2016–17 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2016–17 season saw Barnsley's return to the Championship after two seasons in League One, following their relegation in the 2013–14 season. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Barnsley

2016–17 season
Owner	Patrick Cryne
Chairman	Maurice Watkins
Head Coach	Paul Heckingbottom
Stadium	Oakwell
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Blackpool)
EFL	First round (eliminated by Northampton Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Winnall (11) All: Sam Winnall (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Davies	GK		Rinteln	28	124	0	Sheffield Wednesday	13 June 2014	Free	2019
13	Nick Townsend	GK		Solihull	26	10	0	Birmingham City	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
30	Jack Walton	GK		Bury	22	0	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	2018
Defenders
3	Aidan White	LB		Otley	29	32	0	Rotherham United	January 2016	Free	2017
4	Marc Roberts (Captain)[1]	CB		Barnsley	30	85	5	FC Halifax Town	1 July 2015	Free	2018
5	Angus MacDonald	CB		Winchester	28	41	2	Torquay United	2 August 2016	Undisclosed	2018
16	Callum Evans	LB		Bristol	25	3	0	Manchester United	29 April 2016	Free	2017
17	Andy Yiadom	RB/RW		Holloway	29	33	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2018
18	Adam Jackson	CB		Darlington	26	11	0	Middlesbrough	30 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
19	Cole Kpekawa	LB		Blackpool	24	7	0	QueensPark Rangers	31 August 2016	£450,000	2019
21	Saidy Janko	RB		Zürich	25	14	1	Celtic	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
24	Jack Cowgill	CB		Wakefield	24	2	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2017
29	Gethin Jones	RB		Perth	25	17	0	Everton	18 January 2017	Loan	2017
38	Callum Elder	LB		Sydney	26	5	0	Leicester City	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
Midfielders
6	Josh Scowen	CM		Enfield	27	108	12	Wycobme Wanderers	15 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
7	Adam Hammill	RW		Liverpool	33	158	25	Free agent	9 November 2015	Free	2018
10	George Moncur	AM		Swindon	27	13	2	Colchester United	21 June 2016	£500,000	Undisclosed
15	Marley Watkins	RW/SS		London	30	87	18	Inverness CT	1 July 2015	Free	2017
22	Sessi D'Almeida	CM		Bordeaux	20	3	0	Free agent	11 August 2016	Free	2018
27	Alex Mowatt	CM		Doncaster	25	11	1	Leeds United	31 January 2017	£600,000	2019
28	Ryan Williams	RW		Subiaco	27	30	1	Fulham	26 July 2015	Undisclosed	2017
34	Ryan Hedges	WG/SS		Northampton	25	8	0	Swansea City	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
36	Matty James	CM		Bacup	29	18	1	Leicester City	25 January 2017	Loan	2017
40	Ryan Kent	LW/SS		Oldham	24	47	3	Liverpool	26 July 2016	Loan	2017
Forwards
11	Elliot Lee	CF		Durham	26	6	0	West Ham United	25 June 2016	Free	2018
20	Tom Bradshaw	CF		Swindon	28	45	8	Walsall	14 July 2016	£550,000	2019
23	Stefan Payne	CF		Lambeth	29	9	0	Dover Athletic	18 May 2016	Undisclosed	2018
32	Adam Armstrong	CF		Chapel House	23	35	6	Newcastle United	30 August 2016	Loan	2017

