A never-to-be-forgotten night beckons for Roughyeds fans everywhere

Roughyeds' interim coach Mike Ford

Mike Ford has confirmed that Oldham RLFC fans can get their £35-a-head tickets for the club’s Awards Night online in the usual way.

It will be a never-to-be-forgotten night at The White Hart, Lydgate on Friday, September 15.

The ticket including a three-course meal at this fashionable local venue, plus all the usual paraphernalia associated with a night like this.

It will recognise and celebrate anything the squad might have achieved by then, plus the season’s individual awards, plus the change of ownership at the club, plus the move to Boundary Park and the new and valued association with Oldham Athletic.

This special night’s highlight, though, will be a reunion of the team that caused numerous shocks by turning over First Division clubs in various cup competitions that year, including Saints and Wigan in the Lancashire Cup and the crack Widnes team of all talents and World Club Champions to boot after beating Canberra Raiders at Old Trafford.

Oldham were in the Second Division at the time and they capped off a fantastic year by coming back from 29-6 down to beat Hull KR 30-29 in a fantastic Second Division Premiership Final at Old Trafford.

The team drove back to Oldham on top of an open-decked bus, cheered on by thousands of fans en route, and then went to the Civic Centre for a Civic Reception.

Several members of that team will be at The White Hart on the night and just to remind you of who played it was Duncan Platt; Richard Irving, Gary Hyde, John Henderson, Paul Lord; Brett Clark, Mike Ford; Leo Casey, Andy Ruane, John Fieldhouse, Paul Round, Charlie McAlister, Richard Russell. Subs: Tommy Martyn, Keith Newton.

Tony Barrow was head coach and the backroom staff included Derek Whitehead, Billy Kindon, John Watkins, Nick Hodgson and Ossie Rowe.

Said Ford: “It’s important that we remember our history; where we came from; who we are etc.

"Although the main focus of the night will be on the current side - and that’s right and proper - it will be nostalgic and even emotional to recall what happened at Old Trafford that day and then back in Oldham that night.”

Don’t forget - you can buy your tickets at the Roughyeds on-line shop.

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