The 2024–25 season is the 130th in Oldham Athletic's history, and the club's third season since dropping out of the Football League. The club is competing in the National League, the FA Cup and the FA Trophy. On 25 October 2024 the Premier League and National League announced a new competition, the National League Cup, with Oldham Athletic as one of the 32 teams competing in it.
Pre-season
Within four days of the 2023–24 season concluding, Oldham announced that nineteen of the players contracted for the previous season remained in contract but that fourteen players were out of contract and three players who had ended the 2023–24 season on loan would return to their parent clubs.
The first pre-season changes took place off the pitch, with Academy Manager and First Team Coach Paul Murray leaving the club by mutual consent, Peter Norbury deciding to step down as a Director and Goalkeeping Coach Steve Collis leaving to join Notts County.
On the pitch, Micky Mellon had ended the previous season by claiming that his squad needed "major surgery". He began to reshape his squad by announcing the signing of defender Reagan Ogle and allowing Mark Shelton, Nathan Sheron and Joe Nuttall to leave the club, the latter on a season long loan to Altrincham.
Players First Team Squad
No Pos Nat Name Age Debut App Start Sub Notes 1 GK 90 90 0 0 5 0 2 DF 40 38 2 1 7 0 3 DF 125 119 6 6 19 0 4 MF 22 20 2 0 4 0 On loan 5 DF 61 56 5 0 6 0 6 DF 30 30 0 5 5 0 7 MF 14 10 4 3 0 1 8 MF 70 56 14 6 5 0 9 FW 124 74 50 45 17 4 10 MF 52 47 5 0 9 0 Captain 11 MF 26 8 18 1 3 1 13 GK 2 2 0 0 0 0 On loan 14 FW 34 21 13 8 8 0 15 MF 22 18 4 0 4 0 On loan 16 DF 81 79 2 5 11 0 Vice Captain 17 FW 34 15 19 3 3 0 18 FW 13 9 4 2 1 0 19 MF 148 121 27 8 33 1 20 DF 45 36 9 2 8 0 21 DF 80 76 4 4 11 1 22 MF 10 6 4 0 2 0 23 MF 5 2 3 1 0 0 24 MF 7 3 4 0 0 0 26 FW Kian Harratt 9 6 3 2 0 0 27 MF 25 19 6 0 0 0 28 MF 15 7 8 1 3 0 On loan 29 MF 15 7 8 3 4 0 30 FW 73 53 20 28 16 0 31 GK 10 10 0 0 0 0 32 FW 2 1 1 0 0 0 On loan 33 MF 14 7 7 1 0 1 34 DF 16 15 1 0 1 0 On loan 35 GK 4 4 0 0 1 0 36 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 40 MF 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 42 FW 17 4 0 4 0 0 0 43 DF 17 3 1 2 0 0 0 44 FW 1 0 1 0 0 0
Out on loan
No Pos Nat Name Age Debut App Start Sub Notes TBC FW 37 35 2 8 8 0 TBC FW 17 5 12 1 0 0 13 GK 48 48 0 0 2 0 25 FW 40 21 19 10 3 0
Left the club during the season
No Pos Nat Name Age Debut Apps Starts Subs Notes 4 DF 82 79 3 2 20 1 Released 27 Sep 4 MF 9 8 1 0 5 0 Transferred 17 Jan 15 FW 2 1 1 0 0 0 On loan 18 MF 7 3 4 0 1 0 On loan 22 DF 2 1 1 0 1 0 24 MF 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 FW 12 11 1 8 3 0 On loan 26 MF 5 5 0 0 0 0 On loan 31 FW 10 6 4 0 0 0 On loan
Pre-season and friendlies On 16 May 2024, Oldham announced a schedule for seven pre-season friendlies to be played before the start of the National League season.
Competitions Oldham Athletic will play in the National League in the 2024–25 season as well as in three cup competitions, joining the FA Cup at the Fourth Qualifying Round, the FA Trophy at the Third Round and the National League Cup at the First Round.
