Oldham Athletic
Saturday 5th May 2012 KO 3pm
Capacity: 13,624 (all seated)
Address: Boundary Park, Oldham, OL1 2PA
Main Telephone No: 0870-7532000
Team Nickname: The Lactics
Year Ground Opened: 1906
Pitch Size: 106 x 72 yards
Home Kit Colours: Blue with White Trim
Meeting Place
Address: The Rifle Range Inn, 372 Burnley Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 2QP
Telephone: 07779303721
What’s the Ground Like?
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 normal allocation is 1,800 seats. This can be increased to over 4,000 if required. Dependant on numbers the Rochdale Road End is either given totally to the away support or is shared with home fans. If the latter applies, away fans are kept separate from the home fans by a large moat like gap, which certainly makes for a lot of banter.
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 £2, mini buses £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.
By Train
There are three stations that you could use to get to Boundary Park. Oldham Mumps, Oldham Werneth or Mill Hills. However Oldham Mumps and Mill Hills are both around a 45 minute walk away from the ground and are not really practical. Therefore it is best to use Oldham Werneth, which is served by North West Trains on the Oldham Rochdale loop. Trains for Oldham depart from Manchester Victoria platforms 1 or 6. If you buy a ticket to Oldham and arrive from the South at Manchester Piccadilly your fare includes travel on the Metrolink to Victoria station. As you exit the platforms at Piccadilly turn left for the Metrolink station. Take the tram for BURY only to get to Manchester Victoria. Oldham Werneth station is around a 15 minute walk away from the ground. Exit the station and turn right onto Featherstall Road South and walk for about 3/4 miles through one set of traffic lights and a small roundabout at Tesco until you come to a large roundabout. Turn left onto Chadderton Way (cross over at the underpass as Chadderton Way is a dual carriageway) and follow for another ¼ miles until you come to Boundary Park Road (by the B&Q Warehouse) turn right and Boundary Park is ahead. You will be approaching the ground from the home supporters end, so at the end of Boundary Park Road turn right up Sheepfoot Lane past the main stand to the other end of the ground. It is extremely unusual for any taxi's to be at Werneth station.