The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Match16 Sep 2026
Oldham Athletic bow out of the cup
Oxford United go through and Oldham Athletic go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Luca Williams-Barnett at 17 — 8.18
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Luca Williams-Barnett did not need any: 8.18, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mathew Hudson 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Calum Kavanagh
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mathew Hudson gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Oldham Athletic training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luca Williams-Barnett is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Pedro Dinis signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pedro Dinis commits to Oldham Athletic for another 3 years.
Match19 Sep 2026
No goals between Oldham Athletic and Salford City
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Salford City will be the happier side with the point.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Off the bench and decisive: Kane Drummond
The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. Oldham Athletic were going nowhere until he came on.
In brief
- Player ratings Tom Pett spends the afternoon fouling
- Market The Billy Waters question follows Oldham Athletic around
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Luca Williams-Barnett