List of Barnsley F.C. seasons

Barnsley Football Club is an English association football club based in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley. Founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St Peter's, the team played in the Sheffield & District League from the 1890–91 season and first entered the FA Cup in 1893–94. Two years later, they were accepted into the Midland League. The club changed its name to Barnsley F.C. in 1897; its team finished as Midland League runners-up in the first season under the new name, and were elected to the newly expanded Second Division of the Football League for the 1898–99 season.[1] A 16th-place finish in their second season meant they had to apply for re-election; the application was successful, and Barnsley continued safely in mid-table until 1911, when they again needed to be re-elected to the League.[2] Their cup form was rather better: either side of that poor League placing, they reached the FA Cup final. In 1909–10, they drew 1–1 with Newcastle United in the final at Crystal Palace, but lost 1–0 in the replay at Everton's Goodison Park ground.[3] Two seasons later, after taking three replays to get through the quarter-final, they played out a goalless draw with West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace; this time Barnsley won the replay, at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground, by one goal to nil.[3]

Barnsley Performances from 1898 until 2023

In the remaining years before competitive football was suspended for the duration of the First World War, Barnsley established themselves as one of the stronger sides in the Second Division, placing third in 1914–15. The First Division was to be expanded by two teams for the first post-war season. Traditionally, existing top-flight teams were reprieved from relegation when such an expansion took place, but when the League chose to relegate Tottenham Hotspur, who had finished bottom, Barnsley had expectations of promotion. Instead of promoting the top three from the Second Division, the top two went up and the League opted to ballot its members as to the third candidate; Arsenal, who had finished fifth in 1915, won the ballot.[4] Barnsley missed out on promotion in 1921–22 on goal average, and continued in the Second Division until 1931–32 when they went down to the Third Division North, also on goal average. They returned to the second tier as champions two years later, were relegated in 1938, and won another Third Division title in 1939.[3]

After relegation in 1953, Barnsley won the Third Division championship for a third time in 1955, but ten years later they were in the Fourth Division. They moved between fourth and third tiers before two promotions in three years took them back to the Second Division in 1981, in which they remained for the next sixteen seasons.[3] With two matches left to play in the 1996–97 season, to the accompaniment of chants of "It's just like watching Brazil", Danny Wilson had managed Barnsley to within one win of promotion to the Premier League. At home to Bradford City, Paul Wilkinson gave them a first-half lead, and with three minutes to go, Clint Marcelle scored the goal that made sure of the win.[5][6] Barnsley's visit to the top flight was brief; they finished 19th, five points short of safety. They came close to a return in 2000 via the play-offs, losing 4–2 in the final after Ipswich Town's goalkeeper had saved a penalty and made a late save to deny them an equaliser.[7]

Two years later, they were relegated to the third tier, which combined with the loss of revenue following the failure of ITV Digital and its broadcasting deal with the Football League made Barnsley one of some thirty clubs driven into administration.[8][9] They recovered, and went on to beat Swansea City in a penalty shoot-out in the 2006 play-off final and return to the second tier, by then renamed the Championship.[10] Despite finishing no higher than 17th place, they retained their second-tier status for eight seasons. Relegated in 2014, they returned via the play-offs, beating Millwall 3–1 in the 2016 final.[11] Also in 2015–16, Barnsley beat Oxford United 3–2 in the final to win the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to teams from the lower two divisions of the Football League, for the first time.[12] They were again relegated in 2017–18, but made an immediate return to the Championship, and in 2020–21, reached the play-offs, in which they lost to Swansea City in the semi-final.[13] In finishing bottom of the 2021–22 Championship, they recorded the second lowest number of wins and points (adjusted for three points for a win) in the club's history, won the fewest away matches since 1930, scored the fewest goals for 50 years and set a club record for fewest scored at home.[14] The following season, they lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off final to a goal scored with six seconds of extra time remaining.[15]

