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Bit deflating, last Saturday, wasn’t it? We’re Oldham fucking Athletic. We’re a footballing powerhouse. We were founder members of the...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Aug 31
- 4 min
In Boundary Park did Otis Khan a pleasure dome erect
Hmph. From seven points from nine, to one point from six. Sorry for jinxing it, lads. It’s a long season, though. A marathon, not a...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Aug 24
- 5 min
Seven of Nine, yeah!
Taking four points in a week off two teams that we painfully failed to beat last season? One of whom we’ve failed to beat in four...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Aug 17
- 4 min
Escaped from our history
Not won the first league game of the season for 11 years, is it? Haven’t kept a clean sheet in the opening game for 19 years, you say? To...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Aug 10
- 5 min
I believe we've waited long enough
Cheers to James Reade for writing this season preview Another season begins. Without wishing to play the “my team’s harder than yours...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jul 20
- 6 min
We've come so far and we've reached so high
Claire’s cat can rest easy. For now, it’s not coming home, and Gareth Southgate’s race is run. It was quite a ride though, wasn’t it?...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jul 13
- 4 min
We're heading for Berlin, and still we stand tall
We’ve all slagged him off. We’ve all questioned whether he’s the man for the job. We’ve howled in frustration at his team selections and...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Until Saka I was never happy
Is England’s name on the trophy? Let’s not jinx it. But despite everything, they’re two wins away from it coming home. The team needed...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jul 6
- 5 min
It'll be alright, we'll turn out just fine
A few years ago, I read Inferno by Dante Alighieri. I don’t recommend it, it drags, it’s tedious and self-indulgent. Seriously, people...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jun 22
- 6 min
I think I've seen this film before
“Fully expect a cagey performance and narrow win for England against Serbia (and hope against hope for no unpleasantness in the stands),...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jun 15
- 4 min
Europe is our playground
It seems almost pointless to look at who the contenders to win Euro 2024 might be, given that it’s a foregone conclusion that England...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Take a sad song and make it better
I didn’t watch the Champions’ League final last Saturday. Had family stuff on. My brother, who’s a Liverpool fan and still hasn’t fully...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Jun 1
- 3 min
We ain't no hooligans, there ain't no football song
Happy June 1st! The start of Euros month! Have you all got your wallcharts up? I have. 43 years of age. Not arsed. There’s something...
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willholdaway808
- May 25
- 4 min
Wake up BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The fans forum this week was an opportunity for Micky Mellon, Darren Royle, Gary Brabin and Luke Rothwell to explain exactly how the...
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Arlene Finnigan
- May 11
- 5 min
Don't you know, pump it up, the Bulls are going up
Ah, football can be brilliant, can't it. Well it can for literally every team other than Oldham Athletic. Hope Street in Prescot was the...
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Arlene Finnigan
- May 4
- 5 min
I'm loving Cables instead
Well, I was hoping to be going to a play off final this weekend, and I am. I’m zipping up my boots and going back to my roots. 📷 Paul...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Apr 27
- 4 min
It's just that we've been losing so long
Don’t be sad that it happened. Be glad that it’s over. Having fucked up any chance of making the play offs, but guaranteed that we’d...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Apr 20
- 5 min
To say the least, oh, truly disappointed
You, there! Latics! Fuck all the way off! And when you get there, fuck off some more! A few days before our trip to Oxford City, it was...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Apr 13
- 3 min
The frustration it renders me hateful
When the fixtures came out last summer, one game in particular jumped out at me. “YIIRRRSS WE’RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE AT HOME AGAINST...
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Arlene Finnigan
- Apr 6
- 3 min
So drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight
Well. That was utterly fucking shit, wasn’t it. Easter ruined. Birthday ruined. Fuck off, Oldham. The first half performance against...
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