1998–99 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Oldham Athletic
1998–99 season
ChairmanIan Stott
David Brierley
ManagerAndy Ritchie
StadiumBoundary Park
Second Division20th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Auto Windscreens ShieldFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Allott
All: Mark Allott

Statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 2 F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals


MF   ENG Mark Allott 47 8 32+9 7 1+2 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
FW   ENG Paul Beavers 7 2 7+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Lee Clitheroe 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Lee Duxbury 48 7 41+0 6 4+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Shaun Garnett 42 2 36+1 2 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Richard Graham 15 3 11+0 3 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Andy Gray 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   AUS Doug Hodgson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Andy Holt 50 5 39+4 5 3+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Mark Hotte 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Innes 13 1 8+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   IRL Gary Kelly 52 0 45+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW   ENG Adrian Littlejohn 18 3 11+5 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
DF   WAL Paul Mardon 12 3 12+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO John McGinlay 10 3 4+3 1 1+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Ian McLean 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG David McNiven 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Scott McNiven 44 2 33+4 1 4+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
GK   NIR David Miskelly 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ISL Toddi Örlygsson 24 0 19+3 0 0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Paul Reid 47 2 40+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
MF   ENG Paul Rickers 52 4 44+1 4 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW   ENG Andy Ritchie 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Phil Salt 12 1 3+6 0 1+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   IRL John Sheridan 34 2 30+0 2 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Lee Sinnott 21 0 14+4 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Nick Spooner 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Ryan Sugden 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Iain Swan 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Stuart Thom 26 1 19+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   WAL Matthew Tipton 33 2 15+13 2 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   ENG Danny Walsh 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Steve Whitehall 43 4 28+8 4 4+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Colchester United 46 12 16 18 52 70 −18 52
19 Wycombe Wanderers 46 13 12 21 52 58 −6 51
20 Oldham Athletic 46 14 9 23 48 66 −18 51
21 York City (R) 46 13 11 22 56 80 −24 50 Relegation to the Third Division
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 10 18 18 43 57 −14 48
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Competitions edit

