Oldham Athletic
1907–08 season
ManagerDavid Ashworth
StadiumBoundary Park
Football League Second Division3rd
FA Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Frank Newton
All: Frank Newton

The 1907–08 season saw Oldham Athletic compete in the Football League Second Division after winning the Lancashire Combination in the previous season.

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 2F.A. Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MF England ENG Bill Bottomley 13013000
FW England ENG Matt Brunton 201010
DF England ENG Billy Cook 202000
FW England ENG Billy Dodds 13313300
DF England ENG Jimmy Fay 42238240
DF England ENG James Hamilton 41137140
FW England ENG Harry Hancock 311027743
MF England ENG Frank Hesham 29925841
GK England ENG Bob Hewitson 31027040
DF England ENG Jimmy Hodson 40036040
FW England ENG Frank Newton 3930362832
GK England ENG Elijah Round 808000
FW England ENG Joe Shadbolt 271123942
DF England ENG Jack Shufflebotham 201010
DF England ENG Joe Stafford 101000
MF England ENG Jimmy Swarbrick 323200
DF England ENG David Walders 28025030
MF England ENG Wilkie Ward 15115100
FW England ENG Harry Watts 949400
MF England ENG Alex Whaites 391035842
MF Scotland SCO David Wilson 42438341
FW England ENG Arthur Wolstenholme 202000
GK England ENG Bill Wright 303000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bradford City 38 15 2 2 58 16 9 4 6 32 26 2.143 54 Division champions
2 Leicester Fosse 38 14 2 3 41 20 7 8 4 31 27 1.532 52 Promoted
3 Oldham Athletic[lower-alpha 1] 38 15 4 0 53 14 7 2 10 23 28 1.810 50
4 Fulham[lower-alpha 1] 38 12 2 5 50 14 10 3 6 32 35 1.673 49
5 West Bromwich Albion 38 13 3 3 38 13 6 6 7 23 26 1.564 47
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 New club in the league

