Thanks for that, guys. Millers and Potters fans - hope you enjoyed it. Sorry we couldn’t get to all the messages; there were so many! Here’s me, Les and
@JohnBreckin
saying hello!
As long as I live I think that Georgie Kelly moment will be up there as one of the greatest moments ever. Incredible scenes for a debut goal. Well worth the wait of seeing him. But those scenes…wow. Unreal stuff.
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Remember Kieran Trippier's last semi-final free-kick, against Croatia? Course you do.
Interestingly (or not), Trippier's first career goal was also a free-kick for Barnsley against Leeds.
In goal that day for Leeds?
Kasper Schmeichel.
#EURO2020
Say what you want about Rotherham United and how they achieved promotion but let me say this; it's a privilege to have been a (very small and insignificant) part of the past few years because people there care and deserve this promotion. This isn't a sweeping generalisation...
On
#BarnsleyFC
I'd like to say well done to all involved. Particularly to Craig Sedgwick and the medical team/sports science staff. Hardly any significant injuries and this can hardly be a coincidence when Sedgy - a superb physio and even nicer bloke - has overseen it all.
Got to mention Brooke Norton-Cuffy, too. For his Championship debut, at 18, he showed a wisdom beyond his years. Great feet, quick and so strong. He’ll only get better, which is about as frightening as the fact he was born in 2004 🤯
What an atmosphere today. Home fans really backed the lads.
Keeping these two in check was harder than keeping up with the match. Pulling wires out and screaming too loud. 😅🫣
Hope Barnsley v Barrow is televised, just to see what the TV graphics guys come up with for the teams’ abbreviations.
BAR v BAR
I lead a very simple life…
@80sAging
Some derogatory chants from the crowd. The Stenman ultras singing ‘Jimmy claims for winter fuel allowance’. Things are getting heated, which is apt for the chant.
Just want to say a big thanks for all your messages and kind words this season. It has been a real privilege to bring many of the Millers games to you. Apologies to some of the away fans who didn’t enjoy them as much 😉Yes, it is a disappointing end to the campaign...
Just a heads up for the Southampton team coach driver.
The Millers don’t play at Millmoor anymore so please don’t head there! We wouldn’t want a disaster on our hands 🤣
So it’s actually:
Don Valley Stadium
Worksop Road
Sheffield
S9 3TL
👍🏻
READ | Carlisle conclude permanent deal for Kelly
Forward Georgie Kelly has joined Sky Bet League One outfit Carlisle United for an undisclosed fee.
We'll never forget this moment, Georgie! ❤️
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According to football twitter, Michael Duff has gone from ‘creating something special’ to ‘having no clue’ in seven days.
Twitter really is a cesspit at times.
Last game of the season ✔️
Very much looking forward to football-free weekends filled with cycling and fishing.
Thanks for your support this season. A great honour to see the Millers reach 50 points in a season where I also made my BBC Sheffield debut. 🎙️
Enjoy the summer.
Richard Wood. 37 years old. First start since New Year’s Day. Twenty years on from his professional debut - against Burnley. Not flustered against a £723billion squad.
Mustard.
The tin pottery confusion of Burnley and Barnsley never fails to make me laugh. Two different towns. Different counties. Different colours and 273 years of history between them. United of course by the legendary Tommy Boyle, Andy Payton and Kieran Trippier but not the same club!
If you like football even a tiny bit, you have to listen to the BBC 'Moment of Truth' podcast. This isn't a sensationalised, unlimited budget, over-produced Netflix/Amazon glory-hunt. This is real football. Real people. It's incredible. Rotherham, Oxford Utd or not, it's for you.
Think you’d struggle to find a single individual who can’t stomach listening to Paul Warne, reaffirmed after his appearance on
@footballheaven
tonight. Sincere, funny and knowledgeable. Millers fans are lucky to have him and so is football.
After Crystal Palace drew 0-0 with Barnsley at Oakwell, I asked Neil Warnock if he fancied coming back to manage The Reds. He laughed at me and said "I'm ready for retiring, lad!"
