"He's the reason that we've got a club this season," sing the Oldham Athletic fans to owner Frank Rothwell. And they're right.
Twelve months ago on Friday, Rothwell and his family completed the long-anticipated takeover of the beleaguered club. Oldham had just been relegated to the National League, becoming the first side to drop from the Premier League out of the English Football League completely.
Fans had taken to boycotting Oldham games and invading the Boundary Park pitch in protest at the ownership of former football agent Abdallah Lemsagam.
The Moroccan's controversial tenure had been plagued with controversies from unpaid wages, scores of players arriving, a high turnover of managers, banning fans, and off-the-pitch legal battles that saw Oldham drop from League One to non-league.
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