2017–18 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Oldham Athletic's 123rd season in their history and 21st consecutive season in League One.^[3] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Oldham Athletic

2017–18 season
Chairman	Simon Corney
Manager	John Sheridan (until 25 September)^[1] Richie Wellens (from 18 October)^[2]
Stadium	Boundary Park
League One	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First Round
EFL Trophy	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Eoin Doyle (12) All: Eoin Doyle (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Craig Davies	Scunthorpe United	Free	^[4]
1 July 2017	AM		Dan Gardner	Chesterfield	Free	^[5]
13 July 2017	RB		Rob Hunt	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[6]
17 July 2017	CF		Courtney Duffus	Everton	Undisclosed	^[7]
9 August 2017	RW		Gyamfi Kyeremeh	Eintracht Braunschweig II	Free	^[8]
31 August 2017	GK		Johny Placide	Guingamp	Free	^[9]
6 September 2017	LW		Gevaro Nepomuceno	Marítimo	Undisclosed	^[10]
6 September 2017	AM		Abdelhakim Omrani	Sedan	Undisclosed	^[11]
12 September 2017	CM		Mohamed Maouche	Tours	Free	^[12]
29 December 2017	FW		Patrick McEleney	Dundalk	Undisclosed	^[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	RM		Lee Croft	Southport	Released	^[14]^[a]
1 July 2017	LB		Charles Dunne	Motherwell	Released	^[14]^[b]
1 July 2017	MF		Lee Knight	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2017	RB		Josh Law	York City	Released	^[14]^[c]
1 July 2017	CF		Michael Ngoo	KF Tirana	Released	^[14]^[d]
1 July 2017	LB		Jamie Reckord	Free agent	Released	^[14]

1. Lee Croft joined Southport following his release.^[15]
2. Charles Dunne joined Motherwell following his release.^[16]
3. Josh Law joined York City following his release.^[17]
4. Michael Ngoo joined KF Tirana following his release.^[18]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	GK		Ben Wilson	Cardiff City	January 2018	^[19]
29 August 2017	CM		Jack Byrne	Wigan Athletic	January 2018	^[20]
31 August 2017	CB		Kean Bryan	Manchester City	1 January 2018	^[21]
31 August 2017	CF		Eoin Doyle	Preston North End	1 January 2018	^[22]
31 August 2017	GK		Jack Ruddy	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 January 2018	^[23]
6 September 2017	LW		Queensy Menig	Nantes	30 June 2018	^[24]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
22 September 2017	DF		Kallum Mantack	FC United of Manchester	20 October 2017	^[25]
13 October 2017	CB		George Edmundson	AFC Fylde	1 January 2018	^[26]^[a]
13 October 2017	CB		Jamie Stott	AFC Fylde	10 November 2017	^[26]
30 October 2017	CM		Mason Fawns	Ashton United	27 November 2017	^[28]
3 November 2017	DF		Kallum Mantack	Stockport County	3 December 2017	^[29]
10 November 2017	CB		Jamie Stott	Curzon Ashton	1 January 2018	^[30]

1. On 10 November, Edmundson extended his loan stay with AFC Fylde.^[27]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 28 June 2017, Oldham Athletic have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Curzon Ashton,^[31] Stalybridge Celtic,^[32] Accrington Stanley,^[33] Salisbury,^[34] Swindon Town,^[35] Girona^[36] and Manchester United U/23.^[37]

Stalybridge Celtic v Oldham Athletic

8 July 2017	Stalybridge Celtic	1–4	Oldham Athletic	Stalybridge
15:00 BST	Thomas   65'	Report	Trialist   34' Obadeyi   36' Fané   51' Osei   68'	Stadium: Bower Fold

Salisbury v Oldham Athletic

12 July 2017	Salisbury	0–3	Oldham Athletic	Old Sarum
19:45 BST		Report	Flynn   2' Obadeyi   80', 86'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium

Swindon Town v Oldham Athletic

14 July 2017	Swindon Town	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Swindon
12:00 BST	?'	Report	Amadi-Holloway   ?'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 0

Curzon Ashton v Oldham Athletic

18 July 2017	Curzon Ashton	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST	Shaw   63'	Report	Amadi-Holloway   46'	Stadium: Tameside Stadium Attendance: 1,128

Accrington Stanley v Oldham Athletic

22 July 2017	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee   16' McLeod   77'	Report	Davies   55' (pen.) Duffus   85'	Stadium: Crown Ground

Oldham Athletic v Girona

27 July 2017	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Girona	Oldham
19:00 BST	Duffus   90' (pen.)	Report	Amagat   1' Benítez   15'	Stadium: Boundary Park Referee: Ben Toner (England)

Oldham Athletic v Manchester United XI

1 August 2017	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Manchester United XI	Oldham
19:30 BST		Report	Gribbin   75'	Stadium: Boundary Park

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Walsall	46	13	13	20	53	66	−13	52
20	Rochdale	46	11	18	17	49	57	−8	51
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	11	17	18	58	75	−17	50	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	11	23	43	77	−34	47
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	43	69	−26	45

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	7	8	13	40	50	−10	29	5	3	6	23	22	+1	2	5	7	17	28	−11

Last updated: 13 January 2018.
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Result by matchday

Round	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D
Position	22	23	24	23	23	24	21	24	24	23	18	17	19	20	17	18	15	16	17	18	16	15	20	20	20	20	20	20															20	21	20	21

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2018. Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[38][39]

Oldham Athletic v Oxford United

5 August 2017 1	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Oxford United	Oldham
15:00 BST	McLaughlin   71'	Report	Thomas   39' Rothwell   68' Ruffels   71' Williamson   79'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,874 Referee: David Webb

Walsall v Oldham Athletic

12 August 2017 2	Walsall	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Bescot
15:00 BST	Edwards   53' Chambers   73' Oztumer   90' Bakayoko   90+6'	Report	McLaughlin   32' Banks   67' Wilson   73' Gerrard   84'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,419 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic

19 August 2017 3	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
15:00 BST	Dummigan   40' Banks   60'	Report	Toney   8' Jacobs   16'   39' Burn   34' Morsy   45+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,446 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Blackpool v Oldham Athletic

26 August 2017 4	Blackpool	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Longstaff   6' Vassell   15' Daniel   90+1'	Report	Banks   25' Osei   70'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Peter Bankes

Oldham Athletic v Charlton Athletic

2 September 2017 5	Oldham Athletic	3–4	Charlton Athletic	Oldham
15:00 BST	Clarke   29' Fané   30'   54' Davies   34' (pen.)   59' Gardner   39' Doyle   51'   75' Gerrard   54' Byrne   82'	Report	Holmes   18'   90+6' Fosu   21' Clarke   62' Dodoo   72'   90+4' Forster-Caskey   90+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,592 Referee: Ross Joyce

Fleetwood Town v Oldham Athletic

9 September 2017 6	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Eastham   24' Coyle   77' Hunter   90+3' (pen.)	Report	Edmundson   10' Davies   18' Byrne   50' Bryan   55' Ruddy   90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,606 Referee: Robert Jones

Bristol Rovers v Oldham Athletic

12 September 2017 7	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Horfield
19:45 BST	Gaffney   83' Sweeney   85' Telford   90+7'	Report	Byrne   49' Gardner   60' Davies   71' Doyle   88' Fané   90+7'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Oldham Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

16 September 2017 8	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Davies   33' Doyle   38'   90+3' Gardner   74' Gerrard   90+5'	Report	Payne   19' Nolan   65'   90' Morris   73' Rodman   80'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Ben Toner