Statistics

As of 11 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Adam Davies	49	0	46+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Aidy White	13	0	10+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Marc Roberts	43	3	40+0	3	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Angus MacDonald	40	2	38+0	1	2+0	1	0+0	0
6	MF		Josh Scowen	44	3	38+3	2	2+0	0	1+0	1
7	MF		Adam Hammill	40	3	21+16	3	2+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF		George Moncur	13	2	8+4	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW		Elliott Lee	6	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Marley Watkins	45	10	34+8	10	1+1	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Callum Evans	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF		Andy Yiadom	33	0	31+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	DF		Adam Jackson	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Cole Kpekawa	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW		Tom Bradshaw	45	8	28+14	8	2+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF		Saidy Janko	14	1	7+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Sessi D'Almeida	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Jacob Brown	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Alex Mowatt	11	1	6+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Ryan Williams	17	1	4+12	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Gethin Jones	17	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW		Adam Armstrong	33	6	22+10	6	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF		Ryan Hedges	9	0	3+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF		Matty James	18	1	17+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF		Callum Elder	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF		Ryan Kent	46	3	39+4	3	1+1	0	0+1	0
Player(s) out on loan:
16	DF		Callum Evans	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Stefan Payne	9	0	0+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
41	MF		Josh Kay	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who left the club:
2	DF		James Bree	22	0	18+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Conor Hourihane	28	6	25+0	6	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Sam Winnall	21	11	18+2	11	1+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF		Alfie Mawson	5	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF		Sam Morsy	14	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 11 May 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9		CF	Sam Winnall	11	0	0	11
2	15		RW	Marley Watkins	10	0	0	10
3	20		CF	Tom Bradshaw	8	0	0	8
4	8		CM	Conor Hourihane	6	0	0	6
	32		CF	Adam Armstrong	6	0	0	6
6	4		CB	Marc Roberts	4	0	0	4
7	6		CM	Josh Scowen	2	0	1	3
	7		RW	Adam Hammill	3	0	0	3
	40		LW	Ryan Kent	3	0	0	3
10	5		CB	Angus MacDonald	1	1	0	2
	10		AM	George Moncur	2	0	0	2
	26		CB	Alfie Mawson	2	0	0	2
13	21		LB	Saidy Janko	1	0	0	1
	27		CM	Alex Mowatt	1	0	0	1
	28		RW	Ryan Williams	1	0	0	1
	36		CM	Matty James	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					61	1	1	63

Disciplinary Record

As of 11 May 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	6		CM	Josh Scowen	8	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1
2	5		CB	Angus MacDonald	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	15		RW	Marley Watkins	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
4	7		RW	Adam Hammill	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
5	8		CM	Conor Hourihane	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	4		CB	Marc Roberts	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	29		CM	Sam Morsy	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	40		LW	Ryan Kent	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	17		RB	Andy Yiadom	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	29		RB	Gethin Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	1		GK	Adam Davies	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	9		CF	Sam Winnall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	32		CF	Adam Armstrong	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	19		LB	Cole Kpekawa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21		RB	Saidy Janko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	3		LB	Aidy White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		CB	Adam Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		CM	Sessi D'Almeida	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		CM	Alex Mowatt	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	29		RB	Gethin Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	41		CM	Josh Kay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					79	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	83	0	5

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RB		Andy Yiadom	Barnet	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	CF		Stefan Payne	Dover Athletic	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	CF		Kayden Jackson	Wrexham	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2016	AM		George Moncur	Colchester United	£500,000	[5]
1 July 2016	CF		Elliot Lee	West Ham United	Free transfer	[6]
12 July 2016	RB		Elliot Kebbie	Salford City	Free transfer	[7]
12 July 2016	WG		Dylan Mottley-Henry	Bradford City	Free transfer	[7]
14 July 2016	CF		Tom Bradshaw	Walsall	£550,000	[8]
2 August 2016	CB		Angus MacDonald	Torquay United	Undisclosed	[9]
11 August 2016	CM		Sessi D'Almeida	Paris Saint-Germain B	Free transfer	[10]
30 August 2016	CB		Adam Jackson	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[11]
31 August 2016	CF		Jake Charles	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2016	LB		Cole Kpekawa	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[13]
22 September 2016	CF		Omari Patrick	Kidderminster Harriers	Free transfer	[14]
27 January 2017	CM		Alex Mowatt	Leeds United	Undisclosed	[15]
31 January 2017	RW		Ryan Hedges	Swansea City	Undisclosed	[16]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	MF		Brad Abbott	Free agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2016	GK		Christian Dibble	Boston United	Free transfer	[18]
1 July 2016	DM		Paul Digby	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[19]
1 July 2016	MF		Ben Drennan	Free Agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2016	DF		Bailey Gooda	Free Agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2016	RW		Otis Khan	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2016	CF		George Maris	Cambridge United [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[17]
1 July 2016	CM		Jak McCourt	Northampton Town [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	LB		George Smith	Gateshead [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[25]
1 July 2016	CF		Harry White	Solihull Moors	Free transfer	[26]
1 July 2016	RB		George Williams	Milton Keynes Dons [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[25]
30 August 2016	CB		Alfie Mawson	Swansea City	£5,500,000	[28]
13 January 2017	CF		Sam Winnall	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[29][30]
25 January 2017	RB		James Bree	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[31]
26 January 2017	CM		Conor Hourihane (Captain)[lower-alpha 5]	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[32]

