jsslatic Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Revamped Oldham Athletic face an interesting start to the season with an opening day trip to near neighbours Bury. Latics faced a summer clearout, with out-of-contract striker Lee Hughes moving to play-off runners-up Leeds United to replace striker Jermaine Beckford, who moved to Premier League Sheffield United for £2m. The Boundary Park club though fought well to hold on to highly-rated winger Chris Taylor, who new manager Jim Gannon referred to as 'the best ginger outside of the Premier League, except for Dean Lewington'. They enter the new campaign with a mix of old faces and new - in have come Alan Lee and Fabian Yantorno, and Gannon has brought back club legend Andy Liddell and appointed him as captain. Gannon spoke of the veteran right winger, 'he takes a mean penalty and we're hoping he can point the way to promotion this season'. Latics will of course be missing central defender Sean Gregan through a serious bout of indigestion, and Neal Eardley, who was admitted to a psychiatric ward in June after suffering from a breakdown precipitated by two years of abuse from his own fans. Matty Wolfenden misses out with a hamstring injury, though Guy Branston is expected to make his debut in his second spell with the club. Nobody knows what has happened with Dale Stephens. Edited April 17, 2009 by jsslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 hahaha brilliant Love the Neal Eardley bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie82 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 hahaha brilliant Love the Neal Eardley bit Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I can't wait to read that in the MEN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 hate the gannon bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty doesn't know Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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