Oldham..,

[Billy King's Boots]

On 29/11/2024 at 18:11, clifford said:

Shaw

Hollinwood 

Salem

Watersheddings wanderers

Seddon panthers

Chadderton

Museum 

British Areospace

Fitton hill. But they have a junior setup

I think that's it from memory 

Royton Tigers too?

[sheddingswasus]

15 minutes ago, Billy King's Boots said:

Royton Tigers too?

I think they were just a youth team.  I am sure there were plans to set up an open age section but I am unsure what happened. 

[warriors 95]

Are all these defunct clubs from the town of Oldham or from surrounding villages and towns within the borough?

[roughyed8]

On 30/11/2024 at 04:05, warriors 95 said:

Was it a case of some players also played other sports like cricket in the off season?

As an ex Fitton Hill player in our case it was a fact that a whole bunch of us got older and other priorities got in the way we also fell victim to our better players being "poached" by the" big three" clubs.Rule changes like the 10m rule making the game a whole lot tougher and the lack of younger players coming through, the local high school that produced lots of players for us and some notable pro players closed , and being a pub based club running our own youth teams was an expensive and time consuming task .

The club ran from 1964 and played its last games in 1994 when lack of numbers forced the decision to fold although we had our golden decade in the 1980s when the club reached the final of the local cup twice winning once and having several runs in the national amateur cup taking the scalps of many notable higher ranking teams going deep into the competition. 

[sheddingswasus]

The club have just announced that all 31 players plus all the coaching staff have been fully sponsored at £1200 weach. That is well over £40,000 raised. Not sure what other clubs sponsorship’s are like cost wise but this is an great effort. The town is really behind the club. This sleeping giant is definitely being woken up!

Edited December 6, 2024 by sheddingswasus

[langpark]

 

 

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

On 20/12/2024 at 21:00, langpark said:

 

 

Let's see what team wigan put out!!

[langpark]

7 minutes ago, The Art of Hand and Foot said:

Let's see what team wigan put out!!

I expect to see a lot of their first-graders (maybe half the team?) considering it is only 3.5 weeks before their SL campaign starts.

[Anita Bath]

Oldham will be recovering from a bruising game at Rochdale the previous week so might be short staffed