# 2012–13 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Oldham Athletic's 16th consecutive season in the third division of the English football league system. It was Paul Dickov's third season as manager of the club. Oldham began inconsistently in the league before a poor run of form before Christmas 2012 led to Dickov's coaching team being placed on gardening leave. Victories over Nottingham Forest and Liverpool in the FA Cup followed but after a run of one point from nine games, Dickov resigned as manager on 3 February 2013.
Tony Philliskirk took over as caretaker manager and Matt Smith's last minute equaliser earned Philliskirk's men an FA Cup fifth round replay against Everton which Everton ultimately won 3–1. It was the furthest that the Latics had progressed in the FA Cup since reaching the semi-final in 1994.
Lee Johnson was appointed as Oldham's new manager on 18 March 2013, becoming the youngest manager in the Football League at only 31 years of age. Johnson led Oldham to safety with two games to spare with four wins, three draws and three defeats from the last ten games. Oldham finished the season in 19th position and with many of his first team squad out of contract, Johnson faced a summer of rebuilding in preparation for the 2013-14 season.

## Squad & Coaching Staff
### First Team Squad

    Includes all players who were awarded a squad number during the season. Last updated on 7 July 2013
    *Total appearances and goals as at the end of the 2012-13 season
| Squad No. | Name | Position | Date of birth | Signed from | Signed in | Total Apps* | Total Goals* | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Alex Cisak | GK | 19-05-1989 | Accrington Stanley | 2011 | 59 | 0 | On loan to Portsmouth in November. |
| 13 | Dean Bouzanis | GK | 02-10-90 | Unattached | 2011 | 51 | 0 | |
| 25 | Liam Jacob | GK | 18-08-1994 | Unattached | 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Connor Brown | RB | 02-10-1991 | Unattached | 2012 | 29 | 0 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Grounds | LB | 02-02-1988 | Unattached | 2012 | 52 | 1 | |
| 5 | Jean-Yves Mvoto | CB | 06-09-1988 | Sunderland | 2011 | 123 | 8 | |
| 6 | James Tarkowski | CB | 19-11-1992 | Youth Team | 2011 (turned pro) | 53 | 3 | |
| 16 | Cliff Byrne | CB | 26-04-1982 | Unattached | 2012 | 40 | 1 | |
| 23 | Reece Wabara | FB/CB | 28-12-1991 | Manchester City | 2012 (loan) | 29 | 2 | On loan from September to January. |
| 27 | Glenn Belezika | CB | 24-12-1994 | Youth Team | 2012 (turned pro) | 4 | 0 | |
| 30 | Joe Cooper | FB | 25-09-1994 | Youth Team | Youth Team | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | Jack Truelove | FB | | Youth Team | Youth Team | 1 | 0 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | James Wesolowski | CM | 25-08-1987 | Peterborough United | 2011 | 70 | 4 | |
| 7 | Lee Croft | RW | 21-06-1985 | Derby County | 2012 (loan) | 69 | 2 | On loan until January, signed on contract from January. |
| 8 | Dean Furman | CM | 22-06-1988 | Rangers | 2009 | 148 | 9 | On loan to Doncaster from March. |
| 11 | Cristian Montaño | LW | 11-12-1991 | West Ham United | 2012 | 33 | 2 | |
| 15 | Jordan Obita | LW | 08-12-1993 | Reading | 2013 (loan) | 10 | 1 | On loan from January. |
| 17 | Paul Murray | CM | 31-08-1976 | Unattached | 2013 | | | Signed in January. |
| 21 | Kirk Millar | RW | 07-07-1992 | Youth Team | 2010 (turned pro) | 30 | 1 | On loan to Chorley in October. |
| 22 | Youssouf M'Changama | CM | 29-08-1990 | Unattached | 2012 | 30 | 2 | Released in March. |
| 22 | Bobby Reid | CM | 02-02-1993 | Bristol City | 2013 (loan) | 7 | 0 | On loan from March. |
| 23 | Korey Smith | CM | 31-01-1991 | Norwich City | 2013 | 10 | 0 | On loan from March. |
| 24 | Connor Hughes | RW | 06-05-1993 | Youth Team | 2011 (turned pro) | 10 | 0 | |
| 26 | Carl Winchester | CM | 12-04-1993 | Youth Team | 2011 (turned pro) | 31 | 1 | |
| 28 | Chris Sutherland | RW | 04-08-1995 | Youth Team | 2012 (turned pro) | 11 | 0 | |
| 29 | David Mellor | CM | 10-07-1993 | Youth Team | 2011 (turned pro) | 31 | 1 | |
| 31 | Danny Gosset | CM | 21-02-95 | Youth Team | Youth Team | 2 | 0 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Jordan Slew | FW | 07-09-1992 | Blackburn Rovers | 2012 (loan) | 4 | 1 | On loan until September. |
| 9 | Matt Derbyshire | FW | 14-04-1986 | Nottingham Forest | 2012 (loan) | 20 | 6 | On loan from September to December. |
| 9 | Chris Iwelumo | FW | 01-08-1978 | Watford | 2013 (loan) | 9 | 1 | On loan from January. |
| 10 | Robbie Simpson | FW | 15-03-1985 | Huddersfield Town | 2012 | 80 | 13 | |
| 14 | Matt Smith | FW | 07-06-1989 | Solihull Moors | 2011 | 75 | 14 | |
| 18 | Lee Barnard | FW | 18-07-1984 | Southampton | 2013 (loan) | 16 | 3 | On loan from January. |
| 19 | Dan Taylor | FW | 17-03-1993 | Unattached | 2012 | 10 | 1 | |
| 20 | Jose Baxter | FW | 07-02-1992 | Unattached | 2012 | 45 | 15 | Signed in September. |

