2020–21 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

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Oldham Athletic
2020–21 season
ChairmanAbdallah Lemsagam
Head coachHarry Kewell[1]
(until 7 March)
Keith Curle[2]
(from 8 March)
StadiumBoundary Park
League Two18th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Conor McAleny (17)
All: Conor McAleny (21)
Highest home attendancen/a
Lowest home attendancen/a
Average home league attendancen/a

The 2020–21 season was Oldham Athletic's 126th season in their history and third consecutive season in the English football's fourth tier.[3] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. In March 2021 near the end of the season Harry Kewell was sacked along with assistant Alan Maybury.[1] The following day Keith Curle was appointed manager.[2]

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
2 August 2020 LB England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson England Manchester United Free transfer [4]
2 August 2020 CB Portugal Sido Jombati England Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer [5]
2 August 2020 CB England Carl Piergianni England Salford City Undisclosed [6]
11 August 2020 LW England Davis Keillor-Dunn Wales Wrexham Free transfer [7]
18 August 2020 CF England Conor McAleny England Fleetwood Town Free transfer [8]
28 August 2020 DM England Callum Whelan England Watford Free transfer [9]
1 September 2020 LB England Jordan Barnett England Pontefract Collieries Free transfer [10]
1 September 2020 CB England Kyle Jameson England AFC Fylde Free transfer [11]
6 September 2020 AM Australia George Blackwood Australia Adelaide United Free transfer [12]
9 September 2020 LB Italy Andrea Badan Italy Hellas Verona Free transfer [13]
2 October 2020 AM Republic of the Congo Dylan Bahamboula Bulgaria Tsarko Selo Sofia Free transfer [14]
16 October 2020 GK England Laurence Bilboe England Rotherham United Free transfer [15]
16 October 2020 DM Belgium Brice Ntambwe Free agent Free transfer [15]
10 November 2020 RB France Raphaël Diarra Free agent Free transfer [16]
22 January 2020 AM Wales Nicky Adams England Northampton Town Undisclosed [17]
22 January 2020 CF England Marcus Barnes England Southampton Free transfer [18]

Loans in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2020 GK Republic of Ireland Ian Lawlor England Doncaster Rovers End of season [19]
10 August 2020 CM England Bobby Grant Wales Wrexham End of season [20]
2 September 2020 AM England Ben Garrity England Blackpool End of season [21]
25 September 2020 CM Northern Ireland Alfie McCalmont England Leeds United End of season [22]
16 October 2020 CB England Harry Clarke England Arsenal 20 January 2021 [23]
13 January 2021 RW Germany Marcel Hilßner England Coventry City End of season [24]
1 February 2021 RM Azerbaijan Serhat Tasdemir England Peterborough United End of season [25]
13 March 2021 GK England Laurie Walker England Milton Keynes Dons 20 March 2021 [26]

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
5 October 2020 GK England Gary Woods Scotland Aberdeen End of season [27][28]
12 December 2020 FW England Vani Da Silva England Curzon Ashton 10 January 2021 [29]

Transfers out[edit]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF England Kielen Adams England Clitheroe Released [30]
1 July 2020 GK England Ellis Allen Cyprus APEA Akrotiri Free transfer [31]
1 July 2020 CF Benin Désiré Segbé Azankpo France Villefranche Released [30][32]
1 July 2020 CM England Reece Gaskell Free agent Released [33]
1 July 2020 CB Scotland Alex Iacovitti Scotland Ross County Free transfer [34]
1 July 2020 CB England Taylor Jones Free agent Released [33]
1 July 2020 CF France Marvin Kokos Free agent Released [30]
1 July 2020 DM Republic of Ireland Chris McCann Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Released [30][35]
1 July 2020 CF England Lewis McKinney Free agent Released [33]
1 July 2020 RB England Zak Mills England Port Vale Released [30][36]
1 July 2020 LW Curaçao Gevaro Nepomuceno England FC Halifax Town Released [30][37]
1 July 2020 CB England Jamie Stott England Stockport County Released [38]
1 July 2020 RB England Javid Swaby-Neavin England Radcliffe Released [30][39]
1 July 2020 DM France Mohamad Sylla France Stade Lavallois Free transfer [34]
1 July 2020 CF England Scott Wilson England Notts County Released [30][40]
7 July 2020 DF England Jack Grundy England Mossley Free transfer [41]
15 July 2020 FW England Zac Emmerson England Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [42]
27 July 2020 DM Republic of the Congo Christopher Missilou England Northampton Town Free transfer [43]
8 January 2021 CM France Mohamed Maouche Scotland Ross County Free transfer [44]
20 January 2021 CF England Danny Rowe England Bradford City Undisclosed [45]
29 January 2021 RB England Tom Hamer England Burton Albion Undisclosed [46]
1 February 2021 LB England Jordan Barnett England Notts County Free transfer [47]
12 March 2021 CB England David Wheater Free agent Mutual consent [48]

