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	ENG	Bill Bottomley	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Matt Brunton	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Cook	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Dodds	13	3	13	3	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Fay	42	2	38	2	4	0
	DF	ENG	James Hamilton	41	1	37	1	4	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Hancock	31	10	27	7	4	3
	MF	ENG	Frank Hesham	29	9	25	8	4	1
	GK	ENG	Bob Hewitson	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Hodson	40	0	36	0	4	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Newton	39	30	36	28	3	2
	GK	ENG	Elijah Round	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Shadbolt	27	11	23	9	4	2
	DF	ENG	Jack Shufflebotham	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Stafford	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Swarbrick	3	2	3	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	David Walders	28	0	25	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Wilkie Ward	15	1	15	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Watts	9	4	9	4	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alex Whaites	39	10	35	8	4	2
	MF	SCO	David Wilson	42	4	38	3	4	1
	FW	ENG	Arthur Wolstenholme	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	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^[a]	38	15	4	0	53	14	7	2	10	23	28	1.810	50
4	Fulham^[a]	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:

^ ^a ^b 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	Bericht	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	Bericht	Garratt	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 14,397

21 September 1907 (1907 -09-21) 3	Bradford City	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
	McDonald	Bericht		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,000

28 September 1907 (1907 -09-28) 4	Oldham Athletic	3–0	Hull City	Oldham
	Dodds Fay Newton	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,041

5 October 1907 (1907 -10-05) 5	Derby County	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Derby
	Warren	Bericht		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 10,000

12 October 1907 (1907 -10-12) 6	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Lincoln City	Oldham
	Newton Hesham Whaites	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,116 Referee: F Heath

19 October 1907 (1907 -10-19) 7	Fulham	1–2	Oldham Athletic	London
	Fraser	Bericht	Newton Dodds	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,000

26 October 1907 (1907 -10-26) 8	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Barnsley	Oldham
	Newton	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,582

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

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

9 November 1907 (1907 -11-09) 11	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Burnley	Oldham
	Whaites	Bericht	Beddow 44'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,185

16 November 1907 (1907 -11-16) 12	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Grimsby Town	Oldham
	Newton (pen.)	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,097

23 November 1907 (1907 -11-23) 13	Clapton Orient	2–0	Oldham Athletic	London
	Parker Leigh	Bericht		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'	Bericht	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	Bericht	Tellum Davidson	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,884

21 December 1907 (1907 -12-21) 16	Stockport County	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Stockport
	Crump Carter	Bericht	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	Bericht	Shadbolt	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,000

26 December 1907 (1907 -12-26) 18	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Blackpool	Oldham
	Hancock Newton	Bericht	Gow Grundy	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,665

28 December 1907 (1907 -12-28) 19	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Glossop	Oldham
		Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,279

1 January 1908 (1908 -01-01) 20	Blackpool	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Blackpool
	Grundy	Bericht		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,000

4 January 1908 (1908 -01-04) 21	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Stoke City	Oldham
	Hesham Hancock	Bericht	Brown	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,300

18 January 1908 (1908 -01-18) 22	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Bradford City	Oldham
	Hesham Newton Whaites	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 14,603

25 January 1908 (1908 -01-25) 23	Hull City	3–2	Oldham Athletic	Hull
	Smith Robinson	Bericht	Hesham Newton	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 10,000

8 February 1908 (1908 -02-08) 24	Lincoln City	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Lincoln
		Bericht	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	Bericht	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	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,128

7 March 1908 (1908 -03-07) 27	Burnley	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Burnley
	Whittaker Mayson	Bericht	Newton	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,000

14 March 1908 (1908 -03-14) 28	Grimsby Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Cleethorpes
	Hakin Stokes	Bericht		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,000

19 March 1908 (1908 -03-19) 29	Barnsley	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Barnsley
	McShea Surtees	Bericht	Wilson	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 6,000

21 March 1908 (1908 -03-21) 30	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Clapton Orient	Oldham
	Shadbolt Watts Newton	Bericht	Greechan	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,569

28 March 1908 (1908 -03-28) 31	Leeds City	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Leeds
	Parnell	Bericht	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	Bericht	Bentley	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 10,753

4 April 1908 (1908 -04-04) 33	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oldham
	Newton Waites	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,008

11 April 1908 (1908 -04-11) 34	Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Gainsborough
	Wood	Bericht	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	Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,845

20 April 1908 (1908 -04-20) 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Wolverhampton
	Radford Shelton	Bericht	Shadbolt	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 17,000

21 April 1908 (1908 -04-21) 37	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Leicester Fosse	Oldham
	Hancock	Bericht	Shanks	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 23,110

25 April 1908 (1908 -04-25) 38	Glossop	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Glossop
		Bericht		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'	Bericht	Parnell 57'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 14,000

1 February 1908 (1908 -02-01) 2	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Everton	Oldham
		Bericht		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 25,690

5 February 1908 (1908 -02-05) 2	Everton	6–1	Oldham Athletic	Liverpool
	Young Bolton Abbott	Bericht	Whaites	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_OLD0.65046850668754-4] 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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