Volume 1 Number 1 - 16th. February 1996

CHAIRMAN'S EDITORIAL

Dear Fellow Supporters,

I was delighted and honoured when Dan asked me to write this historic introduction to the first ever football supporters programme of the Latics Supporters Club. It will contain up to date reports of activities both on and off the field as well as all the regular features like Dufflecoat Dan & Danielle, snippets of news, Latics Fanatics, Seniority List, etc., along with new ideas like player profiles, jokes, competitions, Memory Lane etc. The aim of the programme is to keep you, the supporter, up to date about the important things in life i.e.. Latics, booze and fun (but not necessarily in that order).

If you have any ideas for inclusion please let the Chairman have them (in writing - 'cause he sometimes forgets) and he will pass them on to Dan who will be editing the programme. Also, if anyone has any old seniority lists can you please loan them to the Chairman for inclusion in future 'Where are they now?' looks into the archives.

Our first competition was to find a name for the programme. As you can sec the winner was The Latic Fanatic and the Chairman will enjoy his one free unit to be consumed at a future meeting. A team of Oldham supporters picked the winner and nepotism had nothing to do with it. Congratulations to all the other entrants and some of your ideas will be incorporated. The full results are as follows:

The Chairman
JOKES OF THE WEEK

What do you call a blonde with half a brain?
Gifted.

Why do blondes wash their hair in the sink?
Because that’s where you are supposed to wash vegetables.

Why do blondes have TGIF on their shoes?
Toes Go In First

What is the difference between a smart blonde and Bigfoot?
Bigfoot has been spotted.

and for the girls........

Why are all dumb blonde jokes one liners?
So men can understand them

What is the difference between government bonds and men? Government bonds mature

What's a mans idea of helping with the housework?
Lifting his legs so you can vacuum.

Any jokes for future inclusion to the Chairman.

THIS WEEKS MOVERS

T. Hastie Promoted to 2nd. Div.
W. Morris Promoted to 3rd. Div.
3 nameless To the Privvy Div.

BLUE NEWS

After some indifferent results the Blues have finally got their act together and last Saturday beat Norwich City 2-0 at Boundary Park. The result moves Athletic above Tranmere in the league. The midweek cup tie at Swindon was again postponed due to a frozen pitch. When they finally beat Swindon Town they will be playing Southampton or Crewe in the Fifth Round. Start saving for the Wembley trip.

LATICS BITS

Latics bits will be a regular feature which will give you facts which you may not know about Oldham.

Did you know? Frankie Bunn created a new League Cup (now Coca-Cola Cup) all time record when he scored six times against Scarborough in 1989. It’s true. Ask the Chairman. He was there to witness it. It did not match the Oldham club record though......

That was established by Eric Gemmill who scored seven times against Chester in a Third Division (North) game in 1953. Don't ask the Chairman about that one as he wasn't even born.

DRINK, DRINK AND BE MERRY

In an effort to bring you useful information about the important things in life the following article is reproduced from an English paper for your perusal. You will notice that the L.S.C.'s term of ‘units’ has now been fully adopted by the British Government. In a nutshell If a man does not have a drink all week he can safely consume 28 units at the meeting. For a woman the safe amount is 21 units. To keep the equality, if either the man or the woman is expecting it is recommended that the number of units be reduced by at least one.

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