Pre-season[edit]

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 5'
Dearnley 30'		 Stadium: Nigel Doughty Academy
Attendance: 0
25 August 2020 Friendly Oldham Athletic 0–1 Rochdale Oldham
13:00 BST Report Newby 30' Stadium: Chapel Road
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Oldham Athletic 2–1 Lincoln City Oldham
13:00 BST McAleny 38'
Keillor-Dunn 82'		 Report Scully 48' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0

Competitions[edit]

EFL League Two[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 −5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 +2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 −9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 −9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 −8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 −17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 −6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 −23 48
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 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[49]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 15 9 22 72 81  −9 54 6 2 15 31 42  −11 9 7 7 41 39  +2

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAAHHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLLLDLWDLWLWLWWLWWLWLDLDWLWLDLWLDDLDDWLLWWLWLLL
Position21222122221919222020192017171716151614141416161415131717171517161717171717171817161715161818
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[50]

12 September 2020 1 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Leyton Orient Oldham
15:00 BST Report Brophy Yellow card 25'
Happe Yellow card 52'
Johnson 89'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
19 September 2020 2 Stevenage 3–0 Oldham Athletic Stevenage
15:00 BST Osborne 61'
Effiong soccer ball with red X 64'
Wildin 65'
Prosser 82'
List Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Garrity Yellow card 69' Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
26 September 2020 3 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Crawley Town Oldham
15:00 BST Rowe 30'
McAleny 80'		 Report Nadesan 31'
Francomb 39'
Ferguson Yellow card 55'
Nichols 69' Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
3 October 2020 4 Colchester United 3–3 Oldham Athletic Colchester
15:00 BST Bramall Yellow card 9'
Senior Yellow card 18'
Stevenson 27' Yellow card 78'
Harriott 37' (pen.)
Welch-Hayes 65' Yellow card 83'		 Report McAleny 52' (pen.), 89'
Piergianni 54'
Barnett Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
10 October 2020 5 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Morecambe Oldham
15:00 BST McAleny 52', 90' Report Wildig 42'
Gibson Yellow card 57'
Kenyon 59'
Stockton 66'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
17 October 2020 6 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Oldham Athletic Horwich
15:00 BST Delfouneso 32'
Brockbank Yellow card 48'		 Report Garrity 28' Yellow card 63'
Hamer Yellow card 74'
Rowe Yellow card 84'
Piergianni Yellow card 88'
Dearnley 90+5'		 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 Yellow card 61'
Dearnley 80'		 Report Hayden 54' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue
24 October 2020 8 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Port Vale Oldham
15:00 BST Rowe Yellow card 37'
Barnett Yellow card 44'
Dearnley 50'
Piergianni Yellow card 75'		 Report Smith 12'
Clark 39'
Joyce Yellow card 61'		 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 76' Report Grant 49'
Piergianni Yellow card 74'
Dearnley 89'
Clarke Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
31 October 2020 10 Salford City 2–0 Oldham Athletic Salford
15:00 GMT Wilson 24'
Lowe Yellow card 30'
Hunter 73'
Thomas-Asante Yellow card 80'		 Report Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 31' Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
3 November 2020 11 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Cheltenham Town Oldham
18:00 GMT Blackwood 34'
Bahamboula Yellow card 82'
Clarke 85'		 Report Thomas Yellow card 26'
Reid 30'
Clements Yellow card 55'
May Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
14 November 2020 12 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Scunthorpe United Oldham
15:00 GMT Hamer Yellow card 34' Report Bedeau 60'
Eisa Yellow card 62'
van Veen 78'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
21 November 2020 13 Exeter City 1–2 Oldham Athletic Exeter
15:00 GMT Williams 12'
Taylor Yellow card 24'
Randall Yellow card 40'		 Report Blackwood 21'
Rowe 32'
Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 47'
Garrity Yellow card 59'		 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 16'
Biggins Yellow card 54'
Barry Yellow card 57'
Platt 79'