Competitions

Second Division

7 September  1907 (1907 -09-07) 1 Stoke City 1–3 Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Watkins Report Swarbrick
Newton
Dodds
Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 10,000
14 September  1907 (1907 -09-14) 2 Oldham Athletic 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Oldham
Hancock
Swarbrick
Report Garratt Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,397
21 September  1907 (1907 -09-21) 3 Bradford City 1–0 Oldham Athletic Bradford
McDonald Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 17,000
28 September  1907 (1907 -09-28) 4 Oldham Athletic 3–0 Hull City Oldham
Dodds
Fay
Newton soccer ball with red X
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12,041
5 October  1907 (1907 -10-05) 5 Derby County 1–0 Oldham Athletic Derby
Warren Report Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 10,000
12 October  1907 (1907 -10-12) 6 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Lincoln City Oldham
Newton
Hesham
Whaites
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,116
Referee: F Heath
19 October  1907 (1907 -10-19) 7 Fulham 1–2 Oldham Athletic London
Fraser Report Newton
Dodds
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,000
26 October  1907 (1907 -10-26) 8 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Barnsley Oldham
Newton Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,582
2 November  1907 (1907 -11-02) 9 Chesterfield 1–2 Oldham Athletic Chesterfield
Marples (pen.) Report Newton
Wilson
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 7,500
4 November  1907 (1907 -11-04) 10 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Oldham Athletic West Bromwich
Walker Report Whaites
Newton
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,000
9 November  1907 (1907 -11-09) 11 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Burnley Oldham
Whaites Report Beddow 44' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,185
16 November  1907 (1907 -11-16) 12 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Grimsby Town Oldham
Newton (pen.) Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,097
23 November  1907 (1907 -11-23) 13 Clapton Orient 2–0 Oldham Athletic London
Parker
Leigh
Report Stadium: Clapton Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
30 November  1907 (1907 -11-30) 14 Oldham Athletic 4–2 Leeds City Oldham
Newton 15'
Fay 75'
Hesham 80'
Whaites 80'
Report McLeod 43'
Gemmell 47'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,165
Referee: A Hargreaves
14 December  1907 (1907 -12-14) 15 Oldham Athletic 4–1 Gainsborough Trinity Oldham
Shadbolt
Newton
Report Tellum
Davidson Red card
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,884
21 December  1907 (1907 -12-21) 16 Stockport County 2–3 Oldham Athletic Stockport
Crump
Carter
Report Hesham
Wilson
Newton
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,000
25 December  1907 (1907 -12-25) 17 Leicester Fosse 4–1 Oldham Athletic Leicester
Humphreys
Hubbard
Shinton
Report Shadbolt Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 20,000
26 December  1907 (1907 -12-26) 18 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Blackpool Oldham
Hancock
Newton
Report Gow
Grundy
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,665
28 December  1907 (1907 -12-28) 19 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Glossop Oldham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,279
1 January  1908 (1908 -01-01) 20 Blackpool 1–0 Oldham Athletic Blackpool
Grundy Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 4,000
4 January  1908 (1908 -01-04) 21 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Stoke City Oldham
Hesham
Hancock
Report Brown Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,300
18 January  1908 (1908 -01-18) 22 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Bradford City Oldham
Hesham
Newton
Whaites
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,603
25 January  1908 (1908 -01-25) 23 Hull City 3–2 Oldham Athletic Hull
Smith
Robinson
Report Hesham
Newton
Stadium: Anlaby Road
Attendance: 10,000
8 February  1908 (1908 -02-08) 24 Lincoln City 0–2 Oldham Athletic Lincoln
Report Shadbolt 29'
Whaites 71'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: F Heath
15 February  1908 (1908 -02-15) 25 Oldham Athletic 3–3 Fulham Oldham
Newton
Watts
Shadbolt
Report Harrison
Dalrymple
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,004
29 February  1908 (1908 -02-29) 26 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Chesterfield Oldham
Newton
Hamilton (pen.)
Hesham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,128
7 March  1908 (1908 -03-07) 27 Burnley 2–1 Oldham Athletic Burnley
Whittaker
Mayson
Report Newton Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 16,000
14 March  1908 (1908 -03-14) 28 Grimsby Town 2–0 Oldham Athletic Cleethorpes
Hakin
Stokes
Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,000
19 March  1908 (1908 -03-19) 29 Barnsley 2–1 Oldham Athletic Barnsley
McShea
Surtees
Report Wilson Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 6,000
21 March  1908 (1908 -03-21) 30 Oldham Athletic 4–1 Clapton Orient Oldham
Shadbolt
Watts
Newton
Report Greechan Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,569
28 March  1908 (1908 -03-28) 31 Leeds City 1–2 Oldham Athletic Leeds
Parnell Report Shadbolt
Newton
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: A Hargreaves
30 March  1908 (1908 -03-30) 32 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Derby County Oldham
Watts
Newton
Waites
Report Bentley Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 10,753
4 April  1908 (1908 -04-04) 33 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oldham
Newton
Waites
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,008
11 April  1908 (1908 -04-11) 34 Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Oldham Athletic Gainsborough
Wood Report Watts Stadium: The Northolme
Attendance: 5,000
18 April  1908 (1908 -04-18) 35 Oldham Athletic 5–0 Stockport County Oldham
Newton
Ward
Hancock
Shadbolt
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,845
21 April  1908 (1908 -04-21) 37 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Leicester Fosse Oldham
Hancock Report Shanks Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 23,110
25 April  1908 (1908 -04-25) 38 Glossop 0–0 Oldham Athletic Glossop
Report Stadium: North Road
Attendance: 6,000

F.A. Cup

7 December  1907 (1907 -12-07) Q5 Oldham Athletic 8–1 Darwen Oldham
Hancock
Wilson
Shadbolt
Newton
Hesham
Crook Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,000
11 January  1908 (1908 -01-11) 1 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Leeds City Oldham
Whaites 13'
Newton 44'
Report Parnell 57' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,000
1 February  1908 (1908 -02-01) 2 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Everton Oldham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 25,690
5 February  1908 (1908 -02-05) 2 Everton 6–1 Oldham Athletic Liverpool
Young
Bolton
Abbott
Report Whaites Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 26,849

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References

  1. "Home". English National Football Archive.
  2. "Latest Oldham Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base".
  3. "Oldham Athletic match record: 1908".


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