Blasts from the past
Date published: 17 November 2011
Photo: Darren Robinson
FORMER Oldham manager Frank Myler (left), Bob Henthorn (Oldham Players’ Association), Oldham stalwart Stuart Raper, ex-Great Britain skipper and coach Brian Noble, Ian Taylor (chairman of Rugby Oldham) and Kevin Fitzpatrick (MC).
RUGBY: SOME familiar faces appeared at Rugby Oldham’s ‘Roughyeds v Kangaroos’ dinner at Oldham St Anne’s.
Oldham RL’s class of 1986 congregated to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the club’s unforgettable clash with the touring Australians.
A thrilling battle at Watersheddings on November 4, 1986, saw Oldham fight all the way back before eventually losing 22-16 in front of 5,678 supporters.
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