singe Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) 24 Oct Chelsea 2 Oldham 2 Latics goals by Moffat (25) & Walters (32) (brace from Abrams 19,62 for Chelsea) 3rd with 13 pts, 2 pts from top (Man City top, Man U 17th out of 20) Mgr: David Calderdale Team: Matthews, Hodson, Cook, Moffat, Roberts, Wilson, Broad, Kemp, Gee, Walters, Donnachie Next up 31 Oct 14 mid table Bradford City H Edited October 24, 2014 by singe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 31 Oct We won 1-0 v Bradford City at BP. The win sees us in 3rd on 15 pts, with The Wednesday in 2nd on 16, but having played a game more. Man City top, 2 pts clear of us, having played the same 10 games as us. Also on 31st Oct 1914, 69 men of the 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action (KIA) at Ypres. #Crisis at Ypres: British lost Gheluvelt; recaptured with the bayonet towards 3pm by 2nd Worcesters (Major Hankey), who were sent forward by Brig Gen FitzClarence, VC, 1st Guards Brigade. At outset of attack which broke British 1st Division line N of Ypres-Menin road, Gen Lomax GOC 1st Division fatally wounded; Gen Monro, GOC, 2nd Division, temporarily disabled. Gen Bulfin took over 1st Division.# Western Front Association. Sir John French wrote of this momentous action: “I regard it as the most critical moment in the whole of this great battle.” Next up Burnley on 7th Nov at Turf Moor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SholverBlue Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I strongly suspect that a hoolie from a century ago woudl give today's version a good hiding, and the world was no stranger to themL: "What is the first recorded incident of football violence or hooliganism? If you're talking about the modern game, then look no further than the 1880s and, in particular, Preston North End. In 1885, Preston's 5-0 friendly win over Aston Villa sent the supporters - who were described by press reports of the time as "howling roughs" - into a frenzy. The two teams were pelted with stones, attacked with sticks, punched, kicked and covered in spittle. One of the Preston players was beaten so severely that he lost consciousness. The following year Preston fans notched up another first - fighting Queens Park fans in a railway station. Another milestone of sorts was reached in 1905 when several Preston supporters were tried for hooliganism, including a "drunk and disorderly" 70-year-old woman, following their match against Blackburn. I'm sure it was on here I read something about Oldham v Fulham and disgruntled mill working Yonner types throwing stones at the train back to London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) Of course, the origins of the game are steeped in violence. I'll raise your 1880, with a 1280. In 1280 a player was killed, though running into a dagger sounds a bit far fetched...! In 1280 comes the first account of a kicking ball game. This happened at Ulgham, near Ashington in Northumberland, in which a player was killed as a result of running against an opposing player's dagger. This confirms that by the 13th century kicking ball games were being played in England. In 1314, comes the earliest reference to a game called football when Nicholas de Farndone, Lord Mayor of the City of London issued a decree on behalf of King Edward II banning football. It was written in the French used by the English upper classes at the time. A translation reads: "[f]orasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large foot balls [rageries de grosses pelotes de pee] in the fields of the public from which many evils might arise which God forbid: we command and forbid on behalf of the king, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future." In 1409 King Henry IV of England gives us the first documented use of the English word "football" when issued a proclamation forbidding the levying of money for "foteball".[2] At the end of the 15th century comes the earliest description of a football game. This account in Latin of a football game contains a number of features of modern football and comes from Cawston, Nottinghamshire, England. It is included in a manuscript collection of the miracles of King Henry VI of England. Although the precise date is uncertain it certainly comes from between 1481 and 1500. This is the first account of an exclusively "kicking game" and the first description of dribbling: "[t]he game at which they had met for common recreation is called by some the foot-ball game. It is one in which young men, in country sport, propel a huge ball not by throwing it into the air but by striking it and rolling it along the ground, and that not with their hands but with their feet ... kicking in opposite directions" The chronicler gives the earliest reference to a football field, stating that: "[t]he boundaries have been marked and the game had started.[3] Edited December 4, 2014 by singe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Apologies for missing most of November: 7th Nov 1914. A fine 3-2 win over our five fingered friends, on the home Turf. Only the 8th ever meeting between the two close rivals. aloowing Oldham to pull away to 4 victorioes to 3. And Oldham are in second, 1 pt behind City , on 17 pts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Next up 14th Nov An emphatic 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at BP. Estimated crown 10,000. Bliss scored for Tottenham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 21st November 1914 A fine 2-1 at St JAmes Park. Newcastle goal a Frank Hudspeth pen. Estiamted crowd only 12,00 at St JAmes Park (this is acknowledged as soi many fans being sent to the war) Man united are second bottom of the LEague. We remain top of the lague. Newcastle line up Jimmy Lawrence Full back Bill McCracken Left back Frank Hudspeth Right half Bob Hewison Centre half Wilf Low Left half Jimmy Hay Outside right Tommy Goodwill Outside right Angus Douglas Centre forward Tom Hall Centre forward Bob Pailor Inside left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) 28th Nov 1914 Another North East side. Oldham 5 Middlesborough 1 Top still. by 1 point, on 23 points. Edited December 4, 2014 by singe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Next up Sheff Utd at Bramall Lane 5th Dec 1914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 found this today know its not strictly about latics but is an interesting read none the less http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30417641 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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