1. Following Maris' release, he signed for Cambridge United.[21]
2. Following McCourt's release, he signed for Northampton Town.[22]
3. Following Smith's release, he signed for Gateshead.[24]
4. Following Williams' release, he signed for Milton Keynes Dons.[27]
5. Conor Hourihane was Barnsley first team Captain from July 2016 to 26 January 2017, before he signed for Aston Villa in January 2017.

Loans In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
26 July 2016	WG		Ryan Kent	Liverpool	End of Season	[33]
30 August 2016	CF		Adam Armstrong	Newcastle United	End of Season [lower-alpha 1]	[35]
31 August 2016	CM		Sam Morsy	Wigan Athletic	End of Season	[13]
31 August 2016	RB		Saidy Janko	Celtic	End of Season	[13]
31 August 2016	CB		Julio Rodríguez	Sporting de Gijón	End of Season	[36]
18 January 2017	RB		Gethin Jones	Everton	End of Season	[37]
25 January 2017	CM		Matty James	Leicester City	End of Season	[38]

1. On 5 January 2017, Adam Armstrong's loan from Newcastle United was extended until the end of the season.[34]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2016	CF		Kayden Jackson	Grimsby Town	End of season	[39]
8 August 2016	CB		Lewin Nyatanga	Northampton Town	End of season	[40]
31 August 2016	CF		Shaun Tuton	Grimsby Town	31 December 2016	[41][lower-alpha 1]
31 August 2016	AM		George Moncur	Peterborough United	7 January 2017	[43]
16 September 2016	CB		Jack Cowgill	Braintree Town	14 October 2016	[44]
25 November 2016	LW		Jake Charles	York City	23 December 2016	[45]
30 January 2017	CF		Stefan Payne	Shrewsbury Town	End of Season	[46]
3 February 2017	CF		Shaun Tuton	Barrow	End of Season	[47]
17 February 2017	LB		Callum Evans	Macclesfield Town	End of Season	[48]

1. On 31 December 2016, Shaun Tuton's loan was terminated.[42]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 Friendly	Stalybridge Celtic	0–2	Barnsley	Stalybridge
15:00 BST		Report	Hammill  54' (pen.) Cowgill  84'	Stadium: Bower Fold

12 July 2016 Friendly	Guiseley	0–2	Barnsley	Guiseley
19:30		Report	Carvell  22' Payne  52'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park

16 July 2016 Friendly	Weston-super-Mare	0–6	Barnsley	Weston-super-Mare
15:00		Report	Payne  49', 59', 63' Hourihane  73' Hammill  78' Bradshaw  80'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium

19 July 2016 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Barnsley	Cheltenham
19:45	Holman  83'	Report	Winnall  36', 45' Tuton  85'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

23 July 2016 Friendly	Barnsley	0–3	Everton	Barnsley
15:00		Report	Mirallas  9' Barkley  60', 73'	Stadium: Oakwell

26 July 2016 Friendly	Barnsley	2–2	Hull City	Barnsley
19:30	Bradshaw  31', 53'	Report	Diomande  15' Bowen  86'	Stadium: Oakwell

