The Latics beat Crewe 1-0 on Saturday to go into the hat, sorry, snazzy black velvet bag, for the third round draw.
Everyone agrees that the only thing you can ask for is a home draw, but a home draw against indifferent lower league opposition should be our ticket back into the velvet bag.
After finishing in sixth postion last season, Oldham have not really got going this term and lie in 16th place after winning two, drawing two and losing two of their last six League One games.
But things were very different the last time the two teams met in the FA Cup.
The Blues were drawn at home against Oldham in round five of the tournament in 1990...and the tie had banana skin written all over it.
Both teams were sitting just abvove mid-table in their respective divisions, but the Latics were an up and coming side under the stewardship of Joe Royle and earned a 1-1 draw Goodison.
Back at Boundary Park and Oldham dumped Everton out of the cup with goals from Palmer and Marshall cancelling out Tony Cottee's obligatory goal against them.
They were knocked out by, eventual winners, Man United in a semi-final replay and were narrowly beaten by Nottingham Forest in the final of that season's Littlewood's Cup...that's the Carling Cup these days kids!
But it's hard to visualise anything less than a comfortable Everton win this time around.
And, unless the BBC has an Oldham fan that sorts out the football scheduling, it's got to be a good old 3pm Saturday kick off.
Meat pie, sausage roll!
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