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An in-depth look at yesterday's 1-1 draw with Birmingham City at Oakwell. STYLES GIVES REDS PERFECT START At the end of a terrific sixth-minute move which...

× Analysis of Barnsley's 2-2 draw with Norwich City on the last day of the Championship season. REDS MUCH BETTER IN GOOD WARM-UP FOR PLAY-OFFS This game was seen as a perfect warm-up for the play-offs, against a high-quality side who play the possession-based football often employed by the sides Barnsley will face in their battle to reach the Premier League throughout May. Although they were without key players Teemu Pukki and Oliver Skipp and had already won the title, Norwich provided a stern final day test. Their squad had been recruited for about £20million – much ...

× Barnsley will play Swansea City in the Championship play-off semi-finals after finishing the league season with a 2-2 draw at home to champions Norwich City. Cauley Woodrow opened the scoring then, after Norwich levelled within seconds, Conor Chaplin made it 2-1 late in the first half. City levelled again just after the break. Bournemouth's loss to Stoke City means the Reds moved up one place to fifth and will take on fourth-placed Swansea in the semi-final first leg on Monday May 17 then visit them on May 22. They finished with 78 points, which is their fourth best ev...

× Dominik Frieser is expected to be involved for Barnsley against Norwich City on Saturday, while Liam Kitching has a chance of making the first team squad for the first time. Frieser, who missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, has been back in full training this week. Kitching played 45 minutes for the under 23s on Monday then had two days off before returning to first team training today. Herbie Kane has been partly involved in first team training this week. Valerien Ismael said: “Dominik will be in the squad on Saturday, if nothing else happens. “Liam ...

× After a play-off place was secured, Doug O'Kane looks at what the Reds may need to do to reach the top flight ENJOY ACHIEVEMENT BUT RE-FOCUS ON HUGE OPPORTUNITY THERE have been two strong emotions detectable from Barnsley fans this week One is an immense pride in their team for allowing them to dream of the top flight for the first time in decades and for capping an excellent season, which has brought joy in difficult times, with a place in the Championship play-offs. The other is a growing excited tension and a sense that, while there will be no shame in losing a semi-fi...