ABOUT US
AFC Oldham are an ambitious, inclusive and community orientated FA Charter Standard amateur football club affiliated to Manchester FA. We are a Kick It Out Equality Chartered Club and we are committed to promoting inclusivity and tackling racism and discrimination in football.
We have 8 teams (men, women and juniors) competing on Saturdays and Sundays at varying standards all across the North West. All of our volunteers are DBS checked and qualified first aiders.
We believe in supporting our local community initiatives, charities and businesses. Over the last few years we’ve raised thousands of pounds for Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice and Action Together Oldham, we’ve hosted collections for Oldham Foodbank, and visited the Royal Oldham Hospital, delivering chocolate eggs and treats at Easter before returning ahead of Christmas Day with presents for the children spending the festive period in hospital.
Our charity of the year for 2024 is Spoons. They aim to alleviate stress and reduce the isolation of families who experience neonatal care. It’s a charity that is close to the hearts of quite a few of our volunteers and players.
All of our teams proudly wear the logo of a charity or initiative on their shirt. Every two years our players get to vote for which organisation their team will support. Current charity partners are: Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Maggie’s Oldham, Positive Steps, Sarcoidosis, TOG Mind, Meningitis Now, Papyrus and UK & Cash For Kids .
Our volunteers run a mental health initiative, Mental Health Football. You can find out more about them by clicking on the links.
We are partnered with The Hathershaw College, Oldham and all our teams train within the sports complex, whether on the outdoor 3G, the grass pitch or inside the gymnasium. A few of our teams play their weekend fixtures at Hathershaw too.
The men’s open-age team will use Fitton Hill Bulldogs as their home this year. The site has had lots of changes made to it, including refreshing of the pitches, changing rooms and other facilities.
Thanks for reading, please take a look around our site and feel free to get in contact with any questions.
Match report – Women’s Development Team 08/09/24
Cherrybrook Ladies 2 AFC Oldham 4 Kayleigh 7⚽ 16⚽ 58⚽Beth ⚽ 69 ✨ Assists ✨Steph 7Katie 16Dan 58Kayleigh 69 What a team performance today, everyone fought for each other and loved it. Bare 11 vs 16 and we smashed it.Great goals, great defending and great teamwork. Joint players player Becky and Kayleigh Emma’s player…
Match Report: AFC Oldham Ladies 14 – 3 Hindley Town Ladies
Nicole ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽Paris ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽Amy M ⚽Lizzy B ⚽Beth ⚽ Players POTM – Nicole, smashed it with a double Hatrick, some brilliant goals, and fitted into the team perfectly Becci’s POTM – Alicia, great first half in net and solid performance at centre-back Pete’s POTM – Mel, had a brilliant game, no-nonsense football Emma’s POTM – Rihanna,…
Volunteers Wanted!
JOIN #TEAMAFCO Being a community club, we try to treat our volunteers like a part of the family, with some of our volunteers being part of AFC Oldham since our inception in 2005! If you’d like to be part of a motivated, community-minded and ambitious club, we’d love to hear from you! We’re always on…
AFC Oldham 🤝 Fitton Hill Bulldogs
🙌🏻 We are delighted to announce that we are joining forces with Fitton Hill Bulldogs ARLFC! We have found a place we can finally call ‘home’! 🧡 It has been a goal of ours to get AFCO back to having a base in Oldham for the whole club. For a long time, the men’s first…
Men’s Reserve Team Manager Wanted
We have now filled this position, however we are still looking for an assistant manager for the reserves! Are you passionate about football and coaching? Do you thrive on the thrill of the game and love to inspire players to reach their full potential? If so, we want you to join our team! AFC Oldham…
Double Cup Finals for the Women’s Team!
Our Women’s First Team performed brilliantly in their Cup Final on the 5th of May. 🧡 The game finished 1-1, but unfortunately we lost on penalties. Congratulations to Manchester Laces. We have another final coming up – details are below. TODAY – 19th May 2024 Chairman’s Cup Final AFC Oldham v Mellor Women Sunday 19th…
Thank you Dan!
AFC Oldham Under 8s would like to thank their coach, Dan for all of his hard work and help this season. Dan, who has also been coaching our Men’s First Team, moves on to Curzon Ashton for next season. Everyone at AFCO would like to wish Dan good luck in the future.
Eggcellent Easter Donations to Royal Oldham Hospital
We are delighted to share the heartwarming experience of our annual Easter visit to Royal Oldham Hospital. This tradition enables us to give back to our community and spread joy during the Easter season. Accompanied by our players and volunteers, we attended the Children’s Ward to bring smiles to the faces of patients and their…
An Evening With….A Success!
We had a great time at our Evening with Mark Crossley & Dean Windass last Friday! 🎙️ We’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who supported/attended, it was one of our funniest ever dinners and we were glad to share it with so many old and new friends. We’d especially like to…
A Day to Remember: Our U8’s Flag Bearing Experience at Oldham Athletic
A few weeks ago, we marked a memorable moment for our U8’s team as they had the incredible opportunity to be flag bearers for Oldham Athletic. It was an honour beyond words for us to represent AFC Oldham on such a significant occasion – the return of Frank Rothwell after his remarkable journey of rowing…