The English Football season began this weekend with games in the Championship and Leagues 1 and 2. It is a little hard to get my head around the fact that Oldham Athletic are not amongst the ranks of the EFL, but find themselves in the National League - the fifth tier. They are not the only ones to suffer this fate - many clubs have gone before and some are in even lower leagues. Still others have disbanded or reconstituted as new clubs, often with similar names.

Holding it together financially is a big ask for many teams outside the Premier League and Oldham is no exception. Poor management and player recruitment are at least partly to blame for the current imbroglio, something which is now being rectified. The club has new motivated owners, a competent manager and an interest in buying players who are able to match it with their peers. The National League, however, is highly competitive and notoriously hard to get out of - a mere two promotion places of which the second is a playoff between five teams. At the other end, there are four relegation spots!

Good luck to the Latics.