2020–21 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
The 2020–21 season is Oldham Athletic's 126th season in their history and third consecutive season in the English football's fourth tier.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
| 2020–21 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Abdallah Lemsagam | |||
| Head coach | Harry Kewell | |||
| Stadium | Boundary Park | |||
| League Two | 24th | |||
| FA Cup | Third round | |||
| EFL Cup | Second round | |||
| EFL Trophy | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Conor McAleny (4) All: Conor McAleny (7) | |||
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Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | GK | Ian Lawlor | End of season | [17] | ||
| 10 August 2020 | CM | Bobby Grant | End of season | [18] | ||
| 2 September 2020 | AM | Ben Garrity | End of season | [19] | ||
| 25 September 2020 | CM | Alfie McCalmont | End of season | [20] | ||
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Harry Clarke | 20 January 2021 | [21] | ||
| 13 January 2021 | RW | Marcel Hilßner | End of season | [22] | ||
| 1 February 2021 | RM | Serhat Tasdemir | End of season | [23] |
Loans out
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 October 2020 | GK | Gary Woods | End of season | [24][25] | ||
| 12 December 2020 | FW | Vani Da Silva | 10 January 2021 | [26] |
Transfers out
Pre-season
| 15 August 2020 Friendly | Oldham Athletic | 3–3 | Accrington Stanley | Oldham |
| 12:00 BST | Keillor-Dunn Grant Dearnley |
Report | Piergianni og Pritchard Cassidy |
Stadium: Chapel Road Attendance: 0 |
| 19 August 2020 Friendly | Curzon Ashton | 2–3 | Oldham Athletic | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| 16:00 BST | Trialist Tharme |
Report | McAleny Keillor-Dunn Trialist |
Stadium: Tameside Stadium Attendance: 0 |
| 23 August 2020 Friendly | Nottingham Forest | 0–2 | Oldham Athletic | Nottingham |
| 13:00 BST | Report | Keillor-Dunn Dearnley |
Stadium: Nigel Doughty Academy Attendance: 0 |
| 25 August 2020 Friendly | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Rochdale | Oldham |
| 13:00 BST | Report | Newby |
Stadium: Chapel Road Attendance: 0 |
| 29 August 2020 Friendly | Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Lincoln City | Oldham |
| 13:00 BST | McAleny Keillor-Dunn |
Report | Scully |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
EFL League Two
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Salford City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 38 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 38 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 35 |
| 12 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 35 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 34 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 33 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 32 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 32 |
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 32[lower-alpha 1] |
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[45]
Notes:
- Ranked on matches won: Scunthorpe United 10, Colchester United 7.
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 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC
Results by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Win Draw Loss Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[46]
| 12 September 2020 1 | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Leyton Orient | Oldham |
| 15:00 BST | Report | Brophy Happe Johnson |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne |
| 19 September 2020 2 | Stevenage | 3–0 | Oldham Athletic | Stevenage |
| 15:00 BST | Osborne Effiong Wildin Prosser List |
Report | Garrity |
Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
| 26 September 2020 3 | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 | Crawley Town | Oldham |
| 15:00 BST | Rowe McAleny |
Report | Nadesan Francomb Ferguson Nichols |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale |
| 3 October 2020 4 | Colchester United | 3–3 | Oldham Athletic | Colchester |
| 15:00 BST | Bramall Senior Stevenson Harriott Welch-Hayes |
Report | McAleny Piergianni Barnett |
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard |
| 10 October 2020 5 | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 | Morecambe | Oldham |
| 15:00 BST | McAleny |
Report | Wildig Gibson Kenyon Stockton |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith |
| 17 October 2020 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | Horwich |
| 15:00 BST | Delfouneso Brockbank |
Report | Garrity Hamer Rowe Piergianni Dearnley |
Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley |
| 20 October 2020 7 | Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | Carlisle United | Oldham |
| 19:00 BST | Barnett Dearnley |
Report | Hayden |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue |
| 24 October 2020 8 | Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | Port Vale | Oldham |
| 15:00 BST | Rowe Barnett Dearnley Piergianni |
Report | Smith Clark Joyce |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy |
| 27 October 2020 9 | Southend United | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | Southend-on-Sea |
| 19:00 GMT | Clifford |
Report | Grant Piergianni Dearnley Clarke |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Sarginson |
| 31 October 2020 10 | Salford City | 2–0 | Oldham Athletic | Salford |
| 15:00 GMT | Wilson Lowe Hunter Thomas-Asante |
Report | Borthwick-Jackson |
Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse |
| 3 November 2020 11 | Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Cheltenham Town | Oldham |
| 18:00 GMT | Blackwood Bahamboula Clarke |
Report | Thomas Reid Clements May |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie |
| 14 November 2020 12 | Oldham Athletic | 0–2 | Scunthorpe United | Oldham |
| 15:00 GMT | Hamer |
Report | Bedeau Eisa van Veen |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey |
| 21 November 2020 13 | Exeter City | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | Exeter |
| 15:00 GMT | Williams Taylor Randall |
Report | Blackwood Rowe Borthwick-Jackson Garrity |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin |
| 24 November 2020 14 | Barrow | 3–4 | Oldham Athletic | Barrow-in-Furness |
| 19:00 GMT | Quigley Biggins Barry Platt Kay Piergianni |
Report | Garrity Rowe Diarra Borthwick-Jackson McAleny |
Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne |
| 1 December 2020 15 | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Tranmere Rovers | Oldham |
| 19:00 GMT | Piergianni Ntambwe Barnett |
Report | Spearing Vaughan |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young |
| 5 December 2020 16 | Cambridge United | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | Cambridge |
| 15:00 GMT | Mullin Dunk |
Report | Grant McCalmont McAleny Borthwick-Jackson |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,970 Referee: Brett Huxtable |
| 12 December 2020 17 | Oldham Athletic | 3–1 | Bradford City | Oldham |
| 15:00 GMT | Bahamboula Piergianni Grant Ntambwe Keillor-Dunn McAleny |
Report | Hosannah O'Connor |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse |
| 15 December 2020 18 | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 | Walsall | Oldham |
| 19:00 GMT | Piergianni Fage Garrity |
Report | Gordon Piergianni Adebayo Clarke |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell |
| 19 December 2020 19 | Newport County | 2–4 | Oldham Athletic | Newport |
| 15:00 GMT | Twine Bennett Amond Haynes |
Report | Keillor-Dunn Clarke McAleny Ntambwe McCalmont Dearnley |
Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley |
| 26 December 2020 20 | Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | Harrogate Town | Oldham |
| 15:00 GMT | McAleny Grant Garrity |
Report | Thomson |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie |
| 29 December 2020 21 | Grimsby Town | 0–0 | Oldham Athletic | Cleethorpes |
| 19:00 GMT | Pollock Hewitt Preston |
Report | Piergianni Garrity Ntambwe |
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield |
| 12 January 2021 22 | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 | Mansfield Town | Oldham |
| 19:45 GMT | McCalmont McAleny Rowe |
Report | Cook Charsley Sweeney Bowery Reid Lapslie |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham |
| 16 January 2021 23 | Walsall | 1–1 | Oldham Athletic | Bescot |
| 15:00 GMT | Jules Scarr |
Report | Hamer Clarke Borthwick-Jackson Keillor-Dunn |
Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard |
| 23 January 2021 24 | Oldham Athletic | 3–2 | Newport County | Oldham |
| 15:00 GMT | Hilßner Keillor-Dunn Grant Demetriou Adams Clarke |
Report | Scrimshaw Labadie Gambin Bennett |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Sarginson |
| 26 January 2021 25 | Cheltenham Town | 2–0 | Oldham Athletic | Cheltenham |
| 19:00 GMT | Williams May |
Report | Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook |
| 30 January 2021 26 | Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Salford City | Oldham |
| 15:00 GMT | Bahamboula Clarke Keillor-Dunn |
Report | Henderson Coutts |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall |
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[47] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[48] The third round draw was made on 30th November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[49]
Win Draw Loss
| 8 November 2020 First round | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 2–3 | Oldham Athletic | Hampton |
| 12:45 GMT | Deadfield Miller-Rodney Gray |
Report | Garrity Clarke Grant Rowe |
Stadium: The Beveree Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss |
| 28 November 2020 Second round | Bradford City | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | Bradford |
| 15:00 GMT | Donaldson Wood |
Report | McAleny Rowe Piergianni |
Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy |
| 9 January 2021 Third round | Oldham Athletic | 1–4 | Bournemouth | King's Park |
| 15:00 GMT | Bahamboula Clarke |
Report | Brooks Riquelme King |
Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer |
EFL Cup
Win Draw Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[50] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[51]
| 5 September 2020 First round | Oldham Athletic | 3–0 | Carlisle United | Oldham |
| 15:00 BST | Garrity Grant McAleny Da Silva |
Report | Anderton McDonald Hayden |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
| 15 September 2020 Second round | Morecambe | 1–0 | Oldham Athletic | Morecambe |
| 19:45 BST | Wildig Kenyon |
Report | Badan Hamer Garrity Whelan Grant |
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner |
EFL Trophy
Win Draw Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[52] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.[53]
| Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | |
| 3 | L2 | Bradford City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | L1 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 22 September 2020 Group stage | Oldham Athletic | 4–0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | Oldham |
| 19:45 BST | Rowe Hough Badan Barnett Grant McAleny |
Report | Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 |
| 6 October 2020 Group stage | Oldham Athletic | 2–0 | Doncaster Rovers | Oldham |
| 19:45 BST | Rowe Grant Dearnley Barnett |
Stadium: Boundary Park Referee: Tom Nield |
| 10 November 2020 Group stage | Bradford City | 1–3 | Oldham Athletic | Bradford |
| 19:30 GMT | Cousin-Dawson Sutton Sutton |
Report | Keillor-Dunn Hamer McCalmont |
Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham |
| 8 December 2020 Second round | Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | Sunderland | Oldham |
| 18:00 GMT | Grant Diarra |
Report | Maguire Scowen Wright |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott |
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