With three League Championships, one First Division title, three Challenge Cup wins, seven Lancashire League triumphs and nine Lancashire Cups to their name, Oldham are one of rugby league's most famous names. The problem is that none of these trophies have come in the last 50 years.

As one of the original 22 clubs to start the Northern Rugby Union in 1895, success arrived quickly for the Lancashire outfit.

They won their first League title by heading the First Division in 1905 and further League success followed in 1910 and 1911, when they twice beat Wigan in the Championship final. Indeed, in 1910 they won three trophies, adding the Lancashire League and Lancashire Cup to their sideboard.

As for the Challenge Cup, though, it was not until 1925 that they followed their 1899 success, finishing runners up three times (in 1907, 1912 and 1924) before laying the ghost to rest when they beat Hull KR 16-3 in the final at Headingley.

They lost in the Challenge Cup final again the following year to Swinton but gained revenge in 1927 when their fourth final appearance in a row ended in a 26-7 romp at Wigan.

It was another 30 years before they enjoyed more glory, the signing of players like Alan Davies, John Etty Sid Little and Derek 'Rocky' Turner leading to their last Championship title in 1957, along with numerous county honours.

However, that was their last major success, although they have won the Second Division three times in 1964, 1982 and 1988 and the Divisional Premiership twice, in 1988 and 1990.

They added Bears to their name as one of the founding members of the Super League in 1996, but they were relegated in 1997 and, to add insult to injury, they went bankrupt as well.

However, they re-formed as Oldham Roughyeds in 1997 and reached the Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final in 2001, only to lose to Widnes.

They were relegated in 2006, though, after only one win and have been there since, despite reaching the Grand Final twice.