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Great cross for our second goal at Fulham. Always respected for that.

Outrageous. Update of B team match https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2023/february/16022023-b-team-1-1-fleetwood-xi/ Windass fills the kit !

League Cup and Latics The Carabao Cup Final is nearly with us, the most recent incarnation of what has previously been the Milk, Rumbelows, Coca-Cola, Worthington, Carling, Littlewoods, Capital One, and of course Football League Cup. Officially it is now the EFL Cup, and the trophy is the one first used in the original season of 1960/61. Oldham’s first foray into the competition had resulted in a 2-1 home win against Hartlepools but next up was an away game at Norwich on 28th October 1960. The programme’s “Club Notes” welcomed everyone to Carrow Road’s first ever League Cup contest and it was noted that it was Latics’ introduction to playing there. The bright canary yellow cover had an aerial photo of the venue, match details in green, and was priced at 4d for 16pp. No pen pictures but a page about the visitors the same as allocated to “Personality Parade”, showcasing the chartered accountant and Norwich Director Henry Robinson. (Delia was just about starting her cookery career as a restaurant dishwasher in Paddington). Fixtures, appearances, and the League Table (Division Two) all featured, and the teams were laid out on the centre pages. Shorts were still described as knickers and local adverts included Norwich Surgical Stores for “jock straps and appliances”, vacancies in the Norfolk Yeomanry, and “the best travel agency in Norwich”, George Wortley. A very comfortable 6-2 win for the Canaries, Bert Lister bagging both Oldham goals with a crowd of 13080. Norwich went on to the 4th Round and a defeat by Shrewsbury. It had become the Littlewoods Cup when Darlington hosted Oldham, again in the 2nd Round, on 27th September 1988. The Quakers, propping up Div 4, had knocked out Doncaster in the two-legged previous round whilst Latics had received a bye courtesy of their Div 2 status. A glossy 16pp programme was fronted by the club nickname dominating a background goal net, with match details easily visible, all in black, white and yellow. A full three pages were devoted to the visitors, including two matches from the past. Whilst the teams were squeezed onto the bottom half of the back cover, the centre pages covered fixtures, appearances, upcoming games and a note of the day’s Quaker Mascot. Is Scott Ripley, then aged six, still a supporter? Or have his other hobbies of fishing and Tae Kwondo taken over? He would have been a happy boy that night, his Quakers winning 2-0 before 1665 spectators. Unfortunately, this was another two-legged affair and Oldham had a comfortable 4-0 victory at Boundary Park, Frank Bunn and Andy Ritchie, of whom more later, amongst the scorers. It was a season that ended with Latics 16th in Div 2, but Darlington were relegated from Div 4. Our next programme is of a match that was probably the most celebrated defeat in Oldham’s history. Losing 0-3 at West Ham sent Latics fans into ecstasy as it meant that the club had reached Wembley for the first time, in the final of the (still) Littlewoods Cup. On 14th Feb 1990 Oldham had, in what even this programme called “the St Valentine’s Day Massacre”, thrashed the Hammers 6-0 at Boundary Park in the semi-final first leg. Now, three weeks later, West Ham tried and failed to overcome that. It must have been tough for the programme editor to create an upbeat feel to the publication and realism prevailed with “the burning embers of our Wembley dreams still lay smouldering in the debris of that humiliation”. However, the 40pp programme was filled with reports of all the Hammers’ victories in earlier rounds, content from several players, two pages on player connections between the clubs, only five had turned out for both it seems, and historical content about earlier clashes. Teams were listed 1-11 on the back page and another six-year-old mascot, Jonathan Short, is featured. Despite the state of the tie, the programme cover had the trophy in centre stage, flanked by photos of the two captains, Mike Milligan and Julian Dicks. There’s no match date (it was 7th March 1990) and the price was £1.00 in the ground and £1.25 “off stadium”. The 6-0 first leg victory wasn’t Oldham’s biggest in the competition that season, a 7-0 win over Scarborough in October witnessing Frank Bunn’s record six goals in a League Cup match. Finally, another game that saw the goals flow, in the Rumbelow’s Cup as it was called in 1991/2. Top-flight Oldham, as they were by then, had the 2nd Round First Leg at home to Torquay on 24th September. The club’s programme had adopted a reproduction of the “Oldham Athletic Gazette” heading that had graced the very first issues and for many years after. The rest of the cover had certainly moved on, however, a full colour action photo in the middle superimposed on a crowd background. 40pp for £1.20, four of which were focused on Torquay including spotlights on the manager (John Imney), star player (Wayne Dobbins), and former star (Robin Stubbs). Historical content is included with nine games played on the same date in earlier years, and there are features on Scottish football, other local clubs, and the next home game. The teams are lined up on the back cover, Oldham’s including Andy Ritchie who bagged four goals in the 7-1 win. Probably the biggest cheer for a goal from the 7250 spectators that night came, however, for the one from Graeme Sharp. Signed in close season from Everton, he’d not got a goal in his first nine games, but this unlocked the door, and he ended the season with 15. A 9-1 victory on aggregate, a victory over Derby in the third round, but Latics cup run ended at Old Trafford, losing 2-0 to Manchester United in December.

And Graeme Sharp .... shame he didn't do that for us

The u-18 fixture list is there. Quite clearly. https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/matches/academy-fixtures/

You miss the point. Nobody is saying don’t report on them , just that it might not be practicable to do so at the click of one person’s fingers.

McAleny picks up award https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/mcaleny-wins-jan23-player-of-the-month-100223/

As well exemplified by City and Leeds in the 80s, much to our benefit!

Give em a break for goodness’ sake. Or put in an official……

Harry Bunn signs for Ashton Utd.

Official complaint ?

Crowley trajectory has , to say the least, stalled.

Cocker Hoop Robert Endeacott & Dave Cocker Pitch Publishing 2022 Hardback 256 pp £19.99 There used to be a relatively small man sat on the bench with Alf Ramsey and Don Revie. Generally known as the trainer although probably not many people really understood what his role was. Les Cocker, as the book’s subtitle says, was their “key man”, an ex-lower league footballer, one of the first to achieve FA coaching credentials, and probably a greater influence over the careers of many top players than at first sight. Cocker, from Stockport, had played for his hometown club and Accrington Stanley as a combative forward for over 300games until 1958 when he moved into coaching at Luton. A couple of years later he moved to Leeds United before also becoming a squad trainer for Walter Winterbottom’s England. It’s the twin track of loyalty to both of these set-ups, whichforms the bulk of this story. Written by a Leeds supporter and Les’ son, it may at times to be a subjective memoir, but it still opens up a window on to the game in the 60s and 70s, told with some illuminating testimonials to the input Cocker had. Regarded by seemingly all the players he came into contact with as a man who pushed them physically to the limits, he was also viewed as an excellent man-manager and an unselfish colleague who worked to improve their game. Johnny Giles is fulsome in his praise saying that his contribution to the “cause of Leeds United and England should never be overlooked” and is one of several top playersthat talk of how Cocker spent time with them on specific developments I their play. The respect is self-evident and was obviously shred by both Ramsey and Revie to whom he became one of the most loyal of lieutenants. It was Sir Alf that talked him out of resigning when he got the sack as England manger, and Cocker stood by Revie through all the traumas of Leeds, England and Dubai, when allegations of cheating and greed were rampant. A constant was Cocker’s disgust at some of the allegedly self-serving, high-handed actions of the FA hierarchy and the Leeds Board of Directors. The book is written pretty much in a chronological manner, starting with Cocker’s early days and ending with the posthumous awarding of a 1966 World Cup Winner’s medal in 2009, thirty years after his death. There are aspects of his career that could have been explored further, such as relationship with Harold Shepherdson, Ramsey’s assistant, but it’s an easy read about football at the time and how undervalued many of the key components of it have been undervalued. Talking of which, the pension his widow received from the FA, after Les’16 years of service was, in 2019, a princely £2.79 per week.

Maybe these will help! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115688588545?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=qTFC-MqGQVa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jPt0jwBaQza&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Just joking

They still don’t have to! Lincoln obviously have a different approach , good luck to them.

Ffs. Of course Latics produce Board minutes but it doesn’t mean they have to share them with all and sundry. Btw when was the last time you saw the minutes of the Board of Unilever or M&S or Shell? Or Tottenham or Rochdale or any other club?

Doesn’t every club publish its Boatd minutes? Oh , hang on, they don’t.

I genuinely can’t remember him and yet he was here this season!

Indeed it was

Ritchie made his debut th n but Jones’ was a couple of years earlier, in 1985 v Bradford City.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/23274360.york-city-second-best-disappointing-defeat-oldham/

The Games That Made Us Daniel Hurley Pitch Publishing 2022 Hardback 350pp £18.99 The importance of any game can be attached to it in two ways: either that assessed at the time, or that’s arrived at with hindsight. The “six pointer” that actually turned out to be irrelevant, or that apparently meaningless fixture upon which a season ultimately pivoted. So, when the author decided to write of West Ham United’s 50 most important matches of the last 30 years, he was able to include both, most of which he attended and some from later research, friends, and family. The result is an entertaining span of players, managers, teams, and places that , whilst of most interest to a Hammer, was also a refreshing reminder of the Premier League era outside the very elite. Not a “what’s happened to football” saga, but the story of how a yo-yo club , sometimes on the edges of achievement, sometimes near circling down, dealt with the new environment. The years from 1992 fall nicely into nicely into Daniel Hurley’s own life, a primary school kid at first, and when going to his first football game, through student years, and now at the stage of being a father, setting his own boy on the West Ham supporting track. It allows him to talk of matches that probably had more importance to him than to the club and even then he admits that his recall of games he attended early on isn’t too robust but his descriptions are put into the context of what else was happening. So, in November 1993, the home clash with Manchester City was West Ham’s first ever live game on Sky. Significant as the starting point to the almost wall-to-wall coverage that it and every Premier League club now gets and, at the time, tremendously exciting. As the period unfolds the author seamlessly addresses managerial changes, the finale of the Boleyn Ground, the glamour of Europe (losing in consecutive years to Astra Giurgia of Romania) , the great, the bad, and the downright abysmal players that have turned out, all in an affectionate, but not overly partisan fashion. Yes, the ecstasy and agony of beating or losing to Tottenham Hotspur is evident, but there’s a writing style that is self-deprecating and mirrors the inbuilt acceptance of disappointment that many supporters of lots of clubs have. There’s no sense of a divine right of winning things and that makes his descriptions of success, whether in one match or over a longer period, enjoyable even to someone with no East London affiliation. I started the book fearing that it would be narrative of West Ham glory days, but it turned out to be an affectionate warts-and-all set of memories and reports that would appeal to supporters of all sorts (though maybe not those of Tottenham.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23271069.webb-calls-city-fans-support-tricky-oldham/

A distinctly mid table disciplinary performance so far https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/the-dirtiest-teams-in-the-national-league-and-how-fc-halifax-town-compare-to-wrexham-notts-county-chesterfield-southend-united-and-the-rest-of-the-league-3992732?fbclid=IwAR05YG6Q8RWrr-qoUYlTcvL-h5BQFLtqFcmCQ_ssB6QATa10Br1u6zFuHJA

Not an harassing nor hostile question but what does that mean? Have you seen him play, are you planning on seeing him, or what?