30 July 2016 Friendly	Peterborough United	0–2	Barnsley	Peterborough
15:00		Report	Scowen  7' Payne  89'	Stadium: London Road Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58	6	11	6	32	33	−1	9	2	12	32	34	−2

Last updated: 29 April 2017.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	L
Position	22	14	7	9	3	3	3	4	7	10	10	11	15	12	12	13	15	18	12	11	12	12	9	9	8	10	8	7	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Ipswich Town	4–2	Barnsley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop  20' Bru  37' Ward  46', 61', 84' McGoldrick  63' (pen.)	report	27'  74' Watkins  42'Kent  49'  58' Hourihane	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,370 (1,117 Reds)

13 August 2016 2	Barnsley	2–0	Derby County	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Carson  11' (og) Watkins  33' Mawson  47' Hourihane  56' Hammill  81'	Report	47' Butterfield  58' Bryson  77' Christie  83' Ince	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 15,049 Referee: Tony Harrington

17 August 2016 3	Barnsley	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Watkins  4' Roberts  46' Hourihane  77' Scowen  89'	Report	47' (pen.) Chery  61'  90+5' Hall  74' (pen.)Polter  90+3' Onuoha	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,613 (572 away) Referee: Darren Bond

20 August 2016 4	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Barnsley	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Löwe  27'  37' Smith  64' Palmer  75' Kachunga  90+1' Hogg  90+2'	BBC Report	47' Mawson  83' D'Almeida  90+7' Roberts	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,001 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

27 August 2016 5	Barnsley	4–0	Rotherham United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Roberts  54' Scowen  55' Hammill  57' Bradshaw  86' Kent  90+1'	Report	90+1' Newell	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 15,283 Referee: Graham Scott

10 September 2016 6	Preston North End	1–2	Barnsley	Preston
15:00 BST	Spurr  39' Cunningham  47' McGeady  64' Hugill  81'	BBC Report	27' Winnall  50' Roberts  79' Armstrong  88' Yiadom  90+1' Davies	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,852 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

13 September 2016 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST		Report	42' Scowen  73' Hourihane  78' Hammill  83', 85' Janko  84' Watkins  90+1' Bradshaw	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 18,668

17 September 2016 8	Barnsley	1–2	Reading	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hammill  33' Hourihane  35' Armstrong  63'  81'	BBC Report	9'  34' McCleary  27'  50' Swift  42' Kermorgant  45+1' Williams  60' Blackett	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,675 Referee: David Coote

24 September 2016 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Barnsley	Falmer, Brighton
15:00 BST	Dunk  9' Murray  12', 48' Bong  19' Bruno Saltor  28'	Report	Scowen  66' Kpekawa  72'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,018

27 September 2016 10	Barnsley	1–1	Aston Villa	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Kpekawa  31' Sam Morsy  34' MacDonald  64' Yiadom  80' Winnall  90'	Report	Bacuna  53' Ayew  61' Jedinak  63' Tshibola  68'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 15,830 Referee: James Adcock

1 October 2016 11	Leeds United	2–1	Barnsley	Leeds
15:00 BST	Bartley  36' Pablo Hernández  54' Taylor  90+1'	Report	Taylor  70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Simon Hooper

15 October 2016 12	Barnsley	2–4	Fulham	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Watkins  4' Winnall  41'  54' Scowen  67' Hammill  90+2'	Report	Johansen  14' Cairney  29' Lucas Piazon  37' Aluko  42' Malone  46' Martin  56'  65' Button  61'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 11,974 Referee: Keith Stroud

18 October 2016 13	Barnsley	0–2	Newcastle United	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Hourihane  38'	Report	Lascelles  40' Gayle  49', 68' Shelvey  74'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 18,597 Referee: Paul Tierney

22 October 2016 14	Brentford	0–2	Barnsley	Brentford
15:00 BST	Hogan  45+2' McEachran  66'	Report	Armstrong  29' Winnall  45+1'  67' MacDonald  45+2' Hourihane  81'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,417 Referee: James Linington

