DCFC: Loan Watch

For any other football club, this would contain about 3 players but since well, yknow... we've had a fair few on loan; this turned into ...

We're Skint, Guv. Honest...

Paul Jewell has said that Derby County (specifically "the previous regieme") have already spent next seasons parachute payments (expected to be £11m) for next season. ...

A Salute to the Tykes: Barnsley out of FA Cup

For many of us, the best thing about knockout tournaments is the so-called Cinderella team. Every big tournament has them, the small team, lacking ...

Four Players to Watch in the FA Cup Semi-Finals

Twelve months ago the FA Cup semifinals had an air predictability about them. Man Utd beat Watford and Chelsea beat Blackburn with a crushing inevitability ...

The Offside Podcast, Episode 14

On this week's podcast, Ian, Anne, Christian and Ryan talk Copa Libertadores (which is hotting up, unless you're an Arsenal fan) the brilliant madness that ...

FA Cup Magic is Back, and Here's Why...

We can put the old "Has the FA Cup lost its magic?" question back into storage for another season. Because after a brilliant weekend of ...

FA Cup Semi-Final: Portsmouth vs West Brom

West Brom stand in the way of an FA Cup final for Pompey. This is the hardest draw we could have got. But nevermind... I have ...

Barnsley 1, Chelsea 0 -- In Pictures

Chelsea Take a Diiiiiive

FA Cup: The Fairytale Ends Here

Sure, I enjoyed...wait, let me rephrase. Sure, I THOROUGHLY enjoyed watching Barnsley oust Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup's fifth round (that's better). But ...

Weekend Watch: Crowd Control

Saturday Dinamo Zagreb v Hadjuk Split: The Eternal Derby. The teams, and fans, dislike each other. Dinamo is running away with the Croatian title (14 points ...

Chelsea v. My New Fav Team

The FA Cup quarterfinal draw was  held today and, to my enjoyment, the Blues face an away match with Barnsley -- yes, the same Barnsley ...

LFC 1 - 2 Barnsley

This is what happens when you try to focus on cups instead of the league and then underestimate your opponent. Not to take anything ...

Dave Bassett: the master becomes the apprentice

It may not be quite that dramatic, but 63-year old Dave Bassett is Dennis Wise's new assistant manager. I'm not sure if there's a Freudian ...

Santa goal at Sunderland

Here's our second goal from Saturday's game. Sorry the first one isn't up: And just for nostalgic purposes, a bit of Simon Garner:

Youth update

Rovers Academy side was the only other team in action this weekend with the ladies home fixture with Everton postponed. The youngsters suffered a narrow 1-0 ...

Football League Ground of the Week - Barnsley FC's Oakwell Stadium

Let's be honest, it looks more like a Football Ground than a Football Stadium - but I appreciate the effort to 'sex the place up'. ...

Following Football -- When Mediocrity is Worth Watching

Micky Adams was recently fired as the manager of Coventry City - which is presumably why the BBC picked him to survey the list ...

Halftime Performers Shown a Red Card for Abusing Barnsley Fans

Kids these days. They can't even make it through a halftime performance at a football match without getting arrested for swearing and making obscene ...