2025–26 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

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

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 Donervon Daniels Walsall Bosman [1]
1 July 2025[b] CF Kane Drummond Chesterfield [2]
1 July 2025[c] LM Luke Hannant Gateshead [3]
1 July 2025 Josh Hawkes Tranmere Rovers [4]
1 July 2025[d] LB Jake Leake Hull City [5]
1 July 2025[e] RM Kieron Morris Tranmere Rovers [6]
1 July 2025[f] CM Tom Pett Cheltenham Town [7]
7 July 2025 LW Jack Stevens Solihull Moors Undisclosed [8]
DM Ryan Woods Exeter City Bosman [9]
  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.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Until Ref.
8 July 2025 CM Kai Payne Wigan Athletic 31 May 2026 [10]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM Dan Gardner Radcliffe 1 July 2025 [11]
LB Mark Kitching York City [12]
CB Charlie Raglan Barrow [13]
LM Joe Pritchard Rochdale 10 July 2025 [14]
CF Kurt Willoughby Kidderminster Harriers [15][16]
CB Shaun Hobson [15]
LW Otis Khan [15]
RM Kofi Moore [15]
CF Joe Nuttall [15]
Alex Reid [15]
LW Jesurun Uchegbulam [17]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
20 June 2025 GK Tom Donaghy 30 June 2027 [18]
Mathew Hudson 30 June 2028 [19]
30 June 2025 CF Joe Garner 31 December 2025 [20]
CM Oli Hammond 30 June 2027 [20]
CB Will Sutton [20]
4 July 2025 CF Mike Fondop [21]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 13 June, Oldham Athletic announced three pre-season friendlies, against Dundee United, Bradford City and Curzon Ashton.[22]

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 2025 Friendly Dundee United v Oldham Athletic Dundee, Scotland
14:00 BST Stadium: Tannadice Park
26 July 2025 Friendly Oldham Athletic v Bradford City Oldham
13:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
29 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton v Oldham Athletic Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST Stadium: Tameside Stadium

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

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Notts County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 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[23]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
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.[24]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Milton Keynes Dons v Oldham Athletic Denbigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium MK
9 August 2025 2 Oldham Athletic v Colchester United Oldham
15:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
16 August 2025 3 Oldham Athletic v Swindon Town 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.[25]
19 August 2025 4 Bristol Rovers v Oldham Athletic Horfield
19:45 BST Stadium: Memorial Stadium
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.[25]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 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

Main article: 2025–26 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.[26][27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2025 Preliminary round Accrngton Stanley v Oldham Athletic Accrington
19:45 BST Stadium: Crown Ground

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Oldham were drawn against Bolto Wanderers, Rotherham United and Manchester City U21 in the group stage.[28]

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

References

  1. ^ "Defender Daniels Arrives". Oldham Athletic AFC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Drummond Joins Attack". Oldham Athletic AFC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Latics Add Hannant". Oldham Athletic AFC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Latics Complete Hawkes Capture". Oldham Athletic AFC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Leake Signs Permanent Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Morris Pens Latics Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Pett Pens Permanent Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Stevens Becomes A Latic". Oldham Athletic AFC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Woods Pens Latics Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Payne Re-Joins On Loan". Oldham Athletic AFC. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Gardner Joins Radcliffe". Oldham Athletic AFC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Kitching Departs Latics". Oldham Athletic AFC. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Raglan Leaves Oldham". Oldham Athletic AFC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  14. ^ @OfficialOAFC (10 July 2025). "Joe now moves on to join Rochdale, and he leaves with our very best wishes for the future" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "2025 Retained Player List". Oldham Athletic AFC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Kurt Willoughby's a Harrier". Kidderminster Harriers FC. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  17. ^ @OfficialOAFC (1 July 2025). "Thank you and good luck for the future, Jesurun Uchegbulam!" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Donaghy Extends Latics Stay". Oldham Athletic AFC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Hudson Signs New Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  20. ^ a b c "Trio Extend Latics Stay". Oldham Athletic AFC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Fondop Signs New Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Pre-Season 2025". Oldham Athletic AFC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  23. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  24. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  25. ^ a b "Two Home Fixtures Selected For Broadcast". Oldham Athletic AFC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  26. ^ "Carabao Cup format confirmed for 2025/26 season". EFL. 12 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Carabao Cup Preliminary Round Details". Oldham Athletic AFC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  28. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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