Some Barnsley FC related stories coming out of the weekend.
REDS WILL GET NEW MAN ‘UP TO SPEED’
Conor Hourihane says Barnsley will work to get new signing Charlie Lennon ‘up to speed’ but intends to use him straight away.
The 19-year-old winger signed from Middlesbrough after an impressive loan spell with Darlington in the National League North.
The Reds are low on options on the wing with Reyes Cleary their only natural fit winger before Lennon’s arrival.
Head coach Hourihane told the Chronicle: “Charlie will go straight into the first team squad and be ready. He needs to get up to speed and we need to develop him like Reyes when he came in pre-season. He will be a body that no doubt will be used. He needs to get to know how we want to play and work this week with it being a free week.”
READING UP NEXT AT START OF BUSY SCHEDULE
Barnsley will look to build on their home win over Blackpool when they visit Reading on Saturday.
The Reds are four places behind the 11th-placed Royals but could overtake them with victory.
Leam Richardson’s Reading had been one of the form teams in League One with four wins and a draw from five games but lost at Leyton Orient on Saturday.
Barnsley have won their last two games at the Berkshire club.
This match will be the start of a brutal schedule of 16 games in 56 days for Barnsley and will also mark the halfway point in the Reds’ season.
SMITH KEEPS FOURTH STRAIGHT LEAGUE CLEAN SHEET
Barnsley loanee Jackson Smith kept a fourth straight clean sheet in League Two for loan club Grimsby Town as they won 1-0 at home to Barnet.
The stopper has joined the Mariners on loan for the rest of the season after several emergency loans due to injuries.
Kacper Łopatą came off the bench for his Walsall debut in their 3-1 win at Tranmere while Jon Russell played the second half of Mansfield’s 3-0 home win over Port Vale.
Andy Dallas returned from almost two months out with injury as he started Southend’s 1-1 draw at York in the National League while Max Watters started Dundee United’s 2-0 home win over Ayr in the Scottish Cup.
YORKSHIRE DERBY WIN FOR U18S
Barnsley under 18s won 2-1 at Huddersfield on Saturday.
The scorers were Charlie Price and Tayo Dunne.
The under 18s are now set to host Peterborough from 11.30am on Saturday, after Barnsley under 21s visit the Posh on Tuesday afternoon.
