Heres another down memory lane thread from me!... This latest subject is Can you remember the former Barnsley players who have left us, and scored against us when coming back to Oakwell ? Some of the earliest I remember from the 80s were David Hirst for Sheff Wensday, Trevor Aylott for Bournemouth, and I think David Geddis for Birmingham as well. (maybe ?)
Mick Butler did it for Huddersfield when we beat them 2-1, October 1976. Trevor Aylott also did it for Crystal Palace when we lost 4-2, Spring 1986. He'd only just returned to Palace after a loan spell with us.
Scored against us for Ipswich as well in that embarrassment live on Sky under Keef. Also JCR for Chesterfield last season, under Danny Wilson no less.
Andy Rammell for Saarfend in Mar '96, what a kick in the teeth that was. Michael Chopra got 2 I think in Ipswich's 3-5 win, in Dec '11. And Craig Hignett didn't over-celebrate his cup goal for Blackburn, which was good of him.
Higgy was one of my all time favourites. Never ever forget his goal against Ipswich in the play off final at Wembley. As for Georgies point blank and Barnies penalty miss, still have nightmares about those two. We really should have won that day.
What a team we and John Hendrie could have had eh in the late 90s, when Hignett & Ward only played once together. Its a coincidence that they both scored against us at Oakwell in Jan '02 (for Blackburn and Bradford), and that was the dreaded relegation season. And as for J.C.Ryce & Chesterfield, he got sent off but they still beat us with 10 men. I think that was mainly down to our previous match, the Jpt win at Wembley!.