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I can see a better time when all our dreams come true
Conceding a 99th minute equaliser is a kick in the minge. Going on to concede a 121st minute winner is a kick in the minge. Supporting...
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Arlene Finnigan
Nov 306 min read
I begin dreaming
I should set up a template Word document for blogs about 4-0 wins, shouldn't I? We're making a habit of it. And it is wonderful. I should...
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Arlene Finnigan
Nov 235 min read
Do the chicken payback
We said we were due to give someone a hammering, didn’t we? We said that we should be beating teams like Tamworth comfortably at home,...
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Arlene Finnigan
Nov 165 min read
Don't worry, Bee happy
I will not lie to you, comrades. It is MUCH easier to write 1400 fairly interesting words about a very enjoyable win at Tranmere than it...
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Arlene Finnigan
Nov 97 min read
In my Mersey paradise
For the best part of the last 30 years, supporting Latics has been a thankless task. It’s mostly been an endless kick in the crotch....
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Arlene Finnigan
Nov 25 min read
Fly on, my sweet angel
It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t a classic. It was nervy, scrappy, at times turgid. But it was another 3 points, and our 8th league win of the...
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Arlene Finnigan
Oct 265 min read
On the road again
A great week for the OASIS faction, an.... OK week on the pitch? Two tough trips to the southeast in four days isn’t ideal, but that’s...
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Arlene Finnigan
Oct 185 min read
Oh, shame, shame, shame, shame, Shaymen
Prior to last Saturday, we’d never beaten FC Halifax. I for one would like to thank our friends from over the Pennines for their...
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Arlene Finnigan
Oct 124 min read
Mo money, Moors problems
Ah well. All good things must come to an end. It really, REALLY should have been 5 wins in a row though. We were as, if not more,...
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Arlene Finnigan
Oct 54 min read
Khan he kick it? Yes he Khan.
“At Stonebridge Road did Otis Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree…” God, I wish I hadn’t wasted the Frankie Goes To Hollywood pun when...
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Arlene Finnigan
Sep 285 min read
"Tell me are you a Christian child?" and I said "Mike, I am tonight"
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he...
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Arlene Finnigan
Sep 214 min read
Woking back to happiness
We did it! We won a game! We scored more than one goal! We didn’t concede a sloppy goal from a set piece! Onwards and upwards, lads....
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Arlene Finnigan
Sep 145 min read
One all, we don't need another draw
I’m currently 3rd in the Championship in the OWTB Prediction League. (Andy Halliwell is top, I've got him in my sights.) It’s an absolute...
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Arlene Finnigan
Sep 74 min read
We're drinking quality pints in your town
Bit deflating, last Saturday, wasn’t it? We’re Oldham fucking Athletic. We’re a footballing powerhouse. We were founder members of the...
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Arlene Finnigan
Aug 314 min read
In Boundary Park did Otis Khan a pleasure dome erect
Hmph. From seven points from nine, to one point from six. Sorry for jinxing it, lads. It’s a long season, though. A marathon, not a...
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Arlene Finnigan
Aug 245 min read
Seven of Nine, yeah!
Taking four points in a week off two teams that we painfully failed to beat last season? One of whom we’ve failed to beat in four...
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Arlene Finnigan
Aug 174 min read
Escaped from our history
Not won the first league game of the season for 11 years, is it? Haven’t kept a clean sheet in the opening game for 19 years, you say? To...
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Arlene Finnigan
Aug 105 min read
I believe we've waited long enough
Cheers to James Reade for writing this season preview Another season begins. Without wishing to play the “my team’s harder than yours...
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Arlene Finnigan
Jul 206 min read
We've come so far and we've reached so high
Claire’s cat can rest easy. For now, it’s not coming home, and Gareth Southgate’s race is run. It was quite a ride though, wasn’t it?...
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Arlene Finnigan
Jul 134 min read
We're heading for Berlin, and still we stand tall
We’ve all slagged him off. We’ve all questioned whether he’s the man for the job. We’ve howled in frustration at his team selections and...
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