The players who took Barnsley into the Championship play-offs. Mads Andersen 53 games (1 goal) No one personifies Barnsley’s turnaround from last.
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ON MARCH 7 last year, Barnsley lost 2-0 at home to Cardiff City which left them bottom of the Championship and seven points adrift of safety with nine games left.
They were booed off the pitch with then head coach Gerhard Struber saying his side played like a youth team and captain Alex Mowatt admitted they were bullied.
There were hand sanitisers dispersed around the ground in an early warning sign of the incoming coronavirus crisis which would stop supporters attending games for more than 14 months.
On Monday, 436 days and 62 behind-closed-doors games later, fans returned to their beloved stadium to watch the Reds play in a play-off semi-final against another Welsh club in Swansea City.
BRAD Colilns is set to make his 50th appearance for Barnsley against Swansea City in the first leg of the play-offs on Monday which he says will be easily.
HERE we are then, the Championship play-offs. Those frantic May weeks in which four sides battle for the roughly £150million prize of Premier League.