Tomorrow will be the 24th meeting between Watford and Barnsley at Oakwell. The first meeting up there was in the old Division 3 in March 1961 when we won 1-0. Our record is won 6, drawn 6, and lost 11. We've scored 21 goals and conceded 32.
Last season we lost 2-1 at Oakwell in one of Malky's caretaking games, Tommy Smith got our goal. It was Mark Robins first game in charge of The Tykes when we met in September at the Vic. Danny Graham got the goal as we won 1-0.
Barnsley are currently 11th, one in front of us. We've both played 27 and they have 36 points, one more than us. At home their record this season is won 5, drawn 4 lost 5. On Tuesday night they had an even more impressive win than our own, beating Preston 4-1 away. Last Saturday they lost 1-0 at Reading and before that beat Leicester and lost to Sheffield Wednesday both at Oakwell.
Martin Devaney remains the only tenious link between us and them.
