BOUNDARY BULLETIN the Official Matchday Programme of Oldham Athletic Football Club Free to Download
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
BOUNDARY BULLETIN The official matchday programme of Oldham Athletic Football Club Free to Download Oldham Athletic vs. Colchester United Sky Bet League Two - Matchday 41 Friday 9th April 2021 - 7pm KO “There is always an extra buzz around KEITH CURLE the place on the back of a good win and that’s certainly been the case in our preparations for tonight’s fixture after the result on Bank Holiday Monday.” Geng three points is the most important thing in any game but to have achieved that at Crawley Town with a performance of such authority and confidence means there has been a real energy within the camp this week. From a coach’s point of view, it was very pleasing to see the players execute the ideas we have been working on over the course of the past month and every one of them deserves credit for the part they played in such a comprehensive win. Although we want to be a possession-based team, it is important there is a clear sense of direcon to our play and we have spent a lot of our me on the training ground trying to develop the right balance. Having started the game on Monday with the right intenons against a team we knew were on a difficult run of form, the lads kept their paence unl the breakthrough arrived and then displayed a ruthlessness in securing the result. The atude from the enre squad since I arrived has been first class and even though results have not always gone our way in recent weeks, they know the importance of taking on board the informaon we given to them and the value of keeping a posive mentality. We were all delighted to see Conor McAleny back on the scoresheet and the assurance he displayed in his finishing, parcularly for the first goal, was that of a quality goalscorer. We all know how important Conor is to our team, he has had a very good season and aer going close a number of mes in the game, his goals were reward for his perseverance. All the players have adapted to how we want them to play and no-one typifies that more than Davis Keillor-Dunn, who has connued to show his value in both creang goals and scoring them in recent games. Davis is one of several players who have now commied themselves for next season and having a core group already in place who are passionate about doing well can only benefit the club as it plans for next season. There may only be six games of the current campaign remaining but that’s why I have stressed to the squad that they all have something to play for. Tonight we welcome a Colchester United side who have found results difficult to come by lately and have made recent changes to their coaching staff with the appointments of Hayden Mullins and Paul Tisdale. Our last home game against Stevenage was very disappoinng and with only three more games to play at Boundary Park, we want to sign off in the best way possible. Despite the result on Monday, there are areas of our game that we must sll work on to improve. Our objecve has always been to develop a cohesive team unit which is capable of geng results in different circumstances and the remaining games provide us with the chance to test our connued progress in that regard. We were all pleased to put on the performance at Crawley for you at the end of the Bank Holiday and we will be looking to ensure you can enjoy the weekend ahead on the back of another posive result tonight. SPONSORED BY Keith BOUNDARY BULLETIN - 03 VISITING BOUNDARY PARK… THE U’s MAN AT THE TOP... HAYDEN MULLINS Appointed on 31st March 2021 as the first-team interim Head he helped the club reach the final of the FA Cup in the 2009/10 Coach of Colchester United aer replacing Wayne Brown. season. Previously, Mullins was the assistant coach under Steve Ball The defensive midfielder rered in 2015 and began coaching at the U’s. which began at Waord. Interesngly, he was assistant to U21 The 42-year-old had a 17-year playing career which began in coach, and former Lacs head coach, Harry Kewell. the capital with Crystal Palace and played over 250 mes for Mullins spent four-years at the Herordshire club also being the club. He represented England at U21 level three mes. interim manager of the club before moving to Colchester. Mullins went on to play for West Ham United, Portsmouth, Former Bristol Rovers manager, Paul Tisdale has brought to the Reading, Birmingham City and Nos County. Whilst at Pompey, club in an advisory role to help him. BOUNDARY BULLETIN - 05 FOR THE RECORD... LOOKING GOOD FOR THE U’s COLCHESTER UNITED - CLUB HONOURS #1 DEAN GERKEN in the FA Cup third round against Cardiff City in a 3-1 defeat The experienced goalkeeper resigned Colchester at the Cardiff City Stadium. He made his League debut on United in July 2019 aer his departure from Ipswich 24th January 2015 in a 2-0 win over Leyton Orient, he Town. played