Tomorrow's Opponents: Oldham Town

Despite the fact that neither myself nor Polardin are able to go to tomorrow's league match, I thought I'd maintain the consistency of posting something about Cheadle Town's opponents the day before the match. So here we go: Oldham Town.

They've been around about the same length of time as CTFC. They were formed in 1964 (to CTFC's 1961) and have, again like our own CTFC, spent most of their NWCFL existence in Division Two. Alas, this hasn't been down to any mediocre seasons; they've been denied promotion twice by the ground grading committee (a common scourge of non-league teams), in 94/95 and 97/98.

As far as this season goes, they've had a bit of a slow start. They lost their opening match away to Winsford United (1-2) and then drew at home to New Mills (2-2) at their first home game of the season. They were knocked out of the FA Cup last weekend by first division Trafford (1-3) despite taking a 4th-minute lead. They got their first win of the season on Tuesday by beating Ashton Athletic 3-2 at home.

If you're going, then enjoy the game. We're sorry to be missing it.