oafcmetty Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Laudable http://www.football365.com/news/setting-an-example-bradford-city-and-its-bangla-bantams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 But it's not possible. They're not interested in football. They all support United, etc, etc. Seriously, that's something for Latics to aspire to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 How many of the Community Trust staff are Asian? How many Asian Weddings has the OEC hosted? How many of the kids that attend the Latics Zone are from minority groups? How many teams of the week hosted at HT have Asian kids in them? #banglaboundaryblues #banglablues Definite ring to it. Asian kids are football daft, get them involved. Involve the community. Oldham like it or not is diverse and this multi-ethnicity is here to stay, For me the club could be doing much more, not simply going into schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellys_discopants Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 How many of the Community Trust staff are Asian? How many Asian Weddings has the OEC hosted? How many of the kids that attend the Latics Zone are from minority groups? How many teams of the week hosted at HT have Asian kids in them? #banglaboundaryblues #banglablues Definite ring to it. Asian kids are football daft, get them involved. Involve the community. Oldham like it or not is diverse and this multi-ethnicity is here to stay, For me the club could be doing much more, not simply going into schools. They do alot more than just going into schools - their kicks project for example. I know that from this project they have taken on several asain coaches. Drop their community manager an email - martin.vose@oldhamathletic.co.uk. I'm sure he'd welcome any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Talking to an Asian taxi driver today and he said local kids are definitely interested in Latics, but tend to follow the successful Premiership teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Talking to an Asian taxi driver today and he said local kids are definitely interested in Latics, but tend to follow the successful Premiership teams.Which you could relate to all local kids and not just the 'asian' ones.How often do they hear their 'local' team mentioned on the mejia? United were on the TV for the 56 th consecutive time in the FA CUp the other week. It wasn't the same in my day. Who would I support now? The team that was localish and that I could watch on the TV before I was old enough to go on my own. Kids who come to latics now ,I would suggest, only come because they are taken by an already lost cause parent or relative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetramfixer Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) you just have to look on Claytons in the summer when they do the summer schools. Loads of kids from all areas of Oldham and surrounding areas in full kits from not just the big premier clubs but European clubs too. Very rarely do see you Latics kits amongst them! .. we're simply not 'fashionable' and we're not 'successful' enough and I'd even hazard a guess that some kids might not even realise Oldham has a club!! .. Edited January 20, 2017 by thetramfixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 We do need to become fashionable, but that comes with big success. Look at Lincoln the whole city is buzzing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagger Lee Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 This is something the council / government should be helping OAFC with, lets face it the owners of OAFC struggle to run the club as it is. Pride in OAFC would equal Pride in Oldham as a town and surely there is funding that can be found for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 We do need to become fashionable, but that comes with big success. Look at Lincoln the whole city is buzzing.Like us in 89/90, 5K crowds to near 20K crowds in 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Like us in 89/90, 5K crowds to near 20K crowds in 6 months If we did that there'd be a gang on here deriding the gloryhunters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nonaenever Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1. We will undertake detailed research amongst Oldham’s burgeoning ethnic population to find out why this sector, by and large, does not support the club. We will then find solutions to attract such future fans – we want the Latics’ match day attendance to truly represent the people of the Borough of Oldham. The above is lifted from the first draft "OAFC - Oldham Athletic Fans' Charter" which was drawn up prior to questions for the Chairman. The Charter hasn't been forgotten about and many have said they are keen to progress it ASAP after the questions session. We have over 50,000 people identifying themselves as ethnic in Oldham - we are missing out on a real opportunity. Definitely an inclusive piece of work via all agencies to identify the town with its club (another aim of the Charter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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