Events • 29 August 2009 –
Simon Davey is sacked by Barnsley. • 9 September 2009 –
Mark Robins is confirmed as the new Manager of Barnsley.
League Barnsley started the league with a 2–2 draw with
Sheffield Wednesday. This was followed by defeats by
Coventry City and
Preston North End, this kept Barnsley in the relegation zone with just one point. Then a 3–1 defeat to
Reading put Barnsley to the bottom of the table and subsequently saw manager
Simon Davey relieved of his duties. Their first win of the season came when they beat
Derby County 3–2. This was followed by a draw against
Swansea City, then a 5–2 loss to
Queens Park Rangers. They bounced back with a shocking scoreline as they beat
West Bromwich Albion 3–1.
Ipswich Town and
Doncaster Rovers both suffered defeats against the Tykes. This was followed by a defeat against
Nottingham Forest and then the Tykes lost 3–2 against
Bristol City. They bounced back with a 2–1 win over
Peterborough United at
London Road this was followed with a 2–2 draw with
Sheffield United. They Tykes then beat
Cardiff City with
Dickinson grabbing an injury time winner. On 28 November the Tykes took on
Plymouth Argyle at
Home Park, the Tykes were winning 4–1 before referee
Gavin Ward called off the game in the 58th minute. Following this unfortunate event the Tykes took on play-off contenders
Blackpool who they beat 2–1, becoming the first side to take all three points from
Bloomfield Road. This was followed by three consecutive draws against
Scunthorpe United,
Newcastle United and
Crystal Palace. After their boxing day clash with
Preston North End was postponed due to a frozen pitch at
Deepdale, the Tykes took on
Middlesbrough, who they beat 2–1, with two second half goals.
Coventry City beat Barnsley 3–1 on the first league game of the New Year and then a 2–1 loss to
Sheffield Wednesday but quickly bouncing back to back
Leicester City.
FA Cup Barnsley were knocked out of the cup by
Scunthorpe United when they were beaten 1–0.
League Cup Round One – Lincoln City 0–1 Barnsley: The Reds travelled to
Sincil Bank to face
Lincoln City, where
Daniel Bogdanovic netted the only goal in a 1–0 win. Round Two – Reading 1–2 Barnsley: The Reds faced
Reading away and two more goals from Bogdanovic either side of
Rob Kozluk's own goal put them into the third round. Round Three – Barnsley 3–2 Burnley: Barnsley entertained
Premier League side
Burnley. The away side took the lead through
Steven Fletcher before
Jon Macken's immediate equaliser.
Anderson de Silva then drilled in a piledriver to make it 2–1 and
Chris Eagles equalised.
Hugo Colace headed the winner. Round Four – Barnsley 0–2 Manchester United:
Daniel Welbeck opened the score for
Manchester United,
Gary Neville was then sent off.
Michael Owen put the visitors 2–0 up. ==Squad==