Most Memorable Opening Day Fixtures In Your Opinion

1996/97

WBA 1-2 Barnsley

Oh aye we were good , like wtf good and so it proved , possibly the daftest scoreline reflecting the actual performance I've seen .

1997/98

Barnsley 1-2 West Ham

Not the result we wanted but none the less a monumental day in the club's history , scorching day and to see the lads run out in the top flight in front of a full house was tremendous .

1981/82

Barnsley 4-0 Shrewsbury Town

22 years to get back to the second tier after the dark years in the 60's and 70's .

Nobody knew what to expect , no need to worry .

81/82 Shrewsbury at home 4-0 and a bullet header from McCarthy, Oakwell bathed in sunshine.
04/05 MK Dons away 1-1 their first game after becoming the Dons from Wimbledon, not a great game but got heatstroke sat in the open end of the National Hockey Stadium so won’t forget it!

Agree that West Ham game takes some beating thinking this is easy when redfearn scored but 2016 Ipswich away first game back in championship and my lad was Barnsley mascot seeing him lead the team out with Connor brought a tear to my eye then we lost 4-2 .

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Originally Posted by perkytyke

81/82 Shrewsbury at home 4-0 and a bullet header from McCarthy, Oakwell bathed in sunshine.
04/05 MK Dons away 1-1 their first game after becoming the Dons from Wimbledon, not a great game but got heatstroke sat in the open end of the National Hockey Stadium so won’t forget it!

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A wo theear Perks. Temporary wooden stand. Fo some reason we started Red Indian type chanting.

Worst memory wo looizin 0-3 at ooam to Pigs and watching their fans coaches gu past az I walked back to Doduth. 1979/80--fotty years agu ffs !

West Bromwich Albion 1996 for me. Reight day art and a sublime performance

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81/82 Shrewsbury at home 4-0 and a bullet header from McCarthy, Oakwell bathed in sunshine.
04/05 MK Dons away 1-1 their first game after becoming the Dons from Wimbledon, not a great game but got heatstroke sat in the open end of the National Hockey Stadium so won’t forget it!

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Why did we laik in all black that day at hockey stadium ? A went inna teeur shirt an wa boiling hot , good neet art in London afta , i ed 3 colchesta oysters to celebrate piggys Loysin three nowt at ooham to colchesta XD , who was left fullback that day at MK ? He wore a long sleeved top in that heat , must ev ed dodgy tattoos ? WBA away best game for me , got the feeling early dooars wid bi reyt , worst same as SB Loysin to that lot three nowt >:)

Worst for me was the opening game at Bradford under Spackman when we got battered 4-0 .

You knew right there and then there was big trouble ahead because we were absolutely shyte .

We must have started that chanting cos we all looked like Red Indians after burning in that stand?
Left back was Tom Williams Roma! He weren’t that good but we liked him cos his missus was a cracker!

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Originally Posted by perkytyke

We must have started that chanting cos we all looked like Red Indians after burning in that stand?
Left back was Tom Williams Roma! He weren’t that good but we liked him cos his missus was a cracker!

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That's him Perky thanks , a think that Fola Onysumdi ? Played part of the game , did Paul Reid score our goal ?

Barnsley 4-0 Oxford. I knew we'd go up automatic after that performance.