Ken Bates entered the picture at Oldham Athletic in the early 1960s, and along with the appointment of manager Jack Rowley, the club's fortunes turned for the better.

That NL2 attendance record was broken in the return fixture on Thursday, 30 August 2007 between Oldham and Crusaders, again in front of the Sky Sports cameras, when 4, 327 fans turned up at Boundary Park beating the old record by 886. it was also Oldham's largest attendance since the early ' 90s.

After being led to believe by Oldham Council that the Failsworth site was a deliverable option, the club were extremely disappointed when The Charities Commission turned down their application.

Paul Dickov ( born 1 November 1972, in Livingston ) is a retired Scottish footballer, turned manager who is currently in charge of League One side Oldham Athletic.

Having played for Oldham Athletic as an amateur and Stockport County as a guest player during the Second World War, Compton turned professional at Old Trafford in 1944 and was in the United team that won the 1948 FA Cup.

In June 1989, Manchester City Council turned the land bounded by Great Ancoats Street, Oldham Road, Kemp Street, Wadeford Close, Jersey Street and the Rochdale Canal into a conservation area.

The BNP alleges that Hodge's claim that the BNP wants to expel all non-whites and drop them into the sea from aircraft makes " Mr Woolas ’ s lies look tame, and are a clear and obvious breach of the same law which saw the Oldham and Saddleworth MP struck down.

He was elected as a councillor in Oldham in 1992 and was secretary of the Labour group from 1993 to 2000 ; he stood down from the council in 2004.

Oldham Roughyeds finished their most successful season in recent years in 4th place on the National League 2 table, they then played and won games against Swinton at home then Barrow away in the play-off to reach the National League 2 grand final, but the game seemed a step too far for Oldham going down to an inspired Featherstone Rovers team at Headingley.

The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway formerly ran from Werneth Station down to Middleton Junction.

Ashley, however, tracks Kathleen down to her home in Oldham.

The Native American name for the island was " Chibachuweset " ( or " Chibachuwese "), and the Narragansetts originally offered it for sale to John Oldham if he would settle there and set up a trading post.

Up until 1996, Saddleworth's official postal county was Lancashire, due to it forming part of the Oldham post town.

Possibly with some influence from Lady Margaret Beaufort ( who was the mother of the then reigning king, Henry VII ), Oldham was appointed as Bishop of Exeter on 24 November 1504, and was consecrated in the post on 12 January 1505.

Mike Ford retired as player-coach of Oldham in 2001 and in January the following year took up a post as defensive co-ordinator with the Irish Rugby Football Union.

As a result, Oldham played no part in the initial period of the Industrial Revolution, although it did later become seen as obvious territory to industrialise because of its convenient position between the labour forces of Manchester and southwest Yorkshire.

Perhaps surprisingly, the town did not fall victim to any of the race riots which blighted parts of Northern England, including nearby Oldham and Burnley, over the summer of 2001.

In early May 1963, the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, said Stewart should no longer be onstage, that six members were too many for a popular group and that the burly, square-jawed Stewart did not fit the image.

The next season, Oldham did not have the same cup success, but instead found success by winning the Second Division and returning to First Division for the first time in 68 years.

* Mick Jones – A long-term assistant to Warnock, the pair did not speak for several years after Jones opted to remain at Plymouth Argyle as manager after Warnock was sacked, rather than follow him to Oldham Athletic.

and slip from the title race after that to finish 4th, but they did reach the final of the Manchester Premier Cup, losing by a last minute goal to Droylsden at Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park.

Oldham et al ( in " The Missionary Motive ") assert that even the very concept did not exist until after the year 1650, and that Matthew 28: 18 – 20 was traditionally interpreted instead as having been addressed only to Jesus's disciples then living ( believed to be up to 500 ), and as having been carried out by them and fulfilled, not as a continuing obligation upon subsequent generations.

The railway did not prosper in its first few years and plans were quickly made for the railway line to come nearer the town centre of Oldham.

It did so, to all traffic between Chadderton Junction and Oldham Werneth on 7 January 1963.

Venables did not even make it onto the shortlist of three managers selected by the Football Association-surprisingly this included Joe Royle of Oldham Athletic, who by that stage had yet to even manage a club in the top flight, let alone win any silverware or qualify for a European competition.

Hunslet did not top the championship table at the end of the season, coming behind Oldham, whom they defeated 10-12 in a championship replay after the first match was drawn 7 apiece.

