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Do the chicken payback
We said we were due to give someone a hammering, didn’t we? We said that we should be beating teams like Tamworth comfortably at home,...
Arlene Finnigan
Nov 23, 20245 min read


Don't worry, Bee happy
I will not lie to you, comrades. It is MUCH easier to write 1400 fairly interesting words about a very enjoyable win at Tranmere than it...
Arlene Finnigan
Nov 16, 20245 min read


In my Mersey paradise
For the best part of the last 30 years, supporting Latics has been a thankless task. It’s mostly been an endless kick in the crotch....
Arlene Finnigan
Nov 9, 20247 min read


Fly on, my sweet angel
It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t a classic. It was nervy, scrappy, at times turgid. But it was another 3 points, and our 8th league win of the...
Arlene Finnigan
Nov 2, 20245 min read


On the road again
A great week for the OASIS faction, an.... OK week on the pitch? Two tough trips to the southeast in four days isn’t ideal, but that’s...
Arlene Finnigan
Oct 26, 20245 min read


Oh, shame, shame, shame, shame, Shaymen
Prior to last Saturday, we’d never beaten FC Halifax. I for one would like to thank our friends from over the Pennines for their...
Arlene Finnigan
Oct 18, 20245 min read


Mo money, Moors problems
Ah well. All good things must come to an end. It really, REALLY should have been 5 wins in a row though. We were as, if not more,...
Arlene Finnigan
Oct 12, 20244 min read


Khan he kick it? Yes he Khan.
“At Stonebridge Road did Otis Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree…” God, I wish I hadn’t wasted the Frankie Goes To Hollywood pun when...
Arlene Finnigan
Oct 5, 20244 min read


"Tell me are you a Christian child?" and I said "Mike, I am tonight"
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he...
Arlene Finnigan
Sep 28, 20245 min read


Woking back to happiness
We did it! We won a game! We scored more than one goal! We didn’t concede a sloppy goal from a set piece! Onwards and upwards, lads....
Arlene Finnigan
Sep 21, 20244 min read


One all, we don't need another draw
I’m currently 3rd in the Championship in the OWTB Prediction League. (Andy Halliwell is top, I've got him in my sights.) It’s an absolute...
Arlene Finnigan
Sep 14, 20245 min read


We're drinking quality pints in your town
Bit deflating, last Saturday, wasn’t it? We’re Oldham fucking Athletic. We’re a footballing powerhouse. We were founder members of the...
Arlene Finnigan
Sep 7, 20244 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 31, 20244 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 24, 20245 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 17, 20244 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 10, 20245 min read


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?...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 20, 20246 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 13, 20244 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 10, 20244 min read


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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 6, 20245 min read
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