Kay Yellow card 87'
Piergianni 90+9' (o.g.)		 Report Garrity 39'
Rowe 45+2', 82' (pen.)
Diarra Yellow card 58'
Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 72'
McAleny 90+5'		 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 Yellow card 25'
Ntambwe Yellow card 61'
Barnett Yellow card 84'		 Report Spearing Yellow card 16'
Vaughan 27'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
5 December 2020 16 Cambridge United 1–2 Oldham Athletic Cambridge
15:00 GMT Mullin soccer ball with red X 43' 90+1'
Dunk Yellow card 45+1'		 Report Grant Yellow card 41'
McCalmont Yellow card 53' 60'
McAleny 57' Yellow card 63'
Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 1,970
Referee: Brett Huxtable
12 December 2020 17 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Bradford City Oldham
15:00 GMT Bahamboula 10'
Piergianni 26'
Grant Yellow card 38'
Ntambwe Yellow card 50'
Keillor-Dunn 74'
McAleny Yellow card 89'		 Report Hosannah Yellow card 37'
O'Connor Yellow card 57' 85'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
15 December 2020 18 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Walsall Oldham
19:00 GMT Piergianni Yellow card 24' 68'
Fage 55'
Garrity Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Gordon 23' (pen.)
Piergianni 52' (o.g.)
Adebayo 73'
Clarke Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
19 December 2020 19 Newport County 2–4 Oldham Athletic Newport
15:00 GMT Twine 8'
Bennett 41'
Amond soccer ball with red X 71'
Haynes Yellow card 80'		 Report Keillor-Dunn 14'
Clarke Yellow card 48'
McAleny 58'
Ntambwe Yellow card 81'
McCalmont 85'
Dearnley 90+3'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
26 December 2020 20 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Harrogate Town Oldham
15:00 GMT McAleny 19' (pen.)
Grant Red card 43'
Garrity Yellow card 75'		 Report Thomson 30', 71' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
29 December 2020 21 Grimsby Town 0–0 Oldham Athletic Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT Pollock Yellow card 39'
Hewitt Yellow card 86'
Preston Yellow card 88'		 Report Piergianni Yellow card 33'
Garrity Yellow card 68'
Ntambwe Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
12 January 2021 22 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Mansfield Town Oldham
19:45 GMT McCalmont 6'
McAleny Yellow card 61', 84'
Rowe Yellow card 65'		 Report Cook Yellow card 34'
Charsley 36'
Sweeney 38'
Bowery soccer ball with red X 45+4'
Reid 49'
Lapslie Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
16 January 2021 23 Walsall 1–1 Oldham Athletic Bescot
15:00 GMT Jules 45'
Scarr Yellow card 71'		 Report Hamer Yellow card 44'
Clarke Yellow card 61'
Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 70'
Keillor-Dunn 75'		 Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
23 January 2021 24 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Newport County Oldham
15:00 GMT Hilßner Yellow card 6'
Keillor-Dunn 8'
Grant 29'
Demetriou 74' (o.g.)
Adams Yellow card 87'
Clarke Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Scrimshaw 3'
Labadie Red card 14'
Gambin 40'
Bennett Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
26 January 2021 25 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Oldham Athletic Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Williams 54'
May Yellow card 62', 83'		 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 75'
Clarke Yellow card 76'
Keillor-Dunn 90+2'		 Report Henderson 9'
Coutts Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
16 February 2021 27 Forest Green Rovers 4–3 Oldham Athletic Nailsworth
19:00 GMT Cargill 12', 35'
Sweeney Yellow card 57'
Matt 60'
Bailey Yellow card 64'
Davison 67'		 Report Lawlor Yellow card 34'
Badan Yellow card 38'
Grant 40'
Hilßner Yellow card 45+1'
McAleny 54', 63'		 Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
20 February 2021 28 Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Oldham Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Clarke Yellow card 8'
Vaughan soccer ball with red X 39'
Macdonald 42'
Woolery Yellow card 44', 51'
Lewis Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Keillor-Dunn 2', Yellow card 31'
Jombati Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 47'
Bahamboula 78'
Blackwood Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
23 February 2021 29 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Barrow Oldham
19:00 GMT Vaughan Yellow card 90+4' Report Dixon Yellow card 84'
Quigley 89'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
27 February 2021 30 Carlisle United 1–3 Oldham Athletic Carlisle
15:00 GMT Kayode 35'
Tanner Yellow card 70'
Anderton Yellow card 85'		 Report Diarra Yellow card 33'
