Barnsley Football Club
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Barnsley Football Club is an English football club, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke being their mascot. The club was founded in 1887 as Barnsley St. Peter's. They currently play in the Championship after promotion was secured at the end of the 2005-06 season by beating Swansea City 4-3 on penalties in the play-off final.
History: Barnsley FC have only ever won one thing, This was the FA Cup back in 1912. They have also had only one season in the Premiership, which they failed miserably and came straight back down.
Club Records Record League Victory: 9-0 v Loughborough Town, 28 January 1899
Record Cup Victory: 6-0 v Blackpool, 20 January 1910
Record League Defeat: 0-9 v Notts County, 19 January 1927
Record Cup Defeat: 1-8 v Derby County, 30 January 1987
Highest League Scorer in Season: Cecil McCormack, 33, 1950/51
Most League Goals in Total: Ernest Hine, 123,
Record Transfer Fee Received: £4,500,000 from Blackburn Rovers for Ashley Ward, December 1998
Record Transfer Fee Paid: £1,500,000 to Partizan Belgrade for Georgi Hristov and £1,500,000 to QPR for Mike Sheron
Record Attendance: 40,255 v Stoke City, February 15, 1936
Team Information: Nation: England
League: The Championship
Year founded: 1887
Status: Professional
Reputation: Regional
Chairman: Gordon Shephard
Chairman Status: Loves the club
Favoured Personnel: Joe Joyce (Current youth coach at Newcastle)
Fierce Rivals: None
Other Rivals: Sheff Wed, Huddersfield, Sheff Utd, Leeds, Doncaster, Rotherham
Finances: Okay
Estimated Value: £5M
Stadium: Oakwell, Barnsley.
Stadium Capacity: 23186 All seater with under-soil heating
Training Facilities: Average training facilities
Youth Facilities: Average youth facilities + Youth academy
Continental Competition: None
Media Prediction: 23rd
Squad Average Age: 26
Squad personality: Determined
Captain: Paul Reid
Star Players: Denis Souza, Brian Howard, Anderson Silva, Heinz Muller
Rising Stars: Rob Atkinson, Nick Simmonds
Manager: Simon Davey
Your Expectations: Avoid relegation
Finances: Okay
Wage Budget: Around 70k
Transfer Budget: Around 100k to 250k depending on ‘Season expectations’.
Balance: Around 300k
Current Squad: 2 DF Bobby Hassell
3 DF Lewin Nyatanga (on loan from Derby County)
4 DF Paul Reid
5 DF Robert Kozluk
6 MF Andy Johnson
7 DF Sam Togwell
8 FW Miguel Mostto (on loan to Coronel Bolognesi)
9 FW Kayode Odejayi
10 MF Brian Howard
11 FW Daniel Nardiello (on loan from QPR)
12 DF Robert Atkinson (on loan to Grimsby Town)
12 GK Tony Warner (on loan from Fulham F.C.)
13 FW István Ferenczi
14 FW Kim Christensen
15 MF Anderson de Silva
16 DF Stephen Foster
17 MF Rohan Ricketts
18 DF Dennis Souza
19 DF Jacob Butterfield
20 MF Jamal Campbell-Ryce
21 FW Jon Macken
22 GK Heinz Müller
23 DF Marciano van Homoet
24 FW Michael Coulson
25 MF Martin Devaney
26 MF Simon Heslop (on loan to Halifax Town)
29 MF Diego León
30 GK Kyle Letheren
31 GK Luke Steele (on loan from WBA)
35 DF Rhys Meynell (on loan to Gretna)
37 MF Dwayne Mattis
38 DF Luke Potter
Recommendations: Players to buy/loan: I personally recommend you purchase a Right midfielder, Centre midfielder and a Striker. On a previous game I got Chris Eagles on loan from Man Utd as the required Right midfielder. I also got Tamir Cohen on loan from Bolton as the required Centre midfielder. As for the striker, I got Alex Fernandez who many of you ‘FMers’ will already know.
Possible Star Player: Denis Souza: I personally believe Denis Souza to be the strongest player Barnsley has, he is very good at Centre Back, he has the required stats, Heading, Marking, Tackling, Jumping and Strength.
In the spoiler below is a screenshot of Denis Souza’s stats on FM08.
Overall: Overall I believe Barnsley is to be managed by good accomplished ‘FMers’. Barnsley are a hard challenge. One of the challengers of managing them is to remain in the league which can be quite difficult with such a small transfer and wage budget and very little staff.
This guide was written by me, Bfc-Fan. It is the first ever guide I have created. This guide is also based on the 8.0.2 patch and FMFormations database update.
