2009–10 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Oldham Athletic's 11th season in the third tier of the English football league system, and their 114th overall. The first-team squad was led by manager Dave Penney in his first season with the club, following the departure of former manager John Sheridan in the previous season.

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

2009–10 season
Chairman	Simon Blitz
Manager	Dave Penney (until 6 May) Paul Dickov (from 9 June)
Football League One	16th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Paweł Abbott (13) All: Paweł Abbott (13)
Highest home attendance	8,569 (1 November vs Huddersfield Town)
Lowest home attendance	1,619 (1 September 2009 vs Accrington Stanley)
Average home league attendance	4,630
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Results

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
13 July 2009	Hyde United	A	2 – 0	Whitaker 13', Alessandra 42'
16 July 2009	F.C. Halifax Town	A	1 – 2	O'Grady
18 July 2009	Bury	A	0 – 0
21 July 2009	Macclesfield Town	A	2 – 1	Parker 5', O'Grady 90'
25 July 2009	Sunderland	H	1 – 2	Abbott 55'
28 July 2009	Stalybridge Celtic	A	3 – 3	Stephens (2)
30 July 2009	Middlesbrough	H	2 – 2	Taylor 6', Parker
1 August 2009	Blackpool	H	2 – 4	Abbott, Furman 15'

League One

The 2009–10 Football League One fixtures were released on 17 June 2009, with Oldham Athletic opening their league campaign versus local rivals Stockport County on 8 August 2009.[1] In Dave Penney's first competitive game in charge of the club, Oldham were held a scoreless draw against Stockport County. Despite having numerous shots, Owain Fôn Williams kept the Latics out of goal to keep the two teams level at 0–0 for the full 90 minutes.[2]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
8 August 2009	Stockport County	H	0 – 0		6,918	14th
15 August 2009	Leyton Orient	A	2 – 1	Abbott 12', 59' (pen.)	4,061	7th
18 August 2009	Millwall	A	0 – 2		7,369	12th
23 August 2009	Swindon Town	H	2 – 2	Marrow 37', Lee 90+4'	4,229	11th
29 August 2009	Brentford	A	1 – 1	Blackman 52'	5,125	11th
4 September	Hartlepool United	H	0 – 3		4,014	16th

League Cup

On 16 June 2009, the draws for the first round of the 2009–10 Football League Cup was drawn. Oldham Athletic was drawn against fellow League One club Carlisle United.[3] Throughout the game, both teams remained scoreless until an 89th-minute winner was scored by Scott Dobie. The goal allowed Carlisle to advance with a 1–0 victory, as Oldham were eliminated in the first round of the Cup.[4]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 2009	First Round	Carlisle United	A	0 – 1		2,509

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

On 15 August 2009, the First Round draw for the 2009–10 Football League Trophy was made on Soccer AM, where Oldham was drawn against League Two club Accrington Stanley.[5] The Latics held a 1–0 lead at halftime after Danny Whitaker grabbed a goal in the 10th minute, though Accrington Stanley came back on level terms in the 60th minute due to an own goal by Oldham defender Sean Gregan. Phil Edwards scored the winning goal seven minutes later following a free kick, giving Accrington a 2–1 victory and knocking Oldham out of the competition in the First Round.[6]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 2009	First Round	Accrington Stanley	H	1 – 2	Whitaker 10'	1,619

