What is Oldham?

[stevesidg]

Oldham is:

The place where I was born.

The place where I've lived for all but one of my 47 years.

The place where all my 3 children were born.

The place where my mum and at least 4 generations back were born and lived all their lives.

 

But above all to me Oldham is LATICS.

The team I first went to see aged 4, and still go to today.

The team that my 3 children also support.

The team that this season have made us proud again.

The team that last season made us all not want to go, but kept going.

The team that I saw lose at home to South Shields in 1968 or 9.

The team that we saw at Wembley twice.

The team that scored a last minute winner against Sheffiled Wednesday and we all went mad.

The team that beat Man U at home in the premier league and we all sang 'always look on the bright side of life da dum da dum'

The team that beat City, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea

The team that beat Southampton 4-3 on the last day of the season to stay in the Premier League, after being 4-1 up.

The team that whowver the manager is harldy ever score from corners.

The team that often are 2-0 up and cruising and then give a soft goal away , so we have to endure the last 5 or 10 minutes trying not to look.

 

So many more memories, good and bad and sad.

 

LATICS is Oldham to me.

Oldham itself is not what it used to be (no details required there), but let's keep our beloved LATICS going for as long as we live.

 

Don't let our team die, and if that mans moving to another 'local' town, I'd live with that and still go, because it is and always will be LATICS.

Without Simon Corney and the other TTA 7 years ago we probably wouldn't have our LATICS, so keep the faith and spread the word.

[underdog]

where's the like key...