The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Stephen Duke-McKenna was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 32. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Oldham Athletic's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oldham Athletic has to find a result from somewhere.
Match21 Aug 2027
Oldham Athletic cannot find the net
5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market23 Aug 2027
Oldham Athletic turn down Accrington Stanley for Kian Harratt
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Both jobs done by Luke Hannant — 6.79
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 17 actions, 6.79, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A new deal for Charles Hunter
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Edvin Austbø due for a Oldham Athletic medical
Everything agreed with West Ham United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Oldham Athletic
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Oldham Athletic rebuffed over Hjalmar Ekdal
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Burnley have kept their man, and Oldham Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Peter Smith joins the Oldham Athletic first team
- Market One of our own: Adam Harvey joins the Oldham Athletic first team
- Market Jacob Davies steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy