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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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),...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 22, 20246 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 8, 20243 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 1, 20243 min read
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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...
willholdaway808
May 25, 20244 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
May 11, 20245 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
May 4, 20245 min read
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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...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 27, 20244 min read
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