National League Two-Despite winning more games and losing less games than Barrow but only winning 1 bonus point ( to Barrow's 5 points ) all season Oldham finished 3rd in National League Two on points difference behind Barrow who came 2nd and Gateshead who won the league, Oldham would again have to face the route of the play offs and like the previous year Oldham again reached the National League Two Grand Final, this time against Doncaster and like 2007 Oldham again lost to miss out on promotion to National League One losing 18-10 at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium, as a result of not gaining promotion to National League One coach Steve Deakin did not have his contract renewed.

The official in charge of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Frances Oldham Kelsey did not rely on information from the company of Richardson-Merrell, which did not include any test results.

However the commission rejected the proposed alternative name ( Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton ) because it was too long and they did not believe that there was a significant amount of support for a name change.

Following this, he did his national service and while stationed in Aldershot joined Farnham rep. Normington joined the Repertory Theatre in Oldham in 1950, and from 1959 to 1962 he worked at the Library Theatre in Manchester.

On 5 October 1990 Pollitt joined Oldham Athletic on a month's loan as back-up for Jon Hallworth but did not make a senior appearance during his time at Boundary Park.

They did however enlist in support, Jody Stephens ( Big Star, Golden Smog ) on drums, Jamie Hoover ( The Spongetones ) on bass, with Spooner Oldham ( Dan Penn, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young ), and Jim Dickinson playing organ and piano on several other tracks.

The founder Hugh Oldham, a Manchester-born man, attended Exeter College, Oxford and Queens ' College, Cambridge, after having been tutored in the house of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.

Matewan ( 1987 ) is an American drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe, and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles.

Earl Delisser Barrett ( born 28 April 1967 in Rochdale, Lancashire ) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Manchester City, Chester City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Everton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

Earl Barrett's brother, Floyd, played professional basketball for the Oldham Celtics during the 1990s.

The original Poetry Slams started at ' The Night and Day Cafe ' on Oldham Street in Manchester's City Centre, then moved to the ' Frog and Bucket ' on the same road.

Oldham, who despite no recording experience had made himself the band's producer, said at Regent that " The sound leaked, instrument to instrument, the right way " creating a " wall of noise " conducive to the band.

" Though Oldham dressed the band in identical suits, the band returned to wearing casual clothes at public appearances.

* Biography of Oldham at Cornell University

In some cases this was not credited at the time-many recordings by acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, Donovan, The Kinks and The Who are credited to their various producers of the time, Andrew Loog Oldham.

In 1987, Akron, Ohio, patent attorney, Edwin ( Ned ) Oldham, a newly appointed representative to the National Council of Patent Law Associations, while at a site-selection meeting, learned that the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia was the frontrunner for the new location of the NIHF, prompting Oldham to wonder if Akron might have a chance.

Sykes was educated at Ward Street Central School in Oldham.

He was a follower of Oldham Athletic and at one point in the 1970's he was an Honorary Director of the club.

The great start to the year continued as they knocked out Premier League Blackpool with a 2 – 0 win in the third round of the FA Cup and three days later got an amazing 6 – 0 away win at Oldham Athletic and in the process securing a fifth straight victory.

* Oldham County in Handbook of Texas Online at the University of Texas

Oldham County was a prohibition or completely dry county until January 2005 as the result of a 2004 ' moist ' vote, permitting sales of alcohol in restaurants that seat at least 100 patrons in which 70 %+ of total revenue is derived from sales of food.

2006 classes at Oldham County High School were reported as 1-15, but that number does not accurately reflect the ratio of a normal class.

Lewis Temple CME | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church at 301 Main Street in Grambling ; pastor Wendell M. Oldham, Jr., a native of Dayton, Ohio | Dayton, Ohio

Oldham is located at ( 44. 228219 ,-97. 308979 ).

It is situated at the junction of Interstate 40 ( Old Route 66 ) and U. S. Highway 385 in southern Oldham County, approximately 30 miles west of Amarillo.

Born on 31 July 1858 to Thomas Oldham, a Fellow of the Royal Society and geologist, Oldham was educated at Rugby School and the Royal School of Mines.

David Stephenson ( born Friday in Leeds ) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing at club level for Oldham Roughyeds, Hull Sharks, and Rochdale Hornets, as a, or.

By 1905 relatively few Unionist MPs were still free traders ( the young Winston Churchill crossed over to the Liberals in 1904 when threatened with deselection at Oldham ), but Balfour's long balancing act had drained his authority within the government.

Born in Derker, Oldham, Lancashire, Cribbins served an apprenticeship at the Oldham Repertory Theatre, taking a break during his years of study to undertake national service with the Parachute Regiment in his late teens.

She attended Balladen County Primary School and later trained at Oldham College and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with Imogen Stubbs and Ralph Fiennes, and began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Oldham had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London.