Wealdstone 1-1 Oldham Athletic: Latics dig deep for Thommo!
By Nicole Cho-Yee
WEALDSTONE 1
Bowen 36
OLDHAM ATH 1
Reid 31
STEVE Thompson dropped his first points in his fourth game as Oldham Athletic caretaker boss as the Latics had to settle for a point in a hard-fought encounter at The Vale.
An Alex Reid strike just after the half hour put Thompson’s men in front, but Stuart Maynard’s team levelled just five minutes later through Sam Bowen.
It takes Thompson’s points tally to 10 from four matches as Latics chief since taking over from David Unsworth earlier this month.
Fresh from victory on the road at Kidderminster on Tuesday night, the Lati…
TURNAROUND: Oldham Athletic are starting to motor under caretaker boss Steve Thompson, inset
PICTURE: MI News & Sport
STEVE THOMPSON says he wants the chance to create a legacy at Oldham Athletic – and take the Latics back into the Football League.
Caretaker chief Thompson took over the manager’s hotseat from David Unsworth earlier this month and has since changed the landscape at Boundary Park, leading his side to three successive victories before yesterday’s trip to Wealdstone.
It’s a run of form which has not only lifted the Latics to the cusp of the play-off place…
