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Yeah ! Call us the OWLS. That would be a right 'Hoot' and put the Fear of God in the Warriors, Tigers, Dragons, Rhinos, Vikings etc., etc. Like it or loath it, our name ROUGHYEDS is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, unique in the whole world. Leave it as the Roughyeds.

I will always and forever be a 'Roughyed'. BUT, if we are forced to change our famous & historic name then I would suggest an acknowledgment to VULCAN Street which co-incidentally is very, very, near to our spiritual home of Watersheddings. So, how about Oldham 'VULCANS' ? ? Just think of the huge marketing potential we would have with that name !

Who, apart from me ever went to Hunslet's PARKSIDE ? Now that was a heavy 'Industrial' ground if ever there was !

That makes two of us. Did I sit on my dad's shoulders next to you, on your dad's shoulders ? ?

And, we're starting to put a bit of early season 'daylight' between us and the teams in the lower section of the league table. We really don't want to get involved in the end of season playoff '8s'.

And that makes two of us !

On behalf of all our supporters may I say "Have a very Happy Birthday, Bill". And many thanks for what you're doing for our great club. Roughyeds forever.

John. Yes, I also went to all three of those Semi's. To say we were robbed at Station Road is an understatement. Other than the huge disappointment which I still feel, I'm still angry about Harry Poole smashing Dave Parker's jaw. Dave was a superb, classy, loose forward but he was never the same player after that. I recently had the pleasure of talking to John (Johnny) Donovan who played in those Semi's whilst we were both watching Oldham playing down in Cornwall a couple of years ago. Oddly enough, I am still more angry about those three games way back in 1964 than he was ! And I still don't even want to think about referee John Holdsworth.

And the 'Yeds' shall arise from the ashes of countless years in the wilderness, hardships and disappointments. Come on lads. Make us proud Roughyeds once again.

Wembley ? ? Yeah, what a fantastic day that would be for all of us. I've been saying the proverbial "This will be our year this year" for almost 70 years ! And I've promised myself that if we ever get there, on that great day, I'd be the first person through the turnstiles into the stadium.

For us, the Championship will be a massive step up from League 1. Generally, I think that the promoted teams one season will be the Bookies favourites for relegation the next season. Under the circumstances, I would be happy to see us with a good run in both the Challenge and 1895 cups, avoid the dreaded end-of-season Super 8 playoffs and ultimately consolidate our position in mid table. Then the following season, realistically assess the performance of our first season back in the Championship and kick-onwards and upwards from there.

Yep. He played on thanks to Dennis, his sponge and bucket of ice-cold water. October 1968. I was there. Featherstone always seem to have the edge on us and sadly I can't remember us ever having beaten them in those long-gone, far-away days.

The best away kit. I agree 100% with you. And WHAT A GREAT (2nd half) GAME THAT WAS.

I spoke to Lynne in the club shop a few days back. No detailed information as yet, but she said that the Season Ticket Cards should be available "towards the end of this year".

Got my (2) season tickets for next year. Concession, reserved, seats in Section 'D' of the Joe Royal Stand.