years.<br />
Building football facilities and using the power<br />
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Find out more about the Football Foundation,<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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ISSUE FIVE | BARNSLEY VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST
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 />
GK<br />
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 />
GK<br />
BRAD COLLINS<br />
DEVANTE COLE<br />
CAMERON THOMPSON<br />
OBBI OULARÉ<br />
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