29 October 2016 15	Barnsley	2–2	Bristol City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Watkins  21' Sam Morsy  23' Kay  42' Winnall 45+3' Jackson  58' Hammill  90+1'	Report	Wilbraham  28' Smith  45+1' Tomlin  58' (pen.) Bryan  69' Abraham  76'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 11,869 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

5 November 2016 16	Burton Albion	0–0	Barnsley	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT	Turner  73'	Report	MacDonald  32'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,913 Referee: Peter Bankes

19 November 2016 17	Barnsley	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report	43' MacDonald  71' Morgan	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,181 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

25 November 2016 18	Barnsley	2–5	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Winnall  5' Watkins  14'  66'	Report	Lansbury  13', 45+1', 82' (pen.) Vellios  24' Fox  61' Osborn  63'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,180 Referee: Oliver Langford

3 December 2016 19	Birmingham City	0–3	Barnsley	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Cogley  34' Davis  38'  71' Tesche  87'	Report	Kent  3' Sam Morsy  24' Roberts  38' Winnall  84', 87'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 17,072 Referee: David Coote

10 December 2016 20	Barnsley	2–1	Norwich City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Bradshaw  12' Hourihane  40'	Report	52' Oliveria	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,306 Referee: Andy Woolmer

13 December 2016 21	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Barnsley	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	MacDonald  37' (o.g.) Bannan  45+1' João  50' Hutchinson  80'	Report	Morsy  40' Hammill  82'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,248 Referee: Peter Bankes

17 December 2016 22	Cardiff City	3–4	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Morrison  3' Noone  45' Whittingham  79' Pilkington  89'	Report	19', 32',  59' Winnall  42' Yiadom  43' Scowen  53' Davies  87' MacDonald  90+5' Williams	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Tony Harrington

26 December 2016 23	Barnsley	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Winnall  14' Morsy  83' Watkins  90+3'	Report	63' Mulgrew  67' Akpan  86' Lenihan	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,192 Referee: Andy Madley

31 December 2016 24	Barnsley	2–2	Birmingham City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Bradshaw  24' Winnall  28' Roberts  51' Hourihane  61' Morsy  87'	Report	Maghoma  33' Jutkiewicz  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,397 Referee: Scott Duncan

2 January 2017 25	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Barnsley	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Lam  32'	Report	88' Hourihane	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,105 Referee: James Linington

14 January 2017 26	Fulham	2–0	Barnsley	London
15:00 GMT	Martin  45+2' (pen) Malone  55'	Report	53' Aidy White  73' Watkins	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,010 Referee: Andy Davies

21 January 2017 27	Barnsley	3–2	Leeds United	Barnsley
17:30 GMT	Hourihane  21'  54' Bradshaw  45' Kent  48' Watkins  66' Scowen  67' Armstrong  82'	Report	Wood  18', 68' (pen.) Roofe  53' Bartley  57' O'Kane  70'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 17,817 Referee: Mike Dean

28 January 2017 28	Rotherham United	0–1	Barnsley	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Mattock  16'	Report	Kent  25' Armstrong  70'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,050 Referee: Keith Stroud

31 January 2017 29	Barnsley	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	MacDonald  35' Mowatt  42' Roberts  80'	Report	Hause  5' Coady  18' Batth  28' Edwards  36', 77'  65' Weimann  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,808 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

4 February 2017 30	Barnsley	0–0	Preston North End	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Scowen  58'	Report	McGeady  64' Pearson  79' Browne  88' Cunningham  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,590 Referee: Oliver Langford

11 February 2017 31	Reading	0–0	Barnsley	Reading
15:00 GMT	Obita  34' Gunter  69'	Report	Jones  61' Armstrong  90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,222 Referee: Darren Bond

14 February 2017 32	Aston Villa	1–3	Barnsley	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Kodjia  44'	Report	Armstrong  25' (pen.) Watkins  30' Bradshaw  43', 58' Kent  60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,435 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

18 February 2017 33	Barnsley	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report	Baldock  5'  53', 68'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,743 Referee: David Coote

