For a list of all Oldham Athletic players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players .
Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club. Appearances and goals should be for first-team competitive games and include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches.
Name
Nationality
Position
Club career
League
apps
League
goals
Total
apps
Total
goals
Notes
Jimmy Fay
England
DF
1907-1911
154
37
164
37
James Hamilton
England
DF
1907-1911
105
5
115
6
David Walders
England
DF
1907-1912
112
8
122
8
Jimmy Hodson
England
DF
1907-1915
252
1
277
1
David Wilson
Scotland
MF
1907-1921
368
17
397
21
Billy Cook
England
DF
1908-1920
157
16
171
0
Joe Donnachie
Scotland
MF
1908-1915
216
20
238
22
Howard Matthews
England
GK
1908-1926
344
0
367
0
Tommy Broad
England
MF
1909-1912
96
9
104
9
George Woodger
England
FW
1910-1914
115
22
130
26
Hugh Moffat
England
MF
1910-1915
162
10
182
10
Elliot Pilkington
England
DF
1911-1926
269
14
280
15
Ollie Tummon
England
MF
1912-1915
108
20
121
24
Joe Walters
England
FW
1912-1920
110
33
117
34
Arthur Gee
England
FW
1912-1921
112
44
119
47
Harry Grundy
England
DF
1914-1928
279
0
289
0
Bill Taylor
England
MF
1920-1924
109
1
115
2
Reg Freeman
England
DF
1921-1923
101
0
104
0
Sam Wynne
England
DF
1921-1926
145
9
153
10
Bert Watson
England
MF
1921-1929
233
63
242
71
George Douglas
England
MF
1922-1926
134
8
141
9
Jimmy Naylor
England
MF
1922-1928
246
5
257
6
Bert Gray
Wales
GK
1923-1927
97
0
101
0
Frank Hargreaves
England
FW
1923-1930
108
17
109
17
Les Adlam
England
MF
1923-1931
279
9
290
10
Teddy Ivill
England
DF
1924-1932
276
2
285
3
Albert Pynegar
England
FW
1925-1928
131
50
138
54
Ted Goodier
England
MF
1926-1931
113
2
115
3
Jack Hacking
England
GK
1926-1934
223
0
234
0
Fred Worrall
England
MF
1928-1931
105
21
107
21
Jimmy Dyson
England
MF
1928-1932
122
41
129
45
Bill Hasson
Scotland
MF
1928-1934
134
22
138
22
Billy Porter
England
DF
1928-1935
274
1
284
1
Matt Gray
England
FW
1928-1938
289
58
303
58
Tommy Seymour
England
DF
1929-1936
127
0
137
0
Alf Agar
England
MF
1932-1935
96
28
101
29
Norman Brunskill
England
MF
1932-1936
143
10
151
11
Bill Ratcliffe
England
DF
1935-1939
156
1
162
1
Lewis Caunce
England
GK
1935-1939
134
0
147
0
Billy Hilton
England
DF
1935-1939
129
4
141
5
Arthur Jones
Wales
MF
1935-1939
98
29
110
31
Tommy Williamson
England
MF
1935-1947
157
4
173
4
Bill Hayes
England
MF
1939-1951
126
3
133
3
Ken Brierley
England
MF
1945-1949, 1953-1955
125
10
134
11
Frank Tomlinson
England
MF
1946-1950
115
28
124
30
Tommy Bell
England
DF
1946-1952
170
0
181
0
Ray Haddington
England
FW
1947-1950
117
63
126
73
Jack Hurst
England
DF
1947-1950
98
2
107
2
Eric Gemmell
England
FW
1947-1954
195
109
216
120
Bill Spurdle
England
MF
1948-1950, 1957-1963
200
24
222
28
Willie Jessop
England
MF
1948-1951
94
16
106
18
Fred Ogden
England
GK
1948-1954
156
0
167
0
Lewis Brook
England
DF
1948-1957
189
14
196
14
Bill Naylor
England
DF
1948-1959
224
0
238
0
Les Smith
England
MF
1949-1955
178
3
192
4
Jimmy Munro
Scotland
MF
1950-1953
119
20
128
21
Bobby McIlvenny
Northern Ireland
FW
1950-1954
139
35
147
37
Bill Ormond
Scotland
MF
1950-1954
122
25
127
27
Archie Whyte
Scotland
DF
1950-1956
234
0
248
0
George Hardwick
England
DF
1950-1956
190
14
203
14
Don Travis
England
FW
1951-1952, 1954-1957
