Oldham Athletic fans fundraising to buy Boundary Park and 'save' the club
20.05.2022 - 12:17
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Oldham Athletic F.C. fans are fundraising to buy Boundary Park in a bid to restore the glory of the club.
On Saturday 23 April, the football club was relegated from the Football League for the first time in its history, with a 2-1 defeat to Salford. During the 79th minute of the match, angry Latics fans invaded the pitch to protest the owner Abdallah Lemsagam's recent handling of the club.
Next season, Oldham Athletic will play in the non-league - the first time in 115 years that the club has exited the Football League. Now, fans have set their sights on Boundary Park, as the stadium is not owned by Mr Lemsagam.
READ MORE: What now for Oldham Athletic as protests, ticket bans and boycotts mark final EFL fixture
The popular fan group Oldham Athletic Supporters' Foundation is running a large fundraising campaign to secure the stadium. The foundation holds a 3% shareholding and a seat on the board of directors at Oldham Athletic F.C. Currently, they have raised £31,314 for the campaign.
And a group of Latics fans have told the M.E.N. why they have started their own fundraising campaign to collect more donations to the Supporters' Foundation and 'save' their club.
The group say the aim is to attract investors who can pump money into the club and build it back up again. The rumoured price to buy Boundary Park is £6 million, but the fans said even if they don't raise that amount, they still want to raise awareness to stop their club from being expelled from the league like Bury Football Club was in 2019.
Lifelong Latics fan Stuart Cocker, 51, from Oldham, has started his own JustGiving page to encourage donations. He has already raised £850 in just a few days.
To donate to the JustGiving page, visit here.
Stuart,