
Suzanne Geldard
Sports Journalist and Assistant Sports Editor at Lancashire Telegraph
Reporter at The Oldham Times
Oldham Athletic reporter for @TheOldhamTimes since 2020; Published author 2023 - Tony Parkes: The Authorised Biography; Proud wife & mum
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5 days ago |
theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Suzanne Geldard
The 37-year-old does not yet know what the future holds personally. He is out of contract this summer. But after playing a significant role in firing Latics back to the Football League, with a goal in each National League play-off round, he feels this can be the springboard to even more success for the club. "This club deserves to be in the EFL, and they can go again," said Garner. "It's a massive club. I've played at a lot of big clubs but this club's special. "It's a sleeping giant.
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5 days ago |
theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Suzanne Geldard
"I lost faith at one time when we were two one down. I thought, 'this is it'. We pulled back once, and then we've got to pull back again now. To win we've got to beat them 2-0," said the Latics chairman. "I thought 'that's a tall order', because there wasn't that much between us. I could see we were better in some areas, I could see, but I couldn't see us getting two so I thought 'It's going to penalties.
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6 days ago |
theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Suzanne Geldard
Oldham Athletic secured promotion back to the Football League and manager Micky Mellon declared: 'I never stopped believing'. In a dramatic and breathless play-off final at Wembley Latics twice came back from behind against Southend United, before Kian Harratt scored the winner to seal promotion and send more than 21,000 Latics fans wild.
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6 days ago |
theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Suzanne Geldard
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6 days ago |
theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Suzanne Geldard
"We rocked up at 9 o'clock the other day for training and were having breakfast, we looked out the window and the whole car park was full of fans," he explained. "It was like that for a couple of days. "You see how many tickets we've sold. I already knew we had great fans from just the home games - the first play-off game at Boundary Park... 10,000 is nuts, but then to see all that and then some for Wembley is crazy.
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