As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Barnsley have spent 10 seasons in the fourth tier of the English football league system, 25 in the third, 78 in the second and 1 in the top tier. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first season in the Sheffield & District League in 1890–91 to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer(s)
Season League[3][16] FA Cup[17] League Cup[3][18] Other[3][18][19] Top league scorer(s)[lower-alpha 1]
Division[lower-alpha 2] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1890–91 Sheff143472238106th[22] Not known
1891–92 Sheff1811255037243rd[23] Not known
1892–93 Sheff2615388445334th Not known
1893–94 Sheff 28431198112nd QR1 Not known
1894–95 Sheff C10451192194th[lower-alpha 3] R1 Not known
1895–96 Midland28133126252298th QR1 Not known
1896–97 Midland281041457712411th R1 Not known
1897–98
  • Midland ↑
  • Yorks
  • 22
  • 18
  • 14
  • 11
  • 3
  • 3
  • 5
  • 4
  • 47
  • 62
  • 29
  • 27
  • 31
  • 25
  • 2nd
  • 3rd
QR3 Not known
1898–99 Div 2341271552563111th QR5 Harry Davis15
1899–1900 Div 234871946792316th[lower-alpha 4] QR4 Dickie Jones8
1900–01 Div 2341151847602715th QR5 Andrew Swann[26]18 ♦
1901–02 Div 2341261651633011th QR5 Don Lees10
1902–03 Div 234138135551348th R2 Benny Green16
1903–04 Div 2341110133857328th Inter Alec Hellewell7
1904–05 Div 234145153856337th Inter Aaron Jones11
1905–06 Div 2381291760623312th R2 George Wall14
1906–07 Div 238158157355388th QF George Reeves13
1907–08 Div 2381262054683016th R1 George Reeves14
1908–09 Div 23811101748573217th R1 George Lillycrop18
1909–10 Div 238167156259399th F[lower-alpha 5] George Lillycrop23
1910–11 Div 2387141752622819th[lower-alpha 4] R2 Harry Tufnell14
1911–12 Div 2381512114542426th W[lower-alpha 6] Harry Tufnell11
1912–13 Div 238197125747454th R2 George Lillycrop22
1913–14 Div 238197125145455th R1 Jimmy Moore14
1914–15 Div 238223135151473rd R1 Harry Tufnell9
1915–19
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Div 24215101761554012th R2 Joe Halliwell21
1920–21 Div 24210161648503616th R1 Russell Wainscoat13
1921–22 Div 242228126752523rd R3 17
1922–23 Div 2421711146251459th R2 Ernie Hine24
1923–24 Div 24216111557614311th R1 Ernie Hine19
1924–25 Div 24213121746593815th R2 Ernie Hine15
1925–26 Div 24212121858843618th R1 Ernie Hine12
1926–27 Div 2421791688874311th R4 21
1927–28 Div 24214111765853913th R3 Frank Eaton15
1928–29 Div 2421662069663816th R3 Frank Eaton15
1929–30 Div 2421482056713617th R3 Jack Wallbanks12
1930–31 Div 2421392059793519th R5 Jack Wallbanks11
1931–32 Div 2 421292155913321st R3 Jack Wallbanks22
1932–33 Div 3N42198159280468th R3 Jack Wallbanks20
1933–34 Div 3N 42278711861621st R1Third Division North CupR1 Abe Blight31
1934–35 Div 24213121760833816th R3 Frank Chivers12
1935–36 Div 2421292154803320th QF Ernie Hine14
1936–37 Div 2421691750644114th R3 Ernie Hine13
1937–38 Div 2 4211141750643621st R4 Doug Hunt14
1938–39 Div 3N 4230759434671st R3Third Division North CupDNE[lower-alpha 7] Beaumont Asquith28
1939–40 Div 23102782[lower-alpha 8] Bud Maxwell4
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 R5[lower-alpha 9]
1946–47 Div 2421781784864210th R4 George Robledo23
1947–48 Div 24215101762644012th R3 Steve Griffiths9
1948–49 Div 2421412166261409th R3 Jimmy Baxter15
1949–50 Div 24213131664673913th R3 Alex Wright17
1950–51 Div 24215101774684015th R3 Cec McCormack33
1951–52 Div 24211141759723620th R4 Eddie McMorran15
1952–53 Div 2 425829471081822nd R4 Tommy Taylor20
1953–54 Div 3N462410127757582nd R2 Bobby Brown24
1954–55 Div 3N 46305118646651st R2 Lol Chappell21
1955–56 Div 24211121947843418th R4 Bobby Brown11
1956–57 Div 24212102059893419th R5 Arthur Kaye15
1957–58 Div 24214121670744014th R3 Lol Chappell19
1958–59 Div 2 421072555912722nd R3 Lol Chappell17
