Help with Oakengate

[boyblue]

I'm doing something for supporters club newsletter (December edition) about matches played on Christmas day.

Worcester had a few Xmas day encounters with the Shropshire outfit 'Oakengates town'? early 1900's to 1940's

A internet search as revealed no joy on this team, they appear to be over shadowed by wellington/telford.

Any help appreciated

[J Esaj PRA]

Football Club History Database - bookmark it now.

www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/OAKENGAT.HTM

[Giggy of Telford]

1900-1940 is a bit before my time (especially considering I only started being a regular at matches in 2004 when there were financial problems.)

If there is still an Oakengates Town then I couldn't find them, even as low down as the Telford Combination (step 10 in non-league pyramid). There is currently a team called Oakengates Athletic who play in the Shropshire County First Division www.scpfl.co.uk/ (which I think is about Step 9 of the non-league pyramid, 2 divisions below the E&S West Midland.) Whether this is the same teamv with a name change or not I don't know.

[J Esaj PRA]

FCHD lists teams with name changes - see the following for examples:

www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/WELLINGT.HTM
www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/TELFORDU.HTM
www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/AFC-TELU.HTM

Of course, not everything is included, so check the what's in and what's not in sections.

Back to Oakengates...

A possible mention in the Welsh Football Archive:
www.wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=41
(I'll leave you to search for more mentions - there are some...)

There is a brief mention on this site:
www.theoldefightingcocks.co.uk/blog/?page_id=6

A bit more recent, but this could have been their ground:
www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?page=/search/photos/viewphoto.asp&neg=O1028&collectionid=10&townid=O1&start=1&action=prevphoto

You'll have to subscribe to see anything here:
www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=19393

It's a long shot, but someone at www.oakengates.com/ might be able to point you in the right direction. Check the local newspaper too. All the above from a simple Google search.

[coops]

I managed to find a website for Oakengates Town, it doesn't seem to have been updated for four years and so is of absolutely no use to you but it does contain this:

oakengatesfc.tripod.com/shropshirefootball/id4.html

[boyblue]

Cheers all

[peekay]

I once went to see Pop Will Eat Itself at the Oakengates theatre. ;D

That may not be helpful though.

[Giggy of Telford]

Oakengates theatre, great place, though for some odd reason Telford & Wrekin Council have since renamed it 'The Place'......haven't a clue why.