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Spot on BT. Thats why we failed last season. Shez was far too loyal to his first choice 11 and it cost us whaen he didn't make the signings TTA said he could. I hope he's learnt this year. IMO if you are playing well and contributing you keep the shirt simple as. If that means Greegs and Liodds have to sit on the bench for a few weeks then so be it. Their chance will come again, lets hope they take it like Trotman has.

Yeah, the same Joe Murphy that Freddie Boswell had on trial and included in the official photocall for 05/06 before releasing him. Great decision Ron!

19/12/1987 W2-1 at City, Tommy Wright Scored both (although one was widely credited as an o.g. by City Keeper Perry Suckling as Wright's header hit the underside of the bar and hit Suckling before going in! Jimmy Frizzell, Mel Machin's assistant after the game labelled us "A talentless team of Yardogs Snappng at player heels!"

Ok Favourite Games, love this sort of thread! (Really should get some work done if I want that pint later!) 22/11/86 v Palace W1-0 First Ever Game, Tommy Wright Scored The Winner 29/11/88 v Everton L0-2 Played them off the park when they were good! 8/4/90 v Manchester United D3-3 Could see Bugger all at the back of the Kippax, but what a day and atmosphere (First ever 'away' game) 29/4/90 v Forest L0-1 (Fantastic Day Out and memories) 15/12/90 v Wolves W4-1 Proper football conditions great goal from stitch 23/3/91 v WBA W2-1 Euphoric scenes when THe Dodger bagegd the winner in Injury time, thats the goal that bagged promotion imo! 21/8/91 v Chelsea W3-0 First home game back in the top flight. Easy, Easy, Easy! 28/9/91 v City W2-1 Congaing in the Platt Lane End after Sharp's brace 29/8/92 v City D3-3 Manchester goals behind twice, sat in the main standdid I care Did I........................ 9/9/93 v United W1-0 Need I say More? 2/5/93 v Villa W1-0 In the Holte End, thought I wouldn't get out alive, what a result 5/5/93 v Liverpool W3-2 The look on SCOUSELATIC's face when only bagged 2 in a minute was priceless. As was his slap on the back of David James' head going up the tunnel that ended in him being grabbed by the Chief Inspector and having to apologise to James in the Players Tunnel! 8/5/93 v Southampton W4-3 The Great Escape 12/3/94 v Bolton W1-0 Feed the Bear! 30/8/94 v Notts County W3-1 Super Sean! 16/10/94 v Bolton D2-2 two nil down but a great second half 8/4/95 v Port Vale W3-1 Bogey temporarily laid to rest! 1/3/97 v QPR W1-0 Great result from a poor side. Great day out! 13/3/99 v City W2-1 Superb Day 7/1/00 v Wigan W1-0 A blur but fantastic night out! 6/9/00 v Huddersfield W2-0 WE WANT BRUCE OUT! 10/2/01 v Wrexham W5-1 Carlo on fire and missed a pen! 8/12/01 v Hull City W3-2 Great day out, raining coins at full time and two in a minute from Dux and Eyresey and a great free-kick from Shez. 6/11/02 v West Ham W1-0 Pogs super show, great following ! 9/11/02 v Plymouth D2-2 Two down after 7 minutes clawed our way back, great weekend! 9/8/03 v Brighton L1-3 we had made the start of the season 16/8/03 v Sheff Wed D2-2 fabtastic scenes after Antoine Curier bagged the equaliser! 30/8/03 v Rushden W3-2 O'Halloran's late winner, the ground shook! 20/12/03 v QPR W2-1 Johnny Eyre's winner and Pigs cwelebration! Up yours Dowie! 26/12/03 Grimsby D3-3 Total Football! 8/2/04 v Grimsby W6-0 A fantastic way to celebrate the rebirth of the, yet all the organisational skills of not being able to hold a pissup in a brewery! 24/4/04 v Swindon W2-1 We'd done it, against all the odsds we were safe! 8/1/05 v City W1-0 MASSIVE! 25/11/06 v Hudds W3-0 What a great way to lay to rest the ghosts of being 2-0 up a year earlier! 1/1/07 v Forest W5-0, thats for 1990 yer slaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggsssssssss! 6/1/07 v Wolves D2-2 The Yard Dogs were back, shame Chris Hall is a luvvy Tart! 13/1/07 v Scunny D1-1 just when you thought it wouldn;'t come, enter the new SuperMac! 3/2/07 v Tranmere W1-0 A blur, in the sponsors suite hic! 10/2/07 v Swansea W1-0 Scenes of elation, jubilation, multiple orgasms on the way home will stay with me for a long time. The guard was a hotty too! 28/4/07 v Brighton W2-1 Great Weekend 11/8/07 v Swansea W2-1 stunned as Davies bagged an undeserved winner! Probbaly loads more..................but those are some of my 'Special Memories' really gets you up for the game and reminds everyone why we make the effort and why the 11th December is so important!