Hilßner 71' (pen.)
Bahamboula 78'
Piergianni 86'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
2 March 2021 31 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Bolton Wanderers Oldham
19:00 GMT Jameson Red card 29'
Piergianni Yellow card 65'		 Report Clarke 19' (o.g.)
Doyle 39'
Lee Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
6 March 2021 32 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Southend United Oldham
15:00 GMT Report Demetriou Yellow card 88' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
9 March 2021 33 Port Vale 0–0 Oldham Athletic Burslem
19:45 GMT Guthrie Yellow card 20'
Swan Yellow card 78'
Legge Yellow card 80'		 Report Badan Yellow card 12'
Bahamboula Yellow card 15'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 March 2021 34 Oldham Athletic 2–4 Cambridge United Oldham
15:00 GMT Keillor-Dunn 3', 11', soccer ball with red X 69' Report Mullin 25' (pen.)
Taylor Yellow card 27'
Iredale 36', 45+2', Yellow card 57'
O'Neil Yellow card 45+3'
Hannant 73'
Drysdale Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
16 March 2021 35 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Spence Yellow card 70'
Loft Yellow card 87'
Hallam 90+3'		 Report McCalmont 48'
Jameson Yellow card 53'
Keillor-Dunn Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
20 March 2021 36 Bradford City 0–0 Oldham Athletic Bradford
15:00 GMT Sutton Yellow card 24'
O'Connor Yellow card 35'		 Report Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
23 March 2021 37 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Exeter City Oldham
19:00 GMT Jameson 35'
McCalmont 55'
Walker Yellow card 80'		 Report Sparkes 67'
Collins Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
27 March 2021 38 Leyton Orient 2–1 Oldham Athletic Leyton
15:00 GMT Wilkinson 8'
Kemp 43'
Abrahams Yellow card 90+1'		 Report McCalmont 61', Yellow card 90+2'
McAleny Yellow card 74'
Diarra Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
2 April 2021 39 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Stevenage Oldham
15:00 BST McCalmont Yellow card 45'
Piergianni Yellow card 63'		 Report Cuthbert 24'
Coker Yellow card 52'
Norris soccer ball with red X 75'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
5 April 2021 40 Crawley Town 1–4 Oldham Athletic Crawley
15:00 BST Craig Yellow card 64'
Tsaroulla Yellow card 65'
Tilley 90'		 Report McAleny 40', 47'
Borthwick-Jackson 41'
Bahamboula 90+5'		 Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
9 April 2021 41 Oldham Athletic 5–2 Colchester United Oldham
19:00 BST McAleny 37' (pen.)
McCalmont 42'
Piergianni 56', Yellow card 66'
Bahamboula Yellow card 68'
Clarke Yellow card 79'
Adams Yellow card 82'
Keillor-Dunn 90+1', 90+5'		 Report Eastman Yellow card 41'
Nouble 64'
Eastman 81'
Stevenson Yellow card 90+7'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
17 April 2021 42 Morecambe 4–3 Oldham Athletic Morecambe
12:30 BST Mendes Gomes 5', 53'
Wildig 42'
Stockton 45+1'		 Report McAleny 39'
Borthwick-Jackson 78'
Jameson 88'		 Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
20 April 2021 43 Harrogate Town 0–3 Oldham Athletic Harrogate
19:00 BST Report McCalmont 7'
Bahamboula 46'
Blackwood 75'		 Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
24 April 2021 44 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Grimsby Town Oldham
15:00 BST McAleny 30'
Whelan Yellow card 39'		 Report Coke Yellow card 6'
Green 36'
Menayese Yellow card 73'
Matete 80'
Khouri Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
1 May 2021 45 Mansfield Town 4–1 Oldham Athletic Mansfield
15:00 BST Sinclair 12'
Lapslie 38', 80'
Reid 88'		 Report Dearnley 51'
Clarke Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
8 May 2021 46 Oldham Athletic 0–3 Forest Green Rovers Oldham
15:00 BST Clarke Yellow card 36'
Sutton Yellow card 84'		 Report Collins 63' (pen.), 80'
Bailey 65'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[51] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[52] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[53]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 November 2020 First round Hampton & Richmond Borough 2–3 Oldham Athletic Hampton
12:45 GMT Deadfield 30' (pen.), 75'
Miller-Rodney Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Gray Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Garrity 6'
Clarke Yellow card 32'
Grant 40'
Rowe 49'		 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 11' (pen.)
Wood Yellow card 90'		 Report McAleny 18'
Rowe 47'
Piergianni Yellow card 74'		 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 45+1' (pen.)
Clarke Yellow card 81'		 Report Brooks 43'
Riquelme 49'
King 74', 86'		 Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer

