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BOUNDARY BULLETIN The official matchday programme of Oldham Athletic Football Club Free to Download Oldham Athletic vs. Barrow AFC Sky Bet League Two - Matchday 29 Tuesday 23rd February 2021 - 7pm KO HEAD COACH - HARRY KEWELL “Three-and-a-half weeks have passed since we were last in action at home and there’s a real eagerness within the squad as we return to Boundary Park under the lights tonight.” After an enforced break due to two postponements at the start of the month, this evening’s game is the third in a sequence of 12 fixtures we are due to play in a tight schedule before the end of March. We have worked hard to ensure the squad is ready for an important period in the season and, in keeping with much of our campaign so far, there has been no shortage of drama over the past week as we begin this busy run. It is a measure of our performances at both Forest Green Rovers and Tranmere Rovers that we came away knowing we deserved more against two of the strongest sides in the league. Having taken an early lead at Prenton Park on Saturday before falling behind, the players showed great perseverance to battle back and claim a point with ten men. The game will rightly be remembered for the extraordinary goal scored by Dylan Bahamboula to earn us the draw late on in the match. We all know Dylan is an exceptional talent and that moment of brilliance came as no surprise to those of us who have the pleasure of seeing his ability at close quarters both in training and in games. To be able to execute the shot as he did takes a special level of vision and skill, and I am sure you all enjoyed celebrating it at home, just as we did at the stadium. After conceding four goals at Forest Green earlier in the week, I was also pleased with the discipline we showed overall. We limited Tranmere to very little in front of goal but we still could have been shrewder with the ball and that will be key if we are to turn draws such as this into wins. With four goals in six games, Davis Keillor-Dunn is another player who we have seen excel in recent weeks. Davis has worked incredibly hard on his game over the course of the season, taking on board the advice and ideas we have given him as a coaching staff, and I am delighted that he is now getting his reward. Tonight we welcome a Barrow team who underwent a managerial change again at the weekend and for that reason we know their players will arrive here with a point to prove. Making the step-up into the EFL is always a big challenge for a newly-promoted side and while things have not gone their way of late, we saw ourselves in the reverse fixture at Holker Street that Barrow are a team not to be underestimated. With plenty of points up for grabs over the coming weeks, for us it is about looking to move up the league table as quickly as possible. The win in our last home game against Salford City saw us register back-to-back victories at Boundary Park for the first time this season and we know that getting results here will be crucial in shaping the remainder of our campaign. Everyone hopes that it won’t be too much longer before we can see you again at games such as this but the support you continue to provide means a lot to us all. We are determined to finish the season well and with no shortage of matches coming up over the next few weeks, we will be doing all we can to keep you entertained as you cheer us on from home. SPONSORED BY Harry BOUNDARY BULLETIN - 03 VISITING BOUNDARY PARK … THE BLUEBIRDS MAN AT THE TOP... ROB KELLY Appointed on the 21st February 2021 as the caretaker manager of Barrow until the end of the season after the departure of Michael Jolley. Previously, Kelly was the assistant manager and spent time as caretaker earlier on in the season following David Dunn’s departure. Kelly had a short playing career during the 80’s with spells at Leicester City, Tranmere Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burton Albion. His managerial career began in 2006 began with Leicester as he took charge on caretaker basis after the sacking of Craig Leverin. After a year in the hot seat, he departed the Foxes and took a step back as part of the coaching staff at Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers. In 2015, Kelly linked up with Manchester City legend Uwe Rosler at Leeds United to become his assistant head coach and followed him to Fleetwood Town, Swedish side Malmo FF and Fortuna Dusseldorf in the Bundesliga. The 56-year-old also spent time with Bury as Ryan Lowe’s assistant. BOUNDARY