Top level performance today lads, great atmosphere and creeping into top 2 fight, special mention gotta go to @NickyCadden@adamphillips5 and Big Man Donovan Pines all outstanding! Come on you REDDDDSSSSSS!
Local Donovan Pines made his first start for @BarnsleyFC today and helped them get a big win over 2nd placed Derby County to solidify their place in 4th 👏
90 minutes played
7.8 @FotMob player rating
45/63 passes completed (most in game)
9 duels won (most in game)
8 recoveries
On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.
None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.
The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.
Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.
A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.
On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.
On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:
"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".
On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.
There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.
Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.
A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.
He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.
The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.
It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...
THIS is the reason we wear poppies.
We do not glorify war.
We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.
Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
🚨NEW JOB!🚨
I’m so unbelievably excited. Today is my first day as the new Community Liaison Executive for @FootballManager
This game has taken over my life this past year and I can’t wait for it to continue to do so 💜
@FraserBeecroft@dougokane88@BarnsleyFC@JulieAnneQuay I'd rather keep Anderson tbh. Helik is great but doesn't want to be playing for L1 club, let him go and get some money in. We can build a defense round Anderson. We need to replace Morris, that's the key cos Norwood ain't it
@dougokane88 Same every window @BarnsleyFC No hope for fans in recent years, and no excitement with new players.@JulieAnneQuay we need quality up front along with keeping Helik or we have no hope and will just battle for mid table at best 😢
Duff in press conference. On transfers: "We’re looking at trying to do a few. Something might happen with one or ours, two of ours. I don’t actually know if I am being truthful."
No comment specifically on Helik or Styles
#barnsleyfc
@MadsJuelAnders1 You're quickly becoming club legend lad, we love your effort and determination, and seeing how far you've developed over last couple of seasons hard been amazing. Keep up the great work (and please don't leave us! )
Anybody out there still think Khaled is doing a good job ? Genuine question @BarnsleyFC fans. We were told let him have a summer but so far it’s poor and we should never be going into the final two weeks of the transfer window so vulnerable when we knew what we wanted / needed 🤷🏼♂️