Rotherham United v Oldham Athletic

23 September 2017 9	Rotherham United	5–1	Oldham Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe   8' Taylor   31' Moore   73', 78' Forde   87' Yates   89'	Report	Davies   21' Gardner   32' Edmundson   45' Nepomuceno   68'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: John Brooks

Oldham Athletic v Peterborough United

26 September 2017 10	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Peterborough United	Oldham
19:45 BST	Doyle   51', 85' Wilson   57' Gardner   80'   90+7' Clarke   83' Placide   90'	Report	Maddison   58' (pen.) Lopes   90' Marriott   90+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Portsmouth v Oldham Athletic

30 September 2017 11	Portsmouth	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Milton
15:00 BST	Pitman   90' O'Keefe   90+5'	Report	Doyle   16', 47' Dummigan   33' Bryan   51' Byrne   66' Banks   83' Davies   90+4' Placide   90+6'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,848 Referee: Craig Hicks

Oldham Athletic v Bury

7 October 2017 P	Oldham Athletic	v	Bury	Oldham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: On 28 September, the scheduled home match against Bury was postponed due to international call-ups.^[40]

Oldham Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

14 October 2017 12	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Oldham
15:00 BST	Dummigan   16' Menig   90'	Report	Smallwood   61' Bennett   73' Chapman   75' Dack   79'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Darren Handley

Bradford City v Oldham Athletic

17 October 2017 13	Bradford City	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
19:45 BST	Taylor   3' Vincelot   73' Thompson   79' Wyke   84'	Report	Doyle   23' Omrani   82' Hunt   83' Bryan   85'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,840 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Milton Keynes Dons v Oldham Athletic

21 October 2017 14	Milton Keynes Dons	4–4	Oldham Athletic	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Gilbey   17' Upson   56', 89'   64' Walsh   65' Nesbitt   82' Aneke   88'	Report	Davies   7' Doyle   39', 45+1' Clarke   55'   63' Fané   67' Hunt   90'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 9,312 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Oldham Athletic v Bury

24 October 2017 15	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Bury	Oldham
19:45 BST	Doyle   24' Byrne   44' Amadi-Holloway   90+3'	Report	Aldred   47' Ince   69'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,183 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oldham Athletic v Scunthorpe United

28 October 2017 16	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Scunthorpe United	Oldham
15:00 BST	Fané   31' Clarke   45+1' Davies   81'	Report	Hopper   5' Morris   10' Gilks   61' Holmes   83' McArdle   87'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,331 Referee: Scott Oldham

Southend United v Oldham Athletic

11 November 2017 P	Southend United	v	Oldham Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Roots Hall
Note: On 2 November, the scheduled away trip to Southend United was postponed due to international call-ups.^[41]

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

18 November 2017 17	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Rochdale	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Dummigan   2' Gardner   44' Fané   59' Placide   74' Doyle   83', 86'	Report	Done   16'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,129 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Oldham Athletic v AFC Wimbledon

21 November 2017 18	Oldham Athletic	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Bryan   14'	Report	Long   90+3'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Robert Lewis

Gillingham v Oldham Athletic

25 November 2017 19	Gillingham	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne   33'	Report	Gardner   40' Gerrard   68' Bryan   90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Graham Horwood

Southend United v Oldham Athletic

2 December 2017 20	Southend United	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Demetriou   17' (pen.)   40' Wright   54' McLaughlin   56'	Report	Doyle   90+3'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,608 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Oldham Athletic v Northampton Town

9 December 2017 21	Oldham Athletic	5–1	Northampton Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Byrne   4', 45+2' Obadeyi   26' Nepomuceno   41'   60' Fané   84' Davies   90+3'	Report	Buchanan   36' Taylor   45+1' Foley   47'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Doncaster Rovers v Oldham Athletic

16 December 2017 22	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Butler   59'	Report	Gerrard   59' Doyle   88'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,831 Referee: Gavin Ward