25 February 2017 34	Barnsley	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Jones  24' Davies  90+1'	Report	Hefele  18' Mooy  25' Smith  41' Whitehead  52' Billing  68' Brown  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,075 Referee: Tim Robinson

4 March 2017 35	Derby County	2–1	Barnsley	Derby
15:00 GMT	Ince  54' Nugent  76'  90+2'	Report	Yiadom  27' James  52' Scowen  58'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 30,280 Referee: Keith Stroud

7 March 2017 36	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Barnsley	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMT	Sylla  7' Perch  14' MacDonald  66' (o.g.) Bidwell  83' Manning  87'	Report	Bradshaw  79' Hammill  85'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,635 Referee: Tony Harrington

11 March 2017 37	Barnsley	1–1	Ipswich Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Watkins  58'	Report	Skuse  45' Lawrence  90+2'  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,836 Referee: Stephen Martin

18 March 2017 38	Norwich City	2–0	Barnsley	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Murphy  44' Pinto  62' MacDonald  71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,105 Referee: Darren Bond

1 April 2017 39	Barnsley	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Barnsley
12:30 BST	Hammill  61' Kent  76' MacDonald  90+2'  90+3'	Report	Winnall  50'  75' Reach  90+1' Hunt  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Kevin Friend

4 April 2017 40	Barnsley	0–0	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Janko  76'	Report	Bamba  48' Connolly  82' Halford  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Scott Duncan

8 April 2017 41	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Barnsley	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Bennett  45+1' Hoban  67'	Report	Roberts  3' Watkins  10'  68'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,347 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 April 2017 42	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Barnsley	Wigan
19:45 BST	MacDonald  45' Powell  71', 72', 82' (pen.) Burn  78' Hanson  90'	Report	Armstrong  42' Watkins  49' Janko  53' Kent  59' Jones  76' MacDonald  78'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,838 Referee: Simon Hooper

17 April 2017 43	Barnsley	1–1	Brentford	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Watkins  28' MacDonald  60'	Report	Jozefzoon  41'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,935 Referee: Robert Jones

22 April 2017 44	Bristol City	3–2	Barnsley	Bristol
15:00 BST	Smith  42' Abraham  53' Paterson  69' Flint  74'	Report	Scowen  34' Mowatt  37' Moncur  64'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,617 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 April 2017 45	Barnsley	1–1	Burton Albion	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Jones  32' Moncur  38'	Report	Flanagan  49' Varney  52'  85'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,952 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

7 May 2017 46	Newcastle United	3–0	Barnsley	Newcastle upon Tyne
12:00 BST	Pérez  23' Shelvey  26' Mbemba  59' Gayle  90'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,276 Referee: James Linington

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third Round	Blackpool	0–0	Barnsley	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report	Scowen  63'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,875 Referee: Chris Sarginson

17 January 2017 Third Round Replay	Barnsley	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Blackpool	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Scowen  45+1' MacDonald  49'  112' Hammill  65'	Report	Mellor  30' Aldred  66' Osayi-Samuel  80'  120+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 5,558 Referee: Roger East

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 Round 1	Barnsley	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Northampton Town	Barnsley, South Yorkshire
19:45 BST	Scowen  21'	Report	Potter  46' Davies  52' (o.g.) Phillips  75' O'Toole  81'  114'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4,455 (322 away)

Summary

Final League Position	14th
Total League Points	58
League Goal Difference	-3
Top scorer	Adam Hammill (11)
Most appearances	Adam Davies (45)
Worst Discipline	Josh Scowen, Marley Watkins (8 , 1 )
Games played	49 (46 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games won	15 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	14 (13 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	20 (18 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	66 (64 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals conceded	71 (67 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Clean sheets	15 (14 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	77 (73 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Red cards	5 (5 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Best result	4–0 vs Rotherham United (27 Aug 16) 4–0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (13 Sep 2016)
Worst result	2–5 vs Nottingham Forest (25 Nov 16) 0–3 vs Newcastle United (7 May 2017)

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