How come nobody is mentioning nearly 7000 home fans. On a Tuesday night. In non league. Versus Wealdstone…..that’s unbelievable support. Team will improve. We have to stick with the club and continue to turn up in big numbers. ⚪️🔵❤️
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Dan Gardner is an example of a player
1) that cares
2) wants to be at Oldham
3) Gives 100% when he plays
And the fans love him
Be great to have a squad full of players like that and maybe their relationship between the fans would improve. Not rocket science is it.
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National league Stockport & Wrexham are paying their top players 3-4K a week whilst our best player (DKD) gets £800. 2nd lowest budget for one of league 2s biggest clubs=relegation & is embarrassing. Outspent by Crawley, Sutton, Stevenage, Barrow! Get out of the club now.
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7000 + home crowd for a club that hasn’t looked like winning anything in 30 years, has Utd and City on their doorstep, relegated in the national league with the game live on tv. Against Dorking. Bonkers.
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Oldham Athletic starting to look like a very attractive club to be at for any very good lower league/national league players to come and ply their trade. New owners, big passionate fanbase, good history and good ground etc
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Not going to spend the rest of the night tweeting negativity. Instead-7200 Oldham fans turning up to watch their team in a non league game on a Tuesday night when they've had fcuk all to cheer about for 30 years makes me proud to support this club. Incredible fanbase.
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Anyone who can watch this & respond negatively. FFS. Spent £12m saving a club FOR US. A man that cares and will move us forward. It will take time. And some life lessons. Not just about football.Frank you are an amazing man. Thank you.
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via
@YouTube
Latics’s have:-
A top 2 budget
A £1m pitch
Former EFL 1 players in the squad
Best owner in the division
Serial promotion winner as Manager
A 7k average home support
The best away support
But are struggling to finish top 7 in an awful league ?
Doesn’t make sense
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Could have chosen nearly 6k Oldham fans to celebrate with but legs it over and knee slides in front of the 30 Boreham Wood fans who give him the wanker sign. Bravo Karl Mike Fondop Talom. Bravo. 😍🧡💙
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Day 2
Mohammed Lemsagams CV
Player - Zeus 'the cat' de la Paz
Position - Goalkeeper
Current team-unattached
Previous clubs Nuneaton Town (0 appearances), Cicinatti Dutch Lions-4th tier MSL.
Curacao International (only GK in Curacao)
OAFC highlight Crewe away 08/02/2020
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Day 1
Mohammed Lemsagam's CV as Sporting Director January 2018 to present day
Player - Sido Jombati
Position - Defender
Current team - Ebbsfleet United
Division - National League South
Appearances - None
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Humbling that people like Christine Seddon are happy to spare their time to help us. An absolute credit. Football is an amazing game with many fantastic people in the football family. The Lemsagams will never understand that. One of many reasons why they have failed.
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Day 1
Mohammed Lemsagam's CV as Sporting Director January 2018 to present day
Player - Sido Jombati
Position - Defender
Current team - Ebbsfleet United
Division - National League South
Appearances - None
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I always thought the only way we'd get the fans flooding back was by bringing in a 30 goal striker not a 72 year old flat capped motorcycle enthusiast.
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Premier league clubs grounds full of day trippers who wouldn't be able to name the team if you gave them a programme. Give me 6-7k people who care about the result & that's why I'll always be grateful I was born on Sheepfoot Lane despite how shit it's been for 30 years.
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🗣 "Give your ticket to somebody else".
Jurgen Klopp said he was "not overly happy" with the atmosphere at Anfield during Liverpool's 5-1 EFL Cup win over West Ham. 😬
#BBCFootball
#LFC
I'd say Oldham fans are the most patient & loyal in football after the 28 years we've had. 7500 average crowd for a club that's been on a massive decline for 3 decades playing non league is testament to that. Fans just want to see us win the odd game. And they should.
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Some people judging Shez when this is the 1st time he's been able to fully bring in his own players, they've been together for 2 minutes and we haven't kicked a ball in the proper season yet...... Surreal. Bonkers even by Oldham Athletic standards.
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Day 5 Mo Lemsagam signings
Player Urko Vera
Position Striker😂
23 clubs in 16 years 😂
Fans were excitedly hoping for a lower level David Villa but quickly realised he was completely shit.
Current club Santutxu-5th tier in Spanish football (below semi professional level)
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Did we have an attempt on goal all game? Made a struggling Halifax team look like Barca. The only positive for me today is nearly 7000 Oldham fans turned up to watch the worst team in the clubs history at their lowest ever ebb. Imagine if we were pretty good.Unsworth out
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No matter what happens on the pitch this season Shezzurrection has shown me that we still have a big enough fanbase that cares about the club + will pretty much tolerate most things. Love is blind. Big big potential here for any new owners. It won’t take much to ignite.
