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  The Ultimate Oldham - American History Information Guide and Reference
Oldham is a town in North West England, on the north-eastern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation.
Oldham could become the largest town in the United Kingdom not to have a conventional railway station, with the planned extension of the Metrolink to replace rail services in the town.
Oldham was the birthplace of the composer William Walton.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Oldham   (470 words)

  
 Oldham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oldham is located high in the south-west of the Pennine hills, 7 miles (11.3 km) north-east of the city of Manchester, in the north-west of England.
Oldham was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1849.
Oldham is the place of birth of the tubular bandage (a specialised type of medical aid/support), and Yates's Wine Lodge, a popular chain of public houses in the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oldham   (3855 words)

  
 Oldham Roughyeds 26 Halifax RLFC 42
Although Oldham battled bravely to the end, however, 'Fax were ahead from the 25th minute, and never really looked like letting go of their hold over the contest after that.
An Oldham knock-on on the third tackle of the game resulted in a try to the visitors in their first set, Joel Penny creating a space for Andy Kirk to touch down in the corner.
Oldham were never much inferior, and indeed for spells more than held their own - but they always seemed to be playing catch-up, and tended to lose concentration to concede a try from close in whenever they approached the Fax score.
www.bluesox.co.uk /revamp/CGI_Built/news/2006/02/060220-0001.html   (551 words)

  
 Oldham Roughyeds
OLDHAM may have secured their first away win of the National League One season yesterday, with a 22-40 victory at Barrow Raiders, but what happens today will have a far more important bearing on the long term future of the club.
Oldham's game against Castleford Tigers last weekend could be their last with a APS180,000 tax bill unpaid and the authorities refusing an extension to the deadline for payment.
OLDHAM face another massive week as they bid to stay afloat, after their attempts to enter a creditors voluntary agreement were rejected by Crown agencies last week.
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 Oldham Roughyeds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester.
This was resisted and instead they adopted the name Oldham Bears and were founder members of the new league.
In March 2005, Oldham entered a creditors' voluntary agreement (CVA) with total debts of £325,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oldham_Roughyeds   (535 words)

  
 Oldham Advertiser - Oldham Roughyeds - News
THE Roughyeds have completed their forward line-up for the 2007 season with the acquisition of Ian Sinfield.
ROUGHYEDS’ new French signing Said Tamghart made a big impression on his new team-mates after his three-day visit to the borough last week.
THE Roughyeds have continued their squad building for the new season with the signing of Gareth Langley from St Helens.
www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk /sport/oldhamrugby/news   (224 words)

  
 Oldham Athletic - Rugby Staying
The Oldham Evening Chronicle today reported that Latics and Oldham Roughyeds have come to an agreement on rent for Boundary Park based on attendances rather than a set rate.
However, if the Roughyeds drawn a big team in the challenge cup such as Bradford Bulls, and they got a full house at Boundary Park, then the rent would probably be well over 10k.
However, as the club was relegated it seems likely that the Roughyeds wont be paying anywhere near as much rent due to a probable drop in attendances, hence a slight loss in revenue for Latics.
www.oldham.vitalfootball.co.uk /article.asp?a=29885   (194 words)

  
 Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust book
Oldham's Arthur Lees - played half-back for Lancashire County before and after the formation of the Northern Union in 1895.
Oldham were a powerful side in the initial years of the Northern Union, becoming the first Lancashire club to win the coveted Challenge Cup (defeating Hunslet in 1899).
The Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust (all volunteers) are to be congratulated for their ongoing work - much of the profits from previous publications has been donated back to the Trust and the Oldham Roughyeds club itself.
www.rl1908.com /rugby-league-books/oldham.htm   (346 words)

  
 Rugby League Fans Forum and Portal - RugbyLeague.org
OLDHAM Rugby League Club’s survival now hinges on the intervention of Phil Woolas, it was conceded today.
The Roughyeds are not due to play at home again until the visit of Whitehaven on May 15 – and in those four crucial weeks the club could have been forced into liquidation.
The Revenue dug in their heels when they rejected proposals for the club to enter a creditors’ voluntary arrangement in which the Roughyeds would have paid only a percentage of their debt.
www.rugbyleague.org /index.php?showtopic=24531   (535 words)

  
 Oldham Chronicle News and Sport
GENO COSTIN and Mark Ogden will provide Oldham Roughyeds with some festive cheer when they arrive in the country on Boxing Day.
Oldham coach Steve Deakin met with the two men on his recent trip down under, providing them with individual pre-season training schedules to follow.
As regards the remaining foreign-based contingent, French international Said Tamghart will arrive in Oldham along with his family in the first week of January, with Richard Mervill and Drew Houston jetting in later in the same month.
www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk /SPORTTH02.html   (244 words)

