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× Doug OKane looks at the Reds 1-0 victory over the Blues - a seventh straight win which took them into the play-off places. DYNAMITE DIKE ADDS EXTRA DIMENSION After Barnsley lost the 2000 Division One play-off final, the man who would next put them in the top six of the second tier at the business end of the season would be born the following week in Oklahoma. In the next 21 years, in which the Redswent from regular top flight hopefuls to yo-yo club from League One via near ...

Barnsley chief executive Dane Murphy has praised the players, staff and fans for the roles they have played in lifting the team to the edge of the Champion...

Red Bulls Round-Up: February 6, 2021 Mathias Jørgensen starts on the bench for Aarhus, Gerhard Struber earns praise from his old boss, and the Red Bulls plant their academy flag in Albany Share this story Welcome to the Red Bulls Round-Up presented by Once a Metro. The transfer window is always an interesting time for me. I see all of these players moving, changing their lives, doing something new. I look inward and wonder, “What am I doing with my life? Would I have the courage and wherewi...

× VALERIEN Ismael is hoping preparing for and playing matches can remain his major focus after enjoying a full week to gear up for tomorrow’s home Championship clash with Derby County. The closure of the transfer window on Monday shut off a major source of stress for the Oakwell head coach, who has made known to the powers that be his concerns over controversial refereeing decisions in the last two games, against Cardiff City and Nottingham Forest. “We have experienced tw...

× BARNSLEY have an option to buy American loanee Daryl Dike in the summer – but chief executive Dane Murphy has laughed off reports that it would take an eight-figure fee to bring him to Oakwell on a longer basis.  The 20-year-old striker from Oklahoma joined the Reds on loan from Major League Soccer club Orlando City until the end of the season ahead of Monday’s deadline. While Orlando insisted it is a short-term deal and that they have a recall clause on Dike, who is f...

× BARNSLEY captain Alex Mowatt is ‘holding off’ on signing a new contract until the summer – but staying at Oakwell is his ‘number one option’ insists chief executive Dane Murphy.  The much-admired midfielder’s contract expires at the end of the season, with the Reds offering him a new deal last month. Mowatt has been a regular presence in central midfield for the last three seasons, playing 141 games and scoring 16 goals since signing from Leeds United four year...

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Happy Wednesday folks, the first one during Black History Month. The groundhog saw his shadow yesterday, which means 6 more weeks of winter. All of us merely had to look out the window yesterday to get our 6-week forecast, though. So, let’s recap the news. MLS is reinstating the 3rd kit, but Atlanta United will be the only club that gets one in 2021. Why would MLS base it off metrics that are so high that only one team can reach it? And, why would they set u...

Daryl Dike typed six words and pressed send. "My dreams are turning into reality," the Edmond North alum tweeted Sunday night after making his debut with the U.S. men's national team. In the 65th minute of the United States' 7-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago, Dike stepped onto the familiar pitch at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Just 20 years old, Dike had reached a personal milestone while becoming the third member of his family to play for a national team. His brot...

× Barnsley have signed USA international striker Daryl Dike from Orlando City FC on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy. The 20-year-old made his debut for the national team last night as a substitute in a 7-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago in Orlando, with the Reds hopeful he will join up with them in time to make his debut at home to Derby County on Saturday.  The six foot two forward, whose surname is pronounced ‘Dee-kay’, has scored eight goals in...

× Barnsley are trying to recruit a striker and, possibly, a wing-back but Valerien Ismael admits it is ‘very, very difficult’ to get deals done in the final days of the ‘ugly’ January transfer window.   The deadline for transfers is 11pm on Monday, and the head coach says the Reds face a ‘fight’ until then, while he is confident of keeping hold of stars players such as captain Alex Mowatt.   Barnsley’s wing-backs Callum Brittain and Callum Styles have been tw...