2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic
2014–15 season
Chairman Simon Corney
Manager Lee Johnson
(until 25 February)
Dean Holden
(from 17 March)
League One 15th
FA Cup Second round
(knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)
League Cup First round
(knocked out by Middlesbrough)
Johnstone's Paint Trophy Quarter-finals (N)
(knocked out by
Preston North End)
Top goalscorer League:
Forte (15)
All:
Forte (15)
Highest home attendance 6,344
v. Barnsley
Lowest home attendance 3,224
v. Coventry City
Average home league attendance 4,349
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season is Oldham Athletic's 18th consecutive season in the third division of the English football league system and Lee Johnson's second full season as manager of the club.

A strong ten match unbeaten run at the end of the 2013–14 season gave Oldham a platform on which to build for the new season as building work literally continued on the new North Stand.[1]

Six of the first team squad who finished the 2013–14 season left the club after their contracts' expired: Jonathan Grounds, James Wesolowski, Terry Dunfield, Anton Rodgers, Charlie MacDonald and Kirk Millar. The club captain Korey Smith was sold to Bristol City.[2] In Smith's place, Johnson signed midfielders Liam Kelly from Bristol City[2] and Mike Jones from Crawley Town.[3] Joseph Mills, who had spent three months on loan during the 2013–14 season, was signed on a two-year contract.[4] In addition, Johnson brought in defenders Brian Wilson[3] and George Elokobi,[5] midfielder Timothée Dieng[6] and forwards Willy Gros, Amari Morgan-Smith[7] and Jonathan Forte[8] before the first game of the new season.

Squad and coaching staff

First team squad

Includes all players who were awarded a squad number during the season.
*Total appearances and goals as at 30 June 2015
Squad
No.
Name Nat. Position Date of birth Signed from Signed in Total
Apps*
Total
Goals*
Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Paul Rachubka United States GK 21-05-1981 Unattached 2013 39 0
13 Joel Coleman England GK 26-09-1995 Youth Team Turned pro 2014 11 0
38 Neil Etheridge Philippines GK 07-02-1990 Unattached 2014 1 0
Defenders
2 Connor Brown England RB 02-10-1991 Unattached 2012 84 1
3 Joseph Mills England LB 30-10-1989 Burnley 2014 50 0 Signed on 4 June 2014.
5 George Elokobi Cameroon CB/LB 31-01-1986 Unattached 2014 27 3 Signed on 8 August 2014.
16 James Wilson Wales CB 26-02-1989 Bristol City 2014 62 2
18 Adam Lockwood England CB 26-10-1981 Unattached 2014 31 2
20 Brian Wilson England RB 09-05-1983 Colchester United 2014 39 0 Signed on 10 June 2014.
21 Genseric Kusunga Angola CB/RB 12-03-1988 Unattached 2013 46 3
28 Jack Truelove England LB 27-12-1995 Youth Team Turned pro 2014 1 0 Loaned out for one month on 7 August 2014.
Defenders
4 Timothée Dieng France CM 09-04-1992 Unattached 2014 26 0 Signed on 14 July 2014.
6 Liam Kelly Scotland CM 10-02-1990 Bristol City 2014 43 1 Signed on 27 June 2014.
7 James Dayton England LW/RW 12-12-1988 Kilmarnock 2013 63 5
8 Mike Jones England CM 15-08-1987 Crawley Town 2014 49 7 Signed on 10 June 2014.
12 David Mellor England CM/LM/LB 10-07-1993 Youth Team Turned pro 2011 62 1
15 Carl Winchester Northern Ireland CM/RM/RB 12-04-1993 Youth Team Turned pro 2011 91 6
Forwards
10 Danny Philliskirk England FW/CM 10-04-1991 Unattached 2013 96 18
11 Jonathan Forte England FW 25-07-1986 Unattached 2014 37 15 Signed on 1 August 2014.
14 Jonson Clarke-Harris England FW 20-07-1994 Peterborough United 2013 55 9
22 Willy Gros France FW 31-03-1992 Unattached 2014 2 0 Signed on 21 July 2014.
23 Rhys Turner England FW 22-07-1995 Stockport County 2014 17 3
27 Amari Morgan-Smith England FW 03-04-1989 Unattached 2014 15 2 Signed on 21 July 2014.
29 Jordan Bove England FW 12-11-1995 Youth Team Turned pro 2014 7 1

Management and coaching staff

Position Name Notes
Manager Lee Johnson
Assistant manager Tommy Wright
First team coach Paul Murray
Senior therapist Anthony Naylor
Head of sports medicine Jon Guy
Fitness coach/goalkeeping coach Anthony White
Football analyst Jack Edward
Kit man Stephen Cross

Academy staff

Position Name Notes
Head of youth development Tony Philliskirk
Head of coaching Simon Cooper
Youth development phase coach Pete Wild
Foundation phase coach Phil McGrath
Senior therapist Anthony Gray