Squad statistics

Accurate as of end of season

No.	Pos.	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Dean Brill	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	30	0	1	0
2	DF	Hasney Aljofree	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	Lee Hills	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
2	DF	Krisztian Timar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	Joe Jacobson	14+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14+1	0	0	0
4	MF	Jon Worthington	12+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13+5	0	5	0
5	MF	Andy Holdsworth	11+1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	14+1	0	3	0
6	DF	Reuben Hazell	41	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	44	3	8	0
7	MF	Danny Whitaker	30+10	2	0+1	0	1	0	1	1	32+11	3	1	0
8	FW	Deane Smalley	23+6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	24+6	3	8	0
9	FW	Paweł Abbott	38+1	13	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	39+2	13	3	0
11	FW	Chris O'Grady	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	Lewis Guy	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0
11	FW	Jason Price	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
12	DF	Kelvin Lomax	11+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11+4	0	2	0
14	MF	Dean Furman	32+6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	35+6	0	12	0
15	FW	Lewis Alessandra	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
16	MF	Sean Gregan	46	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	49	1	10	0
17	MF	Keigan Parker	17+10	2	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	18+11	2	3	0
18	MF	Chris Taylor	27+5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29+5	1	6	0
19	MF	Kieran Lee	16+8	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	17+9	1	1	1
20	MF	Dale Stephens	24+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24+2	2	7	0
21	DF	Paul Black	12+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12+1	1	1	0
22	FW	Ryan Brooke	2+13	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+15	1	0	0
25	MF	Chris Rowney	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
26	MF	Alex Marrow	26+6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	1	0
27	DF	Peter Gilbert	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
27	FW	Kirk Millar	2+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28+6	1	1	0
28	MF	Joe Colbeck	18+9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19+9	1	2	0
29	FW	Darren Byfield	0+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
29	FW	Djeny Bembo-Leta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW	Nick Blackman	6+6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7+6	1	0	0
30	FW	Daniel Nardiello	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
33	DF	Jim Goodwin	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
33	FW	Paul Heffernan	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
33	DF	Alan Sheehan	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	1	0
37	GK	Darryl Flahavan	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
38	FW	Tom Eaves	0+15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+15	0	2	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2009	GK	Dean Brill	Unattached	Free[7]
22 July 2009	DF	Andy Holdsworth	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed[8]
23 July 2009	FW	Keigan Parker	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed[9]
24 July 2009	DF	Rene Steer	Arsenal	Undisclosed[10]
25 July 2009	MF	Philip Ojapah	A.F.C. Liverpool	Undisclosed[11]
28 July 2009	DF	Michael McKerr	Unattached	Free[12]
6 August 2009	FW	Darren Byfield	Unattached	Free[13]
6 August 2009	DF	Peter Gilbert	Unattached	Free[13]
6 August 2009	GK	Przemysław Kazimierczak	Unattached	Free[14]
1 September 2009	MF	Joe Colbeck	Bradford City	Undisclosed[15]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
23 July 2009	FW	Matthew Wolfenden	Wrexham	Free[16]
7 August 2009	DF	Neal Eardley	Blackpool	Undisclosed[17]
25 August 2009	FW	Darren Byfield	Walsall[18]
1 September 2009	GK	Przemysław Kazimierczak	Released[19]
1 September 2009	DF	Peter Gilbert	Northampton Town[20]

Loan in

Date From	Date To	Pos	Name	Loaned from
6 August 2009	January 2009	DF	Alex Marrow	Blackburn Rovers[21][22]
20 August 2009	January 2009	FW	Nick Blackman	Blackburn Rovers[22][23]
1 September 2009	1 October 2009	DF	Alan Sheehan	Leeds United[24]

Loan out

Date From	Date To	Pos	Name	Loaned to
10 July 2009	30 June 2010	GK	Greg Fleming	Dunfermline Athletic[25]
14 August 2009	14 September 2009	MF	Dale Stephens	Rochdale[26]
20 August 2009	20 September 2009	FW	Lewis Alessandra	Chester City[27]
21 August 2009	January 2010	FW	Chris O'Grady	Rochdale[28]
28 August 2009	28 September 2009	MF	Philip Ojapah	Stalybridge Celtic[29]

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[30]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Dean Brill 2 DF  ENG Hasney Aljofree 3 DF  WAL Joe Jacobson 4 MF  ENG Jon Worthington 5 DF  ENG Andy Holdsworth 6 DF  ENG Reuben Hazell 7 MF  ENG Danny Whitaker 8 FW  ENG Deane Smalley 9 FW  POL Pawel Abbott[notes 1] 10 MF  ENG Rob Purdie 11 FW  ENG Lewis Guy (on loan from Doncaster Rovers) 12 DF  ENG Kelvin Lomax 13 GK  SCO Greg Fleming 14 MF  RSA Dean Furman 15 FW  ENG Lewis Alessandra 16 MF  ENG Sean Gregan 17 FW  SCO Keigan Parker 18 MF  ENG Chris Taylor

