Who can remember Jimmy Seal?

He was sat in the East stand upper behind me this afternoon.

Reight player he was,knew where the goals were.

 

I do ...

 

He scored both goals in a 2-1 win v. Notts County at Oakwell in April 1972. My first ever Reds match.

 

Yup. Top scorer in his only season with us. Unfortunately, it was in the 1971/72 season when we were relegated to Division 4, under John McSeveney. Jimmy got 12 goals for us, out of a grand total of 32 and left that Summer for York City.
John McSeveney is the worst Barnsley manager ever whilst I've watched us.

 

I think he scored the winner away at Rochdale, we got stuck in the snow coming back

 

Big blonde haired striker as I remember. Went to York City.

 

Oh Jimmy Jimmy,Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Seal

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Its from where the Undertones nicked the song Jimmy Jimmy - now I'm just being daft

 

I thought we won that game 3 - 1, but as ever Mr B Lil will confirm (or deny). As I remember, we went 1 - 0 down, then big Eric Winstanley scored 2 goals, then Jimmy Seal scored with a piledriver from 154 yards out, the ball travelling as straight as a laser beam into the top corner of the net. If the net had not got in the way, the ball would have ended its days orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt.

 

Me too - I must be getting old. A grafter with a fair bit of skill and an eye for goal.

 

You're correct with regards to the bad snow coming back, Stahlrost got the score and scorers correct (even allowing for a 'touch' of poetic licence ) and it was an FA Cup 1st Round tie.

 

Jimmy is my cousin. He comes from Hemsworth, but went to Wolves when leaving school. He was there when Derek Dougan was their centre forward(in old money). But lost out to Jon Richards for Dougans place when he retired. So he moved to Walsall, before joining the Reds. He then moved to York City playing there until he retired. Becoming a milk man and I think he still lives there. Would have been good to have met up again with him.

 

This - wi knobs on!!! Dreadful manager and worst Barnsley team it's been my misfortune to watch over the years.

 

When you take into account he had players like Les Lea, Eric Winstanley, Norman Dean, Ali Millar, Frank Sharp, Jimmy Seal at his disposal, he managed to produce a losing style of football which was mind numbingly boring. We accumulated 36 points and scored a pathetic 32 goals in 46 matches.
The worst standard of football I've ever had the misfortune to witness as a Barnsley fan.

 

Wish I'd known, wanting his autograph

 

me too, and me neither although given my retention of names and faces that could apply to anybody! although I'd probably be alright with Sam Winnall

 

Jimmy Seal and Norman Dean were always hanging out in Jack Green's sport shop in Hemsworth.

They were most tolerant of star struck youths.

i thought I was related to Jimmy Seal, but never was able to prove it!

 

I remember Jimmy. He scored twice on his debut in a 4-2 win over his former club, Walsall. He looked a class player that day, David Booth getting the other two from left back. His back-header into Bob Wesson's top corner for his second was a sublime finish. 'One swallow doesn't make a summer,' said Johnny Steele in his notes for the next game and indeed he was right. We were relegated. Jimmy had a thankless task as lone striker in many games, but I saw him play it to near perfection in an away 3-0 defeat at Notts County. He cannot have worked harder and had no chances to score, but held the ball up single-handedly for much of the game until outnumbered. did well at York afterwards.

 

Still living in York

 

I remember Jimmy Seal scoring at Arsenal and it was wrongly disallowed.I think we lost 2-0 but at the time if the goal had stood it would have been 1-1 and a potential replay.