This was December 2007.
Kane isn’t a problem. This is the problem; the constant finger-pointing analysis, sterile scrutiny to fill airtime/social media and useless, boring punditry blaming our star striker. Bore off. There’s too much of it and it’s no good for anyone.
Had a great chat with Cameron McGeehan, "Plymouth at home and Peterborough away I was an unused sub. It gave me pain and suffering but I’ve got myself back in and it gave me an extra edge to my game."
What a campaign he's had. Very underrated, in my opinion.
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📺| We're aware this will split opinion, but still felt it appropriate to celebrate the Warne era and some truly unforgettable memories.
Now it is time for someone else to write an exciting new chapter in the book of Rotherham United...📖✏️
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Absolutely devastated to lose the legendary Eric Winstanley. It simply cannot be underestimated how instrumental this great man was in shaping one of the greatest sides Barnsley has ever had. So many players owed their careers to him. But also he was a real talent as a player...
Hearing FC Groningen youth coach Dalton van Hire is going to be offered the Millers job.
Saw the Dutchman driving a custom transit through Thrybergh this morning.
#rufc
#totalfootball
Best part of yesterday's post-match
#BarnsleyFC
press conference was first-team coach, Chris Stern, interrupting boss Daniel Stendel to pinch the beer he wasn't drinking!
#Prost
@janinemas0n
@Marcothomas1
This is one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. Can definitely see Reece Shearsmith playing the ‘READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!’ guy.
Last night’s Barnsley v Sunderland attendance (18,282) was the biggest third tier Oakwell attendance since Barnsley v Sheff Wed (19,659) in February 2005. Both games ended 0-0.
For anyone who wants to know about team spirit and selflessness👇
You’d think the Shearer-shirt-incentive would cause greed and selfishness. Not Smudge. Not the Millers. Buzzing for JJ.
IT DUNT BOTHER ‘EM.
What a game at Oakwell.
Cracking atmosphere. One of the best I’ve experienced in years. Loads of goals and saves.
Bannan’s deliveries are a joke. And Kitching joining a 96th-minute counter-attack is borderline criminal…but it paid off.
Not at Leicester today. But good luck to those who have gone.
Unreal following considering it’s bottom v top. Two days before Christmas. Third away game this month after Plymouth last week. Not won away since 1765 and up against a squad worth £900m.
You all deserve a medal🥇
You can tell with most players when they sign for a club just how hungry they are and how much desire they have to succeed.
When I sat down down with Jamie Lindsay last July for his first interview as a Miller, it was obvious he was up for it.
What a display from him today.
In five years of commentating on the Millers, my top three highlights involve Richard Wood:
3) Commentating alongside him
2) Commentating on his first Wembley goal
1) Commentating on him leading the press yesterday 😅
The last two angles make you appreciate how good a finish this is. There seems to be a slight readjustment on Smudge’s part as if he thinks ‘I must hit this first time’. Great decision. A goal-scorer’s decision.
On this day 25 years ago, Neil Redfearn - Barnsley's greatest ever captain - opened the scoring in the club's first ever Premier League game.
"It was like a tinderbox...it just went up." he said of the crowd reaction.
I think there's a film about this particular adventure...
Pleasure to have
@mdrcrooks
on co-comms yesterday. Not a bad debut on the iFollow ‘airwaves’. He kicked every ball and even brought some Haribo. Much rather him be on the field, mind.
📸
@BFCStretch
Both Rob and Darren deserve a lot of credit for this.
Rob asking the hard questions at the risk of getting his head bitten off. But equally Darren deserves praise for understanding these questions needed asking, and he answers them politely, unlike some managers would.
They have an owner who cares about the club and its supporters, a manager who is - not only great in the dugout - but is, himself, a 'special human being'. So refreshing being involved with a club that is unified from top to bottom and cares about its fans and community.
It’s now six years of the Millers. More great memories.
Osei-Tutu. St Georgie’s Day. And great mates along the way.
'I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.'
Let’s keep going 💪🏻