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          5th August 1999 

Today's Headlines

 Michael Yarwood of the Oldham Evening Chronicle writes, Teenager Matthew Tipton gave Andy Ritchie another selection nudge last night when he scored twice for the reserves. The Welsh striker converted two penalties in a 3-0 win at Darwen, with Davis McNiven completing the scoring.Tipton's pre-season form is putting severe pressure on Athletic's established front two of Mark Allott and Junior Agogo. He grabbed his chance top shine in the first team when he had a vital role in the winning goal against Sheffield United. While Tipton has timed his run to perfection, Steve Whitehall is still in the starting blocks.Whitehall was due to make his long awaited return from an ankle injury last night, but he failed a fitness test and will be given more time to fully recover.Preston, Athletic's opponents on Saturday, added to their squad last night when they signed Welsh international Rob Edwards. The midfielder or defender agreed short-term contract after leaving Bristol City and had attracted interest from Grimsby, QPR and Stoke.The Deepdale side also expect Steve Basham to be in their squad despite his pre-season being interrupted by a hernia operation. Basham, the forward signed from Southampton after a successful loan period, isn't fully match fit but is looking sharper training.Athletic launch their re-vamped matchday programme on Saturday, priced at £1.80.
 Teamtalk Oldham
Striker bid accepted
Andy Ritchie has had an offer for a Premiership striker accepted, but the finishing touches to the deal will be completed before he's unveiled.
Ritchie is giving nothing away at the moment but both club and player will be unveiled later today.
It is believed the player has a vast amount of experience which would seemingly rule out Paul Beavers, who Ritchie is still awaiting a decision on from Sunderland boss Peter Reid.
Whitehall setback
Latics reserve's ran out 3-0 winners against Darwen last night but the one disappointment was the non-appearance of Steve Whitehall.
Goals from Matthew Tipton (2) and David McNiven secured the convincing victory, but unfortunately Steve Whitehall failed a late fitness test after Andy Ritchie had been hoping to give him a run out.
The boss stated after the game said: "Perhaps we pushed him that little bit too hard, as we were being a little too optimistic about the progress he was making. We'll give him another week."
Pitch on the mend
The Latics' pitch has begun to recover as dramatically as it deteriorated, following hours of work from groundsman, Jack Walker.
He has been working hard throughout the summer on the affected parts of the surface and there are signs that the pitch should be in good nick for this campaign with new growth visible already.
 Anyone interested in buying some old Latics programmes from the 60's and 70's let me know.
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