I got lucky, started attending in Play Off season of 86-87 and although it ended in heartbreak I was hooked. First half of 87-88 was pretty poor, then it was a goalfeat after we signed Frankie Bunn. 88/89 we were riddled with injuries but clicked again from February onwards scored loads concede loads. As for 89/90 it was a poor start but boy did it all fall into place, probably with the Plymouth defender's mistake when he passed straight to Ritchie to put us 3-1 up in a game we eventually won 3-2, we were on the up from then on and then from Scarborough we were unstoppable! Then of course was the Championship season when often we were workmanlike especially away from BP, then 3 great years playing the elite. So at least we can say we've seen the thick as well as a lot of thin. In fact at times over the last 13 years it has been goddam anorexic! So thin in fact I've seen Lenny Henry and Bob Geldof hosting appeals! Feel sorry for the younger generation that have only ever known mediocrity but our time will come again, sonner rather than later imo!

So many great memories over the years Whilst I have my own personal favourite games. All time favourite memory has to be the Littlewoods Cup Final, I was only 13 but loved eevry minute of it. 'Ickle Oldham getting to Wembley and destroying the cream of English football week after week, it wasn't only the final it was the whole season from the Scarborough game onwards and although Forest beat us and I was gutted then even mor devastated when Wolves grabbed a late leveller to end our Play Off dreams I was convinced we would win promotion the year after, and how!

Best Goalkeeper - Andy Goram (First spell obviously) Most consistent Jon Hallworth 90/91 he was fantastic that year but never really repeated his performances after that and was pretty much Number 2 to Gerrard after his injury at Old Trafford (supposedly did it out boozing), which kept him out for the best part of a year.

Whilst Ritchie is one of my alltime favourites, he could have been the greatest if he hadn't always been crocked with muscle strains during his first 7 years here. (Which normally accounted for him missing at least 10 matches a season(Along with broken wrists, back operations etc) But some of his goals and link up play was superb and how he never even got a 'B' Cap is beyond me as in 1990 Lineker and Beardsley aside he was the best striker in the country. But I have to go for the Dodger, particularly for his Hat-Trick at Shrewsbury, after us being 2 down at HT his brace v Swindon when we were 2 down, his fantastic equaliser against Everton when we had been 2 down (again), erm pattern developing, his late, late goal v WBA in the Championship Season and of course him ghosting in at the far post at Maine Road to level the Semi-Final in 1990. Not to mention Sir Roger Day - 27th August 1988! OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH Roger Palmer! The owd fella used to call him Mr. Reliable, how right he was. Speaking of the owd fella, he still raves about Fryatt and Shaw, particularly David Shaw. He also comments on the class of Simon Stainrod and the skill of Alan Groves. My own personal favourite was Tommy Wright, skilful, quick and scored two headers at Maine Road! But the greatest has to be Sir Roger of Palmer.

Been sent home from Uni as some tit demolishing Oxford Tower has cut through a large power cable. Anyhow received a letter from Jim Bennett re: the amended application (had a series of lettrs from this guy, must be because I signed a petition or summat), so Block A reduced to 3 storey, 4 Storey Central Section to Block A Block B Northern Section reduced to 6 storey, southern section now 8 storey Block C 7 storey section increased to 8 storey Amended drawings now on the council's website. Now this may be all well and good but what have we done to convince the Planning Clowns (sorry committee) that their Traffic fears will be alleviated?