EFL Cup[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[54] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[55]

5 September 2020 First round Oldham Athletic 3–0 Carlisle United Oldham
15:00 BST Garrity 29'
Grant 37'
McAleny 89'
Da Silva Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Anderton Yellow card 53'
McDonald Yellow card 67'
Hayden Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
15 September 2020 Second round Morecambe 1–0 Oldham Athletic Morecambe
19:45 BST Wildig 22'
Kenyon Yellow card 30'		 Report Badan Yellow card 38'
Hamer Yellow card 60'
Garrity Yellow card 62'
Whelan Yellow card 73'
Grant Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[56] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.[57]

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
Source: EFL.com
22 September 2020 Group stage Oldham Athletic 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Oldham
19:45 BST Rowe 42'
Hough Yellow card 57'
Badan Yellow card 58'
Barnett Yellow card 64'
Grant 85'
McAleny 88', 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
6 October 2020 Group stage Oldham Athletic 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Oldham
19:45 BST Rowe 66'
Grant Yellow card 82'
Dearnley 86'
Barnett Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Referee: Tom Nield
10 November 2020 Group stage Bradford City 1–3 Oldham Athletic Bradford
19:30 GMT Cousin-Dawson Yellow card 46'
Sutton Yellow card 51'
Sutton 60' (o.g.)		 Report Keillor-Dunn 7'
Hamer Yellow card 80'
McCalmont 84', 90+3'		 Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
8 December 2020 Second round Oldham Athletic 1–2 Sunderland Oldham
18:00 GMT Grant 13' Yellow card 83'
Diarra Yellow card 64'		 Report Maguire 30'
Scowen 64'
Wright Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 8 May 2021

Appearances[edit]

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No. Pos. Nat. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Starts Subs Apps Starts Subs Apps Starts Subs Apps Starts Subs Apps Starts Subs
10 MF England Davis Keillor-Dunn 41 34 7 2 2 0 2 1 1 4 3 1 49 40 9
18 FW England Conor McAleny 40 37 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 46 40 6
5 DF England Carl Piergianni 38 36 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 45 43 2
24 FW Republic of the Congo Dylan Bahamboula 38 27 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 43 32 11
14 DF France Dylan Fage 34 22 12 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 41 28 13
1 GK Republic of Ireland Ian Lawlor 30 30 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 39 39 0
25 MF England Alfie McCalmont 35 31 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 39 35 4
8 MF England Callum Whelan 31 23 8 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 4 0 38 29 9
6 MF England Ben Garrity 29 21 8 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 4 38 26 12
2 DF England Harry Clarke 32 30 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 33 2
3 DF England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 31 25 6 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 35 29 6
11 FW England Bobby Grant 23 18 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 29 23 6
16 MF Belgium Brice Ntambwe 24 19 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 23 5
15 DF England Kyle Jameson 25 20 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 27 21 6
4 DF Portugal Sido Jombati 19 16 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 4 0 26 22 4
17 MF England Jordan Barnett 17 7 10 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 24 11 13
23 MF Wales Nicky Adams 23 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 20 3
9 FW England Danny Rowe 14 9 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 21 15 6
21 MF Germany Marcel Hilßner 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 15 5
20 DF Italy Andrea Badan 18 11 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 20 13 7
22 DF France Raphaël Diarra 16 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 13 6
19 FW England Zak Dearnley 15 6 9 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 19 7 12
34 DF England Tom Hamer 12 11 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 18 17 1
7 FW Australia George Blackwood 13 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15 7 8
37 GK England Laurie Walker 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0
17 MF Azerbaijan Serhat Tasdemir 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3
26 FW England Marcus Barnes 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6
34 MF Republic of Ireland Harry Vaughan 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
33 GK England Laurence Bilboe 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
29 FW England Junior Luamba 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
32 DF England Will Sutton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
27 FW England Vani Da Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
28 MF England Ben Hough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
30 GK England MacKenzie Chapman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 46 3 2 4 55

Goals[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
18 FW England Conor McAleny 17 1 1 2 21
10 MF England Davis Keillor-Dunn 10 0 0 1 11
25 MF England Alfie McCalmont 8 0 0 2 10
9 FW England Danny Rowe 4 2 0 2 8
24 FW Republic of the Congo Dylan Bahamboula 6 1 0 0 7
19 FW England Zak Dearnley 6 0 0 1 7
11 FW England Bobby Grant 3 1 1 2 7
5 DF England Carl Piergianni 5 0 0 0 5
6 MF England Ben Garrity 2 1 1 0 4
7 FW Australia George Blackwood 3 0 0 0 3
15 DF England Kyle Jameson 2 0 0 0 2
3 DF England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 2 0 0 0 2
2 DF England Harry Clarke 1 0 0 0 1
14 DF France Dylan Fage 1 0 0 0 1
21 MF Germany Marcel Hilßner 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goal 1 0 0 0 1
Total 72 6 3 10 91

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