The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dylan Moody due for a Oldham Athletic medical
Everything agreed with Southampton, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mathew Hudson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mathew Hudson commits to Oldham Athletic for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oldham Athletic
Mike Fondop was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Manny Monthé wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Oldham Athletic know it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leicester City tell Oldham Athletic: Louis Page is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
John Phillips steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Phillips has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Edward Ross steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Ross has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Robert Edwards joins the Oldham Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robert Edwards is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oldham Athletic promote Timothy Young from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Young has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout Mathew Hudson gets it from the manager
- Transfer targets Oldham Athletic ask about Tom Atcheson
- Squad No place for Layton Love in the new shape