the full game. Gerken began his career with Colchester and made his In 2017, Lapsile won Colchester United Young Player of the debut in 2004 against Brenord in League One. He Year aer an impressive campaign with the U’s. He signed a went on to feature 126 mes for the club before new deal with the club in summer 2019. signing for Bristol City in 2009. Aer four-years with the Robins, he put pen-to-paper #11 CALLUM HARRIOTT on a deal with Ipswich. The shot shopper had tough Harrio, a tricky winger, put pen-to-paper on a second snt compeon at the Portman Road Stadium with fellow at Colchester United in September 2019 aer he le League One goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski. Reading. Runners-up (2005/06) However, he did manage to notch up 113 appearances The 27-year-old caught a lot of aenon as he broke into Fourth Division for the club in a six-year spell. the Charlton Athlec first-team at 17-years-old. He went on Runners-up (1961/62), Play-off winners (1997/98) to feature 95 mes and need 12 goals. During his me Promoted (1965/66), (1973/74), (1976/77) Conference #5 TOMMY SMITH with the Addicks, he spent me on loan with Colchester in Winners (1991/92), Runners-up (1990/91) The 31-year-old arrived at the JobServe Community the 2015/16 campaign. Southern Football League Stadium for his second spell at the club in August 2020 Sky Bet Championship side Reading brought the aacker to Winners (1938/39), Runners-up (1949/50) aer he le Sky Bet League One side Sunderland. the Madejski Stadium for an undisclosed fee. However, Football League Trophy Born in Macclesfield, Smith was at Crewe Alexandra as throughout his me at the club his game me was limited. Runners-up (1996/97) FA Trophy a kid before switching to Ipswich Town in 2006. He Harrio is a Guyana internaonal and he represented the Winners (1991/92) went on to 12-years at Portman Road and managed to naon on several occasions. Watney Cup make 263 appearances, scoring 24 goals. Whilst at the Winners (1971/72) Tractor Boys, Smith received the Young Player of The #45 FRANK NOUBLE Southern League Cup Season award in 2006/07 as well as Player of The Year The experienced aacker rejoined Colchester in February Winners (1937/38), (1949/50), Runners-up (1947/48), (1948/49) 2012/13. on loan from Sky Bet League One side Plymouth Argyle. Southern League Mid-Week Secon Following that, he moved over to America to join Nouble has spent the majority of his career in the Football Runners-up (1937/38), (1938/39) Colorado Rapids and spent a season with the club League but began his career in the Premier League with Essex Senior Cup before Phil Parkinson brought him to Sunderland. West Ham United, making 19 appearances and he scored Winners (2009/10), Runners-up (2011/12) Smith has represented New Zealand at senior level one goal. MATCH RECORDS vs OLDHAM ATHLETIC over 35 mes and found the back of the net twice for Following that, he went on to play for numerous clubs’ Record Win the All Whites. which includes Ipswich Town, Coventry City and Gillingham Colchester United 5-1 Oldham Athlec (23rd December 1961) as well as a spell in China with Tianjin Songjiang and Nei Record Loss #4 TOM LAPSLIE Mongol Zhongyou. Oldham Athlec 4-0 Colchester United (4th February 1967) The midfielder is a product of Colchester and has The striker featured 92 mes for the U’s and scored 14 goals First Game Oldham Athlec 2-2 Colchester United (26th August 1961) become a first-team regular at the club. in two-years which earned himself a move to Ryan Lowe’s Last Game Aer progressing through the youth ranks at the U’s, Plymouth, but aer half a season he’s returned to Colchester United 3-3 Oldham Athlec (3rd October 2020) Frank Nouble Lapsile made his first-me debut on 2nd January 2015 Colchester. OUR RECORD vs COLCHESTER UNITED Total 50, Won 15, Lost 21, Drawn 14. Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Stadium Capacity: 10,105 2019/20 FINISH 6th in Sky Bet League Two. P37, W15, D13, L9, F52, A37, Pts58. 2018/19 CUPS FA Cup: First round (vs Coventry City) League Cup: Quarter-final (vs Manchester United) EFL Trophy: Second round (vs Stevenage) Best Ever League Posion: 10th in the Championship All Time Most Appearances: 700 Micky Cook (1969-1984) Dean Gerken Tommy Smith Tom Lapslie Callum Harrio All Time Top Scorer: 149 Tony Adcock (1981-87 & 1995-98) 06 - THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF OLDHAM ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB BOUNDARY BULLETIN - 07 KEY: HOME MATCHES IN BOLD CAPITALS, SCORERS NAME IN BOLD CAPITALS (x GOALS) FIXTURES & RESULTS 2020-21 COMPETITIONS: SBL2 (SkyBet League 2), FAC (Emirates FA Cup), CC (Carabeo Cup), EFLT (EFL Trophy) DATE OPPOSITION COMP KO RES ATT VIS REFEREE PTS POS STARTING 11 (IF SUBSTITUTED TIME IN BRACKETS) SUBSITUTES (IF USED TIME IN BRACKETS) SEPTEMBER Saturday 5th CARLISLE UNITED CC R1 3:00 3-0 BCD BCD C Boyeson N/A R1 Lawlor Hamer Jombati