OLDHAM will be presented with the 2024 League One trophy following the conclusion of the Workington game at Boundary Park this Sunday, writes Kasey Smith.

Roughyeds were confirmed as champions when they beat Keighley 20-12 a fortnight ago to open up a five-point gap which meant they could not be caught.

A mid-season defeat away at Keighley, where they were second best in every department, threatened to derail Oldham’s season – but since then, Sean Long’s men have rallied and have won all 11 of their following games.

And Oldham will be looking to round off the season in style as the club looks to build on its growing fanbase, which has doubled to around 1,400 on average compared to the previous year.

Long is expected to keep a similar side to the one which defeated Cornwall 72-0 last weekend, with him promising game time to those who have been left out in recent weeks.

Questions remain over Cian Tyrer who hobbled off the field late on – but should he feature, the Leigh-born winger could match a try tally for Oldham not seen since 1960.

Tyrer, after scoring two tries last weekend, has 29 overall for Oldham and could equal, or surpass, Ike Southward’s total of 31 from the 1959/60 season.

Incidentally, he has scored an average of over two tries a game – something which no other player in the history of the club, who have scored over ten tries, have done.

Sunday’s opponents Workington secured their place in the play-offs last weekend after beating Newcastle 46-0 while North Wales Crusaders failed to beat Rochdale, meaning the West Cumbrian side could not be leapfrogged in sixth.

Head coach Anthony Murray, who is expected to take up the head coach role at Keighley when he departs Workington at the end of the year, will be looking to improve on last year’s first round play-off elimination to end on a high with Town.