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BARNSLEY v SWINDON

H2H's:

League
Barnsley 11, drawn 14, Swindon 15
Overall
Barnsley 14, drawn 17, Swindon 15

04/05 Swindon 2, Barnsley 1.......Barnsley 2, Swindon 2
03/04 Swindon 1, Barnsley 1.......Swindon 1, Barnsley 1
02/03 Barnsley 1, swindon 1........Swindon 3, Barnsley 1 (10/8/02)

Barnsley:

Players out:
Mark Stallard, forward, played 10 games since 1/04
Tom Williams, midfield, played 38 games since 5/04
Michael Boulding, striker (?) 10 goals in 22 games
Mike Chopra, striker gone to Newcastle, 17 goals in 38 games

Players in:
Danny Nardiello, striker on a free from Man Utd but never played for them, has been on loan @ Barnsley & scored 14 goals in 25 games

Final position: 13th with a record of: 46-7-11-5-38-31-7-8-8-31-33-61
Other notable scorers: Shuker, midfield, 7 in 39 games

Pre-season:
Bideford 1, Barnsley 4
Scarborough 0, Barnsley 2
Barnsley 3, Alfreton 1 (not certain tbh)
Barnsley 2, Hull 0 (Robbie Williams both goals)
Leeds 2, Barnsley 1
v Buxton 3/8

Injuries: from what I can see - Richard Kell has a broken leg, Brian Howard a fractured metatarsal, Bobby Hassel a knee injury


Swindon Town:

Finished 12th with a record of 46-12-5-6-40-30-5-7-11-26-38-63

Players out:
Sam Parkin, striker scored 67 in 120 games in 3 seasons
Steve Robinson, defender, 127 games since 2/01
Sammy Igoe, midfield, 75 games, 9 goals since 7/03

Players in: had only an 18 man squad until start of July
Nicky Nicolau, Southend on a free, defender, 24 games since 3/04
Gareth Whalley, midfielder from wigan, only 7 games for Wigan in 04/05, but 318 games since 7/92
Tony Thorpe
Jack Smith
Ricky Shakes
Comyn-Platt
Jamie Cureton (hey, that looks interesting...)

Pre-season:
Cirencester 1, Swindon 3
Aylesbury 1 Swindon 2
Bideford 1 Swindon 1
Taunton 3 Swindon 3
Crawley 3 Swindon 4
Sherbourne 0 Swindon 4

in these games, cureton has scored 3, Fallon 6, Pook 3 & Shakes at least 1

I'll update this post if anything interesting happens coming into the game, but it looks quite close on the head to heads...4 draws in the last 5.
Andy Kings has took a bit of flak in his 2 spells in charge @ swindon but he looks as though theyve made a decent start coming into the campaign, Cureton certainly looks a good player, & fallon has 6 already so worth keeping an eye on tbh.
Barnsley dont seem to have replaced the goals @ all to me, & although I'm gonna take another look at this, with Boulding gone to Crewe as well...where are the goals coming from ?? Theyve got a couple of midfielders that weigh in with 6 or 7 but if Nardiello doesnt score 20 they'll struggle surely. Hes got a decent record at this level but he hasnt played a lot of games yet & I always have a certain distrust of players released by Man Utd as everybody normally over-rates them big time, but we'll see........his goal against Leeds did sound something special though.

Any Swindon or Barnsley fans feel free to comment.......