National League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches - Regular Season Oldham's fixtures were announced on 10 July 2024.
Matches - Play-offs
FA Cup
Oldham will enter the FA Cup in the fourth qualifying round. Fixtures will take place on the weekend of 12 October 2024, with the draw being made following conclusion of the Third Qualifying Round on the weekend of 28 September 2024.
FA Trophy
Oldham will enter the FA Trophy in the third round. Fixtures will take place on the weekend of 7 December 2024, with the draw being made following conclusion of the second round on the weekend of 16 November 2024.
National League Cup
The Premier League and National League announced the creation of the National League Cup on 25 September 2024, with the first-round games to be played from 1 October 2024. The competition comprised 16 Premier League Under 21 teams and 16 National League teams.
Squad statistics Appearances and goals
Disciplinary record No.Pos.Nat.PlayerNational LeagueFA CupFA TrophyNL CupTotal 11MF310000003133MF01000000017MF010000000116DF80000000809FW701000008020DF60200000802DF601000007010MF600000006030FW40100000506DF60000000604MF40000010503DF302000005019MF40000000404MF400000004015MF400000004029MF50000000501GK301000004014FW301000004017FW300000003021DF300000003028MF300000003024FW200000002022MF20000000205DF30000000308MF100000001018FW100000001018MF100000001034DF100000001035GK000000101022DF000000101024MFCorry Evans1000000010Total9729000311093
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. Pre-season DF Reagan Ogle Scunthorpe United - Pre-season MF Jes Uchegbulam Rochdale - Pre-season MF Josh Kay AFC Fylde - Pre-season DF Manny Monthe Northampton Town - Pre-season MF Harry Charsley Newport County - Pre-season DF Jake Caprice - - Pre-season GK Scott Moloney - - 30 August 2024 MF Otis Khan Grimsby Town Free Transfer 31 October 2024 MF Sam Clucas - - 15 January 2025 MF Corry Evans - - 16 January 2025 FW Billy Waters - - 24 January 2025 MF Matt Worthington Yeovil Town Free Transfer 4 February 2025 MF Joe Pritchard MK Dons - 14 February 2025 GK Tom Donaghy Fleetwood Town -
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. Pre-Season MF Mark Shelton Barnet Released Pre-Season MF Nathan Sheron Hartlepool United Undisclosed fee Pre-Season MF Dan Ward South Shields Released 27 September 2024 DF Liam Hogan - Released 2 January 2025 GK Magnus Norman Dorking Wanderers Released 17 January 2025 MF Sam Clucas Lincoln City Free Transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 23 August 2024 MF Callum Dolan Fleetwood Town 2 January 2025 27 September 2024 FW Jack Stretton Stockport County 24 October 2024 4 October 2024 FW Kane Drummond Chesterfield 3 December 2024 14 October 2024 MF Kai Payne Wigan Athletic 11 November 2024 5 November 2024 FW Josh Stones Wigan Athletic 2 January 2025 30 December 2024 FW Sam Taylor Tranmere Rovers 30 January 2025 10 January 2025 MF Jordan Rossiter Shrewsbury Town 2 June 2025 13 January 2025 GK Jake Dennis Cardiff City 30 June 2025 17 January 2025 DF Jake Leake Hull City End of Season 20 January 2025 MF Tom Pett Cheltenham Town End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. Pre-Season FW Joe Nuttall Altrincham End of Season Pre-Season FW Kurt Willoughby Chester End of Season 8 October 2024 FW Alex Reid Wealdstone 5 January 2025 12 October 2024 DF Mo Doro Radcliffe 1 January 2025 3 January 2025 MF Kofi Moore Nantwich Town End of Season 23 January 2025 FW Alex Reid Wealdstone End of Season 23 January 2025 FW Jesurun Uchegbulam Eastleigh 3 March 2025
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