Scapegoat Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Having seen the requests for sub data on the 95/96 season it made me question which of the many dour seasons spent following Latics has been the worst? It doesn't necessarily have to be a relegation season, or the one with the worst set of results. For me its a toss up between the 97/98 season under Colin, the 05/06 season under Ronnie and the 09/10 season under Dave Penney. There may be worse seasons, but under those three managers I felt that I couldn't even enjoy the games we won due to the dire nature of the football style we played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Penney by a long way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo_man Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Penney, absolutely no contest, nothing comes near! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-latics Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Penney's season. Especially when you think back to the type of players we had. Holdsworth, Worthington, Parker, Colbeck (I think)... It's a wonder we stayed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Chris Moore leaving us close to extinction and Penney's year in charge run it close, however 96-97 is the one that makes me feel most nauseous. I never wanted Graeme Sharp as manager in the first place.... I wanted Andy Ritchie. Sharp treated Ritchie and Rick Holden - two of our hero's - with disdain... brought in all his Everton cronies and 3 years after being 90 seconds from an FA Cup Final, we were playing Wrexham in a league game. My stomach is churning just writing this. Edited November 20, 2014 by lookersstandandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The season Graham Sharp was in charge , the football was tedious beyond belief , and we just got worse and worse . When Mendonca made it 3-0 for Grimsby I was actually pleased , that is how desperate I was for the manager to leave. I felt it would be the goal that ended the management regime .....and it was . Still can't believe Morrissey didn't write a song about that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Penney for me without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The only season I dont remember is the Dave Penney one, we must have been horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Last season weren't exactly a joyous ride. But Penney wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyleArmy1994 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Dave penney season. Though the game (i cannot remember which season) where we through a 3-0 lead at home to exeter away makes me want to pull my hear out just thinking about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyleArmy1994 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Just done a quick google of the game. Turns out it WAS penneys season ?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyleArmy1994 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Turns out it WAS NOT penney's season and it was dickovs first season!!! #dickovout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 For me the Talbot season was the worst in my time supporting Latics. I expected the Moore season to be one of progress with us flirting with the playoffs. Exactly what we did and why, despite some of the football being poor, I thought he was harshly sacked. The Penney season I expected to be worse quality football than Shez's reign and for there to be a drop due to a lesser budget. The season couldn't have gone much worse unless we were relegated but as my expectations were very low for that season it didn't seem so bad. But under Talbot I thought we would make steady progress after 03/04 season where our survival was pretty miraculous given the circumstances, but aside from the Man City result we were pretty dreadful throughout and a big disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Though the game (i cannot remember which season) where we through a 3-0 lead at home to exeter away makes me want to pull my hear out just thinking about it Me too. Maybe that's why the Penney season didn't seem so bad as I had bragging rights over my brother for most of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Sharp was in charge for 2 1/2 seasons.....!!!! The only decent thing I recall him doing was bring Gerry Creaney in on loan who scored a back heel that helped us pull clear of relegation the year before we were doomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The 05/06 season under Ronnie Moore. It would be 9 years before I bought another season ticket after watching that total and utter dross hoofball he had us playing. I remember coming away from games seething at the :censored: I'd just witnessed even after we'd won! My heart was no longer in watching us, I started going to more aways than home games as at least it was a good day out, and eventually these became less frequent. I went from being a 30 game a season fan to one that went to about 6 to 8 home games a year. Shez started the love affair again, but It was only really last season when I started going to all the home games again and a good number of aways, and this year I have a season ticket once more. Basically Ronnie Moore nearly made me fall out of love with Latics, I hate that scouse t**t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) My first season 1959-60 when it looked like the club was going out of the football league, then along came Bobby Johnstone & co to herald some of the best years. Edited November 20, 2014 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsworthlatic Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Would definitely be Dave Penney!! However, Penney when he needed a result made sure we got one!! 0-0 at Southampton 0-0 at Charlton and also the dog awful game at Stockport, won 1-0, Abbott penalty at the other end and both teams got booed off (no surprise really) Not defending him one bit, poor manager and players, certain ones have been mentioned. I'll take them and raise you: Darren Byfield Rene Steer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Penney, Ritchie, Sharp, Talbot. Take your pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Talbot's badness is seriously under-rated. Penney wins though. The only time I've descended from the happy-clapper plateau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I always felt a bit sorry for Talbot, he had to work with the unwanted remnants of them Dowie/Moore era eating them budget and whatever else he could add for tuppence ha'penny. Moo on their other hand had pretty much a clean slate and a good budget. I found it much worse under him because I knew there were good players serving the :censored: up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Talbot had half an eye for a player, Penney gave us Jon Worthington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 1965/1966 was pretty bad, just avoided relegation, for the 19 matches of his management Gordon Hurst had a 15.79% winning record, one of the worst ever. One of one of the best managerial records was Mick Wadsworth, 2001/2002 (35 matches - 42.86%). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The 05/06 season under Ronnie Moore. It would be 9 years before I bought another season ticket after watching that total and utter dross hoofball he had us playing. I remember coming away from games seething at the :censored: I'd just witnessed even after we'd won! My heart was no longer in watching us, I started going to more aways than home games as at least it was a good day out, and eventually these became less frequent. I went from being a 30 game a season fan to one that went to about 6 to 8 home games a year. Shez started the love affair again, but It was only really last season when I started going to all the home games again and a good number of aways, and this year I have a season ticket once more. Basically Ronnie Moore nearly made me fall out of love with Latics, I hate that scouse t**t. This is exactly how the Dave Penney season made me. I have never seen such negative :censored:e. We even seemed to play for a 0-0 in a first round Fa cup game against Leeds. Even when we went 1 down we had no urgency or attacking intent. Penney made me fall out of love with Latics and sadly unlike you it's never really returned. Once you stop going every week it's hard to get back into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The season Graham Sharp was in charge , the football was tedious beyond belief , and we just got worse and worse . When Mendonca made it 3-0 for Grimsby I was actually pleased , that is how desperate I was for the manager to leave. I felt it would be the goal that ended the management regime .....and it was . Still can't believe Morrissey didn't write a song about that season. Hooray, hooray Graeme Sharp resigns Hooray, hooray Graeme Sharp resigns And nobody cries Nobody cries Because we all want the Oldham to survive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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