1959–60 Div 34615141765664417th R1 Jackie Lunn13
1960–61 Div 346217188380498th QFR2[lower-alpha 10] Frank Bartlett17
1961–62 Div 34613122171953820th R2R2 Frank Bartlett15
1962–63 Div 34615112063744118th R3R3 Tony Leighton22
1963–64 Div 34612151968943920th R5R2 Tony Leighton24
1964–65 Div 3 469112654902924th R2R2 Tony Leighton13
1965–66 Div 44615102174784016th R2R1 17
1966–67 Div 44613151860644116th R3R1 Barrie Thomas10
1967–68 Div 4 46241396846612nd R1R1 Johnny Evans15
1968–69 Div 34616141658634610th R3R2 Eric Winstanley12
1969–70 Div 3461915126859537th R3R1 Johnny Evans15
1970–71 Div 34617111849524512th R2R1 Johnny Evans9
1971–72 Div 3 469181932643622nd R2R2 Jimmy Seal12
1972–73 Div 44614161658604414th R1R1 Les Lea12
1973–74 Div 44617101958644413th R2R1 Mick Butler21
1974–75 Div 44615112062654115th R1R1 Mick Butler19
1975–76 Div 44614161652484412th R1R1 John Peachey10
1976–77 Div 446239146239556th R2R2 Brian Joicey[26][lower-alpha 11]26 ♦
1977–78 Div 4461814146149507th R2R1 Brian Joicey14
1978–79 Div 4 46241397342614th R2R1 Derek Bell18
1979–80 Div 34616141653564611th R2R2 Ronnie Glavin20
1980–81 Div 3 46211787245592nd R5R4 Ronnie Glavin18
1981–82 Div 242191013594167[lower-alpha 12]6th R3QF Ian Banks15
1982–83 Div 24214151357555710th R4R4 Ronnie Glavin17
1983–84 Div 2421572057535214th R3R2 David Geddis14
1984–85 Div 24214161242425811th QFR2 Gordon Owen14
1985–86 Div 24214141447505612th R3R2 Ian Walsh15
1986–87 Div 24214131549525511th R5R2Full Members' CupR1 Stuart Gray11
1987–88 Div 24415121761625714th R4R3Full Members' CupR1 Steve Lowndes[lower-alpha 13]9
1988–89 Div 2462014126658747th R5R2Full Members' CupR1 David Currie16
1989–90 Div 24613151849715419th R5R2 Full Members' CupR2(N) Steve Agnew8
1990–91 Div 2461912156348698th R3R2 Full Members' CupSF(N) 12
1991–92 Div 24616111946575916th R3R3 Full Members' CupR1(N) Andy Rammell8
1992–93 Div 1[lower-alpha 14] 461792056606013th R5R1 Anglo-Italian CupPrelim Wayne Biggins14
1993–94 Div 1461672355675518th R5R2 Anglo-Italian CupPrelim 12
1994–95 Div 1462012146352726th R3R2 Andy Liddell13
1995–96 Div 14614181460666010th R3R3 Andy Payton17
1996–97 Div 1 462214107655802nd R4R2 Neil Redfearn17
1997–98 Prem 381052337823519th QFR3 Neil Redfearn10
1998–99 Div 14614171559565913th QFR4 Ashley Ward12
1999–2000 Div 1462410128867824th[lower-alpha 15] R3R4 Craig Hignett19
2000–01 Div 1461592249625416th R3R3 Bruce Dyer15
2001–02 Div 1 4611152059864823rd R3R3 Bruce Dyer14
2002–03 Div 24613132051645219th R1R1 Football League TrophyR2(N) Bruce Dyer17
2003–04 Div 24615171454586212th R3R1 Football League TrophyR1(N) Kevin Betsy10
2004–05 League 1[lower-alpha 16] 4614191369646113th R1R2 Football League TrophyR1(N) Michael Chopra17
2005–06 League 1 461818106244725th[lower-alpha 17] R3R2 Football League TrophyR1(N) Marc Richards12
2006–07 Champ461552653855020th R3R2 Daniel Nardiello9
2007–08 Champ4614131952655518th SFR2 Brian Howard13
2008–09 Champ4613132045585220th R3R1 9
2009–10 Champ4614122053695418th R3R4 Daniel Bogdanović11
2010–11 Champ4614141855665617th R3R1 Adam Hammill8
2011–12 Champ461392449744821st R3R1 Craig Davies11
2012–13 Champ4614131956705521st QFR2 Craig Davies8
2013–14 Champ 469122544773923rd R3R2 Chris O'Grady15
2014–15 League 14617111862616211th R3R1 Football League TrophyR2(N) Conor Hourihane13
2015–16 League 1 46228167054746th[lower-alpha 18] R1R2 Football League TrophyW[lower-alpha 19] Sam Winnall21
2016–17 Champ4615131864675814th R3R1 Sam Winnall11
2017–18 Champ 469142348724122nd R3R3 9
2018–19 League 1 46261378039912nd R3R1EFL TrophyR2(N) Kieffer Moore17
2019–20 Champ4612132149694921st R4R1 Cauley Woodrow14
2020–21 Champ46239145850785th[lower-alpha 20] R5R3 Cauley Woodrow12
2021–22 Champ 466122833733024th R4R1 Carlton Morris7
2022–23 League 146268128047864th[lower-alpha 21] R3R2EFL TrophyR2(N) Devante Cole15

