Just found this on ladbrookes.com

Name: Barnsley Football Club
Fact: Barnsley came close to folding in 2002, but were saved by Barnsley's then mayor Peter Doyle who bought the club after they went into administration.
Founded: 1887
Nicknames: The Tykes
Ground: Oakwell, Barnsley
Capacity: 23,009
Owner: Patrick Cryne
Chairman:
Manager: Keith Hill
League: The Championship
Record goalscorer: Ernest Hine (123 league goals)
Most appearances: Barry Murphy (514 league appearances)
Record attendance: 40,255, vs Stoke City, 1936 FA Cup Round 5
Main rival: Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday
Rivals: Leeds
Celebrity fans: Michael Parkinson, Darren Gough
Fans favourites: Bobby Hassell, Andy Gray, Steven Foster

When the pressure is on the Tykes crumble
In all fairness to Barnsley, expectations of the football club in a town that houses 73,500 aren't that high and it's a good thing they aren't because Barnsley are the epitome of a humdrum club.

Barnsley's last five finishes in the Championship have seen them flirt with relegation and when studying the pre-season football betting, Barnsley should be considered in the Championship relegation betting.

Barnsley Championship odds
The Championship seems to be Barnsley's comfort zone and a glance at the all-time Championship table would see Barnsley on top, having played at least 500 games more than anyone else.

The Tykes have played 2,918 games in the second tier of English football, winning 1,005l and and taking 3,136 points in the process.

At first glance this doesn't seem too bad and at an average of 1.43 points per game, you could consider backing Barnsley to be a stable bet in the Championship odds.

Except Barnsley sit atop the all time Championship table with a goal difference of -532 having scored 3,987 at an average of 1.37 goals per game and conceding 4,529 at an average of 1.55 goals per game.

While these figures can give you a general idea of Barnsley's performance in the Championship, the last five seasons tell us that the end of the season provides Barnsley with the most trouble.

The final two months of the Championship are where Barnsley really struggle and the Tykes have averaged just over a point a game from their last 12 games in each of the last five seasons.

Barnsley have fallen at least two places from their position in the league at the end of February to their position at the end of the season, and should Barnsely be hovering around 20th in the league with 12 games to go, then is the time to back them for relegation.

 

but not this year he, he, he.

 

Some good stuff in there, pity its spoilt by a lazy lack of research; they miss Dickie from the celebrity fans list and name two who don't support the club.

 

Andy Gray, fan favourite who told them that because I think someone was pulling there leg

 

Btt, quite an interesting little for anyone who missed it,

 

I missed this little nugget first time I read it...

Barnsley are the epitome of a humdrum club. WTF, how the hell can anyone say that about us and emphasise it by saying we're the epitome of humdrum.