About 100? (Seriously!) There is one diddy stand. Otherwise it is standing around the edge of the pitch, hardcore stylee.

Should satisfy those die hards who hate the new stadium and people going past with beer holders.

Late last year there were press releases stating that Oldham RLFC wanted to improve the stadium to take the capacity up from 1,502 to the 3,000 required for the Championship, but that there focus initially would be ensuring there are facilities in place to put a perimeter around it and charge people for entry.

1000 according to Wiki.

As someone has already said maybe Staylebridge, where we played in 2002. Just hope it doesn't rain!!

Should move it to Langtree Park IMO. Bigger crowd, so a bigger pay day for Oldham. They won't give up home "advantage" but surely someone somewhere has to make these decisions from a business perspective.

But would we want this? How much would hosting such an unappetising fixture cost? I suspect there will be a figure around the 5 or 6 thousand mark where the club would break even on hosting the event.

It might be played at Oldham Athletics ground or so I have heard.

Chances are that this wil be played at LP, the whitebank is not up to the required level to play a Super league team. Chris Hamilton told the fans last night any draw with an SL club, we would surrender home advantage, and Boundary Park is not an option. I just hope that we play you on a Sunday, and not your normal Fri night.

These Superleague teams are a bunch of wet weekends dontcha think?

or in Saints case, wet fri nights!!

I quite fancy an away trip! Hope it doesn't get moved to LP

Considering how many Saints fans went to widnes on Sat, you might just fill the Whitebank up at 1502

Why not Boundry Park,the crowds the football get they cant be rolling In cash. Fancied a trip to Oldham.
Or even Staleyvegas for a nutragrain bar,happy days(no rain this time though)

Staleyvegas would be an excellent choice. Buffet Bar, mmmm ....

Fev v Wigan has been chosen for the Sky game. Friday 27 April.

A bit of a pain that.
Wigan v Saints U18 is currently scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. kick off the same night. I hope they change it.

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Excellent. Hopefully Saints fans will turn out in decent numbers to maximise the pay day for Oldham

Wire v Bulls the other TV game (BBC Sat)

It's a bit of a shame for the romance of the cup to have the game at LP. But in the end business is business. I'm sure Oldham will only move if they can get more money out of this. Probably a deal which ensures them the profits that they would have got at home and then some share of the profits ontop of that at LP.

Bang on again I see.

Will Oldham make a penny from this though? If the 3 thousand you would expect turn up for the game, at the reduced £12 ticket price, that's a maximum gate of £36,000. Take a quarter of that off for concessions and you are not left with much to cover overheads like staffing, electricity, water and policing.

I read somewhere that the rules had changed this season. A small percentage goes to the RFL, a slightly bigger percentage goes to the host club and then the rest is divided equally between the two clubs playing, I think to the tune of 40% each, something like that. I don't know how true that change is but if it is true then Oldham will get 40% of what will probably be a bigger turnout than would have been the case at the Whitebank Stadium, which only holds 1500. They won't have to fund the overheads either (except the free buses).

I don't think we will need police somehow!

Given that a condition of Oldham playing at Whitebank was that they were not allowed to have a Superleague team play there, playing at Langtree is more cost effective than renting some drafty place nobody wants to go to.

"Ice Station Zebra" as Joe Royle called it and lost a stand since then.

Looks like sales are up and running on the site.

I imagine this will be a big ticket on the door day.