Division 2 edit

8 August  1998 (1998 -08-08) 1 Oldham Athletic 1–3 Notts County Oldham
Holt   90'
Kelly  
Reid  
Report Richardson   8'
Farrell   21', 26'
Redmile  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5709
Referee: D Pugh
15 August  1998 (1998 -08-15) 2 Blackpool 3–0 Oldham Athletic Blackpool
Bent   40'
Malkin   61'
Bushell   73'
Hills  
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5258
Referee: G Laws
22 August  1998 (1998 -08-22) 3 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Chesterfield Oldham
Williams   1' (o.g.)
Graham   82'  
Allott  
Report Howard   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4548
Referee: Mike Dean
29 August  1998 (1998 -08-29) 4 Stoke City 2–0 Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Keen   22'
Lightbourne   90'
Report Stadium: Victoria Ground
Referee: G Cain
31 August  1998 (1998 -08-31) 5 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Fulham Oldham
Allott   61' Report Moody   50' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4744
Referee: S J Baines
5 September  1998 (1998 -09-05) 6 Lincoln City 1–3 Oldham Athletic Lincoln
Smith   69'
Austin  
Perry  
Finnigan  
Report Graham   28'
Littlejohn   34'
Allott   71'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3224
Referee: R Pearson
8 September  1998 (1998 -09-08) 7 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Macclesfield Town Oldham
Littlejohn   11'
Örlygsson   64'
Garnett  
Rickers  
Reid  
Report Barclay   55'
Wood   66' (pen.)
McDonald  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5401
Referee: G B Frankland
12 September  1998 (1998 -09-12) 8 Northampton Town 1–1 Oldham Athletic Northampton
Freestone   56' Report Duxbury   45'
Holt  
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5210
Referee: P Rejer
19 September  1998 (1998 -09-19) 9 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Preston North End Oldham
Report Appleton   8'  
Macken  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8205
Referee: D Laws
26 September  1998 (1998 -09-26) 10 Bournemouth 2–0 Oldham Athletic Bournemouth
Robinson   6'
Stein   49'
Hughes  
Report Duxbury   Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5877
Referee: G Stretton
3 October  1998 (1998 -10-03) 11 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Colchester United Oldham
Rickers   20'
Sinnott  
Graham  
Duxbury  
Littlejohn  
Report Gregory   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4231
Referee: B Coddington
9 October  1998 (1998 -10-09) 12 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Wigan Athletic Oldham
Graham   48'
Allott   90'
Holt  
Report Bradshaw   14'
Barlow   55'
Warne   73'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5499
Referee: P R Richards
17 October  1998 (1998 -10-17) 13 Luton Town 2–0 Oldham Athletic Luton
Gray   82'
Scarlett   90'
White  
Report McNiven   71'
Reid  
Littlejohn  
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 5447
Referee: R Olivier
20 October  1998 (1998 -10-20) 14 Burnley 1–0 Oldham Athletic Burnley
Cooke   64'
Little  
Report Thom  
Örlygsson  
Littlejohn  
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 9539
Referee: G B Frankland
24 October  1998 (1998 -10-24) 15 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers Oldham
Report Cousins   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4337
Referee: M D Messias
31 October  1998 (1998 -10-31) 16 Millwall 1–1 Oldham Athletic London
Shaw   58'
Ryan  
Report McGinlay   13'
Garnett  
Spooner     49'
Stadium: The Den
7 November  1998 (1998 -11-07) 17 Oldham Athletic 0–3 Manchester City Oldham
Garnett  
Sheridan  
Report Horlock   17', 31'  
Morrison   69'
Edghill  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12976
Referee: Scott Mathieson
10 November  1998 (1998 -11-10) 18 Gillingham 2–1 Oldham Athletic Gillingham
Asaba   76'
Patterson   77'  
Elliott  
Ashby  
Hessenthaler  
Report Whitehall   69' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5188
Referee: D R Crick
21 November  1998 (1998 -11-21) 19 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Wrexham Oldham
Whitehall   26'
McNiven   81'
Tipton   88'
Holt  
Garnett  
Report Roberts   32'
Carey   71'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4446
Referee: Chris Foy
28 November  1998 (1998 -11-28) 20 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Oldham Athletic Bristol
Cureton   71'
Roberts   89'
Report Rickers   6'
Sheridan   81'
Holt  
Stadium: Eastville Stadium
Attendance: 5614
Referee: M J Brandwood
12 December  1998 (1998 -12-12) 21 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Walsall Oldham
Report Otta   4'
Rammell   34'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4195
Referee: Phil Dowd
19 December  1998 (1998 -12-19) 22 Reading 1–1 Oldham Athletic Reading
McIntyre   29'
Kromheer  
Crawford  
Report Allott   56'
Thom  
Rickers  
Sheridan  
Reid  
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 9390
Referee: Keith Hill
26 December  1998 (1998 -12-26) 23 Chesterfield 1–3 Oldham Athletic Chesterfield
Wilkinson   1'
Ebdon  
Report Allott   22', 65'
Holt   56'
Örlygsson  
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 5448
Referee: R D Furnandiz
28 December  1998 (1998 -12-28) 24 Oldham Athletic 0–2 York City Oldham
Report Cresswell   34'
Jones   60'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5343
Referee: M Warren
9 January  1999 (1999 -01-09) 25 Notts County 0–1 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Richardson   Report Mardon   6'  
McNiven  
Reid  
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4669
Referee: B Coddington
16 January  1999 (1999 -01-16) 26 Oldham Athletic 3–0 Blackpool Oldham
Holt   48'
Allott   55'
Duxbury   57'
Mardon  
Report Thompson  
Bryan  
Patterson  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5353
Referee: J A Kirkby
26 January  1999 (1999 -01-26) 27 Fulham 1–0 Oldham Athletic London
Morgan   22'
Horsfield  
Report Whitehall   Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 8160
Referee: Andy D'Urso
30 January  1999 (1999 -01-30) 28 York City 0–1 Oldham Athletic York
Pouton   Report Holt   38'   Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3760
Referee: E K Wolstenholme
6 February  1999 (1999 -02-06) 29 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Lincoln City Oldham
Thom   71'
Mardon   81'
Reid  
Report Barnett  
Holmes  
Gordon  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5220
Referee: Anthony Bates
13 February  1999 (1999 -02-13) 30 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Oldham Athletic Macclesfield
Sodje   84'  
Sedgemore  
Report Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 4038
Referee: S J Baines
20 February  1999 (1999 -02-20) 31 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Northampton Town Oldham
Allott  
Rickers  
Report Corazzin   10' (pen.)
Peer  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4752
Referee: G Laws
27 February  1999 (1999 -02-27) 32 Preston North End 2–1 Oldham Athletic Preston
Nogan   24'
Jackson   65'
Report Mardon   45'
Garnett  
Sheridan  
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12965
Referee: W C Burns
6 March  1999 (1999 -03-06) 33 Oldham Athletic 2–3 Bournemouth Oldham
Whitehall   47'
Duxbury   75'  
Report Cox   2'
Stein   44'
Warren   63'
Howe  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4453
Referee: MIke Pike
9 March  1999 (1999 -03-09) 34 Colchester United 2–2 Oldham Athletic Colchester
Allen   40'
D. Gregory   67' (pen.)
Dunne  
Buckle  
Dozzell  
N. Gregory  
Report Whitehall   56'
Duxbury   75'
Holt     81'
Örlygsson  
Thom  
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3616
Referee: Keith Hill
13 March  1999 (1999 -03-13) 35 Manchester City 1–2 Oldham Athletic Manchester
Taylor   79'
Edghill  
Report Reid   27' (pen.)  
Duxbury   56'
Rickers  
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30321
Referee: M J Brandwood
20 March  1999 (1999 -03-20) 36 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Millwall Oldham
Duxbury   Report Cahill   25'
Stuart  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4565
Referee: Mike Jones
27 March  1999 (1999 -03-27) 37 Wycombe Wanderers 3–0 Oldham Athletic Wycombe
Carroll   16', 34'
McCarthy   42'
Report Sheridan  
Swan  
Duxbury  
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4083
Referee: D R Crick
2 April  1999 (1999 -04-02) 38 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Luton Town Oldham
Garnett   62'  
Mardon  
Allott  
Report Gray   5'
McGowan     89'
Spring  
Thorpe  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4948
Referee: P S Danson
5 April  1999 (1999 -04-05) 39 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Oldham Athletic Wigan
Haworth   27'
Bradshaw   90' (pen.)
Porter  
O'Neill  
Report Mardon   85'
Allott  
Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 4754
Referee: A N Butler
10 April  1999 (1999 -04-10) 40 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Burnley Oldham
Tipton   37'
Duxbury  
Report Payton   52' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8542
Referee: R Pearson
13 April  1999 (1999 -04-13) 41 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Bristol Rovers Oldham
Sheridan   58'
Rickers   65'
Reid  
Report Roberts   23'
Pritchard  
Foster  
Penrice  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8542
Referee: K M Lynch
17 April  1999 (1999 -04-17) 42 Wrexham 1–2 Oldham Athletic Wrexham
Spink   35'
Ridler  
Report Garnett   40'
Holt   84'
Rickers  
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3267
Referee: A R Hall
24 April  1999 (1999 -04-24) 43 Oldham Athletic 1–4 Gillingham Oldham
Beavers   33'
Garnett  
Whitehall  
Report Asaba   4'  
Smith   10'
Galloway   27'
Taylor   78'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5331
Referee: M D Messias
1 May  1999 (1999 -05-01) 44 Walsall 3–1 Oldham Athletic Walsall
Wrack   22'
Marsh   34'
Eyjólfsson   76'
Henry  
Report Duxbury   56'
Garnett  
Rickers  
Reid  
Tipton  
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 9184
Referee: R Styles
4 May  1999 (1999 -05-04) 45 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Stoke City Oldham
Thom   21'
Beavers   50'  
Report Collins  
O'Connor  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5015
Referee: Paul Robinson
8 May  1999 (1999 -05-08) 46 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Reading Oldham
Innes   5'  
Rickers   27'
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7724
Referee: R D Furnandiz