Plymouth Argyle v Oldham Athletic

23 December 2017 23	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Oldham Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Diagouraga   3'   30' Carey   6' Edwards   59' Jervis   72'	Report	Wilson   40' Byrne   43' Gerrard   56' Hunt   84'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,017 Referee:   Lee Collins

Oldham Athletic v Fleetwood Town

26 December 2017 24	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Bryan   82'	Report	Cole   50'   75' Hunter   67' Eastham   80' Bell   90+3'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,578 Referee:   Mark Heywood

Oldham Athletic v Bristol Rovers

30 December 2017 25	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Davies   72' Bryan   90'	Report	Sinclair   38' Bodin   49'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,928 Referee:   Michael Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Oldham Athletic

1 January 2018 26	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Whalley   16' Nolan   57'	Report	Gardner   73' Byrne   84'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,383 Referee:   Tom Nield

Charlton Athletic v Oldham Athletic

6 January 2018 27	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Oldham Athletic	London
15:00 GMT	Mavididi   4'   27' Bauer   43' Konsa  87'	Report	Green   68' Nepomuceno   73' Placide   79'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,972 Referee:   Lee Swabey

Oldham Athletic v Rotherham United

13 January 2018 28	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Rotherham United	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Davies   31' Pringle   90+5'	Report	Williams   7' Vaulks   63'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,775 Referee:   Rob Lewis

Peterborough United v Oldham Athletic

20 January 2018 29	Peterborough United	3–0	Oldham Athletic	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Morias   53' Cooper   84' Marriott   90' (pen)	Report	Edmundson   45'   68'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,072 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Oldham Athletic v Plymouth Argyle

27 January 2018 30	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Gerrard   50' Songo'o   54' (o.g.) Nepomuceno   90'	Report	Sarcevic   17',   51' Lameiras   19' Ness   25' Songo'o   29' Taylor   52' Matthews   70'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,274 Referee: Martin Coy

Oldham Athletic v Bradford City

3 February 2018 31	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Bradford City	Oldham
	Dummigan   12'   12' Byrne   55' Holloway   86'	Report	Lund   56' Chicksen   80' Dieng   85' Gibson   88'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,526 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Blackburn Rovers v Oldham Athletic

10 February 2018 32	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Mulgrew   63' Armstrong   71'	Report	Nazon   26', 38' Pringle   32' Fané   45+4' Davies   62' Moimbé	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,665 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oldham Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons

13 February 2018 33	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Gerrard   40'	Report	Upson   32' Nesbitt   90' Ebanks-Landell   90+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,381 Referee: Tom Nield

Oldham Athletic v Southend United

24 February 2018 P	Oldham Athletic	P–P	Southend United	Oldham
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Referee: David Webb

Scunthorpe United v Oldham Athletic

3 March 2018 34	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Williams   80'	Report	Gerrard   38' McEleney   78' Doyle   82'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,715 Referee: John Busby

Bury v Oldham Athletic

10 March 2018 35	Bury	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Bury
15:00 GMT	O'Shea   14' Danns   34' Thompson   86'	Report	Moimbé   10' Davies   42' Pringle   77' Byrne   82'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,904 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Oldham Athletic v Portsmouth

17 March 2018 36	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Portsmouth	Oldham
15:00 GMT		Report	Pitman   29',   42'   90+5' Clarke   47' Donohue   90+9'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Wigan Athletic v Oldham Athletic

30 March 2018 37	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Oldham Athletic	Wigan
13:00 BST	Grigg   40' Vaughan   49' Powell   66'	Report	Pringle   24' Gardner   30' Doyle   83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Robert Jones

Oldham Athletic v Blackpool

2 April 2018 38	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Blackpool	Oldham
	Byrne   60',   90' McEleney   54' Gardner   71' Edmundson   78' Doyle   85'	Report	Vassell   37' Spearing   81' Solomon-Otabor   90'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,309 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oxford United v Oldham Athletic

