RoytonLatics Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Came across this picture, any idea what it's referring to? (Sorry, don't know how to post pics on here, so added twitter link) @brierley27: @OldhamAFC @MENOAFC @mikekeeganmen @baradcliffe any idea what this was referring to? #oafc http://t.co/HT9zv3qAU6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamb Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 I think it was referring to the progress that athletic made from being a new baby club to punching above its weight . to think latics lost out to everton as league champions by a point a few years later . I think the 1st world war was started as dastardly plot to stop us dominating world football . the Kaiser was a Rochdale fan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 I think it was referring to the progress that athletic made from being a new baby club to punching above its weight . to think latics lost out to everton as league champions by a point a few years later . I think the 1st world war was started as dastardly plot to stop us dominating world football . the Kaiser was a Rochdale fan ! I think they are actually accusing us as being more like the modern day Chelsea/Man City and buying success. IIRC the opening few pages of "A team from a town of chimneys", about Latics' history, refers to us having a decent financial boost from local business man/men in the pre-Great War 20th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 The team from a town of chimneys is a must read for any young fan of our club. I was still at primary school the first time i read it. I would read anything i could get my hands on that refered to latics. Brilliant read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoytonLatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 If it hadn't of been for WW1, who knows? I think we would have atleast had some history of success, similar to Preston and Burnley to talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) The picture, showing the date as 13th November 1907, was most likely referring to Latics' excellent start to the 1907-08 Second Division season, having been Lancashire Combination Champions the season before. By the time of the cartoon, we'd won 8, drawn 2 and lost only 1. The guy in the "Billy Pot" hat was David Ashworth, arguably Latics' most successful manager, who was given to running the length of the Broadway stand roof to keep up with play. I think he once fell off. Latics ended that first season in the Football League in 3rd place behind Bradford City and Leicester Fosse. The record was Played 38, Won 22, Drew 6 and Lost 10, scoring 76 goals and conceding 42. The team contained the then famous half back line (2-3-5 was the formation in those days) of Fay, Walders and Wilson. As said above, "The Team From a Town of Chimneys" is a brilliant read, as is the follow up "Pine Villa and Oldham Athletic - A 100 Year History", by the same author, Stewart W Beckett. For those who fancy a good Latics history read, the ISBN number is 0-9516497-4-4 A guy called Dave Moore has had a couple of good books published, "Oldham Athletic - On This Day" ISBN 978-1-9054112-9-0 and "Oldham Athletic Miscellany" ISBN 978-1-9054113-9-9 Now that I've made myself sound like a right nerdy bookworm, I'll leave it at that. Edited May 22, 2014 by Bristolatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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