Lee Sinnott Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 11 hours ago, daniel said: My 1st game watching Oldham for years, although I do watch a lot of RL at Waterhead and on the telly so I knew I was going along to watch a skilful side and they didn’t disappoint. By the end Keighley were just blown away and the last 15 mins had completely given up through sheer exhaustion. Crowd was great although they need to have a contingency in place for bigger crowds going forward. I queued half an hr for a drink and got in the stand at 2:50 and managed to get one of the last 2 seats left. Until 20 mins in to the game the stewards were still trying to get people with no seats in to a seat and it meant a fair amount of people missed chunks of the game as they were queueing in the concourse to get in. When there is 13000 seats in there it seemed bizarre why they just didn’t open up a small block in the RRE. Enjoyed it though and will probably attend a few games a season going forward. Agree with all of this. It was quite farcical really and, bizarrely, they appeared to be caught out by how many people were there. It will have all been noted by Luke Rothwell - he's a clever man. I can't imagine them letting it be so shoddy going forward... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Like how Latics are being held responsible on here for the lack of planning for a big crowd as it's surely the Roughyeads job to have contingency plans. My mate supports the rugby team and told me he expected 2000 plus so it's no giant leap to contemplate a few hundred more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 18 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said: Like how Latics are being held responsible on here for the lack of planning for a big crowd as it's surely the Roughyeads job to have contingency plans. My mate supports the rugby team and told me he expected 2000 plus so it's no giant leap to contemplate a few hundred more. It’d be interesting to see what the official arrangements are between the 2 clubs in terms of responsibilities. We are in reality hiring the facilities out to Roughyeds so it's definitely in our interests that it’s a safe and comfortable environment. All the stewards and catering staff are the same as at Latics games, so we must have some input to how Roughyeds operate their home games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluentangerine Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Before Groundsmen got an instruction book https://www.facebook.com/share/r/8cE4ieCEV4drXU33/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Have to say the pitch is top class so we'll done to the ground staff. Rugby shouldn't make any difference to the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Another Big game at Dogdale on Sunday for the Roughyeds....should outnumber the home supporters as usual there Win it and the Championship is probably theirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Londonboy said: Another Big game at Dogdale on Sunday for the Roughyeds....should outnumber the home supporters as usual there Win it and the Championship is probably theirs They're as good as up. Two of their remaining games are against teams they'd expect to beat with nine men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Down Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 9 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: They're as good as up. Two of their remaining games are against teams they'd expect to beat with nine men They ought to , but need to win at Rochdale on Sunday. If they do that then it should be straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Promoted as Champions today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 20 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Promoted as Champions today. A great achievement that hopefully we'll emulate soon. How likely is promotion to the Super League? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 51 minutes ago, the_mighty_bosh said: A great achievement that hopefully we'll emulate soon. How likely is promotion to the Super League? Bear in mind that last year's L1 winners have won once in the Championship all season. It's a big leap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 19 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Bear in mind that last year's L1 winners have won once in the Championship all season. It's a big leap. It is a massive leap but I expect they’ll spend significantly again along with having a great squad already. I think it’d take a few years to get nearer the top clubs in the championship, but I’d expect they’ll be aiming for mid table consolidation straight away. Reckon they’ll have higher budgets than the likes of Whitehaven, Swinton, Doncaster and Barrow etc. Crowds should also easily clear 2000 on a fairly consistent basis also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oafc88 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Apparently there is further investment to come from other sources that was dependant on them being promoted to the Championship so could be they spend more again if that turns out to be true. Great for the town though, up the Yeds! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradKnowles1 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, the_mighty_bosh said: A great achievement that hopefully we'll emulate soon. How likely is promotion to the Super League? There’s no promotion to super league anymore. All done on IMG. They could technically get promoted to the super league now if they had enough points. It’s all a mind field. bill Quinn was in my work Thursday had a good chat. He said it’s good being at Boundary park however, IMG sees issues. Directors box not taped off, need to box off an area for 250 sponsors. However SAG does not allow this. This means the club loses points. it’s all shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, daniel said: It is a massive leap but I expect they’ll spend significantly again along with having a great squad already. I think it’d take a few years to get nearer the top clubs in the championship, but I’d expect they’ll be aiming for mid table consolidation straight away. Reckon they’ll have higher budgets than the likes of Whitehaven, Swinton, Doncaster and Barrow etc. Crowds should also easily clear 2000 on a fairly consistent basis also. The average crowd for the championship is only around 2k with only 2 or 3 teams getting 3k+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 9 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: The average crowd for the championship is only around 2k with only 2 or 3 teams getting 3k+ They've gone up with a top end Championship budget so I suspect they'll be happy to consolidate next season, Championship is a tough League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another fan Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 (edited) I think that Frank has done an excellent job in promoting "all things Oldham" including local businesses, the Roughyeds and the Latics. Hopefully we will emulate the rugby rugby clubs success I appreciate that things have changed at BP hut I find looking back at some of the posts in the early days of this thread interesting when there was strong opposition to the their return Edited August 19 by another fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 8 hours ago, another fan said: I think that Frank has done an excellent job in promoting "all things Oldham" including local businesses, the Roughyeds and the Latics. Hopefully e will emulate the rugby rugby clubs success I appreciate that things have changed at BP hut I find looking back at some of the posts in the early days of this thread interesting when there was strong opposition to the their return It was indeed. I think the major concern at the time was what it would do for the pitch. However as we've had a new pitch and I expect that it will be maintained to a high standard then the council Latics and the Roughyeds have got together and come up with a solution that works for all of us. Which is good news for all of us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick26 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Just listened to Mike Ford on the latest rugby YouTube episode and he mentioned that the plans for the fan's bar mean increasing capacity to a thousand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradKnowles1 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, mick26 said: Just listened to Mike Ford on the latest rugby YouTube episode and he mentioned that the plans for the fan's bar mean increasing capacity to a thousand! Probably still only allow 70 in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 18 minutes ago, BradKnowles1 said: Probably still only allow 70 in And have two bar staff… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheBigDog said: And have two bar staff… And lock the fire exits Edited August 28 by oafcmetty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjk2008 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 On 8/28/2024 at 4:43 PM, mick26 said: Just listened to Mike Ford on the latest rugby YouTube episode and he mentioned that the plans for the fan's bar mean increasing capacity to a thousand! Just pour 30 pints and keep it rolling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 56-0 win v Workington today, a real champions performance watched by an appreciative 2,600 attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Well done to them, but there was no way on earth I was going today and having the first trophy I see lifted at Boundary Park being by a bloody rugby team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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