The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Zach Awe asks to leave Oldham Athletic
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Frank Tattum says Oldham Athletic went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
$220.0K settles it between the clubs for Matt Macey
Colchester United have accepted the money. What Oldham Athletic do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Age has not caught Kieron Morris yet — 8.08
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.08 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Oldham Athletic baulk at the price for Joe Powell
Fulham wanted more than $570.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
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 Lamine Cissé
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Everton have kept their man, and Oldham Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Moisés Delgado in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Oldham Athletic this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Edward Clarke joins the Oldham Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Clarke is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Oldham Athletic promote Christopher Wright from within
- Market Samuel Phillips steps up from the Oldham Athletic academy
- Match Oldham Athletic get the job done against Grimsby Town