attila

I am humbly reminded of the old Argentinian saying "You can change your house, you can change your wife, but you can NEVER change your football team"

No Ken Bates

Given the amount of issues we are currently facing, I can´t help thinking the option of a merger may have more going for it than against it.

No CEO - No Ground - Falling numbers - Small squad: These factors are offset by a Core of support, a Core of a squad, a long tradition and a fair share of eternal optimism.

Sorry if this has been mentioned before but a merger with e.g. Bury would bring a number of benefits to both clubs which may well outweigh the difficulties of merging two commercial entities.

Clubs the size of Oldham and Bury are facing similar problems and therefore need similar commercially viable solutions to save the game we love.

Benefits:

Income from sponsors could be pooled,

running costs shared

given a common traditional identity eg Lancashire FC, would enable both clubs to maintain an element of their identity and more importantly a wider commercial geographical area to generate financial support.

A wider potential fanbase across Lancashire as an alternative to the glory-hunters and

a wider network within the football world e.g. scouting, football and business contacts.

In terms of backroom staff, the merger could be undertaken in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary way enabling management and support to be provided as one larger than normal team initially and reduced over time in an organic way.

Thus, rather than an act of disloyalty, merging behind the Red Rose may offset rivalry and provide a common future platform for those hardworking people running the club and the loyal fans who like it or not are facing a new era in football reality.

Thoughts...

+1

If it does then as far as the small dressing room is concerned we can make the new ground have a telephone box sized changing room for away teams.

I´ll second that. Onwards and upwards.

you can get updates via BBC sport oldham live text - it refreshes every 2 mins.

we are going to the hanoover game

if you go on ebay and put oldham athletic in football badges there is a pic

Sorry for the ignorance - but what or how do I "pm" someone. I´m a Germany based Latics fan with a few clients who are Eintracht fans. So it´d be great to have a set of the badges. Any chance of you getting the money off a mate of mine at the next home game? They could keep them for me until xmas. Do you have a pint before the game?

I´m not sure if this one has been mentioned but as a lad I was told Jimmy Frizzel would have the wings hosed with water because "Grovesy likes it nice and wet". He was my first footballing hero. Do you think Smalley could grow his hair into a Grovesy?

Name?

attila

Location?

central europe

How Long Supporting the Tics?

over 30years

Best away match you've been to?

When we beat Sheff Utd 5-0.

All Time Greatest Player?

Roger Palmer

Biggest Rivals (in your eyes)?

City