The 2021–22 season is Oldham Athletic's 127th year in their history and fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. It was the most disastrous season in the club's history, which resulted in relegation and loss of English Football League status after 115 years.
Players
Squad at the end of the season
No Pos Nat Name Age Debut Apps Starts Subs Goals Notes 1 GK 33 29 29 0 0 1 0 0 2 DF 30 46 46 0 1 9 1 0 3 DF 25 35 33 2 1 10 0 0 Released at the end of the season 4 MF 31 11 11 0 0 2 0 0 Released at the end of the season 5 DF 26 30 30 0 1 5 0 0 6 DF 30 104 102 2 9 22 0 1 Released at the end of the season 7 MF 35 67 55 12 0 6 0 0 Released at the end of the season 8 MF 23 89 74 15 1 9 0 0 Released at the end of the season 9 FW 28 46 33 13 5 5 0 0 10 FW 24 105 90 15 28 4 0 0 Released at the end of the season 11 FW 28 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 MF 23 79 55 24 1 5 0 1 Released at the end of the season 15 DF 23 42 31 11 2 4 0 1 Released at the end of the season 17 MF 25 33 20 13 2 6 0 0 19 FW 19 8 1 7 0 1 0 0 22 DF 26 36 25 11 0 9 0 0 Released at the end of the season 23 GK 28 24 24 0 0 1 0 0 Released at the end of the season 24 FW 26 81 64 17 11 6 0 1 Released at the end of the season 26 MF 21 13 7 6 0 1 0 0 Loan ended at end of season 27 MF 29 19 7 12 1 1 0 0 Released at the end of the season 28 MF 29 104 95 9 6 15 0 0 Released at the end of the season 29 FW 19 21 12 9 2 2 0 0 30 FW 32 50 26 24 5 0 0 0 Released at the end of the season 32 DF 19 11 10 1 2 3 0 0 33 DF 18 27 22 5 1 1 0 0 34 MF 18 36 11 25 2 1 0 0 38 DF 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 MF 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 40 GK 17
Left the club during the season
No Pos Nat Name Age Debut Apps Starts Subs Goals Notes 11 FW 23 55 29 26 15 0 0 0 Left by mutual consent on 27/01/22 18 MF 20 25 20 5 1 6 0 0 Loan ended on 10/01/22 20 DF 24 20 13 7 0 4 0 0 Left by mutual consent on 31/08/21 25 FW 29 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 Left by mutual consent on 28/08/21 26 MF 21 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 Loan ended on 10/12/21 37 GK 32 16 16 0 0 1 0 0 Loan ended on 28/08/21 44 DF 35 15 14 1 1 2 0 0 Left on 24/11/21
Pre-season friendlies Oldham Athletic announced pre-season friendlies against Ashton United, Stalybridge Celtic, Wigan Athletic, Burnley, Crewe Alexandra and Huddersfield Town as part of their preparations for the new campaign.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches Oldham's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.
FA Cup
Oldham were drawn away to Ipswich Town in the first round.
EFL Cup
Oldham Athletic were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round, Accrington Stanley in the second round and away to Brentford in the third round.
EFL Trophy
The Latics were drawn into Northern Group B alongside Leeds United U21s, Salford City and Tranmere Rovers. The group stage fixture dates were confirmed on 7 July. In the knock-out stages, Oldham were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the third round.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2021 RB Jordan Clarke Scunthorpe United Free transfer 1 July 2021 LB Sam Hart Southend United Free transfer 1 July 2021 CF Hallam Hope Swindon Town Free transfer 1 July 2021 RB Oliver Kilner Manchester United Free transfer 1 July 2021 GK Jayson Leutwiler Huddersfield Town Free transfer 1 July 2021 CB Harrison McGahey Scunthorpe United Free transfer 23 July 2021 CB Alan Sheehan Northampton Town Free transfer 4 August 2021 RW Jack Stobbs Grantham Town Free transfer 7 August 2021 CF Jacob Blyth Gateshead Free transfer 7 August 2021 DM Ousseynou Cissé Leyton Orient Free transfer 7 August 2021 GK Danny Rogers Kilmarnock Free transfer 13 August 2021 AM Jamie Hopcutt Hapoel Kfar Saba Free transfer 31 January 2022 CF Mike Fondop Hartlepool United Free transfer 4 February 2022 LW Tope Obadeyi Unattached Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 7 August 2021 DM Jamie Bowden Tottenham Hotspur 10 January 2022 17 August 2021 GK Laurie Walker Milton Keynes Dons 24 August 2021 20 August 2021 AM Faysal Bettache Queens Park Rangers 10 December 2021 17 January 2022 CM Alex Hunt Sheffield Wednesday End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 13 August 2021 DF Will Sutton Witton Albion 18 December 2021 20 November 2021 CF Vani Da Silva FC United of Manchester 23 December 2021 CB Will Sutton Farsley Celtic 21 January 2022 28 December 2021 RB Oliver Kilner Curzon Ashton 28 January 2022
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 30 June 2021 CF Marcus Barnes Released 30 June 2021 GK Laurence Bilboe Hemel Hempstead Town Released 30 June 2021 CF George Blackwood Adelaide United Mutual consent 30 June 2021 LB Cameron Borthwick-Jackson Burton Albion Released 30 June 2021 RB Sido Jombati Ebbsfleet United Released 30 June 2021 DM Brice Ntambwe Released 30 June 2021 GK Gary Woods Aberdeen Released 1 July 2021 CF Conor McAleny Salford City Free transfer 9 July 2021 CM Oliver Patrick Accrington Stanley Free transfer 17 August 2021 CM Ben Hough Warrington Town Free transfer 27 August 2021 GK Mackenzie Chapman Oxford United Free transfer 28 August 2021 CF Jacob Blyth Chorley Released 31 August 2021 LB Andrea Badan Mutual consent 27 January 2022 CF Zak Dearnley FC Halifax Town Mutual consent
Squad statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included on the list. No.Pos.Nat.PlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotalAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubs10MF46433220321532565068MF43394220220422514566DF40400220330330484802DF40400220220220464609FW3929102201104134633137MF363152022024404435924FW30255220330321383263DF313011012201103533217MF3017130001102203320135DF252502200003303030034MF237161013123303011191GK222202201104402929033DF191542201015502722518MF171432202204222520523GK222200001101102424014MF141042203304222317628MF201820000000002018229FW15960002112111911811FW12751012114311911827MF166101010002111971222DF12930002203121712515DF11650002202201510526MF1055000000330138526MF137600000000013764MF8800001102201111032DF99000000000099030FW84400000000084444DF65100000000065119FW30300010121161525FW31200011000042237GK22000011000033011FW21100000000021139MF20200000000020238MF000000000110110Total46 2 3 5 56
Goals No.Pos.Nat.PlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal10MF15101179FW5000524FW301046DF3001411FW0003311FW2000229FW2000228MF2000217MF2000232DF2000234MF1001218MF100012DF1000133DF100013DF1000127MF100015DF010018MF10001Total4321652
Disciplinary record No.Pos.Nat.PlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal 6DF100100000000010012DF61010010010091024FW2011000000003013DF100000000000010008MF70000000000070018MF60000000000060017MF60000000000060022DF4000000001005009FW5000000000005005DF4001000000005007MF40000000000040015DF3000000000003004MF10000000010020010MF00010010000020029FW20000000000020028MF20000000000020032DF20000000000020025FW10000000000010033DF10000000000010014MF10000000000010027MF10000000000010026MF1000000000001001GK10000000000010023GK10000000000010044DF100000000000100Total82124002003009112
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