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List of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by Oldham Athletic A.F.C. in English football, from 1904—when the club began playing professionally—to the most recent completed season. The list details accomplishments in all competitions the club has entered. The club has never participated in any major competitions outside of the United Kingdom.

History

The club was created in 1899 after Pine Villa Football Club folded earlier the same year. In the early years, Oldham played mostly at the junior level of competition. In 1899, Oldham Athletic played their first game in the Manchester Alliance League versus Berry's Blacking Works Second XI. The following season, the club would move to the Manchester Football League after finishing as runners-up. The club began to play professionally in 1904 as they moved into the Lancashire Combination B Division and were immediately promoted to the A Division by finishing as runners-up.

After two seasons in the Lancashire Combination, the club gained acceptance into the Football League in June 1907 when Burslem Port Vale resigned from the league. Unlike many clubs, Oldham Athletic gained early success in the league as they finished in third place in the Football League Second Division. By 1910, the club was playing in the top flight of English football after the club had finishing in the runners-up spot in the 1909–10 season. It would not be until the 1952–53 season when the club would once again win a trophy, as they finished at the top of the Football League Third Division North table. By the late 1950s, the club was in the Football League Fourth Division and twice had to apply for re-election into the Football League, including a finish of 23rd in 1959–60, their lowest rank in the League.

By the mid-1960s, the club's fortunes had turned as they gained promotion back into the Football League Third Division. In 1973–74, Jimmy Frizzell led Oldham back to the Second Division as the club won their first league title since 1953. Unlike the previous visit into the division, the club was not relegated quickly. In the late 1970s, the club were runners-up in the Anglo-Scottish Cup following a loss to Burnley 4–2 on aggregate. Under Joe Royle in 1989–90 season, Oldham had their best finish in a major English cup by finishing as runners-up in the 1990 Football League Cup Final. The following season, Oldham won the Second Division and were promoted to the Football League First Division for the first time in 64 years and, in 1992–93, the club was a founding member of the FA Premier League.

The club was relegated back into the First Division following the 1993–94 season with Joe Royle leaving to join Everton during the next season. In the 1996–97 season, the club was relegated for the second time in four seasons and were back in the Second Division. After 21 consecutive seasons in the third tier of English football, the club were relegated to the renamed League Two for the first time since 1971. In 2021–22 they finished 23rd, 62 years after they had finished in the same position, and this time they were relegated automatically to the National League – the first former Premier League club to play non-League football.