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Stick another 1 on the attendance. Missus has just bought a ticket. Last seen at Ice Station Zebra when Toddy Orlygsson was waddling down the wing
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The Athleticos roaring on the players when they warm up before the game is class. Got a proper ultras feel to it. Imagine being a non league player hearing that passion and support. Never let it stop. 👏 👏👏👏
@OA95Athleticos
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Ryan Reynolds lauding it up to the Wrexham fans right before 10 man Sheff Utd equalised in the 95th minute was just completely and utterly beautiful
#FACup
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Something poetic about 5000 day trippers turning up Saturday and us getting beat and 300 diehards going down to Eastleigh on a Tuesday night and us getting a massive win
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The most entertaining and emotional roller coaster of a game I’ve been to in a long long time. 16 minutes injury time. WTF! Feel sorry for the people that couldn’t get a ticket. That one will live forever in the memory. OWTB!
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I sincerely hope that those writing Hammond off after Woking and carving the lad up because of his corner are counting the amount of faces they have at the minute.
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Altrincham fans asking why would he want to sign for Oldham Athletic founder members of the premier league, biggest club in the national league in front of 7k fans every week in a league 1 standard ground. Yes it was a very tough choice lads I'm sure.
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If a defensive line up of Hobson, Raglan and Manny, a midfield of Charsley, Conlon, Gardner, Dolan, Lundstram and forward options of Garner, Norwood, Stones & Fondop doesn't finish top 3 I am going to become a buddhist monk & isolate myself in a tibetan cave for a few years
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A club with 1000 fans playing at an athletics track with half our budget put out a team of fitter/more technical/faster/more potent players who piss all over us for 99 minutes and look a couple of divisions better.
On our own patch.
How is that even possible.
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Day 3
Mo Lemsagams CV as chief recruiter of OAFC
Player Mohamed Sylla
Position midfield
Signed from the French 4th div team Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien
Ability to run around/Inability to trap a bag of cement or pass straight
Current team Aldershot (20/23 in Vanarama)
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Day 2
Mohammed Lemsagams CV
Player - Zeus 'the cat' de la Paz
Position - Goalkeeper
Current team-unattached
Previous clubs Nuneaton Town (0 appearances), Cicinatti Dutch Lions-4th tier MSL.
Curacao International (only GK in Curacao)
OAFC highlight Crewe away 08/02/2020
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I don't want much in life. Just a spawny 1 goal home win v Halifax Town. In the conference. Against a team that has 1 point in 5 games, who have won 2 away all season, who can't score and are minus their best players. In the conference. Is that too much to ask?
IS IT!
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Those complaining about the ages of Hogan and Porter are the same ones bleating on repeat that Peter Clarke isn't too old. Make your mind up lads. Christ.
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Got to say Unsworth comes across as being a stand up bloke with the best interests of the club at heart. The way he’s handling things with player contracts and signings is brilliant. Very professional in keeping with a club reborn. 🫡
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DKD to Burton, Pidge to Stevenage, Hart to Sutton. Depressing. Not the loss of the players (best of a shite bunch) but the fact that these clubs are ahead of Oldham Athletic by some distance. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Embarrassing.
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If anyone wants to know what a majestic centre forward performance looks like without scoring a goal watch Norwoods performance this afternoon. Different level. 💙
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As much as I think Nathan was an average footballer at this level I feel pretty confident that if the entire squad had his work ethic, commitment and passion we would have finished in the play-offs without any problems at all.
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Pushing for the play-offs in our best season for god knows how long
34 points from Mellons 18 games
And we are talking about Alex Reid who has had 13 clubs in 10 seasons and who hasn’t even got into double figures this season and last season combined
Bonkers hashtag
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Know Ethan as he's the same age as my eldest lad & from Preston. He played against him many a time at Penwortham Holme at club level+played against him when he was at Burnley academy and Ethan was at North end. He was electric as a kid, absolutely rapid.
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Me trying to figure out whether I'll be in Harrogate, Bradford, Huddersfield, Burnley, Doncaster, Oldham, York or sat on my fat backside on the couch in Preston at 8pm tomorrow night
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What the fcuk are we doing here? Exactly my sentiment lads. Why the fcuk are Oldham Athletic mid table in the conference getting turned over by the likes of Ebbsfleet
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Playing bottom of the league, the worst team in the National League & pretty much already relegated Maidstone Utd at home with 6k home fans.Yet I have no confidence that this will be a home win.Not even a little bit. And that sums up life under Unsworth. It's excruciating.
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Dear
@OfficialOAFC
I’ve been patient for 28 years. I like Frank, David & Darren but is there any chance we can get 11 players on the pitch that can run & kick a ball asap before we get a chasing from Spennymoor Town & Farsley next season. Yours in hope. PrestonOldham.
