Oldham Athletic drew 1-1 with Fleetwood Town on Saturday afternoon in a match that swung dramatically either side of half-time, with five goals arriving in a frantic spell that defined the contest.
Fleetwood had shown enough composure in the opening exchanges to suggest they could control proceedings, but Mike Fondop gave Oldham the lead six minutes before the interval, rewarding a period of home pressure and lifting Boundary Park.
The game then shifted entirely in the space of two second-half minutes. Mark Helm levelled for Fleetwood just before the break, and Jack Stevens added a second for the visitors immediately after the restart. Kane Drummond extended their advantage in that same frenetic opening to the second period, leaving Oldham with a considerable deficit to overcome.
Oldham steadied themselves and began to press forward with greater urgency. Josh Powell pulled one back on 62 minutes, and Will Davies reduced the arrears further on 65, making it 3-2 and setting up a tense final quarter.
Harrison Neal and Josh Hawkes both came on in the 75th minute as both sides sought to alter the dynamic late on. Detlef Esapa Osong also entered the fray at that stage. Jack Stevens scored his second of the afternoon on 78 minutes to restore Fleetwood's two-goal cushion, before Mitchell Clark added a late goal to complete a 4-3 scoreline in Fleetwood's favour.
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