  
 Wasps to Rough it out
After defeats in their first three games, the Wasps, like any club with new a coach and players, are beginning to find their feet, with encouraging signs shown in the narrow reverse against Batley Bulldogs.
Coupled with this are the problems the Roughyeds have faced over where to play their home games.
Oldham: Sibson, Dodd, D Gibbons, Goddard, McNicholas, Braddish, Roden, Knox, Hough, Clegg, Farrell, Doran, Hodgkinson, Barber, Casey, Guest, Cowell, A Gibbons.
archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2002/1/7/292435.html   (474 words)

  
 PARRAEELS.COM.AU - Roughyed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If you are a Roughyed and going to the Hull KR game, send them a cheer from me and blow Jon Goddard a big kiss.
It is said that a 'Rough head'(pronounced Roughyed in an Oldham accent) was a rough cut of a hat, before it was tidied up.
Another school of thought says that Oldham were called the Roughyeds because they were a very hard (and rough team).
www.parraeels.com.au /eelsbboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11529   (554 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | Teams | Oldham Athletic | Harbin joins Oldham
Oldham manager have appointed of rugby league coach John Harbin as the club's fitness conditioner.
The 55-year-old joined the club after resigning from Northern Ford Premiership side Oldham Roughyeds.
Links to more Oldham Athletic stories are at the foot of the page.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/2094155.stm   (147 words)

  
 Match Preview - Oldham v Halifax RLFC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Halifax's Nick Johnson is a former Oldham player whilst Roughyeds skipper Alan Hadcroft, Craig Dean plus brothers Wayne and Ged Corcoran are former Halifax players.
Oldham coach John Pendlebury is a former Halifax player who was also coach at Thrum Hall/The Shay from March 1997 to June 1999.
Whilst he was at the club he was voted Coach of the Year after the team finished third in Super League in 1998.
www.bluesox.co.uk /revamp/CGI_Built/news/2006/02/060217-0003.html   (1001 words)

  
 music - UK Plus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oldham Music Shops, for great range of musical instruments sales and repairs in Oldham, try looking here.
Will Oldham, the artist formerly known as Palace, has never been concerned with creating pop...
We are based in Oldham, Manchester and cover the whole UK with...
www.ukplus.co.uk /Oldham/Music   (348 words)

  
 Oldham in general - Review - Sex, test tubes, outstanding natural beauty (nearby) and shops!
Ethnic Diversity: While the residents of Oldham have a significant white majority, large Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrant communities have been settled in the town for decades, originally coming to work in the mills.
Sporting Heritage: As home to Oldham Athletic, a former premiership club, the town has the exciting claim to the highest ground in the Football League.
While the club's success is confined to surviving in the top flight for three years, losing (unluckily) in FA Cup Semi Final replays to Manchester United and being beaten by Nottingham Forest in a League Cup final, they are currently at the heart of the battle for promotion to Division One.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /destinations-national/oldham-in-general/396087   (1190 words)

  
 Rleague.com - The World of Rugby League
Hull Kingston Rovers bowed out of the NFP play-offs as they helped to instigate their own downfall against the Oldham Roughyeds in what had been a tough and bruising encounter for the Robins.
Oldham brought a very physical side with them to Craven Park and lived up to their nickname with some tough opening tactics as they had done in the league encounter at the beginning of the season.
Three knock-ons deep in their own quarter enabled the Roughyeds to pile on the pressure before the Rovers defence was finally breached with Mark Sibson diving over in the corner.
www.rleague.com /db/article.php?id=13447   (565 words)

  
 London - Rugby League Clubs - Oldham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Oldham College - Skip to the navigation The Oldham College Home Help Sitemap You are here: The Oldham College Start learning herepassion for learning something new, The Oldham College will make this happen.
ManchesterOnline - Oldham Advertiser - local press www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk Oldham Advertiser The award-winning** Oldham Advertiser is a weekly newspaper which covers the Oldham borough.
Oldham Recruitment - Local jobs, latest vacancies and recruitment agencies in Oldham, Greater - Oldham job vacancies and recruitment agencies Part of LocalRecruit.co.uk Network.
www.netlondon.com /London_Sport/Rugby_League_Clubs/Oldham/index.html   (380 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Oldham Athletic | Oldham reveal stadium plan
Oldham have announced plans for a new £20m stadium either at Boundary Park or at an alternative site in the town.
The Latics have already opened talks with the town council about a 20,000-seat stadium that would be shared with rugby league side Oldham Roughyeds.
Corney and American-based co-owners Simon Blitz and Danny Gazal will be making a significant contribution towards the cost, and also looking to the private sector for funding.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/3638622.stm   (117 words)

