2021–22 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

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Oldham Athletic
2021–22 season
ChairmanAbdallah Lemsagam
Head CoachKeith Curle
StadiumBoundary Park
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The 2021–22 season is Oldham Athletic's 127th year in their history and fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Pre-season friendlies[]

Oldham Athletic announced pre-season friendlies against Ashton United,[1] Stalybridge Celtic,[1] Wigan Athletic,[1] Burnley,[2] Crewe Alexandra[1] and Huddersfield Town[3] as part of their preparations for the new campaign.

10 July 2021 Friendly Ashton United 1–2 Oldham Athletic Ashton-under-Lyne
15:00 BST Redshaw Goal 43' Report Trialist Goal 3'
Dearnley Goal 82'		 Stadium: Hurst Cross
13 July 2021 Friendly Stalybridge Celtic 0–2 Oldham Athletic Stalybridge
19:00 BST Report Trialist Goal 29'
Trialist Goal 63'		 Stadium: Bower Fold
17 July 2021 Friendly Oldham Athletic 1–2 Wigan Athletic Oldham
15:00 BST Hope Goal 31' Report Edwards Goal 8'
Lang Goal 14'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
24 July 2021 Friendly Oldham Athletic 0–2 Burnley Oldham
13:00 BST Report Rodriguez Goal 55'
Richardson Goal 58'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,071
27 July 2021 Friendly Oldham Athletic 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
19:00 BST Hart Goal 12', 28' Report Kirk Goal 22' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 799
30 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 5–1 Oldham Athletic Spotland
14:00 BST Morley Goal 49'
McNulty Goal 55'
Hart Goal 64' (o.g.)
Beesley Goal 66'
Done Goal 76'		 Report Trialist Goal 79' Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
31 July 2021 Friendly Huddersfield Town Cancelled Oldham Athletic Huddersfield
16:30 BST Stadium:
Note: Cancelled due to Huddersfield Town's EFL Cup involvement.[4]

Competitions[]

League Two[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Walsall 8 2 2 4 8 11 −3 8
20 Mansfield Town 8 2 2 4 10 14 −4 8
21 Stevenage 8 2 2 4 7 13 −6 8
22 Bristol Rovers 8 2 1 5 6 13 −7 7
23 Scunthorpe United 8 1 4 3 6 13 −7 7 Relegation to National League
24 Oldham Athletic 8 1 1 6 4 14 −10 4
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[5]


Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
7 1 0 6 4 14  −10 3 0 0 3 1 6  −5 1 0 3 3 8  −5

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567
GroundHAAHAHA
ResultLLLLWLL
Position21222424232324
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Oldham's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[6]

7 August 2021 1 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Newport County Oldham
15:00 BST Report Goal 88' Ellison Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Tom Nield
14 August 2021 2 Bradford City 2–1 Oldham Athletic Bradford
15:00 BST Angol Goal 32', Yellow card 88', Goal 90+8' (pen.)
Watt Yellow card 64'
Cooke Yellow card 65'		 Report Piergianni Yellow card 35'
Hart Yellow card 66'
Bahamboula Goal 90+2', Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 17,624
Referee: Steve Martin
17 August 2021 3 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic Horfield
19:45 BST Saunders Yellow card 22', Goal 35'
Pitman Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Whelan Yellow card 4'
Diarra Yellow card 47'
Cissé Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,005
Referee: Sam Purkiss
21 August 2021 4 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Colchester United Oldham
15:00 BST Hope Yellow card 63'
Sheehan Yellow card 68'
Bahamboula Goal 73'
Diarra Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Sears Goal 9' (pen.)
Chilvers Goal 12'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,496
Referee: Samuel Barrott
28 August 2021 5 Sutton United 1–2 Oldham Athletic Sutton
15:00 BST Ajiboye Yellow card 51', Goal 62'
Eastmond Yellow card 80'		 Report Diarra Yellow card 39'
Piergianni Yellow card 73', Goal 88'
Luamba Yellow card 90+5', Goal 90+6'		 Stadium: VBS Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,262
Referee: Darren Drysdale
4 September 2021 6 Oldham Athletic 0–3 Barrow Oldham
15:00 BST Report Banks Goal 15'
Grayson Yellow card 34', Goal 57'
Zanzala Goal 53'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,232
Referee: Carl Boyeson
11 September 2021 7 Leyton Orient 4-0 Oldham Athletic London
15:00 BST BowdenYellow card 25'
JamesonYellow card 90+5'		 Report JamesYellow card 13', Goal 27'
DrinanGoal 16'
ArchibaldGoal 75'
SmithGoal 90+1'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 5,315
Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Oldham Athletic were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round,[7] Accrington Stanley in the second round[8][9] and away to Brentford in the third round.[10][11]

