beag_teeets Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 We are in the paper for the right reasons for once and a late entry for up the arse corner! http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/...cup-semi-finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 We are in the paper for the right reasons for once and a late entry for up the arse corner! Supporters of Liverpool, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest in particular might disagree, but Oldham were the team of the 1989-90 English season by a mile. The other three got the domestic trophies, but Oldham got something more important: glory, and in industrial quantities. At club level at least, they were the coolest neutral's favourites there ever was. They were simply magnificent: swashbuckling, unassuming and youthful. That's why supporters are so pi***ed off with today's team!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The splendid Andy Ritchie, who even made baldness look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Duly forwarded to me boss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slurms mckenzie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) That was the real Oldham. I remember when people used to ask where I was from, I used to have a big smile on my face when saying Oldham, thanks to that team. EDIT - love the article, "Oldham were the team of the 1989-90 English season by a mile"...... "were simply magnificent: swashbuckling, unassuming and youthful"......... and Andy Ritchie referred to as "splendid" twice Edited January 15, 2010 by slurms mckenzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUNGFOO Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 thay should get the players in to watch vids like that give's fire in the belly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_b_100 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 That brings back memories ..... 0898 12 11 42 Latics Clubcall ... I squandered £90 of company funds listening to that match in my office in Macclesfield unable to attend due to work. So I dialled in put it on speaker phone ..... Oh my god how the staff laughed as I danced around the place knowing i would be going to Wembley as a Latics fan with my head held high. West Ham have had quite a bearing on results in the years to the Champion season... Good on em !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Before last night's TV highlights, the presenter said "a League Cup semi-final is never won in the first leg". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It doesn't seem 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slurms mckenzie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 That brings back memories ..... 0898 12 11 42 Latics Clubcall ... I squandered £90 of company funds listening to that match in my office in Macclesfield unable to attend due to work. So I dialled in put it on speaker phone ..... Oh my god how the staff laughed as I danced around the place knowing i would be going to Wembley as a Latics fan with my head held high. West Ham have had quite a bearing on results in the years to the Champion season... Good on em !! I used to get in trouble from my parents for ringing that number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I used to get in trouble from my parents for ringing that number Quiz question: Anyone remember the prefix letters before the number when telephoning Latics in the 1950/60s ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Quiz question: Anyone remember the prefix letters before the number when telephoning Latics in the 1950/60s ? MAI ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehobbit Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) I know holden was left footed but that one where the keepr throws the ball to him and he just runs direct down the line and then crosses something in. H ow many times do we see Taylor run at the defence with pace scare them half to death then slow down and stop - bloody annoying oh well those were the days. I havent seen a low scoring latics team really but this one struggles to get a shot on target Edited January 15, 2010 by bluehobbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I wonder if the current crop could ever be written about with such fervour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I wonder if the current crop could ever be written about with such fervour? Let's give it a break hey....there has never been and probably never again be a collective group of Oldham Ath players to have such things written. "The splendid Andy Ritchie, who even made baldness look cool, enjoyed the brightest of Indian summers, including two marvellous goals in the 3-1 defeat of the champions Arsenal; Rick Holden, a shambling maverick who looked like a roadie for a particularly rubbish indie band and who was actually Phil Brown's best man, would terrorise right-backs and send over a relentless stream of huge, booming crosses; Mike Milligan was a midfield bumblebee whose inability to reach the very top is hard to fathom; Earl Barrett (lightning fast) and Paul Warhurst (even faster) were at the centre of a formidable defence that also included Denis Irwin. Of their best XI, only Ritchie and the evergreen Roger Palmer were over 25. Their season was full of what Dan Turner described as "merciless gianticide" in When Saturday Comes. " Fantastic piece of writing and that is what "supporting" Oldham Athletic is all about!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oafc88 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Great read, so gutted to have missed all of this was only 1/2 years old at the time. All ive ever known is league 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I know holden was left footed but that one where the keepr throws the ball to him and he just runs direct down the line and then crosses something in. How many times do we see Taylor run at the defence with pace scare them half to death then slow down and stop - bloody annoying oh well those were the days. Do you think that may be down to the way players are coached these days? After all, back then we were well renowned for "You score 3, but we'll score 4" type of tactics, which Tricky Ricky fitted into nicely. Even great sides at this level recently, or even in the past 10 years, I've never seen one play in the same style that we did. In fact the nearest I've seen was Barnsley in 1996 when they went up and we went down. They tore us apart that day, very much in the way that we tore teams apart in our pomp. These days, there seems to be much more emphasis on getting a goal, or maybe two and shutting up shop. Holding the advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Do you think that may be down to the way players are coached these days? After all, back then we were well renowned for "You score 3, but we'll score 4" type of tactics, which Tricky Ricky fitted into nicely. Even great sides at this level recently, or even in the past 10 years, I've never seen one play in the same style that we did. In fact the nearest I've seen was Barnsley in 1996 when they went up and we went down. They tore us apart that day, very much in the way that we tore teams apart in our pomp. These days, there seems to be much more emphasis on getting a goal, or maybe two and shutting up shop. Holding the advantage. It comes and goes in waves. Arsenal and Man U have won things playing great attacking football but they have still done most of it on the back of very strong mean defences. I think the likes of Holden aren't seen because the focus is on shooting from possession from in front of goal, hence wingers cutting in or tight midfields with the full-backs given the job of keeping the other defence honest by at least threatening to get forward and wide. Ol school tactics would probably get a certain number of results, if for no other reason than that other teams and players just aren't set up for them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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