Oldham Borough F.C.

Oldham Borough

Full name

Oldham Borough Football Club

Nickname(s)

Borough

Founded

2009 (as Oldham Dew)

Ground

Seel Park, Mossley

Capacity

4000

Chairman

Mark kilgannon

Manager

Tony Mills

League

North West Counties League
Division One

2014–15

North West Counties League
Division One, 18th

Home colours

Away colours

Oldham Borough Football Club is an English association football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. They were members of Division One of the North West Counties League until resigning in June 2015.^[1]

They played their home games at Seel Park, home of Mossley F.C., in the 2014–15 season

History

Oldham Dew F.C. was established in 1964 by George Dew, a local building contractor, as a works football team. For the first two seasons, the club played amateur football with their home ground being at a local sports club.

After two seasons in amateur play, the club moved to Saturday football in South East Lancashire League. The club gradually expanded and sought a higher level of competition, eventually moving into the Lancashire Combination League in 1981. In 1982 the Lancashire Combination merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties Football League, of which Dew were founder members in Division Three.

In 1985 the club changed its name from Oldham Dew to Oldham Town. At the end of that season they gained promotion to Division Two, before the resignation of Ken Hughes, as he became chairman of the club. They have remained in that division (now named the First Division) ever since.

Following Hughes's resignation, the club failed to win many honours as they would only win the Petit Cup and the Isle of Man Cup until the 1991–92. In 1991, the club started youth squads at Under-14 and Under-15 levels of competition – both of which gained quick success.

In October 2009 the club changed its name to Oldham Boro,^[2] and at the start of the 2015–16 made a further change, adopting the present name of Oldham Borough.

Honours

NWCFL Division Two
- Champions 1997–98
- Runners-up 1994–95
NWCFL Division Two Trophy
- Runners-up 2006–07
NWCFL Division Three
- Runners-up 1985–86
NWCFL Reserve Division Cup
- Winners 1994–95

References

↑ "Club resignations". nwcfl.com. North West Counties Football League. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
↑ "Non-League Daily".

External links

North West Counties Football League

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Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Coordinates: 53°31′06.68″N 2°07′18.31″W / 53.5185222°N 2.1217528°W / 53.5185222; -2.1217528

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