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Today's
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9th September 1999
Today's Headlines
Whitehall
to start Saturday?
Manning
jnr still keen
Oldham Evening Chronicle
STEVE
WHITEHALL may win a starting spot for Athletic in Saturday's home match
against Neil Warnock's Bury. Manager Andy Ritchie is considering promoting
the 32-year-old striker from the substitutes bench with his side still
looking for the first league points of the campaign. A cracking goal in
the reserves at Grimsby — his second of the season at that level — has
greatly enhanced his prospects.
Whitehall
is still striving for match fitness following an ankle operation at the
end of last season. Ritchie said: "Steve has done quite well in the reserves
and he was also lively when he came on at Gillingham. I will have to consider
carefully whether to start with Steve or keep him on the bench." Whitehall's
chances of starting are greater with Paul Beavers ruled out. The 20-year-old
striker limped off at Gillingham after taking a kick on an Achilles. Ritchie
must decide on his best strike pairing from Whitehall, Mark Allott, Matthew
Tipton, Ryan Sugden and David McNiven.
Teamtalk
Oldham
Manning still
up for it
Bernard Manning jnr, son of the rotund
comic of the same name, has said that he and his consortium are still very
keen to buy the club. However, he has gone on record as saying that initial
negotiation were very promising but whilst a fair amount of progress had
been made talks had now hit a bit of a standstill, something that Latics
fans have seen happen all to frequently in the past. Manning jnr explained:
"One of the main partners in the consortium is away at present. When he
returns we will have a meeting and take things on from there. It is very
frustrating, but I can't comment further until then."
Yahoo Football
Oldham
Major clear-out decision
Andy Ritchie has finally decided that
it is time for a total clear out of his playing staff, in order to ease
the wage bill. The Latics have 36 professionals on their books and they
can't afford to keep them all. It is like carrying three full sides and
the playing staff is around double what it should be for a second division
club.
The financial burden is crippling
the club and preventing the boss from making a move or two into the transfer
market. The boss said: "The chairman has spelled it out that we have no
money. I do think that most of the players at the club are of a high enough
quality to see us through. However, I would like to strengthen the squad
as well." The major problem for the boss is that not many of the 36 become
free agents at the end of the season and the three who are Kelly, Graham
and Allott are all players that Ritchie will want to offer new terms to.
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