The 26 year old defender who began his career at Southampton made 41 appearances for Barnsley last season.
Cranie’s signing comes hot off the heels of Bobby Hassell, Tomasz Cywka and Chris O’Grady committing their immediate futures to the club within the last week as well as the signing of Dale Jennings from Bayern Munich.
Martin Cranie talking about his new deal said, “I am absolutely delighted to sign a new contract at Barnsley. There was never any doubt that I would be coming back.
“The end to last season will be in everyones minds for a long time. I don’t think you will see anything like that again. I’ve watched it back a few times and I still can’t believe it happened.
“It’s going to be a brilliant season again. It gets harder every year, there are strong Premier League teams coming down, but as you seen last year Wolves, Blackburn and Bolton all struggled in parts and of course Wolves went down again. It won’t be an easy ride for the clubs that have been relegated this time either.
“I’ve still got it in my mind playing the top teams in the league last season and winning and it shows we have got nothing to fear this season from any side.
“Coming in today the lads seem very up for the season already, it’s the same sort of vibe that we ended last season.
“I’m looking forward to the first game of the season against Wigan. I like to get started and get that first game under my belt. Hopefully we can get a big crowd in with a Premier League team coming down to the Championship. They’ve got some brilliant players, but since January we’ve made Oakwell like a fortress and if we can continue that form from last season we will do very well.”
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