Oldham Athletic Community Trust are back on Bank Holiday Monday and this is everything we are doing as OAFC take on Solihull Moor!
On Monday the 28th of August we are back at Boundary Park as Latics play Solihull Moor on the bank holiday
Family Stand
We are so excited to welcome fans back to the OACT Family Stand one again! As part of the new season we will be welcoming fans to our new and improved Junior Latics Lounge!
The room will now be the new home to the tuck shop and has been painted in OAFC colours (Blue and Tangerine) and has windows with a view of the pitch, enchancing the matchday experience for junior latis fans!
The room will also host activites throughout the season, so keep an eye out to find out when these will be!
Charity Spotlight
We recently welcomed Dr Kershaw’s Hospice as Oldham Athletic Community Trust charity spotlight for the first home match of the season on Saturday 12th August.
Volunteers and members of staff from Dr Kershaw’s raised awareness of the Hospice and rasied over £1000 on the day!
Also as part of the Charity Spotlight at Boundary Park, Dr Kershaw’s announced the launch of their brand new community initiative Dr Kershaw’s Kicks. They are looking for donations of second-hand school shoes, dance shoes, football boots and any other children’s footwear. If you can donate these items, there will be a drop off point at the Athletics Store for the whole of August!
Numerous charities will be supported across the season and below you can see all the charities that will be supported on a matchday through the season;
- Saturday 12 August - Dr Kershaws
- Saturday 9 September - Blood Bikes
- Saturday 23 September - Kingfisher Academy Trust
- Saturday 7 October - Believe & Achieve
- Saturday 28 October - Mummy's Star
- Saturday 11 November - SSAFA
- Saturday 25 November - Springboard
- Saturday 23 December - Papyrus
- Tuesday 23 Barnet - Mahdlo
- Saturday 27 January - Team Hill Charitable Trust
- Saturday 24 February - Endometrosis Awareness North
- Saturday 16 March - POINT
- Saturday 29 March - The Ricky Casey Trust
- Saturday 6 April - OACT
We look forward to welcoming Manchester Blood Bikes to Boundary Park at the next home game on the 9th of September.
Mascots
We welcome 5 mascots to Boundary Park as we play Solihull Moors. Alex, Jude, Billy, Archie and Kian are all huge Latics fans and can’t wait to walk out with the team this afternoon.
You can watch highlights from the mascot experience from the first game of the season below
Flag Bearers
Today we welcome Oldham Town Juniors U8s to Boundary Park as they are invited to be our Flagbearers this evening! We hope you all have a great day with us and enjoy the experience.
Oldham Library Reading Challenge
As part of our ongoing support to Oldham Library with their Summer reading challenge, we have gifted 50 tickets to each of the first 3 home games of the season to Oldham Library!
We look forward to welcoming the lucky receipritnons of the tickets to the OACT Family Stand this weekend!
To find out more about the summer reading challenge and how you can get involved, click HERE