4 games, 7 points, 5th in the league. A solid start, with flashes of brilliance. HMS Piss the League remains on course. It was a game of two halves v Swindon last Saturday, overwhelmingly dominated by Oldham in both. The only change to the starting line-up was Nevitt coming in for Fondop. The referee let a lot go but was reasonably consistent with it. We were on the front foot from the kick-off, and Delaney was unlucky to not get his first goal for us when Drummond crossed into the box from...

Hmph. I still think we’re gonna win the league, but maybe it’s gonna be harder work than I first thought. Mellon named an unchanged starting XI last Saturday at Colchester, and quite right too, don’t change a winning team. We were under a bit of pressure early on. Scott-Morriss cleared the ball a yard out from goal after Thorn played it into the six-yard box. In a passage of play after we conceded a needless throw-in when Scott-Morriss missed Daniels’ pass, Hunt hit the post. All of which...

I’ve seen enough. We’re gonna win the league. If you made it to the pub last Saturday morning for pre-match pints, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability. I did no such thing. We were meeting our mates for tea that evening and there was no way I was going to be awake for wine and tapas at 6pm if I started drinking at 11am. I’m too old now and too much of a lightweight, and I am OK with that. It’s just as well I didn’t fancy a drink in the ground, as queueing for a drink...