Brighton & Hove Albion 5-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 5-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 5-1 Barnsley: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Barnsley 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 3-1.

A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from A. Barnes (4'), Wayne Bridge (14'), C. Mackail-Smith (38'), C. Mackail-Smith (50') and A. Barnes (81'). Barnsley scored through Craig Davies (35', penalty).

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 21st on 1 point from 2 and Barnsley 17th on 3 points from 2. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 1 draw and 0 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Scott GolbourneBarnsley
  • 4'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Wayne BridgeBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 27'Yellow card · John StonesBarnsley
  • 35'Penalty goal · Craig DaviesBarnsley · 2-1
  • 38'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-1
  • 50'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithBrighton & Hove Albion · 4-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Stephen FosterBarnsley
  • 77'Yellow card · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 81'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 5-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 1, draws 1, Barnsley 0.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Bruno Saltor, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, Wayne Bridge, Andrew Crofts, G. Dicker, Liam Bridcutt, Ashley Barnes, Craig Noone, Craig Mackail-Smith