OLDHAM
ATHLETIC 1895-1915
By
Garth Dykes
ISBN
978 1 905891 67 2
Price:
£12
Paperback
122
pages
This is the first volume
in a series of books that takes a definitive look at the players and match
records of Oldham Athletic AFC. The
club started as Pine Villa in 1895 and changed its name to Oldham Athletic in
1899. This volume takes the story
of the club up to 1915, a period marked by the achievement of finishing in
second place in the Football League’s top division in 1914-15 season.
Newspaper reports and club minute books have contributed to the account.
All
non-League line-ups and scorers prior to the club’s first season in the
Football League are included. They
include friendly games and those played in the Manchester League and Lancashire
Combination. Season-by-season grids
of match details are provided for the Football League seasons from 1907-08
onwards. The players A-Z section
includes biographies of every Football League and Lancashire Combination player
from 1904 to 1915. A head and
shoulders photograph of the player is included whenever it has been possible to
trace one. The book is also
includes many team group photographs and other material from the author’s
collection.
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of the book are available by post from Tony Brown using the paypal buttons
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specialist sports booksellers. If
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