BULLETIN - 05 FOR THE RECORD... LOOKING GOOD FOR BARROW... BArroW AFC - CluB Honours Football league Fourth Division #1 Joel Dixon Promotion: 1966/67 The 25-year-old joined the Barrow-in-Furness based side in 2015 after national league his departure from Sunderland. Born in Middlesbrough, Dixon rose through the ranks in the impressive Winners: 2019/20 Sunderland academy and enjoyed loan spells with Workington, Boston FA Trophy United, Hartlepool United and Gateshead whilst at the Stadium of Winners (2): 1989/90, 2009/10 Light. Conference north The goalkeeper has made over 150 appearances for the club and wrote his name in the history books at Holker Street as he played a Winners: 2014/15 major role in their promotion back to the EFL after 48 years. Play-Off Winners: 2007/08 lancashire senior Cup #29 neAl eArDley Winners: 1954/55 The right-back arrived at Barrow in January 2021 on loan from Sky Bet Joel Dixon League One side Burton Albion. northern Premier league Born in Llandudno, Eardley began his career at Boundary Park as he Winners (3): 1983/84, 1988/89, 1997/98 broke into first-team football under Ronnie Moore in 2006. He became Runners-up: 2002/03 a regular starter under John Sheridan and created a great partnership lancashire Combination Division one with Andy Liddell down the right. In the 2008/09 season, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year and, Winners: 1920/21 overall, he managed to make 129 appearances and score ten goals Runners-up: 1913/14, before moving to Blackpool for an undisclosed fee. lancashire Combination Division Two The full-back spent four-years at the Seasiders, gaining promotion Runners up (2): 1904/05, 1910/11 from the Sky Bet Championship as well as spending a campaign in the Premier League. northern Premier league Challenge Cup He has gone on to play for Birmingham City, Leyton Orient, Hibernian, Runners-up: 1987/88 Northampton Town and Lincoln City. The 32-year-old won the Sky Bet northern Premier league President's Cup League Two title in 2018/19 and won the EFL Trophy in 2017/18 with Winners (2): 2001/02, 2003/04 Lincoln. Eardley has represented Wales at international level 16 times and Peter swales shield featured for the U17s, U19s and U21s. Winners: 1984/85 lancashire Junior Cup #8 MiKe Jones Neal Eardley Winners: 1980/81 Jones possesses much needed EFL experience for Barrow and arrived at the club in the summer. The midfielder began his career at Tranmere Rovers, and he went on MATCH reCorDs vs olDHAM ATHleTiC to make 13 first team appearances for the club and score one goal. record Win: Barrow AFC 5-2 Oldham Athletic Jones then joined Bury in 2008 where he featured 159 times and (18th January 1947) netted 23 times in four-year period. Jones was part of the squad that record loss: were League Two runners up in the 2010/11 season. The 33-year-old made the move to Sheffield Wednesday before joining Oldham Athletic 6-1 Barrow AFC Crawley Town. (10th March 1956) In 2014, Jones arrived at Boundary Park to sign for Oldham Athletic First game: Barrow AFC 3-0 Oldham Athletic and he made 86 appearances for Latics and scored ten goals. (2nd November 1935) Most recently, he spent four-years with rivals Carlisle United and achieved over a century of appearances and was an important part of last game: Barrow AFC 3-4 Oldham Athletic the midfield at Brunton Park. (24th November 2020) #28 CHris TAylor our reCorD vs BArroW AFC The former Oldham Athletic fans favourite signed a deal with Barrow in October 2020 after a spell with Bradford City. Total 50 Won 22 Lost 24 Drawn 5 Born in Oldham, the 34-year-old is a product of the Latics academy, Chris Taylor and he went on to make 285 first team appearances for the club and stadium: Holker Street. scored 35 goals. He was named in the League One Team of the Year, stadium Capacity: 5,045. along with teammate Neal Eardley in 2009. He then joined Millwall in 2012 where he made 22 league appearances and netted eight times before moving back up north to 2019/20 Finish: 1st Vanarama National League. join Blackburn Rovers, scoring ten times in 62 league appearances in a P37, W21, D7, L9, F68, A39, Pts70. three-year period. Taylor went on to play for Millwall again on loan, Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic again on loan, Blackpool and Bradford. 2019/20 CuPs FA Cup: Fourth Qualifying Round (vs Solihull Moors) #9 sCoTT Quigley league Cup: Not Eligible Quigley netted 20 goals for the club last season which played a major eFl Trophy: Not Eligible role in securing promotion after he joined Barrow in May 2019.