Roughyed Rats Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Apparently a big announcement next week (see Grading discussion) and moving to BP next season is only a part of it. Anyone heard anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 According to the Oldham Council social media sources, a big announcement with regard to sport in the town, will be made at 10am on Wednesday, 15th March. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Roughyed Rats said: Apparently a big announcement next week (see Grading discussion) and moving to BP next season is only a part of it. Anyone heard anything? I feel for the whingers. They are going to be gutted! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 4 minutes ago, herbie said: I feel for the whingers. They are going to be gutted! That sounds like you’ve heard something Herbie? Care to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 19 minutes ago, Logic said: According to the Oldham Council social media sources, a big announcement with regard to sport in the town, will be made at 10am on Wednesday, 15th March. A council announcement? Joint use of BP but what’s the bigger thing that @Dennyroughyedis referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrab Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 BP renovation works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefgeneral Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 If what I've heard is correct it'll be great news for the club. It was all dependant on being able to use BP again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroyales Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 BP and a millionaire to get us into sooperdooperleeg! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 12 hours ago, jroyales said: BP and a millionaire to get us into sooperdooperleeg! But the whingers keep telling us theyd never have us at BP and no one would be interested in buying us. Rugby League is dead in this town isnt it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 31 minutes ago, herbie said: But the whingers keep telling us theyd never have us at BP and no one would be interested in buying us. Rugby League is dead in this town isnt it? If we really do get bought and move to BP, I can’t tell you how happy I’d be. Can that really be the announcement? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmigoTopping Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Let us hope the Rothwell family are the new custodians. It is time for new leadership. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, AmigoTopping said: Let us hope the Rothwell family are the new custodians. It is time for new leadership. Then why would the council be making the announcement? I think it's probably some sort of partnership, council, latics and the rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroyales Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Can but hope. It would be great if the council helped sport in the town like how councils help clubs in other towns. Just think where the £12,00,000 Frank Rothwell spent on bailing out the Latics, good luck to them, would have taken us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmigoTopping Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, jroyales said: Can but hope. It would be great if the council helped sport in the town like how councils help clubs in other towns. Just think where the £12,00,000 Frank Rothwell spent on bailing out the Latics, good luck to them, would have taken us. Well the council bailed out the old club by buying Watersheddings. The new club was allowed to play at Boundary Park due to the council intervention. The council bought the Whitebank Stadium for us to use. I am really not sure what more they are supposed to do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 54 minutes ago, AmigoTopping said: Well the council bailed out the old club by buying Watersheddings. The new club was allowed to play at Boundary Park due to the council intervention. The council bought the Whitebank Stadium for us to use. I am really not sure what more they are supposed to do. I'm pretty certain it wasn't as straight forward as you make out. I think it could be argued that the council acted as an intermediary in the sale of watersheddings. Someone made quite a bit of money up there. Now whether it was just the builder I don't know. But I can't see the council forking out, if they did then it was repayed when the builder took over. The deal with latics was , if I recollect, on the proviso of stadium 2000 being built. So when you say you're not sure of what more they could have done, well there's that right there. The council voted it down. As for whitebank? It was untenable. I don't think the council lost out too much, if at all, as Avro bought it, or are renting it, from them. Edited March 12 by The Art of Hand and Foot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Looks like everything is lining up. Sale of BP to go through Council to pay for new pitch on proviso we play there New owners or investors come forward on our return to BP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 8 hours ago, Roughyed Rats said: If we really do get bought and move to BP, I can’t tell you how happy I’d be. Can that really be the announcement? As a widnes fan and a long standing rugby league supporter, id be delighted to see this happen Oldham, whitehaven and swinton fans are the loyalest in world rugby league 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroyales Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Great for you to say that The Storm. But I can't admire the Chemic's fans enough for saving your great club. All the best for your season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 15 hours ago, herbie said: Looks like everything is lining up. Sale of BP to go through Council to pay for new pitch on proviso we play there New owners or investors come forward on our return to BP I remember a while back, Ginny Alexander, when she was mayor,v saying that her objective was exactly as you outlined. So maybe she got the ball rolling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroyales Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Let hope the ball rolls and rolls and rolls and .............................................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Is it just me or is everyone else checking on here and the club website every 10 minutes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Anyone know what time the announcement is? I’m not an Oldham fan but I feel strangely excited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Eddie said: Anyone know what time the announcement is? I’m not an Oldham fan but I feel strangely excited. No idea if there even is one today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheddingswasus Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I said to someone earlier, are we looking to new horizons for another false dawn. Hope i am wrong but feel we may not get what we want Suspect this is likely to be more about a new pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 29 minutes ago, sheddingswasus said: I said to someone earlier, are we looking to new horizons for another false dawn. Hope i am wrong but feel we may not get what we want Suspect this is likely to be more about a new pitch Dennyroughyed, on the grading post , stated that he's heard that it's a move to BP. The announcement is 10 am on Wednesday. If I've not heard by 10 am and 30 seconds I will be most frustrated!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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