Chris Taylor’s early strike set Oldham Athletic off to a flying start as they ended their run of four matches without a win against a lacklustre Swindon Town. A dangerous cross by Morais was headed away only as far as Taylor who, with far too much space, curled the ball into the right hand corner from just inside the box.
Paul Dickov was full of praise for the forward, "Chris' all round game today was fantastic. He was threatening when he had the ball and we all know he's got quality when he gets the chance."
Dale Stephens sealed victory for the home side with a late penalty, after a frustrated Charlie Austin was judged to have handled in the box. Stephens confidently smashed home a penalty as Oldham laid their recent demons to rest.
Swindon striker and top scorer, Charlie Austin had a frustrating game and Dickov praised his centre-backs for their performance.
"Both centre-backs were excellent. Charlie Austin is one of the best strikers in this division and I thought both of them were fantastic, as all of my team were."
"I’m delighted with all the boys. Too many times we've talked about individual errors but there was none from any of my players today."
With the inclusion of new arrival goalkeeper Ben Amos, on loan from Manchester United goalkeeper, Dickov has a strong set of players fighting for positions.
"Ben is a great 'keeper, it's going to be a competitive spot for the goalkeeper now. Ben gives us, as a back four, the chance to do well this year", said Oldham full-back Paul Black.
Black reclaimed his place in the squad after being left out on Monday against Rochdale.
"In most positions there's a competition and there's a great togetherness. Even after two defeats no one's head went down."
"I was disappointed to be left out; hopefully I can stay in the team now and get a few more results, starting on Tuesday in a tough match against Southampton."
In what was an evenly contested match the Swindon manager, Danny Wilson, felt his team were unlucky to leave without a point but conceded that they were the makers of their own misfortune.
"All of our great performances have been followed up by an average one and that was exactly the same again today."
Swindon had the chance to equalize in the 85th minute when Michael Rose’s 25-yard free kick rattled off the post. Sometimes when things aren’t going your way you don’t get a break and this was the case for Swindon today.
"Playing two back to back games seems to be our problem at the moment. We don’t get out of the blocks; we’re slow in our passing, our tempo, our accuracy. "
The win takes Oldham takes up to 9th in the League although Black insists that there is no talk of promotion in the dressing room just yet.
"We're just taking each game as it comes and we want to win every match. We bounced back today and hopefully we can go on a bit of a run again now."
Teams:
Oldham Athletic (4-4-2): B. Amos, R. Hazell, D. Furman, C. Taylor, K. Lee, D. Stephens, P. Black, F. Morais (R. Brooke 90), C. Evina (K. Millar 76), O. Tounkara, N. Trotman.
Substitutes not used: R. Jones, J. Jarrett, W. Feeney, D. Brill, A. Holdsworth.
Booked: Lee, Furman.
Goals: Taylor 4, Stephens (pen) 88.
Swindon Town (4-5-1): P. Smith, M. Rose, A. Frampton (Cuthbert 63), P. Caddis, S. Ferry, D. Prutton, M. Timlin (J. Douglas 57), S. Morrison, A. O’Brien (D. Ball 57), M. Ritchie, C. Austin.
Substitutes not used: J-P. McGovern,V. Pericard,T. Dossevi, M. Scott.
Booked: Austin, Douglas.
Referee: D. Drysdale.
Attendance: 3, 573
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