Hope of play-offs face new setback
By Alex Thrower

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1
Hope 7

ROCHDALE 1
Mather 28

DERBY TUSSLE: Rochdale’s Harvey Gilmour, in yellow, and Oldham Athletic’s Harrison McGahey battle for possession
PICTURE: Phill Smith

OLDHAM ATHLETIC boss Micky Mellon cut a frustrated figure after his side’s drab derby draw against Rochdale.
After the reverse fixture finished in a dramatic 4-3 Latics victory in October – Mellon’s first at the club – many expected another classic at Boundary Park.
But it proved anything but with a rat...