Stagger Lee

I remember Andy Goram first game for us - pre season playing Chaderton at Chaderton fc ground

As he walked towards his goal to begin the warm up I just asked him 'who the hell are you' ?

'Andy Goram and don't you ever forget it' he replied smiling .... and I never have. Awesome

Remember when we used to sing "ENGLAND'S NUMBER 1" for a few years, then he pledged his allegiance to Scotland and the chant next week was "Scotland's NUMBER 1"

A few mentions of Jepson on here but I never saw him play because I was overseas

Cost us 400,000 and seemed to follow Neil Warnock all around the country after Warnock left.

How much was he sold for?

scored 4 goals in nine games - that does not seem so bad?

without a doubt the worst player in living memory has to be

 

 

BRIAN KILKLINE

 

still having nightmares now thinking about him

 

one of joes rare mistakes

He did struggle Kilkline, awful to watch - like a rabbit caught in the headlights . He was excellent for Coventry before us and did alright at Newcastle after leaving but forgot how to play / read the game while with us.

But far from the worse player we ever had, remember he was surrounded by very good players

I have it on good authority that Vivaldi has just signed a Four season contract....

Oh that's Verdi good This thread could be a classic if the lads know how to conduct themselves.

This thread has become music to my ears, who is orchestrating it?

If he is medically / physically up to it why not?

It would help raise the standard of WAGS at boundary park

What was he doing at morecambe though?

Very sad - awesome player - if only we could attract players of his talent now

and what a terrible way to go, my sympathy to his loved ones.

This guy was a Polish player - what was his name ... Wolenski or something? our first foreign player. I think he claimed he had played for the Polish team but it turned out to be not quite right (Poland B or something)

Seriously can't believe no one posted a pic like this ...

Was wayne Harrison 16 or 17 when Liverpool loaned him back to us for a few games?

I see that Jack Truelove made his debut and I got to wondering who was our youngest ever player

Sent a tenner - or $16 south pacific sea shells in my local currency

Just viewed the video - Awesome job!

Some questions though.

Is this based on the actual plans or just something you have totally made up?

Is the stand set back from the pitch further than the original ford stand?

I'm so excited by this video, a stand like that would have a massive psychological impact on players wanting to come here or indeed new investors. I just don't want to be disappointed.

So how did the young lad Jack Truelove go? overwhelmed / out muscled or a superstar in the making?

I would easily have clocked up 60 or so away grounds. Missing out on the 'newer' clubs like Crawley / MKD / Yeovil and due to moving to Australia during our Premiership days I missed out on a few big teams like Tottenham / Arsenal (and shamefully) Wembely.

Devils advocate (please don't throw stones)

If we got a brand new main stand out of it, ensuring that Boundary park would be forever the teams stadium. If we kept the blue shirt, kept the main name OLDHAM in the new name then it would NOT be the end of the world. But then why the heck would Rochdale sign up for that?

P.s. Was this merger idea the reason Scott had to quit as Chairman?

To be honest (and I know it's a bit rich coming from me), I always thought he seemed a bit of a :censored:. He played on the fans team a couple of times when I did.

According to this web site he is the manager of the Oldham Athletic fans team

http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/oldhamathleticfansteam/222984/Players/view/1942665

Don't think running on the pitch at the end of the season (unless we've won something) is an age old tradition. I'm 30 now and I don't remember it happening when I was a kid.

I remember it used to happen all the time, first 3 years we stayed up in the old division 2 after Frizzel got us promotion was always a massive pitch invasion and gathering around the tunnel to chant for the players to come out and wave. It tapered off in the years following but it still happened even after the high fences went up.

Seem to recall an article about the amount of debt per administration and the amount paid back afterwards as 'pence in the pound' a few years back. We we near, or at the top of the table for paying the highest % of our original debts back - I remember thinking at the time, "we can't even go bust properly". Had a quick search on web and cannot find the article, but did find this about monies owed to HMRC which does explain some of it:

 

http://news.bbc.co.u.../uk/7741859.stm

 

I will have another look and see if I can find the original story - I saw it online (BBC, or a broadsheet website I think).

Oldham League One £520k tax owed £260k club forced to pay £260k balance

Less than 2,300 fans

I am deeply disapointed with the size of this stand and I think in just a few years this will be considered an opportunity missed. Having said that I can not see a problem with getting it approved by the council.

G'day - first post for me.

I'm just as confused by this as others. Is holding off administration an excuse to keep their fans and players 'involved and motivated' for the last few games or is there something going on behind the scene we don't know about.

If they leave it to after the last game is there a chance (asuming they finish above the relagation zone) that the 10 points will not be deducted?