Oldham Athletic 1 Town 1

Sep 29 2008 By Doug Thompson

But he made no mistake after a Dickinson shot was blocked by Stam, beating Crossley with a sharply- dispatched right-foot shot.

The lead might well have been doubled in the 35th minute, when Craney latched onto another Dickinson flick, but this time Crossley got a palm to the ball, pushing it wide for a corner.

With centre-backs Nathan Clarke and Andy Butler looking very solid, Oldham’s best first-half effort fell to left-back Kelvin Lomax, who drove into the side-netting in the ninth minute.

Allott, fellow central midfielder Danny Whitaker and striker Lee Hughes all fired off target while winger Chris Taylor, the home side’s six-goal top scorer, failed to get any power to a 28th-minute shot on the turn which Matt Glennon saved.

Little was seen of ex-Barnsley and Blackpool wideman Liddell in the opening period, but he had home fans on their feet with the equaliser.