Oldham Rugby League club finally have a venue to play their Northern Rail Cup game with Rochdale Hornets.
After a week of frantic phone calls and much communication between the club and the RFL, Oldham had been set to play their game against local rivals Hornets at the Castleton Sports Complex, home of Mayfield ARLFC. This venue played host to the recent low key Law Cupgame between the teams, however concerns over the safety of the venue for first team action forced the Roughyeds hand and they will now play this game at Park Lane, home of Sedgley Park Tigers RUFC.
I feel sorry for the Roughyeds, their fans are long suffering and deserve better. It is a great pity that the club have been turfed out of Boundary Park, although if truth be told I don't think they were ever made to feel welcome at the venue. This I do find strange as Oldham Athletic are hardly setting the football world alight and in these times of recession you would have thought they would have welcomed additional income, particularly following the demolition of one of the stands at the stadium.
Oldham showed enough last week to suggest a spirited campaign lies ahead. A young squad will undoubtedly improve and in Tony Benson they certainly have a mn that will work hard to get that improvement. All they need now is a regular home.
Rumours around the rugby league world suggest the new ground for the Roughyeds will be that of Vodkat League side Oldham Boro, the Whitebank Stadium off White Bank Road.
I for one wish them luck and success.
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