Notes

  1. Seasons from 1898–99 to 2002–03 sourced to the English National Football Archive;[20] seasons from 2003–04 onwards sourced to Soccerbase.[21]
  2. Football League divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system, and separately from non-League divisions.
  3. The Central Division of the Sheffield & District League was combined with the Wharncliffe Charity Cup.[24] The club chose not to enter the Midland League.[25]
  4. Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.[2]
  5. Entered the competition in the first round and progressed to the final at Crystal Palace, in which they drew 1–1 with Newcastle United. In the replay, they lost 1–0 at Everton's Goodison Park ground.[3]
  6. For the second time in three seasons, entered the competition in the first round and progressed to the final. They needed three replays to get past Bradford City in the quarter-final. They played out a goalless draw with West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace, and this time won the replay, at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground, by one goal to nil.[3]
  7. Clubs reaching the third round of the 1938–39 FA Cup were excused from entering the Northern Section Cup.[27]
  8. The 1939–40 season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.[3]
  9. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup was contested in 1945–46. From the first round proper to the sixth round (quarter-final), results were determined on aggregate score over two legs.[3][17]
  10. The Football League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[8]
  11. The English National Football Archive general source gives Joicey 26 league goals in 1976–77 while RSSSF list him as divisional top scorer with 25.[26]
  12. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[8]
  13. RSSSF list David Currie as 1987–88 divisional top scorer with 28 goals,[26] but 21 of those were scored for Darlington in the Fourth Division before he joined Barnsley.[20]
  14. When the newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.[8]
  15. After beating Birmingham City 5–2 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final,[28] lost 4–2 to Ipswich Town in the final.[7]
  16. From the 2004–05 season, the Football League divisions were rebranded: Division One was renamed the Football League Championship, and Divisions Two and Three became Football League One and Football League Two respectively.[29]
  17. After beating Huddersfield Town 3–2 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final,[30] beat Swansea City in the final in a penalty shoot-out to gain promotion to the Championship.[10]
  18. After beating Walsall 6–1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final,[31] beat Millwall 3–1 in the final to gain promotion to the Championship.[11]
  19. Beat Oxford United 3–2 in the final to win the Football League Trophy for the first time.[12]
  20. Lost 2–1 on aggregate to Swansea City in the play-off semi-final.[13]
  21. After beating Bolton Wanderers 2–1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final,[32] lost 1–0 to Sheffield Wednesday in the final.[15]

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    "Sheffield & Hallamshire Association". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. 29 April 1895. p. 7.
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