The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Duván Riascos would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Duván Riascos is living that version at Oldham Athletic, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Layton Love turns down Oldham Athletic
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: West Bromwich Albion keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Oldham Athletic make their move for Nathan Opoku
$380.0K on the table at Leicester City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
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
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.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luke Grant steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Grant 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: Paul Barnes joins the Oldham Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Barnes 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
Andrew Kelly steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Kelly 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.
In brief
- Market Joseph Murphy steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
- The dugout Mathew Hudson gets it from the manager
- The dugout Calum Kavanagh knocks on the manager's door