1907–08 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic
1907–08 season
Manager	David Ashworth
Stadium	Boundary Park
Football League Second Division	3rd
FA Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Newton; All: Frank Newton
	← 1906–07 1908–09 →

The 1907–08 season saw Oldham Athletic compete in the Football League Second Division after winning the Lancashire Combination in the previous season. In 1907–08 Leicester Fosse finished as Second Division runners-up, gaining promotion to the First Division, the highest level of English football.^[1]^[2] Oldham finished just below them. Oldham were Lancashire Cup Winners in 1907-08.^[3]

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	England ENG	Bill Bottomley	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Matt Brunton	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	England ENG	Billy Cook	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Billy Dodds	13	3	13	3	0	0
	DF	England ENG	Jimmy Fay	42	2	38	2	4	0
	DF	England ENG	James Hamilton	41	1	37	1	4	0
	FW	England ENG	Harry Hancock	31	10	27	7	4	3
	MF	England ENG	Frank Hesham	29	9	25	8	4	1
	GK	England ENG	Bob Hewitson	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF	England ENG	Jimmy Hodson	40	0	36	0	4	0
	FW	England ENG	Frank Newton	39	30	36	28	3	2
	GK	England ENG	Elijah Round	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Joe Shadbolt	27	11	23	9	4	2
	DF	England ENG	Jack Shufflebotham	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	England ENG	Joe Stafford	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	England ENG	Jimmy Swarbrick	3	2	3	2	0	0
	DF	England ENG	David Walders	28	0	25	0	3	0
	MF	England ENG	Wilkie Ward	15	1	15	1	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Harry Watts	9	4	9	4	0	0
	MF	England ENG	Alex Whaites	39	10	35	8	4	2
	MF	Scotland SCO	David Wilson	42	4	38	3	4	1
	FW	England ENG	Arthur Wolstenholme	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	England ENG	Bill Wright	3	0	3	0	0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Swarbrick File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Dodds File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 10,000

14 September 1907 (1907 -09-14) 2	Oldham Athletic	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Oldham
	Hancock File:Soccerball shade.svg Swarbrick File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Garratt File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 14,397

21 September 1907 (1907 -09-21) 3	Bradford City	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
	McDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,000

28 September 1907 (1907 -09-28) 4	Oldham Athletic	3–0	Hull City	Oldham
	Dodds File:Soccerball shade.svg Fay File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton soccer ball with red X File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,041

5 October 1907 (1907 -10-05) 5	Derby County	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Derby
	Warren File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 10,000

12 October 1907 (1907 -10-12) 6	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Lincoln City	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,116 Referee: F Heath

19 October 1907 (1907 -10-19) 7	Fulham	1–2	Oldham Athletic	London
	Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Dodds File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,000

26 October 1907 (1907 -10-26) 8	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Barnsley	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,582

2 November 1907 (1907 -11-02) 9	Chesterfield	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Chesterfield
	Marples File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen.)	Report	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 7,500

4 November 1907 (1907 -11-04) 10	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Oldham Athletic	West Bromwich
	Walker File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 12,000

9 November 1907 (1907 -11-09) 11	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Burnley	Oldham
	Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Beddow File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,185

16 November 1907 (1907 -11-16) 12	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Grimsby Town	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,097

23 November 1907 (1907 -11-23) 13	Clapton Orient	2–0	Oldham Athletic	London
	Parker File:Soccerball shade.svg Leigh File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Clapton Stadium Attendance: 7,000

30 November 1907 (1907 -11-30) 14	Oldham Athletic	4–2	Leeds City	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Fay File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	McLeod File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Gemmell File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Tellum File:Soccerball shade.svg Davidson Red card	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,884

21 December 1907 (1907 -12-21) 16	Stockport County	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Stockport
	Crump File:Soccerball shade.svg Carter File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilson File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,000

25 December 1907 (1907 -12-25) 17	Leicester Fosse	4–1	Oldham Athletic	Leicester
	Humphreys File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Hubbard File:Soccerball shade.svg Shinton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,000

26 December 1907 (1907 -12-26) 18	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Blackpool	Oldham
	Hancock File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Gow File:Soccerball shade.svg Grundy File:Soccerball shade.svg	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 File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,000

4 January 1908 (1908 -01-04) 21	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Stoke City	Oldham
	Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg Hancock File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,300

18 January 1908 (1908 -01-18) 22	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Bradford City	Oldham
	Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 14,603

25 January 1908 (1908 -01-25) 23	Hull City	3–2	Oldham Athletic	Hull
	Smith File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Robinson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 10,000

8 February 1908 (1908 -02-08) 24	Lincoln City	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Lincoln
		Report	Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,000 Referee: F Heath

15 February 1908 (1908 -02-15) 25	Oldham Athletic	3–3	Fulham	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Watts File:Soccerball shade.svg Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Harrison File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Dalrymple File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,004

29 February 1908 (1908 -02-29) 26	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Chesterfield	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Hamilton File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen.) Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,128

7 March 1908 (1908 -03-07) 27	Burnley	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Burnley
	Whittaker File:Soccerball shade.svg Mayson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,000

14 March 1908 (1908 -03-14) 28	Grimsby Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Cleethorpes
	Hakin File:Soccerball shade.svg Stokes File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,000

19 March 1908 (1908 -03-19) 29	Barnsley	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Barnsley
	McShea File:Soccerball shade.svg Surtees File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Wilson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 6,000

21 March 1908 (1908 -03-21) 30	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Clapton Orient	Oldham
	Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Watts File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Greechan File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,569

28 March 1908 (1908 -03-28) 31	Leeds City	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Leeds
	Parnell File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A Hargreaves

30 March 1908 (1908 -03-30) 32	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Derby County	Oldham
	Watts File:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Waites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Bentley File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 10,753

4 April 1908 (1908 -04-04) 33	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Waites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,008

11 April 1908 (1908 -04-11) 34	Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Gainsborough
	Wood File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Watts File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: The Northolme Attendance: 5,000

18 April 1908 (1908 -04-18) 35	Oldham Athletic	5–0	Stockport County	Oldham
	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Ward File:Soccerball shade.svg Hancock File:Soccerball shade.svg Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,845

20 April 1908 (1908 -04-20) 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Wolverhampton
	Radford File:Soccerball shade.svg Shelton File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 17,000

21 April 1908 (1908 -04-21) 37	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Leicester Fosse	Oldham
	Hancock File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Shanks File:Soccerball shade.svg	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 File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Wilson File:Soccerball shade.svg Shadbolt File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg Hesham File:Soccerball shade.svg		Crook File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,000

11 January 1908 (1908 -01-11) 1	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Leeds City	Oldham
	Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Parnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg Bolton File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Abbott File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Whaites File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 26,849

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References

↑ "The History of Leicester City Football Club". Leicester City F.C. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ "Final 1908/1909 English Division 1 (old) Table". Football DataCo Limited. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/club/honours/
↑ "Home". English National Football Archive. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
↑ "Latest Oldham Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base".
↑ "Oldham Athletic match record: 1908".

[table_note_OLD0.46168934901324-4] 1.0 ^1.1 New club in the league

[An_Indepth_History_of_Leicester_City-1] "The History of Leicester City Football Club". Leicester City F.C. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

[2] "Final 1908/1909 English Division 1 (old) Table". Football DataCo Limited. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

[3] ttps://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/club/honours/

[5] "Home". English National Football Archive. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[6] "Latest Oldham Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base".

[7] "Oldham Athletic match record: 1908".

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