Barnsley

[Rjk]

What a rollercoaster few seasons they've had

18/19 Promoted to the championship
19/20 Avoided relegation on the last day with an unlikely win
20/21 5th with 78 points and in the playoffs
21/22 Relegated and pretty terrible all season.

Seems remarkable a side can go from a relegation battle to playoffs and then relegated within 3 seasons.

They've had comfortably the youngest side in the division for most if not all of that time, and lost a couple of key players in the summer in Alex Mowatt and Daryl Dike. But goes to show the fine lines between success and failure at this level.

[B. Oddie]

Re: Barnsley

Very popular on the East Asian betting markets... :sherlock:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Barnsley

Seems remarkable a side can go from a relegation battle to playoffs and then relegated within 3 seasons.

It's a pretty rare phenomenon.

In 1989/90, Brighton finished 18th in Div 2. They lost a playoff final to Notts County the season after, then were relegated in 23rd place in 1991/92.

In 2004/05, Leeds finished 14th in the Championship after their relegation from the PL. They then made the playoffs in 2005/06 and were relegated in 2006/07.

Other sides that finished in the bottom half, made playoffs and were then relegated were:

Swindon (League 1, 2008-11), Barnet (Div 3, 2000-03), Notts County (League 2, 2016-19), Plymouth (Div 2, 1992-95), Scarborough (Div 3, 1996-99) and Hereford (Div 3, 1994-97).

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Barnsley

What a rollercoaster few seasons they've had

18/19 Promoted to the championship
19/20 Avoided relegation on the last day with an unlikely win
20/21 5th with 78 points and in the playoffs
21/22 Relegated and pretty terrible all season.

Seems remarkable a side can go from a relegation battle to playoffs and then relegated within 3 seasons.

They've had comfortably the youngest side in the division for most if not all of that time, and lost a couple of key players in the summer in Alex Mowatt and Daryl Dike. But goes to show the fine lines between success and failure at this level.

People will say that losing Ismael and Mowatt was the reason for their decline, but look what’s happened to them at West Brom - Barnsley didn’t look like a team set for the sort of season they’ve had when they played here on the opening day back in August and I can remember them playing QPR off the park for forty five minutes a fortnight later - it’s a strange one.