How to get there: Leave the M62 at Junction 20 and take the A627(M) towards Oldham. Take the second slip road off the A627(M) following the signs for Royton (A663). At the top of the slip road you will find a large roundabout that around it has a McDonalds and a KFC. Turn left at the roundabout onto the A663 towards Royton. You will be able to see Boundary Park over on your right. Take the next right hand turn into Hilbre Avenue which will take you up to the large Club car park.

Car park: Turn right into Hilbre Avenue which will take you to the large Club car park, situated behind the Lookers Stand. The cost of the car park is; cars £2, mini buses £5, coaches £10.

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Traveling by Train: The best station to use is Oldham Werneth, which is served by North West Trains on the Oldham Rochdale loop. Trains for Oldham depart from Manchester Victoria platforms 1 or 6. If you buy a ticket to Oldham and arrive from the South at Manchester Piccadilly your fare includes travel on the Metrolink to Victoria station. As you exit the platforms at Piccadilly turn left for the Metrolink station. Take the tram for BURY only to get to Manchester Victoria.

Oldham Werneth station is around a 15 minute walk away from the ground. Exit the station and turn right onto Featherstall Road South and walk for about 3/4 miles through one set of traffic lights and a small roundabout at Tesco until you come to a large roundabout. Turn left onto Chadderton Way (cross over at the underpass as Chadderton Way is a dual carriageway) and follow for another 1/4 miles until you come to Boundary Park Road (by the B&Q Warehouse) turn right and Boundary Park is ahead. You will be approaching the ground from the home supporters end, so at the end of Boundary Park Road turn right up Sheepfoot Lane past the main stand to the other end of the ground.

Where to drink: There is a new pub called the 'Clayton Green', which can be found 200 yards from the corner of the Main Stand and the Chaddy End.

The Old Grey Mare on Rochdale Road is worth a visit. If you walk to the top of Sheepfoot Lane and turn left at the newspaper shop, the pub is about 100 yards down the road on the right. There's a varied selection of beers available, and again a warm welcome is assured. Further down on the right is The White Hart. If you turn right at the top of Sheepfoot Lane, you'll eventually come to The Queens. It's on the corner of a junction. Across the road from there is The Royal, which is a cosy little local, and next door is a larger more modern one, the Brook Tavern.

What the ground is like: At one end is the comparatively new Rochdale Road End, a good sized all seated covered stand with an excellent view of the pitch. It has windshields to either side of it and an electric scoreboard on its roof. Part of this stand is given to away supporters. The other end, the Chadderton Road Stand, also known as the 'Chaddy End', is a medium sized all seater covered stand. Again there are windshields to either side, but the elderly nature of this stand is apparent from the supporting pillars running across the front of it. On one side there is an old two tiered Main Stand. This used to have terracing in front, since filled with seating. There is still some old unused terracing on one side of this stand. On the other side is the small Broadway Stand. This is a covered seated stand that doesn't quite run the full length of the pitch. Again there are a number of pillars in the upper tier, where there is also a television gantry suspended beneath its roof. The stand is unusual in giving the impression of being on a slope - the lower tier has more seats on one side than the other. Part of this stand has a Police Control Box, whilst on the other side there is a strange single storey executive box like structure, built on stilts. The ground also benefits from four large floodlight pylons, leaving the visitor in no doubt that this is a football ground.

What's it like for visiting fans: Away fans are housed in the Rochdale Road Stand at one end of the ground, where the normal allocation is 1,800 seats. This can be increased to over 4,000 if required. Dependant on numbers the Rochdale Road End is either given totally to the away support or is shared with home fans. If the latter applies, away fans are kept separate from the home fans by a large moat like gap, which certainly makes for a lot of banter. The facilities in this newish stand are fairly good, as are the acoustics.

Ticket News: Tickets will be available on the night - subject to availability.

Town on Tour: Leaving Maple Road at 2:30pm, with a stop at MK Coachway approximately 30 minutes later. The fare for LTSC members is £20, concessions £18 and non-members £22. To book seats for this trip phone 07960 567465.

The Bobbers Travel Club: Depart from Cranfield at 1:30pm and Luton at 2.30pm. Cost for this trip is £19 adults and £15 child and OAP. Supporters wishing to book their place for this trip should telephone 01234 856542.

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