Oldham Athletic @ MK Dons - August 2nd 2025 - EFL League 2

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So the first game back in League Two after too many seasons being "The first Premier League club to drop into the National League"..... 

Of course Luton Town did it the other way for one season and are now back in League One this season! Maybe they can emulate the great OAFC, and go straight through to the basement again.

As I went to Wembley for the National League Promotion Final, I decided I just had to go to the first game back in the EFL.  

Stadium MK is actually in Bletchley not Milton Keynes.  Let's make that distinction straight away. Although I used to live in Bedfordshire and visited friends in MK (worked and shopped too!) and Bletchley, I have never been to the football stadium.

I plan to go on the bike as from home it would be a long journey on the train and even more tedious in the car.  Hopefully somewhere in the massive car parking that surrounds the stadium and all the shopping malls there will be space for one motorcycle.

Kick-off is 3pm and it looks to be about two and a half hours on the road to get there. So I reckon leaving home about 1130am should give me some leeway and also enable me to soak up the atmosphere of 2000 Oldham fans rattling around in a 30000 seat stadium!

Their average home attendance was 6855 in the season before last. More empty seats than bums on them!

As luck would have it, they are also showing it on Sky TV!


I have the route plotted and sent to the TomTom Rider 410 and have charged up the intercom system in my helmet.  I know the way until I get to J12 or 13 on the M1 but after that I'll need TomTom assistance!

Fingers crossed that it's not peeing down,  that I can find a space to park a motorcycle, and that we win!

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