Inspiral_Carpet Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I see the Sunday Times uses the Bashforth method of calculation to arrive at 3,000 on the march. Or could it be a rarely wrong typing error? If it's in The Sunday Times, it must be true. 3000 it is! *Note to Diego, The Bashforth Method (a derivative of Duckworth/ Lewis) reaches a calculation of 4863. But of course we never believe figures provided by a third party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_ok Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yes, just a shame I couldn't take any from the front of of the march. Maybe next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Let's keep this crowd inflation going - soon there will have been more fans on the march than there were Chelsea fans in the Shed in the 1970s, or people who saw Chris Taylor score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OminousPoultry Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Also any pictures and videos from the Fans. Cheers Everyone Exile I've posted some photos from yesterday here. Click the thumbnail, then click the bigger image to get the full size one! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I've posted some photos from yesterday here. Click the thumbnail, then click the bigger image to get the full size one! cheers I'd almost forgotten about the lady on the horsedrawn snowcart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_ok Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 I've posted some photos from yesterday here. Click the thumbnail, then click the bigger image to get the full size one! cheers Excellent work. It would be great publicity if the lifesize Tubes was shown on Soccer AM. I assume those responsible for printing it off have got the sending of a photo in hand? Soccer AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OminousPoultry Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I'd almost forgotten about the lady on the horsedrawn snowcart yeah - she was at the back for obvious reasons....... I'd better remove the mo'fo moonwalk - dunno how that got there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chaplain Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I'd almost forgotten about the lady on the horsedrawn snowcart Yes - me too! And is the moonwalking slide a suggestion for the next march? It will certainly keep us on the front page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I've posted some photos from yesterday here. Click the thumbnail, then click the bigger image to get the full size one! cheers Great to see the two sombrero clad lads with their painstakingly-made placards! Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 yeah - she was at the back for obvious reasons....... .....because Oldham Council prohibits her from driving it on the by-pass between Mumps and Manchester Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OminousPoultry Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yes - me too! And is the moonwalking slide a suggestion for the next march? It will certainly keep us on the front page. bingo! Like a Come Dancing protest march? you've a genius for this kind of thing Rev! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 A 5 minute video is now on The Official Site. Free to view. Well done to Stu Vose. It took him 3.5 hours to pull this together this morning. :applause1: And he's got a hangover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 DSCF3975, me and my dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 North West Tonight showed about 3 mins of coverage sadly whilst we were all coming home from the game. I have it on my Sky+ system but I have no video or recordable DVD system connected to my tele, if anyone knows another way I can get it off let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundaryblue80 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 North West Tonight showed about 3 mins of coverage sadly whilst we were all coming home from the game. I have it on my Sky+ system but I have no video or recordable DVD system connected to my tele, if anyone knows another way I can get it off let me know. I think you can use the USB port on the back of it and link it to your laptop. Not sure how exactly but I'm sure it's possible....worth searching on the net to read up on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I'll borrow a USB cable and see what I can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I'll borrow a USB cable and see what I can do I'm sue BB will let you borrow his laptop to compliment your USB cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 (edited) the guardian the guardian did a story about the owners plight New Yorkers fail to lift cloud over Boundary Park Oldham's attempts to take their mind off their relegation fight failed this week when their stadium planning application, filed by three American investors, was rejected Simon Burnton Friday November 16, 2007 Guardian Unlimited International concerns aside, perhaps the most important game of the weekend takes place at Boundary Park on Saturday. Oldham Athletic, struggling towards the bottom of League One, play Port Vale, one of the few sides below them, knowing that defeat could cause them to slip into the relegation places. But nobody has really been thinking about football at Oldham this week. They have already suffered one defeat that might prove even more harmful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A little under four years ago, the last time people muttered grimly about the possibility of the club folding, three New York-based investors arrived, hauled them out of administration and promised a bright future based around redeveloping the team's 21-acre home. "We hope to use the land for some form of entertainment development, whether that be a hotel, conferencing facilities, a casino or whatever," Simon Corney, who with his fellow mobile-phone millionaires Simon Blitz and Danny Gazal formed the group inevitably tagged the "three amigos" by grateful fans, said at the time. "There is no firm plan yet." On Wednesday the plan, now considerably firmer, was rejected by Oldham Council and the three amigos are now threatening to leave again, taking their bright future with them. "We are all gutted and we have no further desire to work with the council," Corney says. "This has been four years in the making and it all ends here." According to their chief executive, Alan Hardy, the owners are currently bankrolling the club's £15,000-a-week losses but the possibility of recouping their investment is dwindling and so is their interest. "The owners, who have been financing the club for the last four years, are very, very despondent and disillusioned by the actions of these councillors, when they've been led to believe all along that there'd be no problems," said Hardy. "They're now considering whether it's worth pursuing the plans for the process." The club's ambitious plan had been to rebuild three stands and to fund the enterprise with the addition of conference and hospitality facilities for 1,000 guests, a 120-room hotel, a gym, 60,000 square feet of office space, 553 flats and 140 units of key worker housing, plus cafes and retail units. "This was not just for the football club," said Corney, "we did this with the town of Oldham in mind." Sadly the town of Oldham, or at least one little local corner of it, did mind. A local residents' group, Residents Together, sent 591 letters of objection to the council during the consultation process. But given that the club had several thousand signatories to a petition supporting their plans, and the vocal backing of the local MP, they felt confident of success. Several