Seasons

Season	League	FA Cup	EFL
Cup	EFL
Trophy	Other	Top goalscorer(s)	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals	1895–04	1904–05	1905–06	1906–07	1907–08	1908–09	1909–10	1910–11	1911–12	1912–13	1913–14	1914–15	1915–19	1919–20	1920–21	1921–22	1922–23	1923–24	1924–25	1925–26	1926–27	1927–28	1928–29	1929–30	1930–31	1931–32	1932–33	1933–34	1934–35	1935–36	1936–37	1937–38	1938–39	1939–40	1939–44	1945–46	1946–47	1947–48	1948–49	1949–50	1950–51	1951–52	1952–53	1953–54	1954–55	1955–56	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25
Unknown
Lan C-2	34	19	6	9	80	38	44	3rd
Lan C-1	38	14	8	16	45	52	36	13th	4Q
Lan C-1	38	26	5	7	105	33	57	1st	R2
Div 2	38	22	6	10	76	42	50	3rd	R2					Frank Newton	29
Div 2	38	17	6	15	55	43	40	6th	R1					Frank Newton	14
Div 2	38	23	7	8	79	39	53	2nd	R1					Jimmy Fay	26
Div 1	38	16	9	13	44	41	41	7th	R2					Alf Toward	13
Div 1	38	12	10	16	46	54	34	18th	R3					Evan Jones	17
Div 1	38	14	14	10	50	55	42	9th	SF					Joe Walters	13
Div 1	38	17	9	12	55	45	43	4th	R1					Arthur Gee	12
Div 1	38	17	11	10	70	56	45	2nd	QF					Gilbert Kemp	19
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 because of the First World War.
Div 1	42	15	8	19	49	52	38	17th	R1					Arthur Gee	13
Div 1	42	9	15	18	49	86	33	19th	R2					Reuben Butler	16
Div 1	42	13	11	18	38	50	37	19th	R2					Reuben Butler	13
Div 1	42	10	10	22	35	65	30	22nd	R1					Jack Marshall	6
Div 2	42	14	17	11	43	52	45	7th	R2					John Blair	15
Div 2	42	13	11	18	35	51	37	18th	R1					Chris Jones	6
Div 2	42	18	8	16	74	66	44	7th	R3					Arthur Ormston	23
Div 2	42	19	6	17	74	84	44	10th	R3					Albert Pynegar	19
Div 2	42	19	8	15	75	51	46	7th	R4					Albert Pynegar	19
Div 2	42	16	5	21	54	75	37	18th	R3					Stewart Littlewood	12
Div 2	42	21	11	10	90	51	53	3rd	R4					Stewart Littlewood	30
Div 2	42	16	10	16	61	72	42	12th	R3					Jimmy Dyson	15
Div 2	42	13	10	19	62	84	36	18th	R3					Bill Johnstone	12
Div 2	42	15	8	19	67	80	38	16th	R3					Jimmy Pears	12
Div 2	42	17	10	15	72	60	44	9th	R4					Tommy Reid	17
Div 2	42	10	6	26	56	95	26	21st	R3					Billy Walsh	12
Div 3N	42	18	9	15	86	73	45	7th	R2					Tom Davis	35
Div 3N	42	20	11	11	77	59	51	4th	R3					Jack Diamond	18
Div 3N	42	19	13	10	67	46	51	4th	R1					Tom Davis	33
Div 3N	42	22	5	15	76	59	49	5th	R1					Ron Ferrier	21
Div 3N	3	1	0	2	3	5	2	18th	–
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 because of the Second World War.
	R2
Div 3N	42	12	8	22	55	80	32	19th	R2					Fred Howe	20
Div 3N	42	14	13	15	63	64	41	11th	R2					Blackshaw/Haddington	17
Div 3N	42	18	9	15	75	67	45	6th	R2					Eric Gemmell	23
Div 3N	42	16	11	15	58	63	43	11th	R3					Ray Haddington	24
Div 3N	42	16	8	22	73	73	40	15th	R3					Eric Gemmell	22
Div 3N	42	24	9	13	90	61	57	4th	R2					Eric Gemmell	29
Div 3N	46	22	15	9	77	45	59	1st	R3					Eric Gemmell	23
Div 2	42	8	9	25	40	89	25	22nd	R3					Frank Scrine	9
Div 3N	46	19	10	17	74	68	48	10th	R2					Don Travis	30
Div 3N	46	10	18	18	76	86	38	20th	R1					Don Travis	15
Div 3N	46	12	15	19	66	74	39	19th	R2					Don Travis	14
Div 3N	46	14	17	15	72	84	45	15th	R2					Gerry Duffy	17
Div 4	46	16	4	26	59	84	36	21st	R3					Peter Phoenix	14
Div 4	46	8	12	26	41	83	28	23rd	R2					Peter Stringfellow	11
Div 4	46	19	7	20	79	88	45	12th	R2	R2				Bert Lister	21
Div 4	44	17	12	15	77	70	46	11th	R4	R1				Jimmy Frizzell	25
Div 4	46	24	11	11	95	60	59	2nd	R1	R2				Bert Lister	33
Div 3	46	20	8	18	73	40	48	9th	R3	R1				Bert Lister	17
Div 3	46	13	10	23	61	83	36	20th	R3	R2				Jimmy Frizzell	11
Div 3	46	12	13	21	55	81	37	20th	R3	R2				Ian Towers	10
Div 3	46	19	10	17	80	63	48	10th	R3	R1				Ian Towers	27
Div 3	46	18	7	21	60	65	43	16th	R1	R1				Bob Ledger	11
Div 3	46	13	9	24	50	83	35	24th	R1	R1				Keith Bebbington	13
Div 4	46	13	13	20	60	65	39	19th	R2	R1				David Shaw	12
Div 4	46	24	11	11	88	63	59	3rd	R1	R2				Jim Fryatt	26
Div 3	46	17	11	18	59	63	45	11th	R1	R2				David Shaw	19
Div 3	46	19	16	11	72	54	54	4th	R1	R1				David Shaw	18
Div 3	46	25	12	9	83	47	62	1st	R4	R1				Colin Garwood	17
Div 2	42	10	15	17	40	48	35	18th	R3	R1				Ian Robins	10
Div 2	42	13	12	17	57	68	38	17th	R3	R2				David Shaw	13
Div 2	42	14	10	18	52	64	38	13th	R5	R1				Vic Halom	22
Div 2	42	13	16	13	54	58	42	8th	R3	R3		ASC	GS	Steve Taylor	21