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If the club sign Ryan Colclough then you can appoint me as manager. I guarantee I'll win more than 2 games in 16 and ensure National League survival. I'll clap you all and tap the badge after every game and say the fans were class as always.
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Can't decide whether 5pm tonight will be
1) Piss boil
2) We are going to piss the play-offs
The only thing I am sure of is that there will be no inbetween
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Unsworth and Thompsons recruitment on a top 3 budget has produced a squad of players that have won 5 (5 yes 5) out of 19 National league games. That’s disastrous & it’s carnage that doesn’t disappear overnight. Mellon will sort it but I don’t think it will be this season
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Let’s have it right. Forget the red card. We’ve been bounced by a team that didn’t make the PO last year, lost players, didn’t sign any, players not paid, no proper pre season, under embargo and could go bust. I think that’s what they call a bad day at the office.
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If Abdallah’s legal team are the same legal team that was responsible for due diligence in 2018 I think there’s more chance of Dylan Fage playing for Real Madrid than any court action being successful
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I know we must be patient. I know better times are coming. But lads please just grow a pair of cahoonas, remember you are playing for Oldham Athletic, show some pride in the badge and scrap out at least a draw today.
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Supported Latics 40 yrs & have 2 ST despite not being able to attend all games.I do that because Frank saved our club & I’ll always be grateful.I’ll continue to renew.But I won’t be making the 2 hour round trip to watch us again with Unsworth in charge. It’s torturous shite
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Most agree that Port Vale away is probably the toughest league 2 fixture at the minute. Shezzurection 2 saw us beat promotion winning Bolton with 10 men and Michael Ngoo up top. Nothing is off the table. Scrap it out lads.
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Whilst we are grateful for him saving the club the poor bastards that work 40 hour weeks & have nothing who spend a couple of hundred quid travelling to Bromley today deserve their voice & not just dismissed like they don’t matter. It’s arrogant & disrespectful.
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15 years experience
Knows the level
Back to back promotions with Tranmere
2 promotions from the National League.
5 promotions during his career with 3 different clubs
Won the National League title
45% win ratio
Oldham fans who haven’t done anything in 32 years
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Be fantastic if we can get 7000 next week in front of the
@btsport
cameras. A real statement to the new owner and the rest of the National league. Scunthorpe generated decent noise yesterday with 3000.
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Boundary Park at night the floodlights shining through the mist whilst a few hundred quiet Yorkshiremen trudge out of the ground early after your team has spanked them might not quite be my perfect picture of heaven. But I’d say it’s pretty close. 🔵⚪️❤️
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The over-reaction to a bad day at the office when Mellon has taken 26 points from 14 games and got us in the play-offs is just so beautiful and tragic in equal measure.
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John Askey sacked by York after gaining promotion last season and getting them to cusp of play off positions is about as bonkers as it gets for me. Would have been a great fit for us post Shez
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#ycfc
Irrespective of our places in the football pyramid there will never ever come a day when I don't believe Oldham Athletic will beat Newport County.
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Just seen the Unsworth Maidenhead post match interview. Absolutely brilliant. Never been as convinced that we have the right coach in place to turn this oil tanker around. He's inherited an absolute shit show of a squad.
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Day 4
Mo Lemsagam's amazing OAFC recruitment factory
Player Giles Coke
Position Midfield
Current club Grimsby Town
'playing only four times in 2 seasons Coke attributed his lack of play time down to problems with the club's owners (who signed him) rather than injury'
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Day 3
Mo Lemsagams CV as chief recruiter of OAFC
Player Mohamed Sylla
Position midfield
Signed from the French 4th div team Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien
Ability to run around/Inability to trap a bag of cement or pass straight
Current team Aldershot (20/23 in Vanarama)
#oafc
Everything in place for a successful club
Fantastic owner ✔️
Fantastic fanbase ✔️
Great facilities ✔️
Competitive budget ✔️
Good squad ✔️
Manager/coach who the fans respect and who they can get on board with ❌
Not sure I see that ever changing with DU unfortunately
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Mellon masterclass in keeping footballers onside rather than saying you are are shipping them out (David Unsworth Halifax away last season) and getting a tune out of them. Look like a happy set of players prepared to run through brick walls for him.
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I am not saying sack DU. Too early. But if things don’t work out we should move heaven & earth to get Pete Wild. He might reject us but a Royton lad, an Oldham fan & smashed it at Halifax in this league. You couldn’t find a more perfect fit for a manager & a football club.
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Born in Oldham Royal hospital as were my 2 boys. Live in Preston & have done for 15 years but there is nothing more powerful than supporting and loving your hometown club. Proud my boys do as well despite being brought up in Preston. This club is so special.💙
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Go one one down and my Twitter thread is bombarded with negativity. Equalise and its nowhere near as busy. Nobody can tell me that we don’t have a massively weird fanbase
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