Is this Barnsley's biggest fan?
Jane Utley has attended every Reds home game in the last 25 years while her only two away-day misses during that time were at Chelsea in 1998 and Oxford in 1999.
She attends every reserve game – home and away – as well as the junior matches, clocking up more than 10,000 miles a year cheering on the Super Reds.
Jane, who lives in Worsbrough and has been watching Barnsley since she was six, is an officer at Barnsley Council and books two days off work for long away trips and uses most of her annual holiday allowance for football games.
"I've never got married," Jane laughs. "In fact, my dad used to say I'm married to Barnsley Football Club which I guess makes sense.
"I've seen some Barnsley fans get married to Sheffield Wednesday supporters and all they seem to do is argue. Can you imagine that? Besides, who on earth would marry me knowing how much time and money I spend on football?"
Jane's dad took her to her first game in the late 1960s and she was instantly hooked. She has continued to watch the Reds across Britain ever since – no matter what the result.
She said: "In my first three games we lost 5-0, 5-0 and 5-1, so I was well trained to the life of a Barnsley fan from a young age.
"There's a group of us who go every week and it really is my life. All of my friends know that's where I spend my time and I don't really care what people think.
"I refuse to work out how much I spend on watching Barnsley, it'd be too devastating. It's well into the thousands."
Do you know a Reds fan more committed than Jane? E-mail Matthew Murray: sport@barnsley-chronicle or call 734261.
