Oldham Athletic Football Club Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1895

Pine Villa FC where founded in 1895, and were renamed Oldham Athletic FC in 1899. Oldham did have some early success in the FA Cup. They reached the semi-final stage in the 1912-13 season only to be knocked out by Aston Villa 1-0. In the 1914-15 season they reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, losing to Sheffield United 0-3 in a replay.

Answer: Boundary Park

Oldham Athletic played their home games at Boundary Park, which they have shared with Oldham Roughyeds from 1997 to 2009. It has the nickname of "Ice Station Zebra" due to it being known as one of the coldest grounds in the English football league. It is also one of the highest only behind the home ground of West Bromwich Albion, The Hawthorns, which is the highest.

It has the name Boundary Park because it is situated between the towns of Royton and Chadderton.

Answer: Blue

Oldham Athletic home kit is mainly blue. The majority of home kits through the years have been predominately blue.

Answer: Ken Bates

Simon Blitz was chairman from 2004 to 2010, and all the others listed are prior chairmen of Oldham Athletic. The most notable of these is Ken Bates (chairman for 5 years during the 1970s), who went on to buy Chelsea in 1982 and be their chairmen. He sold Chelsea to Roman Abramovich in 2003.

Answer: Joe Royle

During his managerial stint at Oldham, he guided them to the 1990 League Cup Final against Nottingham Forest (which Oldham lost 1-0), and promotion as Division Two champions to Division One in 1991 (after an absence of 68 years). All the others listed have played at Oldham during their careers and have managed Oldham Athletic as well.

Answer: Earl Barrett

Earl Barrett made 183 appearances (1987-1992) for Oldham and scored 7 goals. He was sold to Aston Villa, making Earl the highest transfer fee that Oldham recorded. Earl Barrett also appeared on the television show "Celebrity Stars in their Eyes" as Marvin Gaye in 2001.

Answer: Gunnar Halle

While all the players listed have played for the national team of Norway, only one has played for Oldham Athletic. Gunnar Halle signed for Oldham in 1991 from Lillestrøm, and made 188 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is regarded as one of Oldham's finest players while they were in the Premier League. Gunnar Halle was sold to Leeds United in 1996.

Answer: Roger Palmer

Roger Palmer was the all-time leading goal-scorer at Oldham with a total of 141 goals scored between 1980 and 1992. While playing for Oldham the fans used to chant "Ooooh, Roger Palmer, oooooh, Roger Palmer, ooooh Roger Palmer". Roger was a quiet man on and off the field and since his retirement, he has been reclusive.

Despite appeals from Oldham Athletic and the BBC sport website his whereabouts are unknown. All the players listed played for Oldham as well as Manchester City.

Answer: Frankie Bunn

Frankie Bunn holds the record for the most goals scored in a League Cup match with the total of six, all the other players listed are goalkeepers that have played for Oldham. He got the record for the highest goal scorer in a match against Scarborough in 1989. He was forced to retire due to injury in 1990 and had gone into the coaching side of the game.

Answer: Offside

Believe it or not, "Chaddy the Owl" was flagged offside in the match by a linesman. A common shout by fans at any football game is "Are you blind Ref?" maybe this should include linesmen as well. The person who was wearing the Chaddy costume at the time later stated "Fair enough, I did have a replica shirt on-but I also have a big furry head!" Later on in the same year "Chaddy" was also reprimanded for mooning the fans of Cardiff City. "Chaddy" won back to back titles in the Football League's mascot race, 2002 and 2003.

While at a game in Blackpool in 2003, "Chaddy" had a scuffle with the Blackpool mascot Bloomfield Bear.