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Bring on the Reds!
Reporter: MATTHEW CHAMBERS
Date online: 07 January 2013
LATICS chairman Simon Corney predicts Boundary Park will be “rocking” when Liverpool come visiting in the FA Cup fourth round later this month.
A capacity crowd of around 10,000 is expected for the tie, which pits the club against the Premier League giants and seven-time winners of the world’s oldest domestic knockout competition.
It is the biggest game at Boundary Park since Manchester City were sent packing 1-0 in a third-round FA Cup encounter in 2005.
Corney believes the draw — made yesterday, prior to Liverpool defeating Mansfield 2-1 in the third round — will have Oldham buzzing for the next three weeks.
There is a good chance the tie - on the weekend January 26-27 - will be chosen for live television coverage on ITV1 or ESPN.
“It will be a great occasion – especially if the game is shown live on TV,” said Corney, who was at the City Ground to witness Athletic’s superb victory.
“I can’t wait to have our own ground packed to the rafters. The place will be rocking.
“There are no two ways about it — there will be lots of excitement.”
Ticket details have yet to be finalised, but Liverpool is likely to be allocated the whole of the Rochdale Road Stand.
Which means a scramble for tickets when they go on sale to Athletic fans.
Last season, Athletic lost 5-1 at Anfield in front of a crowd of 44,556 — of which 6,136 had made the journey to Liverpool from Oldham.
Athletic made £67,500 in prize money by winning on Saturday, as well as taking 40 per centof ground receipts.
The same split gate applies in the fourth round, but with prize money up to£90,000.
Should the tie be televised, Athletic will pick up an extra £135,850.
Much more coverage and comment in our Latics section
Comments
What a great result and fantastic incentive for Jose Baxter, Matty Derbyshire and Reece Wabara to return to or remain at Boundary Park a Liverpool 4th round tie.
Also what a fantastic incentive for Simon Corney to now back up the fans and remaining Management by signing Jose and Matty on long term-deals, whilst Reece is appreciated he's not our player and will never end up at B.P.
You really never know what could be next at this club, but this is a golden opportunity to put so much right !!
Best match ive been to in ages at forest, but why give liverpool an advantage of the whole end give them the small section and fill the ground with latics fans
There is a requirement to give the away team X% of the seats in the F.A.Cup spdij666. I don't know what the number is but I'm sure its bigger than the small section of the RR end. If we can get away with less than the full end, then I agree we should.
I would give them the Chaddy End, that would more than cover the FA requirement for away fans allocation. It would mean that he whole of the RRE could be used, giving home fans a 7,000 or so allocation. It should then be 1 ticket per ST holder and a voucher available to non ST holders at the next home game.
Why is when Athletic get a dream tie they are so short sighted they can only ££££. If they give the whole Rochdale Road end to Liverpool(4600) from a capacity of just 10638 that will leave their own fans with just 5768 which is less than the 6136 they took to Anfield 12 months ago. Why not try and fill it with their own fans & offer incentives for fans coming to Brentford game to get a ticket for Liverpool - 2 full houses instead of just one and risk alienating its own supports - Bigger Picture
Don't cock up the ticket arrangement Latics, give Liverpool the Chaddy End and us the RRE and Main Stand. Great win Saturday!
Fantastic result all round great day.
I believe the figure is 15% therefore making the small section RRE acceptable. The problem however is that the extra policing costs for the segregation are very high so the idea by mick h would make sense, even though I have my s.t. in the chaddy. the RRE also has better accoustics which may help us.
Jan27th1962 v Liverpool. FA Cup 4th Rnd.I was on BP with allmost 42,000. Memories apart, give Liverpool the 3,000 section of Rochdale rd end. that leaves us with 7,600.Why give more in a game we can win if we produce the Superb 2nd half performance at Forest. I agree with "OldhamWhite" give a voucher at Brentford game, it could double the normal "gate".
CONGRATULATIONS to all at OAFC for a great FA Cup win at Notts Forest! Bring on Liverpool in Round 4!! (From an ex-BP season-ticket holder [in Canada since 1982] from the Ronnie Blair and Maurice Whittle days!!)
The minimum requirement is 10% to away team fans.
On the basis of a maximum attendance of 10638 that would mean just 1063 Liverpool fans, in principle I would agree to "keep them out".
Sadly it won't work as Liverpool fans would somehow acquire tickets for anywhere in the ground, despite whatever rules the club made about local residence, because that stops fans who live outside Oldham etc.
The 2 smaller sections of R.R. hold around 900 leaving us to find seats for the 163 - where ? who knows.
All this ecstatic chat would make someone believe that OAFC are world-beaters. I was at the match and Latics were outclassed in the first half and, if we are honest, Forest should have been 'out of sight'. A good fightback? Yes! But it's one win in quite a few games and the League games will determine where the future lies for OAFC. The players/manager/SC must not allow themselves to be unduly distracted by a 'one-off' result. Get some League victories and some missing fans Just might return.
I wish the same enthusiam was shown by the manager/players and club when the real games mattered - ie THE LEAGUE.
Best idea of the day from Longtime Latic. Get the comm dept working and well I remember 1962 with 42,000 at BP. Still room in the Chaddy End for a game of footer with an old cup for a ball! Great times - Tommy Lawrence, Ron Yeats, etc
Yep, I like the idea of giving them the Chaddy End...!
Sigh Deanmo. Is there anything that makes you lose the melancholic persona?
Normal games have only 3,000 turning up. Many of those 3,000 moan at the ones who don't go. As soon as a good cup draw comes along, they all clamour for tickets and urge the club not to give any to away fans! LOL.
It just shows what one result can do to the town the place is buzzing with the prospect of Liverpool next,it just shows how we would miss the latics should they ever go under,and i would urge any businessmen or rich arabs to help Simon Corney out it just shows the enthusiasm is there if we had a winning side.
I was one of the minority who fully supported the move to Failsworth a spanking new ground would have helped attract investors rather than a ramshakle BP
I know, its madness isn't it Ammy. It's almost like this 3,000 are trying to make sure there is a spare ticket for you....! Potty!
Have Your Say
It was a fantastic result and illustrated what this team can do when playing with just one holding midfielder, and having assistants on the sidelines who are not obsessed with clipboards or more interested in their cup of tea than the game itself.
Well done Mr. Corney for clearing out the 'deadwood' (Lee Duxbury excepted, of course). Hopefully the Latics can kick-on from here and get the points needed to ensure League One safety.
By spike @ 07/01/2013 12:43:38