F.A. Cup edit

14 November  1998 (1998 -11-14) 1 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Gillingham Oldham
Salt   33'
McNiven   37'
Report Carr   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3173
Referee: A G Wiley
5 December  1998 (1998 -12-05) 2 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Brentford Oldham
McGinlay   74' (pen.)
Garnett  
Report Freeman   35' (pen.)   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4217
Referee: A B Wilkie
15 December  1998 (1998 -12-15) 2r Brentford 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Oldham Athletic Brentford
Owusu   10'
Bates   47'
Freeman   67'  
Report McGinlay   20'  
Duxbury   72'
McNiven  
Garnett  
Sheridan  
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4375
Referee: A B Wilkie
2 January  1999 (1999 -01-02) 3 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Chelsea Oldham
McNiven  
Garnett  
Reid  
Report Vialli   68', 75'
Babayaro  
Duberry  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12770
Referee: P A Durkin

Football League Cup edit

11 August  1998 (1998 -08-11) 1 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
Littlejohn   20'  
Reid   23' (pen.)
Allott   31'
Report Little   40', 78' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3766
18 August  1998 (1998 -08-18) 1 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Oldham Athletic Crewe
Jack   31', 76'
Johnson  
Report Allott   Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3428
Referee: MIke Pike

Football League Trophy (Auto Windscreens Shield) edit

8 December  1998 (1998 -12-08) 1 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Darlington Oldham
Reid   Report Gabbiadini   95' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2133
Referee: Mike Jones

References edit

https://www.11v11.com/teams/oldham-athletic/tab/matches/season/1999/
https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1924