2018–19 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
# 2018–19 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Oldham Athletic's 124th season in their history and first season back in the fourth tier since the 1970–71 season following relegation the previous season. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Jose Baxter | Everton | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | Johan Branger | FC Dieppe | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2018 | DM | Christopher Missilou | Le Puy Foot 43 | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2018 | CM | Giles Coke | Chesterfield | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2018 | LB | Andy Taylor | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2018 | CF | Chris O'Grady | Chesterfield | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | CF | Ishmael Miller | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 5 January 2019 | DM | Mohamed Sylla | L'Entente | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2019 | CB | Sonhy Sefil | Lyon-Duchère | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | Urko Vera | CFR Cluj | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Ollie Banks | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Craig Davies | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Mason Fawns | Curzon Ashton | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Paul Green | Crewe Alexandra | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Gyamfi Kyeremeh | Gent | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Kallum Mantack | Stockport County | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Wilfried Moimbé | AS Nancy | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Tope Obadeyi | Sochaux | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Abdelhakim Omrani | Virton | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Brian Wilson | Barrow | Released |
| 2 July 2018 | AM | Patrick McEleney | Dundalk | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2018 | CF | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2018 | RB | Ryan McLaughlin | Blackpool | Compensation |
| 3 August 2018 | GK | Johny Placide | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Anthony Gerrard | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | Jack Byrne | Kilmarnock | Mutual consent |
| 3 January 2019 | CF | Ishmael Miller | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Courtney Duffus | Yeovil Town | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2019 | RB | Cameron Dummigan | Dundalk | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2018 | CB | Sam Graham | Sheffield United | 11 January 2019 |
| 26 July 2018 | GK | Daniel Iversen | Leicester City | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | CF | Sam Surridge | Bournemouth | 7 January 2019 |
| 14 August 2018 | CF | Callum Lang | Wigan Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | DM | Jordan Lyden | Aston Villa | 7 January 2019 |
| 14 November 2018 | GK | Alex Palmer | West Bromwich Albion | 22 November 2018 |
| 28 January 2019 | CB | Alex Iacovitti | Nottingham Forest | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Oladapo Afolayan | West Ham United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | RW | Zak Dearnley | Man Utd | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Anthony Gerrard | Carlisle United | January 2019 |
| 27 September 2018 | CB | Jamie Stott | Stockport County | 22 December 2018 |
| 26 January 2019 | CB | Sonhy Sefil | Ashton United | 23 February 2019 |
| 26 January 2019 | DF | Javid Swaby-Neavin | Ashton United | 23 February 2019 |
| 28 February 2019 | CB | Jamie Stott | Stockport County | 30 April 2019 |
| 1 March 2019 | DF | Jack Grundy | Barnoldswick Town | April 2019 |

## Competitions

### Pre-season friendlies

The Latics confirmed pre-season friendlies with Ashton United, Curzon Ashton, FC United of Manchester, Nottingham Forest and Preston North End.

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 65 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 64 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 62 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 61 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 57 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.

| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L1 | Barnsley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | L1 | Bradford City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
