Hartlepool United 4-2 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

Hartlepool United 4-2 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Hartlepool United 4-2 Oldham Athletic: match report

Hartlepool United won against Oldham Athletic 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 1 January 2011. The half-time score was 2-1.

Dale Stephens opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hartlepool United's goals came from N. Austin (27', penalty), Peter Hartley (45'), Ritchie Humphreys (58') and Antony Sweeney (69'). Oldham Athletic scored through Dale Stephens (18') and J. M'voto (81').

Discipline: Hartlepool United received 2 yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hartlepool United were 13th on 28 points from 19 and Oldham Athletic 14th on 27 points from 18. Hartlepool United went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Oldham Athletic 15th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hartlepool United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Oldham Athletic.

Going into the match Hartlepool United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Oldham Athletic's D-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Dale StephensOldham Athletic · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Peter HartleyHartlepool United
  • 27'Penalty goal · N. AustinHartlepool United · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · C. TaylorOldham Athletic
  • 44'Yellow card · J. M'votoOldham Athletic
  • 45'Goal · Peter HartleyHartlepool United · 2-1
  • 58'Goal · Ritchie HumphreysHartlepool United · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · N. AustinHartlepool United
  • 66'Yellow card · Ritchie JonesOldham Athletic
  • 69'Goal · Antony SweeneyHartlepool United · 4-1
  • 81'Goal · J. M'votoOldham Athletic · 4-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Reuben HazellOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Hartlepool United 2, draws 0, Oldham Athletic 0.

Team news

Hartlepool United line-up

Neil Jeffrey Austin, Evan Horwood, Peter Hartley, Gary Liddle, Leon McSweeney, Paul Murray, Ritchie Humphreys, Sam Collins, James Brown, Antony Sweeney, J. Kean

Oldham Athletic line-up

Dean Brill, Jean-Yves M'voto, Reuben Hazell, Paul Black, Dean Furman, Chris Taylor, Kieran Lee, Filipe Morais, Aidan White, Oumare Tounkara, Dale Stephens