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Oldham Athletic Ground Name: Boundary
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| What's The Ground
Like? Future Developments Looking Towards The Chadderton Road Stand (photo) What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? Rochdale Road Stand (photo) Where To Drink? Main Stand (photo) How To Get There By Car & Where To Park By Train Admission Prices Programme Price Ground Layout Local Rivals Disabled Facilities Fixtures 2009-2010 Record & Average Attendance Fans Ground Reviews Hotel Accommodation Feedback Return To The Main Menu |
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| What's The Ground Like? | |
| The ground at the moment is comprised of just three
sides, as the Club demolished the Broadway Stand on one side of the
stadium. This was in preparation for the building of a new 5,200
capacity Main Stand. However, this plan has now been shelved for the
time being and the Club are now exploring the possibility of moving
to a new stadium. At one end is the comparatively new Rochdale Road End, a good sized all seater covered stand with an excellent view of the pitch. It has windshields to either side of it and an electric scoreboard on its roof. Part of this stand is given to away supporters. The other end, the Chadderton Road Stand (also known as the 'Chaddy End'), is a medium sized all seater covered stand. Again there are windshields to either side, but the elderly nature of this stand is apparent from the supporting pillars running across the front of it. On one side there is an old two tiered Main Stand. This used to have terracing in front, since filled with seating. There is still some old unused terracing on one side of this stand. Opposite is currently a building site as a new stand is being constructed. The ground also benefits from four large floodlight pylons, leaving the visitor in no doubt that this is a football ground. The Club has a mascot called 'Chaddy The Champion Owl'. | |
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Terry Doran informs me; 'The Club is proposing to build a new stadium in the Failsworth district of the Oldham Borough. The proposal is at the pre-Planning stage, but if all goes according to plan, the new stadium could be operational for the 2011/12 season. When the new stadium is operational, Boundary Park will be demolished and sold for residential re-development'. | |
| Looking Towards The Chadderton Road Stand | |
Please note that since this photo as taken, the Broadway Stand on the right has been demolished. | |
| What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? | |
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fans are housed in the Rochdale Road Stand at one end of the
ground. This stand is split between a larger
section on side, which houses 3,000 fans and a smaller section on
the other side which houses 1,600 supporters. It is intended with
the development of the stadium that this season the stand will be
shared between home and away fans. For most games away supporters
will be given the smaller section (shown as Away 1 on the ground
layout below), whilst for some clubs that have a larger following
then the bigger section will be allocated (shown as Away 2 on the
ground layout below). The sections are kept separate by a
large moat like gap, which certainly makes
for a lot of banter. The facilities in this newish stand are fairly
good, as are the acoustics. If you get chance, make sure to try a
Pukka pie (£1.50). Some fans reckon that this is the best part of a
visit to Boundary Park. This club I found to be particularly friendly. They have an unofficial motto that 'the only club we hate is Man United', everyone else is very welcome. The only complaint that I had about visiting the ground was that it always seems to be cold, with a biting wind that goes right through you. This is due to Oldham being on the edge of the Pennines. | |
| Rochdale Road Stand | |
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| Where To Drink? | |
| The closest pub is the Clayton Green, which is a
Brewers Fayre and can be found two hundred yards from the
corner of the Main Stand and the Chaddy End, on Sheepfoot Lane.
There is also the Greyhound pub, which is across Broadway down
Holden Fold Lane.
Chippy Lees, an exiled Latics fans in Cornwall, recommends the following; "The Old Grey Mare on Rochdale Road is worth a visit. If you walk to the top of Sheepfoot Lane and turn left at the newspaper shop, the pub is about 100 yards down the road on the right. There's a varied selection of beers available, and again a warm welcome is assured. Further down on the right is The White Hart. If you turn right at the top of Sheepfoot Lane, you'll eventually come to The Queens. It's on the corner of a junction. It was frequented by several West Ham fans one night, who found the beer to be so good, and cheap compared to London prices, that they decided to stay there for the rest of the evening. It was just as well, as it was the usual bone chilling night, and they lost!" | |
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| How To Get There By Car & Where To Park | |
| Leave the M62 at
Junction 20 and take the A627(M) towards Oldham. Take the second
slip road off the A627(M) following the signs for Royton (A663). At
the top of the slip road you will find a large roundabout that
around it has a McDonalds and a KFC. Turn left at the roundabout
onto the A663 towards Royton (beware though of 30mph speed cameras
on this stretch). You will be able to see Boundary Park over on your
right. Take the next right hand turn into Hilbre Avenue which will
take you up to the large Club car park, situated behind the Lookers
Stand. The cost of the car park is; cars £3, mini bus £5, coaches
£10. If you want to go straight to the Club main entrance, then at the roundabout take the second exit onto A627 Chadderton Way (signposted Oldham). After around 300 yards take the first left into Boundary Park Road and at the end of the road turn right into Sheepfoot Lane. For a map showing the location of the ground click here (to take you to the Street Map website). To go to a simplified page, containing the directions and pub info, which you can print out click here. | |
| By Train | |
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Due to improvement works to the line
from Manchester, the two closest stations to the ground, Oldham
Mumps and Oldham Werneth are both currently closed. This leaves only
Oldham Mill Hills station, but this is some 45 minutes walk away
from the ground, so it is somewhat impractical. | |
| Admission Prices | |
| Home Fans*: Pentagon Vauxhall Main Stand (Upper): Adults £20, OAP's/Under 16's £11, Pentagon Vauxhall Main Stand (Lower): Adults £19, OAP's/Under 16's £11 Detect All Alarms Chadderton Road Stand: Adults £20, OAP's/Under 16's £11 Under 12's £3, Leesfield Developments Rochdale Road End: Adults £20, OAP's/Under 16's £11, Under 12's £3. Away Fans*: Leesfield Developments Rochdale Road End: Adults £20, OAP's/Under 16's £11, Under 12's £3. * A discount of £2 is available on these ticket prices, if the ticket is purchased prior to matchday (except Under 12's in the Chadwick/Rochdale Road Ends). | |
| Programme Price | |
| Official Programme £3 | |
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| Local Rivals | |
| Manchester United, Manchester City & Stockport. | |
| Disabled Facilities | |
| For details of disabled facilities at the ground please visit the relevant page on the National Association Of Disabled Supporters (NADS) website. | |
| Fixtures 2009-2010 | |
| For the Oldham fixture list click here (to take you to the BBC Sports Website) | |
| Record & Average Attendance | |
| 47,671
v Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup 5th Round, January 25th, 1930. Modern All Seated Attendance Record: 13,171 v Manchester City FA Cup 3rd Round, January 8th, 2005. Average Attendance: 2008-2009: 5,636 (League One) 2007-2008: 5,326 (League One) 2006-2007: 6,334 (League One) | |
| Fans Reviews Of Boundary Park | |
| Dan Portch (Leicester City) 18/10/08 | |
| Hotel Accommodation | |
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