Will Holdaway
@willholdaway.bsky.social
Oldham Athletic fan living in that London. Former Basketcase. El Presidente (interim) of Oldham Athletic Supporters in the South.
Editor, Oldham-Owl.co.uk. #oafc
Editor, Oldham-Owl.co.uk. #oafc
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Are you a journalist who's interested in local government, and/or the impact of regional and national government decisions on Oldham? If so, get involved. Or tell someone who might be interested to get involved. We pay our journalists.
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Freelance writers wanted
The Oldham Owl is looking to establish a roster of regular freelance contributors.
We are a new, independent publication for Oldham, launching in September. Our aim is to produce serious local journa...
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June 28, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Are you a journalist who's interested in local government, and/or the impact of regional and national government decisions on Oldham? If so, get involved. Or tell someone who might be interested to get involved. We pay our journalists.
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Gentle 3-miler round the local posh house to celebrate being cancer-free and stitch-free. Nice cows.
May 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Gentle 3-miler round the local posh house to celebrate being cancer-free and stitch-free. Nice cows.
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Hats off to Tunnock's for some epic product placement.
April 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Hats off to Tunnock's for some epic product placement.
It’s not me pointing the finger at the club. It’s Drummond’s lawyer. #oafc
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Green at the Gills - Drummond lawyer’s claims don’t reflect well on the club
Latics travel to Kent today for the first time since 2017.
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February 21, 2026 at 11:10 AM
It’s not me pointing the finger at the club. It’s Drummond’s lawyer. #oafc
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Bit less needly than my offering yesterday. What can I say? Oldham Athletic get on my tits and I’m off to watch the lads today in Gillingham. #oafc
Morning all. A slightly more positive blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social this week.
#oafc
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#oafc
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The Drummond boy from Toxteth went crash, boom, bang
Well that was better than getting battered 3-0, wasn’t it? Yes. Four points from two games is definitely better than getting battered 3-0 twice.There was only one change to the starting line-up for th...
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February 21, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Bit less needly than my offering yesterday. What can I say? Oldham Athletic get on my tits and I’m off to watch the lads today in Gillingham. #oafc
Have some of that so-called Brighton & Hove Albion. I wouldn’t have been happy with that programme cover mind you. Too smart by half. #oafc
On this day 2002, #BHAFC lose 2-0 at Boundary Park against #oafc, watched by 6,951. Albion remain 2nd in Division two (League One), with a crunch clash with top of the table Reading coming next. seagullsprogrammes.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Have some of that so-called Brighton & Hove Albion. I wouldn’t have been happy with that programme cover mind you. Too smart by half. #oafc
Anyone know what to do when a Reform Party councillor issues a death threat to a journalist?
Asking for a freelance friend. (Yes, of course it’s me, and of course I’ll be calling the police.)
Unreal scenes. I only asked him whether a local party member acted as the Reform treasurer in the area.
Asking for a freelance friend. (Yes, of course it’s me, and of course I’ll be calling the police.)
Unreal scenes. I only asked him whether a local party member acted as the Reform treasurer in the area.
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Anyone know what to do when a Reform Party councillor issues a death threat to a journalist?
Asking for a freelance friend. (Yes, of course it’s me, and of course I’ll be calling the police.)
Unreal scenes. I only asked him whether a local party member acted as the Reform treasurer in the area.
Asking for a freelance friend. (Yes, of course it’s me, and of course I’ll be calling the police.)
Unreal scenes. I only asked him whether a local party member acted as the Reform treasurer in the area.
Sorry not sorry to football stats monkeys and The Daily Heil.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Sorry not sorry to football stats monkeys and The Daily Heil.
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It’s completely within Latics’ capability to make the League Two play-offs. So there. #oafc
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Latics Diary: Mellon and Latics faithful on the same wavelength
Not for the first time, Micky Mellon is absolutely coherent with the Latics fans. In praising his side’s Christmas campaign-within-a-campaign, he said he wants his side to turn draws into wins, and to...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
It’s completely within Latics’ capability to make the League Two play-offs. So there. #oafc
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Thanks to @willholdaway.bsky.social for this week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social, and he is correct, I was not watching Real Madrid v City on Wednesday, I was watching Divorce at Manchester Uni student union. #oafc
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Let’s Crawley Crawley Crawley back to love again yeah?
Arlene refuses to go to Milton Keynes, as do I henceforth after last Saturday’s absolute horror show. It’s not the football or the fact that we lost…again. It’s not the town, which is one of the more ...
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December 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Thanks to @willholdaway.bsky.social for this week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social, and he is correct, I was not watching Real Madrid v City on Wednesday, I was watching Divorce at Manchester Uni student union. #oafc
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If this doesn’t get your juices flowing for the afterthought tie of the FA Cup 2nd Round, nothing will. #oafc
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FA Cup 2nd Round preview: MK Dons v Oldham Athletic
The romance of the FA Cup lives on, but not in tomorrow’s 2nd Round fixture between MK Dons and Oldham Athletic at Stadium MK.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If this doesn’t get your juices flowing for the afterthought tie of the FA Cup 2nd Round, nothing will. #oafc
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All the latest revelations from Micky Mellon's pre-match presser* are included in this match preview.
*Nothing whatsoever was revealed in the presser.
#oafc
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*Nothing whatsoever was revealed in the presser.
#oafc
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Match preview: Latics v Newport County
The Exiles are bottom of League Two having lost 11 of their 16 fixtures, including their last game, which was against Shrewsbury Town, the next worst team in the league when they met last Saturday. Th...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
All the latest revelations from Micky Mellon's pre-match presser* are included in this match preview.
*Nothing whatsoever was revealed in the presser.
#oafc
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*Nothing whatsoever was revealed in the presser.
#oafc
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Here's my first match preview for the Oldham Reporter. #oafc
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Preview: Oldham Athletic v Crewe Alexandra
Latics return to League Two action at Boundary Park tomorrow after one of their best performances of the season gave them a 0-1 win away to Harrogate Town last Saturday.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here's my first match preview for the Oldham Reporter. #oafc
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Where’s. Your. Fucking. Poppy.
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Where’s. Your. Fucking. Poppy.
The OG music platform. Fill it it full of your Napster knock-offs and it didn’t care. Windows media player was way more picky.
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The OG music platform. Fill it it full of your Napster knock-offs and it didn’t care. Windows media player was way more picky.
95% of air crew training is safety training.
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
95% of air crew training is safety training.
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Thank fuck October's over and done with. This week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social. #oafc
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How October's let us down
Well October was a pile of shite, wasn’t it? Two points from a possible twelve, no wins, Conlon crocked for the season. Thank fuck it’s over, bring on November.The weather was pretty beautiful last Sa...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Thank fuck October's over and done with. This week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social. #oafc
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The Times has won halloween with it's photo feature of young Tories.
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Times has won halloween with it's photo feature of young Tories.