7 April 2018 39	Oxford United	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas    66'	Report	Fané   41' Moimbé   60'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,096 (492 away) Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Oldham Athletic v Walsall

11 April 2018 40	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Walsall	Oldham
	Nazon   45' Holloway   79'	Report	Fitzwater   34' Devlin   78'	Stadium: Boundary Park

Oldham Athletic v Gillingham

14 April 2018 41	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 BST	Fané   26' Nazon   45' Byrne   70' Edmundson   79' Hunt   89' Moimbé   90'	Report	Eaves   90+2' (pen)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

17 April 2018 42	Rochdale	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Thompson   55'	Report	Fané   38' Hunt   55' Edmundson   57' Hamer   76' Gardner   80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Peter Bankes

AFC Wimbledon v Oldham Athletic

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 43	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Meades   10' Pigott   68' Oshilaja   90'	Report	Doyle   45' Nazon   50',   74' Byrne   83'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Andy Davies

Oldham Athletic v Southend United

24 April 2018 (2018-04-24) 44	Oldham Athletic	0-3	Southend United	Oldham
19:45 BST	Doyle   81' Byrne   85'	Report	Robinson   5' Cox   52', 56' Demetriou   71'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,362 Referee: David Webb

Oldham Athletic v Doncaster Rovers

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 45	Oldham Athletic	0-0	Doncaster Rovers	Oldham
15:00 BST	Benyu   86'	Report	Whiteman   71'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,297 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Northampton Town v Oldham Athletic

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 46	Northampton Town	2-2	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
19:45 BST	Grimes   42' (pen.) Taylor   45+4' McWilliams   29'	Report	Edmundson   29' Gardner   29' Hamer   55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Keith Stroud

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Oldham Athletic were drawn away to Carlisle United in the first round.^[42]

Carlisle United v Oldham Athletic

4 November 2017 First round	Carlisle United	3–2	Oldham Athletic	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Bennett   22', 60' Hope   36'	Report	Clarke   64' Amadi-Holloway   72' Davies   90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,965 Referee: Andy Haines

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Oldham Athletic were drawn at home to Burton Albion in the first round.^[43]

Oldham Athletic v Burton Albion

9 August 2017 First round	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Burton Albion	Oldham
19:45 BST	Green   55' Davies   67' (pen.)	Report	Varney   47' Lund   69' Akins   86' (pen.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,176 Referee: Scott Duncan

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Oldham facing Crewe Alexandra, Newcastle United U23s and Port Vale in Northern Group D.^[44][45]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Port Vale (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	8	Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	ACA	Newcastle United U21s (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	L2	Crewe Alexandra (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Oldham Athletic v Port Vale

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Oldham Athletic	0–0 (2–4 p)	Port Vale	Oldham
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,429
	Penalties
	Gerrard   Fawns   Gardner		Tonge   Gunning   Pope   Denton

Crewe Alexandra v Oldham Athletic

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Crewe
19:30 BST	Porter   34' Stubbs   69'	Report	Byrne   38'   42'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 976 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Oldham Athletic v Newcastle United U21s

7 November 2017 Group Game 3	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Newcastle United U21s	Oldham
19:30 GMT	Byrne   13', 63'   45' Gerrard   38' Doyle   61', 69'	Report	Aarons   78'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Carl Boyseon

Bradford City v Oldham Athletic

5 December 2017 Second round	Bradford City	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
19:30 GMT		Report	Obadeyi   3' Green   42'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,036 Referee: David Webb

Oldham Athletic v Leicester City U21

17 January 2018 Third round	Oldham Athletic	4–2	Leicester City U21	Oldham
19:30 GMT	Davies   50'   56' Gerrard   76' Obadeyi   86'	Report	Knight   43' Musa   68'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,192 Referee: Darren Handley

Shrewsbury Town v Oldham Athletic

23 January 2018 Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Payne   1' Rodman   88'	Report	Amadi-Holloway   67' Gardner   82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,984 Referee: Darren Handley

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