The 73-year-old finally stepped foot back on dry land on Thursday, 64 days after hopping in his boat from the Canary Islands to Antigua.
It's all been in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK with his mission to raise money for the charity Find A Cure - also the name of his boat.
And while it was a gruelling expedition, the Boundary Park chief at least had the form of his Latics to keep him going.
Rothwell exuberantly cheered from the middle of the Atlantic upon learning that Micky Mellon's men had staged a second-half comeback to beat Boreham Wood 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Now he can't wait to return home and get behind his club as they chase promotion back to the Football League.
Off course "Our manager says that promotion is our target and it has been all along," he told The NLP from Antigua.
"Oldham was a failing business, you need to go through a few cycles, you need to survive the situation, then you consolidate, then you grow again and that growth for us now is promotion, so we need promotion.
"It was a brilliant win against Boreham Wood.
Micky sussed the situation out and changed tactics at half-time, I've just spoken to Micky and now we're all excited for the Maidenhead game. I'll be watching the game on TV here in Antigua.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 18, 2024 من The Non-League Football Paper.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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