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ENG Kieran Lee 20 MF  ENG Dale Stephens 21 DF  ENG Paul Black 22 FW  ENG Ryan Brooke 23 GK  ENG Josh Ollerenshaw 24 DF  ENG Liam Dawson 25 MF  ENG Chris Rowney 26 MF  ENG Alex Marrow (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 27 FW  NIR Kirk Millar 28 MF  ENG Joe Colbeck 29 FW  COD Djeny Bembo-Leta 30 FW  WAL Daniel Nardiello[notes 2] (on loan from Bury) 31 MF  NIR Philip McGrath 33 MF  IRL Jim Goodwin (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 36 DF  NIR Michael McKerr 37 GK  ENG Darryl Flahavan (on loan from Crystal Palace) 38 FW  ENG Tom Eaves

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Lee Hills (on loan from Crystal Palace) 2 DF  HUN Krisztián Timár (on loan from Plymouth Argyle) 11 FW  ENG Chris O'Grady (to Rochdale) 11 FW  WAL Jason Price (on loan from Millwall) 13 GK  SCO Greg Fleming (on loan to Dunfermline Athletic) 27 DF  WAL Peter Gilbert[notes 3] (to Northampton Town) 28 GK  POL Przemysław Kazimierczak (released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  JAM Darren Byfield[notes 4] (released) 30 FW  ENG Nick Blackman[notes 5] (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 31 DF  HUN Dávid Kálnoki-Kis (on loan from MTK) 33 DF  IRL Alan Sheehan (on loan from Leeds United) 33 FW  IRL Paul Heffernan (on loan from Doncaster Rovers) 34 FW  HUN Patrick Tischler (on loan from MTK) 35 FW  HUN Norbert Csiki (on loan from MTK)

References

1. "Penney starts with Hatters". Sky Sports. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
2. "Oldham 0–0 Stockport". BBC Sport. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
3. "Clubs discover Carling Cup fate". BBC Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
4. "Carlisle 1–0 Oldham". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
5. "Johnstone's Paint Trophy first round draw". BBC Sport. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
6. "Oldham 1–2 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
7. "Latics secure Brill signing". Sky Sports. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
8. "Latics land Holdsworth". Sky Sports. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
9. "Parker pens Latics deal". Sky Sports. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
10. "Steer makes Latics switch". Sky Sports. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
11. "Latics land Ojapah". Sky Sports. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
12. "Latics pull off McKerr coup". Sky Sports. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
13. "Latics seal double deal". Sky Sports. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
14. "Three more arrive at Oldham". 4thegame.com. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
15. "Latics capture Colbeck". Sky Sports. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
16. Currie, Mark (25 July 2009). "Matty Wolfenden happy to be at Wrexham FC". Daily Post. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
17. "Blackpool clinch double signing". BBC Sport. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
18. "Byfield shown exit door by Oldham". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
19. "Latics release Kazimierczak". Sky Sports. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
20. "Penney allows Gilbert exit". Sky Sports. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
21. "Oldham sign Marrow from Blackburn". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
22. "Marrow and Blackman extend stay". Oldham Athletic. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
23. "Latics land Rovers striker". Sky Sports. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
24. "Somma earns Leeds deal". Sky Sports. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
25. "Fleming leaves Latics". Sky Sports. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
26. "Dale moves to Dale". Rochdale Online. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
27. "Blues sign Lewis Alessandra but miss out on Erik Paartalu". Chester Chronicle. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
28. "Dale land Latics striker". Sky Sports. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
29. "Celtic signs Ojapah from Latics". Oldham Athletic. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
30. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2009-2010/flone/oldham.htm

Notes

1. Abbott was born in York, England, but also qualified to represent Poland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 level.
2. Nardiello was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, the United States through his mother, and Italy and Puerto Rico through his grandparents, and made his international debut for Wales in May 2007.
3. Gilbert was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
4. Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
5. Blackman was born in Salford, England, but also qualifies to represent Barbados internationally through his father, the Netherlands and Poland through his maternal grandparents, and Israel through other family members, and would make his international debut for Barbados in September 2019.

External links

• Fixture Schedule 2009/10 at OldhamAthletic.co.uk