1923 Since Barnsley Last Won In Coventry

Last updated : 22 February 2012 By Covsupport News Service

Saturday will be the 54th league and cup game between Coventry City and Barnsley.

City have won 25 of the 53 matches and drawn 15 . They have scored 91 goals compared to Barnsley's 67.

The last time, Barnsley visited the Ricoh Arena was on October 23rd 2010 and saw a 3-0 win for the Sky Blues.  Gary McSheffrey (9), Carl Baker (85), Jordan Clarke (90+1) scored the goals in front af a crowd of 14,573.

The teams that day were:
City Westwood, Keogh, Turner, R. Wood, Cranie, Clingan, Gunnarsson (Baker 74), McSheffrey (Clarke 83), Carsley, Platt, Jutkiewicz (O’Donovan 90+1) SNU Ireland, M.Doyle, Cameron, McPake

Barnsley Steele, Shackell, N.Doyle, Foster, Lovre (Neumann 70), Hammill, Trippier, Butterfield, Arismendi (O’Brien 46), Hill, C.Wood (Dickinson 57). SNU Preece, Colace, Potter, Gray
 
This will be Barnsley's sixth visit to the Ricoh Arena. They have won none, drawn one and lost five games.

Barnsley have won twice in Coventry. However, they were back in  October 1921 and August 1923 when the Tykes won 3-2.  City's biggest home win against Barnsley was a 5-2 win in 1960/61. 

A full ist of matches between Coventry City and Barnsley can be found by clicking on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp