Tomorrow's match at Oakwell against Bristol City will be the 1,000th captured by club Barnsley FC's club photographer Keith Turner.

The Athersley man has missed just a handful of Reds games in his 17 years in the role which he does alongside his 29-year career as a postman. Last year, Keith was asked by the club's charity Reds in the Community to find a selection of pictures for one of their projects and decided to count how many first team matches he has covered.

He said: "I worked out it was getting close to 1,000 so I have kept an eye on it ever since and the 1,000th game has just fallen nicely on Good Friday. 

"I always had an interest in photography and I first started going to games to work with Wes Hobson at the Barnsley Chronicle in 1999. Then, when the club website started, I was in the right place at the right time to become their official photographer.

"I have missed only five or six games ever since and it's been a fantastic experience. I've recently achieved my ambition of having my pictures used in every national newspaper."

Keith's highlights are the 2016 Wembley wins in the finals of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and the League One play-off final.

"For me, Wembley is the biggest stage in the world and a special place so to see the club I love win there was amazing. Then there were some spine-tingling moments in the changing rooms after the play-off final when all the players and staff were celebrating.

"Everyone was just so happy and I was editing my pictures while the players were sipping champagne. Patrick Cryne (the then owner who died earlier this year) came in and was celebrating as well and you could see how much it meant to him. I'll never forget being in there at that time.

"There are other highlights as well, like beating Leeds 5-2 (in 2010) and beating Liverpool and Chelsea in the FA Cup in 2008."

As for his favourite picture, that is a more difficult question for Keith to answer. He said: "I get asked that quite a lot and it's hard to put my finger on one in particular.

"There have been about 20 times when I have thought 'that's the best picture I've even taken' but then another one will always come along. Probably the biggest scoop I ever had was when Reuben Noble-Lazarus made his debut when he was 15, which was a record, and my picture got used in 19 publications in the next couple of days.

"Then there was the Wembley play-off final when I seemed to be the only one out of about 25 photographers who got the shot of Adam Hammill's goal.

"The best celebration picture I ever got was in the play-off semi-final against Walsall when Sam Winnall scored and slid on his knees right in front of me. There was such a good buzz around Oakwell after that goal.

"There was also a set of pictures I took of the Cryne family, which took a bit of organising because they are very shy and don't like publicity. But I am really glad I managed to get it done before Patrick unfortunately passed away.

"I have a lot of good memories. I would never have dreamed of doing a job like this when I was a boy and my dad used to take me and my brothers to stand in the old brewery stand. My son Tommy and my daughter Ruby now sit in almost exactly the same position with my sister Sheila. Ruby took a picture of me down at Oakwell this week so photography seems to run in the family."