[BFC SITE] Luca Connell Announced as Club Captain

Barnsley FC are delighted to announce that Luca Connell has been made club captain ahead of the 2024-25 season.

The 23-year old Irish midfielder is entering his third season with the Reds, having made over 70 appearances over the last two years following his arrival from Celtic, and agreed a four-year contract extension with the club last summer, to keep him at Oakwell until 2027.

Recent returnee, Marc Roberts, is to be made vice-captain, having previously served as Barnsley captain during the second half of the 2016/17 season.

The full Barnsley FC squad list, ahead of Friday night’s opening contest with Mansfield Town, can be seen below:

2 – Barry Cotter

3 – Jon Russell

4 – Marc Roberts

5 – Donovan Pines

6 – Mael de Gevigney

7 – Corey O’Keeffe

8 – Adam Phillips

9 – Sam Cosgrove

10 – Josh Benson

11 – Fabio Jalo

12 – Jackson Smith

14 – Conor Hourihane

15 – Kyran Lofthouse

18 – Matthew Craig

19 – Aiden Marsh

20 – Callum Styles

21 – Conor McCarthy

23 – Ben Killip

27 – Adam Hayton

30 – Jonathan Bland

32 – Josh Earl

33 – Matty Wolfe

35 – Kacper Lopata

36 – Max Watters

45 – Vimal Yoganathan

48 – Luca Connell

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So long as it doesn't affect his performances on the day.

 

Interesting no keeper given No1

 

Seems we’ve deliberately kept the number 1 shirt free. Jackson Smith wore 22 at Walsall last year so doubt it’s a superstitious thing.

 

Correct decision. Key player, been here a few years and under contract long term.

Much better than last season having someone running down their contract.

 

Seems to be a couple of youngsters been given first team numbers. Does this normally happen or is it an indicator of who might be involved more this season?

 

And still the prestigious number 10 shirt goes to 3 games a season man Josh Benson!

 

I notice they initially missed Gent off the list, now been edited on main site.

 

Well deserved captaincy for Luca

 

Noticed that too. Newsbot is going to expose the spelling, grammatical and other mistakes this season if it continues to populate the article within the thread. They can edit the site but can’t edit the Newsbot thread posts…

 

Well done Luca. However - we know what happens to our captains.....

 

Correct decision. I feel like if he’d have not missed the first few months of last season, he may well have got it before now.

 

Can't really take it off him though!

 

Seconded. And Roberts there to help where necessary as vice, perfect!

 

Also interesting they've given Hayton a number. Three keepers, plus Flavell who could be called on in an emergency and supposedly another young kid being targeted on loan. I do think we could manage our limited resources much more wisely.

 

Jalo wearing 11 is a statement

 

I feel sure that this was going to be announced with his new contract this time last year, but his illness meant that he wouldn't be available for quite a while. Good choice by the club. He is vocal and a leader on the pitch. I hope that Roberts and Hourihane give him 100% support as well.

 

Wolfe is back!!! Aahhwoooo!

 

Yes they can. I can’t give examples but I’m sure players have lost their number before and been given something much lower down. I think most would agree that Josh has had enough chances and it’s time he was moved on. I’d have given the 10 shirt to Matty Craig