hundred fans, plus their mascot Chaddy the Owl, packed the council chamber to watch the action unfold. "We went knowing the councillors had recommended approval," says Hardy. "Everything was in place for it to be rubber-stamped. We'd had meetings with the chairman of the planning committee and the local residents, and all along he's said there's no reason why this application should not be approved. He asked us to make some concessions and we made concessions, reducing the height of the apartment blocks by up to a third. The feeling after the meeting was of disbelief. "The problem we've got, with councillors and local residents, is they don't like change. You can understand that, but without change things will not improve. We've got a town that's dying on its feet. Recently we've lost a cinema complex, we've got no leisure facilities like a bowling alley, we've lost an Ikea to Tameside, we've no Marks & Spencer - Rochdale and Tameside do. The council seems to be running the town down." The Latics had in fact submitted two planning applications, both of which were discussed on Wednesday. The first, to demolish the Broadway Stand and build a 5,200-seat replacement, was passed unanimously. The second, including all the additional developments, fell 7-4 after much discussion about traffic implications. Keith Pendlebury, a Liberal Democrat councillor and one of the seven who voted against, listened to the positive traffic surveys used to support the club's plans but simply did not believe them. "The information we were given just didn't seem credible," he said. "You're talking over 600 dwellings, that'll be over 1,000 people. The impact on traffic, on school provision - and we didn't even mention that - would be enormous. There are already tailbacks on main roads in the area. And the design of the apartment blocks themselves I think was obtrusive." But it wasn't just the club that were confused by the council's decision, with some of the councillors seeming equally bemused. "I voted for it because I could see no justifiable planning grounds to oppose it," said the Labour councillor Jeremy Sutcliffe. "There were concerns, particularly about the traffic, but I was satisfied by the answers that were given." Oldham's three owners must now decide whether to take up their option to appeal, or to walk away, leaving the club in the same imperilled position they thought they had left behind four years ago. "We have to convince them to stay with us," said Hardy, "to keep funding the club until we make a decision as to what our next move should be. I'll try to convince them. Why give up four years of hard work? Let's fight for what we know is the right thing for the town." A dark cloud settled over Boundary Park this week, one that may linger for a while. Saturday's game at least offers the team an opportunity to lift the gloom, though of late Oldham have been no more successful on the pitch than in the council chamber. It could just be incidental: the most important action of all might be happening in the minds of three New York-based businessmen. Edited November 18, 2007 by boboafc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_ok Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 the guardian the guardian did a story about the owners plight Well spotted Bob. To avoid going off topic within this thread I've started a separate thread entitled 'School Provision - Councillor Pendlebury Speaks' on the content of this article. Suffice to say another email will be heading towards the Councillor's inbox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chaplain Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Did you see this one? Another good report in the M.E.N. Three great photos too. Fans' anger over ground Brian Lashley 18/11/2007 UP to a thousand Oldham Athletic fans joined a march to protest at the council's refusal to rubber stamp the redevelopment of the club's Boundary Park ground. Club bosses were "gutted" when councillors refused planning permission for large parts of the £80m regeneration scheme, which included three new stands with hospitality facilities and 700 new homes in the surrounding area. Banner-waving marchers gathered at the civic hall to hear speeches from chief executive Alan Hardy and Barry Owen, the director of the Supporters Trust, before heading to the ground ahead of the match against Port Vale. Inside the stadium there were anti-council chants during the game. Lifelong Latics' fan Simon Colebrook organised the protest march within the space of 48 hours to show the project has huge support. Mr Colebrook, 19, a financial accounts assistant, said: "To get something like this sorted out within two days shows what support there is for the owners of the club. Investigations "The club is looking to move forward and build the facilities that will turn it into a seven-day a week business. I work in finance and it's a business model that makes financial sense. "The members on the council's planning department are paid an awful lot of money to carry out investigations and for their opinions and they wanted it to go ahead, but it was the councillors themselves who turned it down. "We care what happens to the town and club, and we hope that we will be able to get this decision overturned some how. "The club is looking to build and get money coming in not just every other Saturday. The proposal is a fantastic business plan and if we cannot overturn the decision the future looks bleak. "We will carry on trying to get them to change their minds and we are discussing what to do next." The refusal is a massive setback for the club's owners, who had pinned their hopes on reviving the Latics' fortunes on the back of revenues from a modern stadium complex. Residents living close to the ground voiced their opposition to the proposals and claimed the planned towering apartment blocks would be an "eyesore" and create "horrendous" traffic problems. Councillors agreed that their concerns over increased traffic in the area were justified. Latics' co-owner Simon Corney, one of a trio of businessman who bought the club in 2003, said he and his colleagues had spent the last four years putting together the plans for Boundary Park. "We are all gutted and we have no further desire to work with the council," he said. "This has been four years in the making and it all ends here." Click here for article and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chaplain Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 And a brief mention on the Telegraph's website in the League One round-up: Talking point Oldham's fans demonstrated their disapproval with the borough council's decision to reject plans for the redevelopment of Boundary Park, in a 2,000-strong march through the streets prior to Saturday's game. Councillors voted against granting outline planning permission for the stadium on Thursday. The club's chief executive Alan Hardy said: "We have seen an event which underlines just how strongly our fans feel about this club." Scroll down for report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I knew it was worth emailing the Guardian on Thursday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 From the comments in the MEN: "Mr Colebrook, 19, a financial accounts assistant"... that means he's an office junior or teaboy! Kiwi-blue, Christchurch NZ 18/11/2007 at 18:45 Sorry Si, but you'll find out you are fair game now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Brillant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sheridans_world Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Just wait till i get my promotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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