MILTON KEYNES DONS 4, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 4 What under normal circumstances would have been a great away point for Oldham Athletic at Milton Keynes Dons ended up feeling like a loss. Latics were 4-2 ahead with eight minutes left, but were unable to game manage the closing stages, allowing the hosts to snatch an unlikely […]
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Richie Wellens stays unbeaten as Oldham Athletic interim manager following draw at Bradford City
BRADFORD CITY 1, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 If it ain’t broke, why fit it? That was the maxim for Oldham Athletic interim manager Richie Wellens. Wellens, fielding the same starting line up for the third successive match, extended his unbeaten run to five games as Latics drew at third-placed Bradford City. Though Wellens dropped his first […]
Outsider Richie Wellens wins over Oldham Athletic chief to become new manager
Richie Wellens has been appointed Oldham Athletic manager after a successful spell as interim boss. The 37-year-old transformed the fortunes of the club in his five matches in charge to earn a two-year contract. Wellens, who had a coaching role at the club, took over a team that had picked up only four points from […]
Oldham Athletic at Carlisle in FA Cup first round, Hyde host MK Dons
Oldham Athletic face a trip to Cumbria to play Carlisle United in the first round of the Emirates FA Cup over the weekend of November 3/6. It will be only the second time the two teams have met in the competition, the other occasion in 2003 when Oldham won 3-0 a Boundary Park. Former Latics’ […]
Queensy does it as Oldham Athletic beat Blackburn Rovers to make it four wins in a row
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 Super-sub Queensy Menig’s last-minute winner for Oldham Athletic made it four wins out of four for interim manager Richie Wellens. And the victory at home to Blackburn Rovers, one of the favourites for promotion, further enhanced Wellens’ prospects of landing the job on a permanent basis. Indeed, Wellens […]