Oldham R.L.F.C.

Oldham R.L.F.C.
Club information
Full nameOldham Rugby League Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)Roughyeds
Short nameOldham
Colours
Founded1876; 148 years ago (1876)
(as Oldham FC)
Exited1997; 27 years ago (1997)
(as Oldham Bears)
Readmitted1998; 26 years ago (1998)
(as Oldham RLFC (1997)[1])
Websiteroughyeds.co.uk
details
Ground(s)
CoachSean Long
ManagerBill Quinn
CaptainJordan Turner
CompetitionLeague 1
2023 season4th
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Records
Champions4 (1904–05, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1956–57)
Challenge Cups3 (1898–99, 1924–25, 1926–27)
Lancashire County Cup9 (1906–07, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1918–19, 1923–24, 1932–33, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58)
Lancashire League7 (1897–98, 1900–01, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22, 1956–57, 1957–58)
Second Division3 (1963–64, 1981–82, 1987–88)
Most capped627 – Joe Ferguson
Highest points scorer2,761 – Bernard Ganley

Oldham Rugby League football Club, is a professional rugby league football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.[2][3] The club plays home games at Boundary Park and competes in League One, the third tier of British rugby league.

Oldham have won the League Championship four times, Challenge Cup three times and the Second Division three times.

The clubs traditional home kits are red and white hooped jerseys, navy blue shorts and red socks. They share a local rivalry with Rochdale Hornets, Salford Red Devils and Swinton Lions and cross county rivalries with nearby Huddersfield Giants and Halifax.

  1. ^ a b "Oldham Rugby League Football Club (1997) Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Operational Rules". RFL. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.