The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Josh Kay damages knee ligaments — 89 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 89 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Callum Maycock arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Callum Maycock has, at Oldham Athletic, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Mathew Hudson stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
An offer of $540.0K for Ruben Curley
Oldham Athletic have gone to Stoke City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Oldham Athletic
Ryan Woods and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Mathew Hudson gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Tom Conlon in the eights
A performance of 8.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match18 Aug 2026
No time for Crawley Town to settle
The goal that put Crawley Town ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Oldham Athletic equalised, 4 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
Match22 Aug 2026
Oldham Athletic rescue it on 92 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 92. Chesterfield had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Oldham Athletic and Callum Maycock
- Market A long bet from Oldham Athletic on Shea Connor
- Match Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield take a point apiece