Oldham Borough F.C.

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Oldham Borough
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Full name Oldham Borough Football Club
Nickname(s) Borough
Founded 2009 (as Oldham Dew)
Ground Seel Park, Mossley
Ground Capacity 4000
Chairman Mark kilgannon
Manager Tony Mills
League North West Counties League
Division One
2014–15 North West Counties League
Division One, 18th

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

References

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