Oldham Athletic 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 September 2016

Result

Oldham Athletic 2-3 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 3 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Oldham Athletic 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Oldham Athletic were beaten by Shrewsbury Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 3 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

J. Law opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from J. Law (24') and Lee Erwin (82'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Junior Brown (43'), Ivan Toney (50', penalty) and Joe Riley (62').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 13th on 6 points from 5 and Shrewsbury Town 21st on 4 points from 5. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Oldham Athletic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · J. LawOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Kevin NolanShrewsbury Town
  • 37'Yellow card · Ousmane FaneOldham Athletic
  • 43'Goal · Junior BrownShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 50'Penalty goal · Ivan ToneyShrewsbury Town · 1-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Peter ClarkeOldham Athletic
  • 62'Goal · Joe RileyShrewsbury Town · 1-3
  • 70'Second yellow · Ousmane FaneOldham Athletic
  • 82'Goal · Lee ErwinOldham Athletic · 2-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Oldham Athletic 3, draws 1, Shrewsbury Town 2.

Team news

Oldham Athletic line-up

Connor Ripley, Cameron Burgess, Josh Law, Peter Clarke, Charles Dunne, Ryan Flynn, Fane Ousmane, Paul Green, Billy McKay, Freddie Ladapo, Lee Erwin

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Javier Klimowicz, Junior Brown, Jack Grimmer, Adam El-Abd, Joe Riley, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Gary Deegan, Ivan Toney, Louis Dodds, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake