  boundary park, known as sportsdirect.com park for sponsorship purposes, is the main sports stadium of oldham, in greater manchester, england. it lies at the northwestern extremity of oldham, with the towns of royton and chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name boundary park. boundary park was originally known as athletic ground when it was opened in 1896 for oldham's first professional association football club, oldham county f.c.. when county folded in 1899, pine villa f.c. took over the ground and changed their name to oldham athletic. oldham athletic a.f.c. have played their home games here since the stadium was opened. oldham rlfc left their traditional home, watersheddings, in 1997 and moved to boundary park. apart from the 2002 season when they played at hurst cross in ashton-under-lyne, they played there until 2009, when the football club no longer wanted them as tenants. ==overview== the lookers stand on the broadway side was knocked down as part of a proposed redevelopment (see below). oldham council confirmed planning approval for the new north stand in april 2013. this will have capacity for 2,500 spectators, plus a health and fitness suite, supporters' bar and event facilities. the hardcore oldham fans are usually considered to be in the chadderton road end (chaddy end); a traditional, small, one-tiered stand. opposite that is the verlin stand (rochdale road end), where one third of the stand is given to away supporters, and home fans the rest, except when the opposition has a large away following, when the situation is reversed. in these cases, seas
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