ANALYTICS pioneer Mladen Sormaz has been appointed as the new Sporting Director of League One Barnsley. He joins from 777 Partners, who have agreed to buy a 94% stake in Everton.
ANALYTICS pioneer Mladen Sormaz has been appointed as the new Sporting Director of League One Barnsley. He joins from 777 Partners, who have agreed to buy a 94% stake in Everton.
BARNSLEY have made six new appointments to their first-team staff, with five being internal promotions.
THE story of Angus MacDonald's recovery from bowel cancer to relaunch his playing career is inspirational & uplifting. However, running in the background was a long and expensive legal battle between two of his former clubs.
THREE staff have been made redundant from Barnsley’s Academy as the club cuts costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
FORMER Barnsley assistant Dale Tonge reflects on 12 months that encompassed elevation from the U16s to the first team, promotion and the sack.
GREG MILLER, Barnsley's Academy Head of Coaching, tells Alastair Sievewright about his coaching journey and philosophy and gives some tips to aspiring coaches.
SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.
FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.
DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.
FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.
NATHAN WINDER, the new Leeds United Head of Sport Science, got a team on a small budget to punch well above its weight at Barnsley.
TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have been the youngest side in the Premier League so far this season, according to analysis by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1.
OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.
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MANCHESTER UNITED have signed five Huddersfield youngsters - including the highly-rated Sam Murray.
Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.
Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.