Not sure if Hughesy's into 'buggery' but 'Screws of the World' have stuck him in its Team of the Week. Wonder if the League's 'illustrious' sponsors and the prats at Lytham St. Anne's will see fit to do the same. But I guess we already know the answer to that one.......

I was more than a little disappointed with the tone of ITV's reporter this morning. "Lee Hughes scores his first goal for Oldham..................................then blah, blah, blah about causing death by dangerous driving", not the fact it was goal of the day by a guy who in the eyes of the law has repaid his debt to society. Really got my goat that did, flamin' gutter journalism. Even the wife who has absolutely no interest in football (apart from the Jekyll and Hyde effect it has on her husband!) remarked what a crappy throw away comment it was.

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That was quality! "I'M HERE TO PROGRESS UP THE LEAGUES" (Mark Arber 2004) 2007 making a great tit of himself in the FA Cup 1st Round for the mighty Stevenage Borough battered by the 'enormous' Exeter City, doesn't get any better than that does it Mark? Now that my friends, is career progression!

Ahem................Thommo is still crocked for at least a month. Woohoo! Macca it is then. Could look something like this Gk - Bring yer boots, they're all in nappies or on crutches or just plainly owd and knackered! RB - Macca CB -Trotters CB - Stam LB - Bertrand RW - Deano CM - Allott CM - Kalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala or will Shez gamble and give Chalmers a go???? LW - Ginger Ninja CF - Davies CF - Hughes no brainer really, unless Lidds is fit then Smalley will be on the bench. No other options really

Crossley has cost us goals all season. (Didn't move v Swansea, at least 2 at Hartlepool, 1st at Accrington, near post AGAIN v Southend, pisspoor 1st vs Crewe - Need I go on?) The guy has been finished for years, Only playing 60 odd games in 12 seasons says it all. Watch the goals on BBCi press the red button available all day. Even the commentator says how poor it was!

Agree totally. The most experienced player let us down. Smacks of "I've not been playing, so why should I get myself match-fit and put in the effort to sharpen up in training?" Oh, B******s Marlon's injured I'll have to play, never mind I'll blag it!" Marlon or Pogs would have stopped at least one of them for me, the first one was a good finish but saveable, the second one was on a par with Chris Day vs Huddesfield, in the fact all he had to do was react. For an hour we were superb. Then the moment they score we go into our shell. KK was running the show until then, but predictably he went missing once Donny got back into it and Wellens who had not passed the halfway line all game took over and was superb and never wasted a pass, Up until then Allott had done a great job on him and Taylor was superb in his more defensive role. But as I say, biggest let down for me was our so called most experienced player, I hope Marlon stays but think he'll be sent back now and if we have to rely on lardarse no matter how hard we work in the final third he will continually let us down. Special mention to Trotters, MAGNIFICENT and that turn of pace he showed in beating Guy to the ball was immense. Lower League Micah Richards, Stam was good for an hour then his head went and made silly mistakes. Eardley needs to learn that when the winger (Guy) is continually getting in behind you, drop a little deeeper and don't give him the space. Not disheartened best home performance of the season but annoyed that Crossley cost us the morale boosting win!

Vale Park anyone? Dean Court perhaps? Bloomfield Road for instance........................................................................ ..............................Bogey Grounds exist and Prenton Park is probably only second to the graveyard that is Vale Park!

Couldn't have put it better myself and what I have been nibbling away at for the last couple of weeks. Bravo that man!

See that Tony 'Doom and Gloom,Mr. Charisma himself' Bugby wrote the story. If true (and no direct quote from TTA) is Shez on borrowed time? I got the impression from Corney's comments pre-Walsall he was. Would be daft to throw money at it as Shez has pretty much dropped major goolies with his dealings (if they are HIS dealings), if Shez does get the bullett the new guy will need to wheel and deal in January. One thing that is getting my goat is the clubs refusal to comment on binning a guy, 3 months after giving him a 3 year deal. I think the fans are owed some sort of explanation, especially the poor sods who put his name and number on their shirts, after 2 more kit changes.

