2025–26 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic
2025–26 season
ChairmanFrank Rothwell
ManagerMicky Mellon
StadiumBoundary Park
EFL CupPreliminary round

The 2025–26 season is the 131st season in the history of Oldham Athletic Football Club and their first season back in EFL League Two since the 2021–22 season following their promotion via the 2024–25 National League play-offs. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2025–26 EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] CB Montserrat Donervon Daniels England Walsall Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] CF England Kane Drummond England Chesterfield [2]
1 July 2025[c] LM England Luke Hannant England Gateshead [3]
1 July 2025 England Josh Hawkes England Tranmere Rovers [4]
1 July 2025[d] LB England Jake Leake England Hull City [5]
1 July 2025[e] RM England Kieron Morris England Tranmere Rovers [6]
1 July 2025[f] CM England Tom Pett England Cheltenham Town [7]
7 July 2025 LW Wales Jack Stevens England Solihull Moors Undisclosed [8]
DM England Ryan Woods England Exeter City Free [9]
7 August 2025 CF Republic of Ireland Joe Quigley England Forest Green Rovers Undisclosed [10]
LB Scotland Jamie Robson [11]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Walsall contract had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Chesterfield contract had expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Gateshead contract had expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Hull contract had expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Tranmere contract had expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Cheltenham contract had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
17 July 2025 CM England Matt Worthington England Torquay United Undisclosed [12]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Until Ref.
8 July 2025 CM England Kai Payne England Wigan Athletic 31 May 2026 [13]
11 August 2025 CB England Charlie Olson England Blackburn Rovers [14]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM England Dan Gardner England Radcliffe 1 July 2025 [15]
LB England Mark Kitching England York City [16]
CB England Charlie Raglan England Barrow [17]
LM England Joe Pritchard England Rochdale 10 July 2025 [18]
CF England Kurt Willoughby England Kidderminster Harriers [19][20]
LW Pakistan Otis Khan Malaysia Kelantan Red Warrior 12 July 2025 [19][21]
CM England Josh Lundstram England Eastleigh 14 July 2025 [22]
CF England Alex Reid England Hartlepool United 17 July 2025 [19][23]
England James Norwood England Fleetwood Town 18 July 2025 [24]
LW Nigeria Jesurun Uchegbulam England Eastbourne Borough 22 July 2025 [25][26]
CB England Shaun Hobson [19]
RM England Kofi Moore [19]
CF England Joe Nuttall [19]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
20 June 2025 GK England Tom Donaghy 30 June 2027 [27]
England Mathew Hudson 30 June 2028 [28]
30 June 2025 CF England Joe Garner 31 December 2025 [29]
CM Wales Oli Hammond 30 June 2027 [29]
CB England Will Sutton [29]
4 July 2025 CF England Mike Fondop [30]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 13 June, Oldham Athletic announced three pre-season friendlies, against Dundee United, Bradford City and Curzon Ashton.[31]

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 2025 Friendly Dundee United 0–0 Oldham Athletic Dundee, Scotland
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 3,428 (444 away)
26 July 2025 Friendly Oldham Athletic 0–1 Bradford City Oldham
13:00 BST Report
  • Humphrys 65'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,530 (724 away)
29 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton Cancelled Oldham Athletic Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST Stadium: Tameside Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a precautionary measure due to a number of injuries and player illnesses.[32]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
EFL League Two August 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
FA Cup November 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup 5 August 2025 Preliminary round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Trophy September 2025 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Notts County 4 1 1 2 7 6 +1 4
16 Newport County 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
17 Oldham Athletic 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
18 Barnet 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 3
19 Barrow 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[33]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 0 3 1 2 3  −1 3 0 1 1 2 3  −1 0 2 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundAHHA
ResultDDLD
Position161617
Points1223
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Oldham Athletic Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 9,384 (1,891)
Referee: Matthew Russell
9 August 2025 2 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Colchester United Oldham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,799 (371 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
16 August 2025 3 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Swindon Town Oldham
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,955 (507 away)
Referee: Greg Rollason
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[35]
19 August 2025 4 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Oldham Athletic Horfield
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,706 (446 away)
Referee: James Oldham
23 August 2025 5 Fleetwood Town v Oldham Athletic Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
30 August 2025 6 Oldham Athletic v Gillingham Oldham
15:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
6 September 2025 7 Cambridge United v Oldham Athletic Cambridge
15:00 BST Stadium: Abbey Stadium
13 September 2025 8 Oldham Athletic v Bromley Oldham
15:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
20 September 2025 9 Cheltenham Town v Oldham Athletic Cheltenham
15:00 BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
27 September 2025 10 Oldham Athletic v Barnet Oldham
12:30 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[35]

FA Cup

As a League Two side, Oldham will enter the FA Cup in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

November 2025 First round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC GMT Report Stadium: TBC

EFL Cup

As a newly-promoted League Two side, Oldham will enter the EFL Cup in the preliminary round, due to the number of Premier League teams being involved in European competitions. They would face Accrington Stanley.[36][37]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2025 Preliminary round Accrngton Stanley 3–1 Oldham Athletic Accrington
19:45 BST
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Trophy

Oldham were drawn against Bolto Wanderers, Rotherham United and Manchester City U21 in the group stage.[38]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Manchester City U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2025 North Group E Oldham Athletic v Manchester City U21 Oldham
19:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
7 October 2025 North Group E Rotherham United v Oldham Athletic Rotherham
19:00 BST Stadium: New York Stadium
11 November 2025 North Group E Oldham Athletic v Bolton Wanderers Oldham
19:00 GMT Stadium: Boundary Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 19 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Mathew Hudson 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Reagan Ogle 5 1 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Jake Leake 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Montserrat MSR Donervon Daniels 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Cameroon CMR Manny Monthé 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ryan Woods 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Mike Fondop 5 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF England ENG Tom Conlon 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Wales WAL Jack Stevens 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 FW England ENG Kane Drummond 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
16 DF England ENG Will Sutton 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Quigley 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Kieron Morris 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Luke Hannant 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England ENG Josh Hawkes 5 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Kian Harratt 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Robson 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Wales WAL Oli Hammond 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK England ENG Tom Donaghy 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

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