3 d. ago 29 incredible pictures as thousands flock to Oldham Athletic promotion parade

Pictures show Oldham Athletics' promotion party following the clubs success in the Vanarama National League Playoff Final at Wembley

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4 d. ago IN PICTURES: Oldham Athletic promotion party as fans and players celebrate historic Wembley victory

There were jubilant scenes at the party on the pitch on Boundary Park

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4 d. ago Wrexham owner shows he hasn't forgotten chairman's 'never heard of them' quip at Ryan Reynolds

Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney has sent a classy message to Oldham Athletic chairman Frank Rothwell after the Latics secured promotion from the National League

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5 d. ago Oldham Athletic announce details of promotion parade and pitch party

The Latics sealed their return to the football league with a dramatic extra-time play-off victory at Wembley

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5 d. ago 'Last time we came to Wembley I left in tears. Today they're tears of joy'

Oldham Athletic fans came from far and wide to witness their team's epic return to the football league

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5 d. ago LIVE Thousands of Oldham Athletic fans descend on Wembley for huge promotion showdown

It is their first visit to the national stadium for over 30 years

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7 d. ago Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan issue statements over 10,000 extra tickets for Oldham Athletic's Wembley final

Oldham Athletic are playing Southend United at Wembley on Sunday

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7 d. ago Oldham chairman saved club after rowing Atlantic solo as Latics bid for EFL return

In the battle of clubs who beat the Grim Reaper, fearless eccentric Frank Rothwell reveals rowing 3,000 miles across the Big Pond and scaling Africa's tallest peak were simple exercises compared with his rescue mission at Oldham Athletic

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9 d. ago 'Devastating’ decision could stop thousands of Oldham Athletic fans watching historic moment

Oldham Athletic are playing Southend at Wembley this weekend

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1 week ago Liverpool's trophy parade horror as car 'collides' with crowd of fans after thousands flock in to celebrate Premier League title success

Thousands flocked in from across the country however the festivities were marred after a car was seen to have collided with bystanders just after 6pm.

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1 week ago Tens of thousands flock to see corpse of Spanish saint more than 440 years after death

The remains spawned reactions online about the macabre nature of crowding around her centuries-old skull.

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2 w. ago What are the worst European football finals based on league position? | The Knowledge

Plus: more strange player-of-the-match awards and shot-shy winners; and did Brian Clough deliberately go down to 10 men?Mail us with your questions and answers“In terms of aggregate league position, will Tottenham v Manchester United be the worst European final ever?” asks Phil Taylor (and dozens of others).Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, who meet in Bilbao tonight, put all their eggs in the Europa League basket sometime before the clocks went back. They are 17th and 16th in the Premier League respectively, giving them an aggregate position of 33. It is, to take a couple of unashamedly gratuitous examples, equivalent to Oldham Athletic playing Southampton in the Uefa Cup final of 1992, or Sabadell meeting Racing Santander in the same competition in 1987. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I started seeing robots’: what happens when you run nearly nonstop for three days

When Craig Jeffrey heard about a 200-mile foot race through Western Australia he thought it sounded ‘brilliant’. But after a while, things got oddDuring a 100 mile (160km) race around Mount Kosciuszko last year, I was caught in a lightning storm. I got talking to a fellow runner who was sheltering with me. She told me that there was an even longer race, out in Western Australia. “You must do it!” she said. “The food is incredible, and people share disgusting pictures of their toes afterwards.”It sounded brilliant. The race is called Delirious West, a 200 mile run completed in a single push. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Football fan fighting for his life after horror fall from tree during promotion parade

Ed O'Brien was critically injured during Leeds United's celebrations on Monday.

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4 w. ago Leeds fan, 23, in coma after falling from tree during promotion celebrations

Leeds United's promotion parade celebrations have been marred after one supporter fell from a tree and is now in a coma having suffered life-threatening injuries on Monday

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4 w. ago Mum of Leeds fan who fell from a tree during parade blasts rumours in statement

Mum Stacey Barker has issued an update after her son Edward fell from a tree during the Leeds United promotion parade on Monday night

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