10 August 2021 First round Oldham Athletic 2–2
(4–3 p)		 Tranmere Rovers Oldham
19:45 BST Keillor-Dunn Yellow card 55'
Bahamboula Goal 59'
Davies Goal 68' (o.g.)		 Report Foley Goal 40', Yellow card 62'
Nevitt Goal 51'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Scott Oldham
Penalties
Hart Penalty scored
Keillor-Dunn Penalty scored
Jameson Penalty missed
Stobbs Penalty scored
Adams Penalty scored		 Spearing Penalty scored
Glatzel Penalty missed
Morris Penalty scored
Clarke Penalty missed
Dieseruvwe Penalty scored
24 August 2021 Second round Oldham Athletic 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Accrington Stanley Oldham
19:00 BST Report Nolan Yellow card 88'
Procter Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,362
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
Penalties
Hart Penalty scored
Keillor-Dunn Penalty scored
Bahamboula Penalty scored
Whelan Penalty scored
Adams Penalty missed
Luamba Penalty scored		 Sykes Penalty scored
Charles Penalty missed
Morgan Penalty scored
Savin Penalty scored
Leigh Penalty scored
Butcher Penalty missed
21 September 2021 Third round Brentford v Oldham Athletic Brentford
19:45 BST Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

The Latics were drawn into Northern Group B alongside Leeds United U21s, Salford City and Tranmere Rovers.[12] The group stage fixture dates were confirmed on 7 July.[13]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 +3 3 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Oldham Athletic 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3 L2 Salford City 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
4 ACA Leeds United U21 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2021. Source: EFL.com
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Salford City Oldham
19:00 BST Piergianni Goal 43' Report Denny Yellow card 52'
Sargent Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 1,915
Referee: James Oldham
28 September 2021 Group game 2 Oldham Athletic v Leeds United U21 Oldham
19:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Tranmere Rovers v Oldham Athletic Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Stadium: Prenton Park

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 CF Barbados Hallam Hope England Swindon Town Free transfer [14]
1 July 2021 LB England Sam Hart England Southend United Free transfer [15]
1 July 2021 RB England Jordan Clarke England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [16]
1 July 2021 GK Canada Jayson Leutwiler England Huddersfield Town Free transfer [17]
1 July 2021 CB England Harrison McGahey England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [18]
23 July 2021 CB Republic of Ireland Alan Sheehan England Northampton Town Free transfer [19]
4 August 2021 RW England Jack Stobbs England Grantham Town Free transfer [20]
7 August 2021 CF England Jacob Blyth England Gateshead Free transfer [21]
7 August 2021 DM Mali Ousseynou Cissé England Leyton Orient Free transfer [21]
7 August 2021 GK Republic of Ireland Danny Rogers Scotland Kilmarnock Free transfer [21]
13 August 2021 AM England Jamie Hopcutt Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba Free transfer [22]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Jamie Bowden England Tottenham Hotspur End of season [23]
17 August 2021 GK England Laurie Walker England Milton Keynes Dons 24 August 2021 [24]
20 August 2021 AM England Faysal Bettache England Queens Park Rangers End of season [25]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
13 August 2021 DF England Will Sutton England Witton Albion September 2021 [26]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 CF England Marcus Barnes Released [27]
30 June 2021 GK England Laurence Bilboe Released [27]
30 June 2021 CF Australia George Blackwood Mutual consent [28]
30 June 2021 LB England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson England Burton Albion Released [27][29]
30 June 2021 RB Portugal Sido Jombati England Ebbsfleet United Released [27][30]
30 June 2021 DM Belgium Brice Ntambwe Released [27]
30 June 2021 GK England Gary Woods Scotland Aberdeen Released [27][31]
1 July 2021 CF England Conor McAleny England Salford City Free transfer [32]
9 July 2021 CM England Oliver Patrick England Accrington Stanley Free transfer [33]
27 August 2021 GK England Mackenzie Chapman England Oxford United Free transfer [34]
28 August 2021 CF England Jacob Blyth Released [35]
31 August 2021 LB Italy Andrea Badan Mutual consent [36]

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