114
62
118
62
George Burnett
England
GK
1951-1954
100
0
105
0
Tommy Walker
England
MF
1954-1958
158
23
164
23
Jimmy Thompson
England
MF
1954-1958
110
19
116
21
Wilf Hobson
England
MF
1954-1959
170
1
180
1
John Bollands
England
GK
1955-1956, 1961-1966
154
0
171
0
Peter Neale
England
DF
1955-1958
117
28
122
31
Ted West
England
DF
1957-1960
117
0
125
0
John Bazley
England
MF
1957-1962
130
19
138
20
Peter Phoenix
England
MF
1958-1962
161
26
179
30
Brian Jarvis
Wales
MF
1959-1963
88
3
104
4
Bert Lister
England
FW
1960-1964
135
77
154
96
Ken Branagan
England
DF
1960-1965
177
5
197
5
Bobby Johnstone
Scotland
FW
1960-1965
143
35
160
38
Jimmy Frizzell
Scotland
MF
1960-1969
317
56
352
60
Alan Williams
England
DF
1961-1964
172
9
191
10
John Colquhoun
Scotland
MF
1961-1965, 1968-1970
233
38
257
50
Peter McCall
England
MF
1962-1965
108
5
116
5
Bob Ledger
England
MF
1962-1967
222
37
240
38
Jim Bowie
Scotland
MF
1962-1972
333
37
364
42
Allan Lawson
Scotland
DF
1964-1970
138
1
149
1
David Best
England
GK
1966-1968
98
0
107
0
Ian Towers
England
FW
1966-1968
95
44
105
44
Reg Blore
Wales
MF
1966-1970
187
19
202
22
Keith Bebbington
England
MF
1966-1972
237
40
255
47
Ian Wood
England
DF
1966-1980
524
22
586
27
Ronnie Blair
Northern Ireland
DF
1967-1969, 1972-1981
372
23
421
26
Les Chapman
England
MF
1967-1969, 1974-1979
263
20
298
23
David Shaw
England
FW
1969-1973, 1975-1977
214
91
229
95
Alan McNeill
Northern Ireland
MF
1969-1974
170
19
188
20
Maurice Whittle
England
DF
1969-1977
312
39
350
43
Ian Robins
England
FW
1969-1977
220
40
243
46
Bill Cranston
Scotland
DF
1970-1971
100
2
106
2
Harry Dowd
England
GK
1970-1974
121
0
131
0
Colin Garwood
England
FW
1971-1974
93
36
109
40
Dick Mulvaney
England
DF
1971-1974
92
2
106
2
Chris Ogden
England
GK
1971-1977
128
0
153
0
George McVitie
England
MF
1972-1975
113
19
127
22
Keith Hicks
England
DF
1972-1980
242
11
286
13
Paul Edwards
England
DF
1973-1978
112
7
133
8
Alan Groves
England
MF
1974-1977
140
12
163
14
Graham Bell
England
MF
1974-1979
170
9
200
9
Alan Young
Scotland
FW
1974-1979
122
30
146
39
David Holt
England
DF
1974-1980
142
1
162
1
John Platt
England
GK
1975-1981
109
0
126
0
Vic Halom
England
FW
1976-1980
123
43
154
51
John Hurst
England
DF
1976-1981
170
2
209
2
Gary Hoolickin
England
DF
1977-1987
211
2
247
3
Peter McDonnell
England
GK
1978-1982
137
0
165
0
Jim Steel
Scotland
FW
1978-1982
108
24
132
27
Paul Heaton
England
MF
1978-1983
136
28
151
33
Ged Keegan
England
MF
1979-1983
144
5
165
6
Paul Atkinson
England
MF
1979-1983, 1985-1987
176
12
202
15
Kenny Clements
England
DF
1979-1985
206
2
229
2
Rodger Wylde
England
FW
1980-1983
113
51
132
54
Paul Futcher
England
DF
1980-1983
98
1
113
1
Darron McDonough
England
MF
1980-1986
183
14
200
17
Roger Palmer
England
FW
1980-1994
466
141
536
157
John Ryan
England
DF
1981-1983, 1985-1987
100
8
112
8
Andy Goram
Scotland
GK
1982-1987, 2002
199
0
219
0
Tony Henry
England
MF
1983-1987
190
25
211
27
Willie Donachie
Scotland
DF
1984-1991
169
3
192
3
Andy Barlow
England
DF
1984-1993
261
5
308
5
Mike Milligan
England
MF
1985-1990, 1991-1994
279
23
336
27
Andy Linighan
England
DF
1986-1988
87
6
102
8
Tommy Wright
Scotland
MF
1986-1989, 1997-1998
124
25
139
29
Denis Irwin
Ireland
DF
1986-1990
167
4
204
7
Earl Barrett
England
DF
1987-1992
183
7
