Club information: Barnsley

Club information: Barnsley

Full name: Barnsley Football Club

Nicknames: The Tykes, The Colliers, The Reds, The Super Reds

Founded: 1887 (as Barnsley St. Peters)

Owners: International Investment Consortium (80%), James Cryne (20%)

Stadium (capacity): Oakwell (23,009)

Most appearances: Barry Murphy (567)

Most league appearances: Barry Murphy (514)

Most goals: Ernie Hine (131)

Most league goals: Ernie Hine (123)

Youngest player: Reuben Noble-Lazarus (15 years 45 days vs. Ipswich Town, September 30 2008)

Oldest player: Mike Pollitt (41 years 206 days vs. Nottingham Forest, September 14 2013)

Biggest win: 9-0 vs. Loughborough Town (Second Division, January 28 1899)

Biggest league win: 9-0 vs. Loughborough Town (Second Division, January 28 1899)

Biggest defeat: 9–0 vs. Notts County (Second Division, January 19 1927)

Highest transfer fee paid: £1.5m - Gjorgji Hristov from Partizan (January 1, 1998), Mike Sheron from Queens Park Rangers (July 1, 1999)

Highest transfer fee received: £5m - Alfie Mawson to Swansea City (August 30, 2016)


Honours

Third Division/League One (3): 1933–34, 1938–39, 1954–55

FA Cup (1): 1912

League Trophy/EFL Trophy (1): 2016

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