Regards to the Cobblers it was P7 W7 going back to March '01 If they were offering a student a discount to the £19.50 i'd be considering going tomorrow night but there's no way I am justifying paying £19.50 along with petrol/train/coach, beer, programme etc to see another toothless performance. I know some on here have blind optimism and I applaud them for that. Personally I'm a realist and whilst Latics have occasionally surprised me with a 'rogue' result or two over the last 21 years (Forest last season, West Ham away in Dec '89, Villa '93 Wolves '95, QPR '97, Wigan '00 etc....) I really don't think tomorrow night will be one of those nights. Still I will be grateful for a goal to reward the hardy souls who go (about 600 imo) But nailed on 2-0 defeat is the only outcome I can see. Of course I hope my words are shoved back down my throat as I'd like nothing better to stick two fingers up at the 'Dippers. I won't listen to it on LW as we always lose when I do that. I will stick by SMS alert whilst hoping for intervention by a higher body!

Actually Davies scored in the 27th Minute at Huddersfield so its 423 minutes or 7 hours and 3 minutes of "football" without a goal!

Record at Prenton Park Over Recent Years P13 W2 D2 L9 F8 A25 FAC3R Jan '93 L0-3 LC4 Dec'93 L0-3 Div 1 Jan '95 L1-3 LC2 Sep '95 L0-1 Div 1 Dec '95 L0-2 LC2 Sep' 96 W1-0 Div 1 Nov '96 D1-1 Div 2 Sep '01 D2-2 Div 2 Jan '03 W2-1 Div 2 Oct '03 L1-2 Lge 1 Sep '04 L0-2 Lge 1 Aug '05 L0-4 Lge 1 Aug '06 L0-1 Sorry but can't see anything other than a 2-0 defeat. They've been pretty solid this season, not conceding many and by all accounts were the better side at Forest on Saturday. AND they've usually followed up a loss with a win this season. Add to the fact we are always at Prenton Park and its nailed on!

Our biggest mistake mate was blowing a massive part of the budget on Crossley, Ricketts and Kilkenny. We could have brought in for example; Leon Clarke, signed a young Premiership kid on loan to cover GK and maybe the lad from Wigan Cwyka and still had a large amount of the budget left. Signing has-beens has bitten us on the arse (As it did Tinnion and Bristol City in 05/06), their ability 'has-been' and gone (KK apart who just flatters to deceive) , but their egos are very much in their pomp!

Agree, why give him more money? He made a John Halls of the budget in the summer. He needs to knuckle down and sort out why we are so toothless not throw money at it, we've got the players to score goals. Time to earn your money John.............. League Record 2007 P34 W10 D9 L15 F41 A39 Pts 39 Clean Sheets 8 Failed to Score 10 That is worse than relegation form AND with two different squads. Another striker will make no difference until we learn to keep clean sheets, teams only need to have one chance against us to bag. The defence is decent but defending starts from the front and the midfield need to shoulder the burden too. Especially Kilkenny, Taylor and Liddell who let us down week after week in their own half. Davies needs to get involved in is own half occasionally too. The players need to start playing as a team. We're in a scrap and Kilkenny is a luxury who will not raise his game enough to get us out of the position we are in, I am convinced of it. Whilst Allott and Kalala aren't technically as good they do battle and scrap and endeavour to play the right ball rather than believing they can win a game on their own AND they played all pre-season before the squad was disrupted by signing a player who was touted as the messiah despite him going missing week after week the last time he was here and despite his set-pieces continuing to hit the first man week after week. Rather than shipping out Allott and Kalala i'd thank KK for his efforts and send him back to Brum. Now is not the time for prima donnas. My Team for Tranmere: Beresford Bertrand Stam Trotman Eardley Kalala Macdonald Allott Liddell Hughes Davies Kalala to cover the back four, Macca to make runs as and when Allott to take care of the ball as he did so well in Pre-Season and the early part of the season. Liddell in the last chance saloon in the hole to close the gap between midfield and attack. This team for me is a tighter unit and the midfield is interchangeable. It will make us harder to break down and providing the movement is there create chances for Liddell and Hughes. As no doubt Craig 'Blind-Alley' Davies will still do his own thing anyway!

Spot on with the ritchie comment. Oldham nil!