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee Ref.
27 June 2014MFScotland Liam KellyEngland Bristol CityUndisclosed[9]
1 July 2014DFEngland Joseph MillsEngland BurnleyFree[10]
1 July 2014MFEngland Mike JonesEngland Crawley TownFree[11]
1 July 2014DFEngland Brian WilsonEngland Colchester UnitedFree[12]
14 July 2014MFFrance Timothée DiengFrance Stade BrestFree[13]
21 July 2014FWRéunion William GrosScotland KilmarnockFree[14]
21 July 2014FWEngland Amari Morgan-SmithEngland Kidderminster HarriersFree[15]
1 August 2014FWBarbados Jonathan ForteEngland SouthamptonFree[16]
8 August 2014DFCameroon George ElokobiEngland Wolverhampton WanderersFree[17]
15 August 2014MFScotland David NobleEngland Rotherham UnitedFree[18]
1 September 2014FWEngland Dominic PoleonEngland Leeds UnitedUndisclosed[19]
2 February 2015FWEngland Rhys MurphyEngland Dagenham & RedbridgeUndisclosed[20]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
1 September 2014MFScotland Michael TidserEngland Rotherham UnitedJanuary 2015[19]
12 September 2014FWRepublic of Ireland Conor WilkinsonEngland Bolton Wanderers10 October 2014[21]
9 October 2014FWEngland Jabo IbehreEngland Colchester United10 January 2015[22]
10 November 2014MFJamaica Daniel JohnsonEngland Aston Villa5 January 2015[23]
27 November 2014FWEngland Tom YoungsEngland Bolton Wanderers5 January 2015[24]
27 November 2014GKRepublic of Ireland Paddy KennyEngland Bolton Wanderers5 January 2015[25]
22 January 2015MFEngland Jacob MellisEngland Blackpool30 June 2015[26]
30 January 2015GKEngland Jake KeanEngland Blackburn Rovers30 June 2015[27]
2 February 2015FWRepublic of Ireland Conor WilkinsonEngland Bolton Wanderers30 June 2015[28]
13 March 2015DFEngland Mat SadlerEngland Rotherham United11 April 2015[29]
13 March 2015MFPhilippines Luke WoodlandEngland Bolton Wanderers11 April 2015[30]
19 March 2015DFRepublic of Ireland Anthony GerrardEngland Huddersfield Town30 June 2015[31]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
12 September 2014MFScotland David NobleEngland Exeter City10 October 2014[32]
17 September 2014MFEngland David MellorEngland Alfreton Town15 October 2014[33]
3 November 2014DFEngland Connor BrownEngland Carlisle United3 January 2015[34][35]
27 November 2014GKPhilippines Neil EtheridgeEngland Charlton Athletic30 December 2014[36]
29 January 2015MFEngland James DaytonScotland St Mirren30 June 2015[37]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref
27 June 2014MFEngland Korey SmithEngland Bristol CityUndisclosed[38]
17 July 2014MFRepublic of Ireland Anton RodgersEngland Swindon TownFree[39]
21 August 2014FWRéunion William Gros ReleasedFree[40]
1 September 2014FWEngland Jonson Clarke-HarrisEngland Rotherham UnitedUndisclosed[41]
5 January 2015GKPhilippines Neil EtheridgeEngland Charlton AthleticFree[42]
2 February 2015GKEngland Paul RachubkaEngland Crewe AlexandraFree[43]

Results and fixtures

League One

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[50]

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Oldham were drawn at home versus Middlesbrough.[51]

Football League Trophy

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 13 17 57 62 5 61
14 Walsall 46 14 17 15 50 54 4 59
15 Oldham Athletic 46 14 15 17 54 67 13 57
16 Scunthorpe United 46 14 14 18 62 75 13 56
17 Coventry City 46 13 16 17 49 60 11 55
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Squad statistics

Source:
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Oldham.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
No. Position Nationality Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
1Goalkeeper England Rachubka, PaulPaul Rachubka 22010102026000
2Defender England Brown, ConnorConnor Brown 22 (2)0000 (1)00 (1)022 (4)000
3Defender England Mills, JosephJoseph Mills 28 (2)000102 (1)034 (2)031
4Midfielder France Dieng, TimothéeTimothée Dieng 15 (7)000102 (1)018 (8)040
5Defender Cameroon Elokobi, GeorgeGeorge Elokobi 20 (4)310101023 (4)310
6Midfielder Scotland Kelly, LiamLiam Kelly 37120101 (2)041 (2)160
7Midfielder England Dayton, JamesJames Dayton 5 (12)10 (1)00 (1)0308 (14)100
8Midfielder England Jones, MikeMike Jones 45611003049730
9Forward England Poleon, DominicDominic Poleon 21 (14)410002224 (15)640
10Forward England Philliskirk, DannyDanny Philliskirk 37 (6)420103243 (6)630
11Forward Barbados Forte, JonathanJonathan Forte 32 (2)1520000 (1)034 (3)1520
12Midfielder England Mellor, DavidDavid Mellor 1 (1)00010002 (1)000
13Goalkeeper England Coleman, JoelJoel Coleman 10 (1)010 (1)0000010 (1)000
14 Left club during playing seasonForward England Clarke-Harris, JonsonJonson Clarke-Harris 510010006100
14Forward Ireland Wilkinson, ConorConor Wilkinson * 3 (2)00000003 (2)010
15Midfielder Northern Ireland Winchester, CarlCarl Winchester 110000 (1)01012 (1)000
16Defender Wales Wilson, JamesJames Wilson 11100101013120
17Midfielder Scotland Tidser, MichaelMichael Tidser * 000000000000
19Midfielder England Noble, DavidDavid Noble 0 (2)00000000 (2)000
20Defender England Wilson, BrianBrian Wilson 9000101011000
21Defender Angola Kusunga, GenséricGenséric Kusunga 2 (1)10000002 (1)110
22 Left club during playing seasonForward France Gros, WilliamWilliam Gros 0 (1)00010001 (1)000
23Forward England Turner, RhysRhys Turner 0 (1)00000000 (1)000
27Forward England Morgan-Smith, AmariAmari Morgan-Smith 0 (7)10000101 (7)100
29Forward England Bove, JordanJordan Bove 0000000 (1)10 (1)100
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Position Nationality Name
18Defender England Lockwood, AdamAdam Lockwood
28Defender England Truelove, JackJack Truelove

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