  
 Softball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the 1930s there was a baseball boom in Oldham (as in several other Northern towns) with a number of teams (including the Ferranti Sparks above), a colts league and a town team that played in the Yorkshire-Lancashire Major League.
The Oldham Greyhounds sometimes got crowds of c.5000 and even had games broadcast on the BBC.
I'm interested in finding out more about Baseball in this country (and Oldham in particular) in the 30s so if anyone reading this knows of any good sources of information please get in touch.
freespace.virgin.net /lions.softball/baseball.htm   (251 words)

  
 Saddleworth Rangers Junior Section ARLFC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The under 12s are pleased to announce that 3 of their players were recently successful in the round of trials for the Oldham Service area team (town team).
Saddleworth Rangers were recently nominated for two awards during the annual Oldham Sports Awards to celebrate sporting achievement and success over the course of 2005.
Saddleworth Rangers have drawn Oldham Roughyeds in the Third Round draw of the Powergen Challenge Cup.
www.saddleworthrangers.com /news.htm   (796 words)

  
 Oldham Roughyeds Official Website
There are only three teams in Group 4 --- Oldham, Rochdale and Swinton ---
6 --- Boundary Park will be closed for annual pitch work from May 21 to July 21, but Roughyeds will make every effort to minimise the inconvenience of their loyal fans.
10 -- Best value is the £35 season ticket for under-16s, covering home and away matches (28 in all) and including membership of the Junior Roughyeds.
www.roughyeds.co.uk /roughyeds.htm   (541 words)

  
 news
Mike Ford, the ex Coach of Oldham Roughyeds and currently on the coaching staff of the Irish Rugby Union International team is the guest speaker and will be presenting the prizes.
Last week was the last scheduled week of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League season, although a few outstanding games are arranged for this coming week, which is the Cup Finals week.
In Division 1 of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League Rosehill B gained only their second win of the season beating Werneth B 6-4.
www.tabletennis.co.uk /oldham/apr2002.htm   (1582 words)

  
 Don't send us back to our deaths :: rojname.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
They are now bound together by the threat of being detained for repatriation when they next make their monthly visit to the UK Immigration Service at Salford.
Their entitlement to legal aid has been exhausted and their only hope now is that protests from refugee groups can trigger a government u-turn.
Oldham Unity (Refugee Support) group has taken up the case and is making representations to the Home Office.
www.rojname.com /show-all-last-minute-news.php?nuce=85720   (963 words)

  
 Baseball in Oldham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I'm interested in finding out more about Baseball in this country (and Oldham in particular) in the 30s so if anyone reading this knows of any good sources of information please.
Most of the information presented here was acquired at Gallery Oldham Roughyeds exhibition and should be credited to Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust.
On 19th July 1939 a combined Rochdale and Oldham team played a US Navy team at Spotland.
www.softball.davewareham.co.uk /baseball.htm   (291 words)

  
 Oldham Chronicle Main
A DELIGHTED Oldham mother scooped a £51,000 Christmas bonus at the bingo.
AN 83-year-old woman was left shaken after a scar-faced man snatched her handbag outside Tesco in Huddersfield Road, Oldham.
OLDHAM Roughyeds take to the training field tomorrow afternoon complete with new Australian pair Mark Ogden and Geno Costin.
www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk /main.html   (173 words)

  
 Oldham Advertiser- Roughyeds beaten in thriller
Oldham Roughyeds 26 Leigh Centurions 31: Roughyeds lost out to Leigh in a high-scoring game at Boundary Park.
The home side had much of the play in the first half of this Arriva Trains Cup clash, but couldn't turn it into points.
The visitors, however, took their chances and late Oldham scores weren't enough to deny Leigh the victory.
www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk /sport/s/165/165083_roughyeds_beaten_in_thriller.html   (207 words)

  
 Oldham Roughyeds 25 Halifax 6 || Roughyeds.net - Unofficial Oldham Roughyeds RLFC News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Roughyeds continued their winning run and easily overcame a poor Halifax side.
Oldham never looked threatened by their former Super League opponents and it's now obvious that Halifax are going to find it hard going in this division and that should open up the race for that Super League pace...
SportNetwork.net is part of the Durham Associates Group of companies.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s20/st50585.htm?fromrss=1   (105 words)

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