Wild Shenanigans as The Latics Ascend!…
Stop everything and hold your hats, folks! Oldham Athletic fans are running through the streets singing louder than a pack of howler monkeys! These stampeding Latics loyalists have turned Boundary Park into a hive of hilarity with over 8,000 singing like they’ve won the football lotto. After a jaw-dropping 3-2 thriller against Southend United at Wembley, they’re in euphoric clouds, celebrating their return to League 2 after a torturous three-year desert walk in the land of non-league football. Hats off to Frank Rothwell, the wizard of Oldham, for breaking the spell of their Premier League curse.
Hollywood couldn’t script this one better! Picture this: 21,000 crazed fans at Wembley—more than the entire penguin population of Antarctica! These Oldhamites haven’t seen Wembley since Pogs were a thing back in ’94. And how do they celebrate? By showering players, coaches, and probably even the hotdog guy with cheek-pinching adoration during their parade lap at Boundary Park. Phil Harrop, an Oldham fan stuck in a time loop, hasn’t been home since Wednesday. His shirt’s been his second skin for four solid days, spanning adventures from Watford to Wembley Way.
Children holding scarves tighter than a limpet gripping a rock are now strutting into school, bragging about their day at the legendary Wembley. Jack and Liam, Oldham’s dynamic duo of emotionally-charged fanatics, are likely to go hoarse before the week’s end. “We’ve been nothing since dinosaurs roamed,” Liam quipped, channeling the caveman of the footie world. But yesterday’s heroes spun fairytales like no other. Little dreamers of the town have stories to usurp their mate’s City and United tales and rejoice! “Oldham’s back and barking!” they shout as they dream of floods of jubilant sheep bleating in from all corners of the globe!