221
9
Andy Ritchie
England
FW
1987-1995, 1997-2001
243
84
281
107
Nick Henry
England
MF
1987-1997
273
19
333
22
Ian Marshall
England
FW
1988-1993
170
36
204
40
Rick Holden
England
MF
1989-1992, 1993-1995
189
28
234
36
Neil Adams
England
MF
1989-1994, 1999-2001
185
27
221
31
Jon Hallworth
England
GK
1989-1996
174
0
217
0
Richard Jobson
England
DF
1990-1995
189
10
225
11
Paul Bernard
Scotland
MF
1991-1995
112
18
137
21
Graeme Sharp
Scotland
FW
1991-1995
109
30
135
36
Gunnar Halle
Norway
DF
1991-1996
188
17
216
21
Craig Fleming
England
DF
1991-1997
164
1
192
1
Neil Pointon
England
DF
1992-1995
95
3
108
4
Mark Brennan
England
MF
1992-1996
90
7
107
7
Paul Gerrard
England
GK
1992-1996, 2011
120
0
137
0
Steve Redmond
England
DF
1992-1998
205
4
239
5
John Eyre
England
MF
1993-1995, 2001-2005
128
15
154
18
Chris Makin
England
DF
1993-1996
94
4
114
4
Sean McCarthy
Wales
FW
1993-1998
140
42
161
45
Richard Graham
England
DF
1993-2000
150
14
177
15
Lee Richardson
England
MF
1994-1997
88
21
101
24
Paul Rickers
England
MF
1994-2002
261
20
301
22
Stuart Barlow
England
FW
1995-1998
93
31
107
32
Carl Serrant
England
DF
1995-1998
90
1
106
2
Scott McNiven
England
DF
1995-2002
222
3
266
4
Gary Kelly
England
GK
1996-2001
225
0
263
0
Shaun Garnett
England
DF
1996-2001
173
9
196
9
Mark Allott
England
FW
1996-2001, 2007-2009
241
38
284
40
Paul Reid
England
MF
1997-1999
93
6
106
7
Andy Holt
England
DF
1997-2001
124
10
135
10
Matthew Tipton
Wales
FW
1997-2002
112
15
136
17
Lee Duxbury
England
MF
1997-2003
248
32
284
39
John Sheridan
Ireland
MF
1998-2004
145
14
165
16
Manager 2003–2009, 2016, 2017, 2022-
Carlo Corazzin
Canada
FW
2000-2003
110
20
129
23
David Eyres
England
MF
2000-2006
207
33
242
44
Darren Sheridan
England
MF
2001-2004
88
3
109
3
Paul Murray
England
MF
2001-2004
95
15
105
15
Dean Holden
England
DF
2001-2005
108
10
125
11
Will Haining
Scotland
DF
2001-2007
155
11
180
12
Les Pogliacomi
Australia
GK
2002-2007
160
0
187
0
Lee Croft
England
MF
2004-2005, 2012–2013, 2015–2017
98
1
121
4
Paul Warne
England
MF
2005-2007
86
18
100
21
Richie Wellens
England
MF
2005-2007, 2015-2016
90
8
104
8
Andy Liddell
Scotland
FW
2005-2009
125
29
144
33
Stefan Stam
Netherlands
DF
2005-2009
97
1
112
1
Neal Eardley
Wales
DF
2006-2009
113
10
129
10
Sean Gregan
England
MF
2006-2010
129
1
143
2
Chris Taylor
England
MF
2006-2012, 2017
270
33
302
35
Reuben Hazell
England
DF
2007-2010
151
7
166
7
Deane Smalley
England
FW
2007-2010
102
10
117
11
Kieren Lee
England
MF
2008-2012
117
5
134
5
Dean Furman
South Africa
MF
2009-2013
131
8
146
9
Jean-Yves Mvoto
France
DF
2010-2013
105
7
123
8
Carl Winchester
Northern Ireland
MF
2010-2017
120
8
140
8
James Wesolowski
Australia
MF
2011-2014
93
7
115
9
Jonathan Grounds
England
DF
2012-2014
89
4
106
4
Danny Philliskirk
England
FW
2013-2016
104
13
124
25
James Wilson
Wales
DF
2014-2016
100
2
109
2
Brian Wilson
England
DF
2014-2018
104
1
127
2
Peter Clarke
England
DF
2016-2019
2022-2023
122
12
140
18
Danny Gardner
England
FW
2017–2018
2022-
107
8
119
8
As of 20 April 2024
Tom Hamer
England
DF
2018-2021
84
6
105
6
Christopher Missilou
DR Congo
MF
2018-2020, 2022
92
6
104
6
Carl Piergianni
England
DF
2019-2022
89
8
104
9
Davis Keillor-Dunn
England
MF
2020-2022
87
25
105
28
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