Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season 2008–09

Infobox Football club season
club = Oldham Athletic
season = 2008–09
manager = flagicon|IRE John Sheridan
chairman = flagicon|ENG Simon Blitz
league = Football League One
league result = "1st"
cup1 = Carling Cup
cup1 result = Second Round
cup2 = FA Cup
cup2 result =
cup3 = Johnstone's Paint Trophy
cup3 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Chris Taylor (6)
season topscorer =
Chris Taylor (6)
prevseason = 2007–08The 2008–09 season is Oldham Athletic's 113th season and their 10th consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.

Review

Pre-season and friendlies

Oldham Athletic were originally scheduled to play their first pre-season friendly versus Belgian First Division side, Cercle Brugge, on 15 July 2008, but the game was canceled due to disputes between the two clubs. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1343994,00.html| title=Latics' Brugge friendly shelved| date=2008-07-14| accessdate=2008-08-02| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC] On 16 July, the Latics played their first friendly versus Rhyl of the Welsh Premier League at Belle Vue. Oldham won the game 3–0 as new midfielder Danny Whitaker scored in the 71st minute. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1345633,00.html| title=Report: Latics open with a win| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| author=Stu Vose| date=2008-07-17| accessdate=2008-08-02] The club's next pre-season friendly was a 2–1 victory over Grimsby Town was three days later. Oldham included many new transfers in the line-up, as well as Demar Phillips who was on trial from Premier League club Stoke City. Deane Smalley won the match for Oldham with a goal just five minutes before the final whistle. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1347288,00.html| title=Report: Smalley wins it at Grimsby| author=Stu Vose| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| date=2008-07-19| accessdate=2008-08-02] On 23 July, Oldham faced former-Premier League club Derby County at Boundary Park. Following a John Oster goal for Derby in the 16th minute, new striker Chris O'Grady put the Latics back level just six minutes later, with the game finishing in a 1–1 draw. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1349967,00.html| title=Report: O'Grady strike earns draw| date=2008-07-24| accessdate=2008-08-02| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| author=Stu Vose] Oldham once again faced Premier League competition on 29 July, as Hull City visited Boundary Park. The Latics would once again finish with a 1–1 draw, following goals from Caleb Folan for Hull and Lewis Alessandra for Oldham. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1353869,00.html| title=Report: Lewis strike earns draw| date=2008-07-29| accessdate=2008-08-02| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| author=Stu Vose] The following day, Oldham faced Barrow at Holker Street. After two early goals, new midfielder Dale Stephens pulled Oldham back to 2–1 in the 17th minute, though Jason Walker scored his second of the game as Oldham lost their first match of the pre-season. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1354733,00.html| title=Report: Latics go down at Barrow| date=2008-07-30| accessdate=2008-08-02| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| author=Stu Vose] Oldham's final pre-season friendly was on 2 August versus Bradford City. Omar Daley of Bradford City scored the only goal of the game, giving Bradford City a 1–0 victory over Oldham in both clubs's final pre-season games. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~1357113,00.html| title=Latics go down to only goal| date=2008-08-02| accessdate=2008-08-02| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC]

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Oldham faced League Two side Morecambe in the first round of the 2008–09 Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Though both sides had numerous chances to take the lead in the first half, the two sides were scoreless at the halftime break. A little over ten minutes after the restart, Danny Whitaker gave Oldham a 1–0 lead in the 56th minute before Stewart Drummond equalised for Morecambe in the 65th. The two teams ended regular time level at 1–1, and after neither side could get a winning goal, they went into a penalty shootout. Following Lewis Alessandra's miss in "sudden death", Andy Parrish sent Oldham goalkeeper Greg Fleming the wrong way to give Morcambe a victory. [cite web| url=http://www.oldhamathletic.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10337~46501,00.html| title=Report: Latics downed in shoot-out| publisher=Oldham Athletic AFC| author=Stu Vose| date=2008-09-02| accessdate=2008-09-03]

Transfers

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Loan out

References

External links

* [http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/ Oldham Athletic official website]