Barnsley v Swansea City Play Off Matchday Thread (1) AFTERMATH by NotLoyal 10 May 2021 18:44
It’s the first leg of the Championship play offs, that’s the semi final, before the final, two games though, when the goals are all added up it means the winners go through to another game. After that game they could become losers. The Duckworth Lewis method won’t be used in any of these games even though Dicky the bird is from Barnsley.

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Barnsley v Swansea City
EFL Championship Play Off 1st Leg
Monday 17th May 2021
Kick off 8.15pm UK time
Oakwell Stadium

FULL COVERAGE LIVE ON SKY

Match Officials
Tony Harrington ( who always books players, and we mean in every game he and officiated this season ) began refereeing in the Teesside Junior Football Alliance at the age of 14, having completed a basic refereeing course whilst at school as part of the Duke of Edinburgh award. After four years as an EFL assistant referee and four years as a National League referee, he was appointed to the EFL Referees List in 2012/13 and has now overseen more than 190 EFL matches. Tony is the Grandson of Tommy McGuigan, who is in the Hartlepool United record books for top 10 number of appearances and goals for the club. Harrington will be assisted by Shaun Hudson and Richard Wild whilst Geoff Eltringham is the fourth official.

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The championship play off final by all accounts leads to the saying “ The biggest financial reward in the world of football” Or similar. However, is it ? This isn’t the final, it’s the game before, but not the actual game before it’s the one before the one before. The last time Barnsley beat Swansea City in an actual league game was 1983. Strangely, in the 2006 final of the play offs Barnsley beat Swansea on penalties. That game was played next to the railway station near Leckwith, 36,000 swans fans attended the game that day. It could have been more but that’s the official attendance.

Barnsley’s record v Swansea City
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 15
Games lost: 37
Includes FA Cup, League Cup and Play Off game.

Barnsley ‘Who wooda thunk it” ?
Barnsley have been in two FA Cup finals but never at Wembley. In 1910 they lost to Newcastle, then in 1912 they beat WBA 1-0 after a replay. They have been at Wembley for an FA Cup semi final in 2008, the manager then was ex Swansea City player Simon Davey. They lost the game. In 2000 at Wembley Barnsley lost to Ipswich Town in a play off final and in 2016 Barnsley won the EFL Trophy beating Oxford. Well, “Who wooda thunk it “ ?

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Barnsley in 1897 when they were called Barnsley St Peter’s

MORE TO FOLLOW.

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https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/news/55015/barnsley-v-swansea-city-play-off-semi-final-the-real-danger-man-val%C3%A9rien-isma%C3%ABl

It’s Matchday at last, it has been hard to really think other than positively, however, let’s just remember.

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Change of ref for tonight

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Geoff Eltringham has replaced Tony ‘whose coat’ Harrington. David Webb is now fourth official.

https://youtu.be/-NnumCX0IUI

Swansea Independent report at 9am.

https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/news/55076/cooper-out-thinks-val%C3%A9rien-in-the-play-off-first-leg-tie-at-oakwell

Brief highlights
https://youtu.be/vxb_3kWU7nw

[Post edited 12 May 2021 8:17]