### Management & Coaching Staff

| Position | Name | Notes |
| Manager | Paul Dickov | Until February. |
| Manager (caretaker) | Tony Philliskirk | February to March. |
| Manager | Lee Johnson | From March. |
| Assistant manager | Gerry Taggart | Until December. |
| First Team coach | Lee Duxbury | Until December. |
| Goalkeeping coach | Paul Gerrard | |
| Fitness coach | Paul Butler | Until December. |
| Head of Sports Medicine | Jon Guy | |
| Academy Manager | Tony Philliskirk | |
| Centre of Excellence Manager | Mick Priest | |
| Youth Team Therapist | Anthony Gray | |
| Chief Youth Scout | Ron Millward | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 55 | |
| 18 | Stevenage | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 54 | |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 51 | |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 51 | |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United (R) | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 48 | Relegation to Football League Two |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| Number | Position | Name | Tot Apps | Tot Start | Tot Sub | Lg Apps | Lg Start | Lg Sub | FAC Apps | FAC Start | FAC Sub | Lg Cup Apps | Lg Cup Start | Lg Cup Sub | JPT Apps | JPT Start | JPT Sub |
| 01 | GK | Alex Cisak | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 02 | DF | Connor Brown | 29 | 23 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03 | DF | Jonathan Grounds | 52 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 04 | MF | James Wesolowski | 39 | 37 | 2 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05 | DF | Jean-Yves Mvoto | 49 | 49 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 06 | DF | James Tarkowski | 26 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 07 | MF | Lee Croft | 53 | 52 | 1 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 08 | MF | Dean Furman | 34 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09 | FW | Jordan Slew | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09 | FW | Matt Derbyshire | 20 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09 | FW | Chris Iwelumo | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Robbie Simpson | 44 | 28 | 16 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Cristian Montaño | 33 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Dean Bouzanis | 42 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Matt Smith | 40 | 17 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jordan Obita | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Cliff Byrne | 40 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Lee Barnard | 16 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Dan Taylor | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Jose Baxter | 45 | 40 | 5 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kirk Millar | 14 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Youssouf M'Changama | 20 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Bobby Reid | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Reece Wabara | 29 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Korey Smith | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Connor Hughes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Liam Jacob | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Carl Winchester | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Glenn Belezika | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Chris Sutherland | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | David Mellor | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Joe Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Danny Gosset | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Jack Truelove | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Jose Baxter | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | Matt Smith | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | | Matt Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | | Jean-Yves Mvoto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | Robbie Simpson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | Lee Barnard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Youssouf M'Changama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Dean Furman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | James Tarkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | n/a | n/a | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Cristian Montaño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Reece Wabara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | Cliff Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Jonathan Grounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Chris Iwelumo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Kirk Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Daniel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Jordan Obita | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Jordan Slew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 63 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 June 2012 | DF | Connor Brown | Unattached | Free | |
| 18 June 2012 | FW | Dan Taylor | Unattached | Free | |
| 27 June 2012 | GK | Liam Jacob | Unattached | Free | |
| 2 July 2012 | DF | Jonathan Grounds | Unattached | Free | |
| 27 July 2012 | DF | Cliff Byrne | Unattached | Free | |
| 17 August 2012 | MF | Cristian Montaño | West Ham United | Undisclosed | |
| 14 September 2012 | FW | Jose Baxter | Unattached | Free | |
| 29 January 2013 | MF | Paul Murray | Unattached | Free | |
| 12 June 2013 | MF | Sidney Schmeltz | Unattached | Free | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 May 2012 | FW | Ryan Brooke | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | MF | Djeny Bembo-Leta | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | DF | Matthew D Carr | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | MF | Keanu Marsh-Brown | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | MF | Phillip McGrath | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | MF | Josh Parker | Released | Free | |
| 7 May 2012 | FW | Reuben Reid | Released | Free | |
| 28 May 2012 | DF | Kieran Lee | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | |
| 15 June 2012 | MF | Chris Taylor | Millwall | Free | |
| 2 July 2012 | FW | Shefki Kuqi | Released | Free | |
| 2 July 2012 | MF | Filipe Morais | Released | Free | |
| 15 March 2013 | MF | Youssouf M'Changama | Released | Free | |
| 1 May 2013 | GK | Dean Bouzanis | Released | Free | |
| 1 May 2013 | GK | Liam Jacob | Released | Free | |
| 1 May 2013 | MF | Connor Hughes | Released | Free | |
| 1 May 2013 | FW | Robbie Simpson | Released | Free | |
| 1 May 2013 | GK | Dan Taylor | Released | Free | |
| 24 May 2013 | MF | Lee Croft | Released | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 4 July 2012 | MF | Lee Croft | Derby County | End of season | |
| 8 August 2012 | FW | Jordan Slew | Blackburn Rovers | Six months (Recalled 14 September 2012 due to injury) | |
| 14 September 2012 | FW | Matt Derbyshire | Nottingham Forest | 15 December 2012 (Initially for 6 weeks) | |
| 15 September 2012 | DF | Reece Wabara | Manchester City | 28 January 2013 (Initially for 1 month) | |
| 31 January 2013 | MF | Jordan Obita | Reading | 1 April 2013 (Initially for 1 month) | |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Lee Barnard | Southampton | End of season | |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Chris Iwelumo | Watford | End of season | |
| 15 March 2013 | MF | Korey Smith | Norwich City | 15 April 2013 | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 14 March 2013 | MF | Dean Furman | Doncaster Rovers | End of season | |