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• Boxing Day football round-up: Double derby day stalemate

  Both Tameside derbies in this year’s Boxing Day schedule ended all square, with Ashton United rescuing a late point at home to neighbours Hyde United, while Mossley and Stalybridge Celtic played out a goalless draw at Seel Park. 

• Grimsby Town 0 – 0 Latics: Resilient Latics graft for a point

  Latics are making a habit of doing the hard and dirty work in the first half and profiting from it in the second, but this time came up short in an entertaining no score draw at Blundell Park.

• Latics Christmas preview: What does good look like?

  Micky Mellon’s stock phrases are enigmatic. He says, “I know what good looks like,” but is reluctant to tell you or I what it means.

• Latics 3 – 1 Tranmere Rovers: Mellon shows qualities to bag a second hat-trick for Latics

  A perfect Michael Mellon hat-trick – header, right foot, left foot – was a wonderful way for Latics to end a momentous year at Boundary Park.