![]() Many of the players from their former squads had either retired from football or had been killed in the war. ( August 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įollowing the return of competitive football after the First World War, Oldham Athletic struggled to find their early success before they returned to the Second Division in 1923 – it would be another 68 years before they played top division football again. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Latics early success was only halted by the First World War. In the league that season they almost won it all Latics lost the league by one point, as close as they have ever come to winning the league. In 1914–15, Latics reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup but were knocked out once again after a 0–3 replay against Sheffield United. Cup semi-finals the same season, losing out 1–0 versus Aston Villa. Within a couple of seasons, Oldham had announced themselves serious contenders, finishing 4th in the league in 1912–13, and reaching the F.A. ![]() After three years in the Second Division, Latics gained promotion to the First Division. Unlike many clubs, Oldham Athletic gained quick success and gained acceptance into the Football League in 1907–08. The club immediately gained professional status and played in both the Lancashire Combination and Lancashire League. The club changed its appearance and name in 1899 to Oldham Athletic Football Club. ![]() The term Villa is thought to have originated due to Aston Villa's dominance at the time of formation. The club was initially named after the Pine Mill whose shadow the club played in. In July 1895, licensee John Garland with his son formed a football club named Pine Villa Football Club with a group of friends inside the Featherstall & Junction Inn. The club has a rivalry known as the Roses derby with Huddersfield Town, as well as long-standing local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers, Rochdale and Stockport County. Known as the "Latics", Oldham traditionally play in blue shirts. ![]() At the end of the 2021–22 season, relegation from League Two was confirmed and the club fell into the National League, becoming the first former Premier League team to play non-League football. The club ended a 21-season-long stay in the third tier – which encompassed numerous financial crises – with relegation out of League One in 2018. Oldham were founder members of the Premier League in 1992, but were relegated two years later and fell to the third tier by 1997. He was succeeded by Joe Royle, who also had a 12-year spell in charge, during which time Oldham reached the League Cup final in 1990, before winning the Second Division title in 1990–91, which took them back into the top-flight for the first time in 68 years. Jimmy Frizzell managed the club from 1970 to 1982 and under his leadership, Oldham won the Third Division title in 1973–74. Placed in the Fourth Division, they secured promotion in 1962–63, and again in 1970–71 after another relegation in 1969. Another relegation in 1935 left them in the Third Division North, which they won at the end of the 1952–53 campaign, only to be relegated back into the following year. They won promotion out of the Second Division in 1909–10 and went on to finish second in the First Division in 1914–15, before being relegated in 1923. They won the Lancashire Combination title in 1906–07 and were elected into the Football League. When neighbours Oldham County folded in 1899, Pine Villa moved into their stadium and changed their name to Oldham Athletic. in 1895, a team that played in the Manchester and Lancashire leagues. The history of Oldham Athletic began with the founding of Pine Villa F.C. ![]() Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. ![]()
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