 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Barnsley FC yakavambwa muna 1887 nemufundisi, Tiverton Preedy, uye vakatamba muSheffield neDistrict League kubva muna 1890 uyezve muMidland League kubva muna 1895. Vakabatana neLigi yeBhora muna 1898, uye vakatambura muChikamu chechipiri kwemakore gumi ekutanga, nekuda kwekunetseka kwemari kuri kuitika. Muna 1910 kirabhu yakasvika kumagumo eFA Cup, kwavakarasikirwa neNewcastle United mumutambo wekudzokorora. Zvisinei, ipapo vaizosvika 1912 FA Cup Finaluko vaizokunda West Bromwich Albion 10 mumutambo wokudzokorora kuti vakunde mukombe kekutanga munhau yavo. 