Div 2	42	13	13	16	52	61	39	14th	R5	R2		ASC	RU	Alan Young	14
Div 2	42	16	11	15	49	53	43	11th	R5	R2				Simon Stainrod	11
Div 2	42	12	15	15	39	48	39	15th	R3	R2				Rodger Wylde	12
Div 2	42	15	14	13	50	51	59	11th	R3	R3				Rodger Wylde	17
Div 2	42	14	19	9	64	47	61	7th	R3	R2				Rodger Wylde	19
Div 2	42	13	8	21	47	73	47	19th	R3	R3				Roger Palmer	14
Div 2	42	15	8	19	49	67	53	14th	R4	R1				Micky Quinn	25
Div 2	42	17	9	16	62	61	60	8th	R4	R2				Ron Futcher	17
Div 2	42	22	9	11	65	44	75	3rd	R3	R3		P-O	SF	Roger Palmer	17
Div 2	44	18	11	15	72	64	65	10th	R3	R4				Palmer/Ritchie	20
Div 2	46	11	21	14	75	72	54	16th	R3	R3				Andy Ritchie	16
Div 2	46	19	14	13	70	57	71	8th	SF	RU				Andy Ritchie	28
Div 2	46	25	13	8	83	53	88	1st	R4	R3				Ian Marshall	18
Div 1	42	14	9	19	63	57	51	17th	R3	R4				Graeme Sharp	16
Prem	42	13	10	19	63	74	49	19th	R3	R4				Ian Olney	13
Prem	42	9	13	20	42	68	40	21st	SF	R4				Graeme Sharp	11
Div 1	46	16	13	17	60	60	61	14th	R4	R3				Sean McCarthy	18
Div 1	46	14	14	18	54	50	56	18th	R4	R2		AIC	GS	Richardson/McCarthy	11
Div 1	46	10	13	23	51	66	43	23rd	R3	R3				Stuart Barlow	12
Div 2	46	15	16	15	62	54	61	13th	R3	R1	R1			Stuart Barlow	13
Div 2	46	14	9	23	48	66	51	20th	R3	R1	R1			Mark Allott	8
Div 2	46	16	12	18	50	55	60	14th	R3	R1	R2			Allott/Whitehall	11
Div 2	46	15	13	18	53	65	58	15th	R2	R2	R1			Lee Duxbury	10
Div 2	46	18	16	12	77	65	70	9th	R3	R2	SF(N)			David Eyres	14
Div 2	46	22	16	8	66	38	82	5th	R2	R4	R1	P-O	SF	David Eyres	16
Div 2	46	12	21	13	66	60	57	15th	R2	R1	R2			Scott Vernon	15
Lge 1	46	14	10	22	60	73	52	19th	R4	R2	F(N)			Chris Killen	15
Lge 1	46	18	11	17	58	60	65	10th	R2	R1	R1			Luke Beckett	18
Lge 1	46	21	12	13	69	47	75	6th	R3	R1	R2	P-O	SF	Chris Porter	22
Lge 1	46	18	13	15	58	46	67	8th	R4	R2	R2			Craig Davies	14
Lge 1	46	16	17	13	66	65	65	10th	R1	R2	R1			Lee Hughes	18
Lge 1	46	13	13	20	39	57	52	16th	R1	R1	R1			Paweł Abbott	13
Lge 1	46	13	17	16	53	60	56	17th	R1	R1	R1			Chris Taylor	11
Lge 1	46	14	12	20	50	66	54	16th	R3	R1	F(N)			Shefki Kuqi	16
Lge 1	46	14	9	23	46	59	51	19th	R5	R1	R1			Jose Baxter	15
Lge 1	46	14	14	18	50	59	56	15th	R3	R1	SF(N)			Danny Philliskirk	12
Lge 1	46	14	15	17	54	67	57	15th	R2	R1	QF(N)			Jonathan Forte	12
Lge 1	46	12	18	16	44	58	54	17th	R1	R1	R1N			Danny Philliskirk	7
Lge 1	46	12	17	17	31	44	53	17th	R2	R2	R3			Lee Erwin	10
Lge 1	46	11	17	18	58	75	50	21st	R1	R1	QF			Eoin Doyle	14
Lge 2	46	16	14	16	67	60	62	14th	R4	R1	R2			Callum Lang	16
Lge 2	37	9	14	14	44	57	41	19th	R2	R1	R1			Jonny Smith	11
Lge 2	46	15	9	22	72	81	54	18th	R3	R2	R2			Conor McAleny	21
Lge 2	46	9	11	26	46	75	38	23rd	R1	R3	R2			Davis Keillor-Dunn	17
NL	46	16	13	17	63	64	61	12th	R1	—	—	FAT	R4	Mike Fondop	13
NL	46	15	18	13	63	60	63	10th	R1	—	—	FAT	R4	James Norwood	18
NL	46	19	16	11	64	48	73	5th	R2	—	—	P-O	1st	Mike Fondop	20

Key

P – Played
W – Games won
D – Games drawn
L – Games lost
F – Goals for
A – Goals against
Pts – Points
Pos – Final position
Lan C-1 – Lancashire Combination A Division
Lan C-2 – Lancashire Combination B Division
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Div 3 – Football League Third Division
Div 3N – Football League Third Division North
Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division
Prem – Premier League
Champ – Football League Championship
Lge 1 – Football League One
Lge 2 – Football League Two
NL – National League
P-O - Play-offs
ASC – Anglo-Scottish Cup
AIC – Anglo-Italian Cup
FAT – FA Trophy
GS – Group stage
R1 – First round
R2 – Second round
R3 – Third round
R4 – Fourth round
R5 – Fifth round
QF – Quarter-finals
SF – Semi-finals
F – Regional final
RU – Runners-up
W – Winners
(N) – Northern section of regionalised stage

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion or relegation.

Overall

Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 12
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 36
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 46
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 11
Seasons spent below the English Football League: 13

Footnotes

References

(25 April 2007). "Club history". Oldham Athletic AFC.
"Oldham Athletic - Historical Football Kits".

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