Samuel Smith

Striker - Oldham Athletic U18
4 May 2028
Thursday
Process

Marked for Samuel Smith

2 Edition

The Oldham Athletic Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Joe Garner breaks a bone — 111 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 111 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

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.

Squad

Tempers go at Oldham Athletic

Mathew Hudson 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.

Squad

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 targets

Charlton Athletic tell Oldham Athletic: Collins Sichenje 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.

Market

Oldham Athletic promote Harry Atkinson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Atkinson 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.

Market

One of our own: Jonathan Cunningham joins the Oldham Athletic first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Oldham Athletic promote Samuel Smith from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Smith 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.

Market

Oldham Athletic promote Harry Parker from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Parker 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