The Great Escape - Oldham Athletic 4-3 Southampton at Boundary Park 1992/93

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

If you were looking for goals during the inaugural season of the Premier League, Boundary Park was the place to be. That season, Oldham Athletic was a guarantee for excitement, with only Manchester United, the champions, and newly promoted Blackburn Rovers, who finished fourth, scoring more goals. Blackburn netted 68, United 67, and Oldham, along with QPR-who enjoyed their best Premier League finish at fifth-scored 63. However, only Middlesbrough, who finished second to last with 75 goals conceded, let in more than Oldham's 74. It was a tense season, but Oldham, with a little help from Arsenal's 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Highbury, managed to survive by a mere two goals. In the end, Crystal Palace was the unfortunate team to be relegated alongside Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough to what was then known as the Endsleigh First Division, now the Championship. Both had 49 points, a significant total considering Luton Town had been relegated with 42 points the previous season, while Coventry and Norwich stayed up with 44 and 45 points, respectively.

[@christopherflux6254]

This is probably the last thing ever that Oldham fans have had to celebrate.

[@freemanv4056]

Bloody Mark Hughes....

[@andyfanning4826]

Latics got relegated because of the pitch. You can't play the sort of football they were capable of on a pitch like that. People used to say the plastic gave them an unfair advantage but in fact it gave them a fair advantage: it suited players who were fast, had control and passing ability, and played clean. It was amazing how many top-flight clubs struggled by those measure back then.

[@mohdazmi10]

Damn plastic pitch 😅

[@paulgray757]

These days are long gone an era When the players and the club gave a shit and had the fight and will to survive . Joe royal in my eyes will always go down as one of the greatest managers at Oldham Abdallah Lemsagam has run the club to the ground and the players dont give a shit and that's why we are non league I can only dream of once again playing in the the premier League and I think In my life time it will only ever be a dream. So sad the days of playing with teams such as city and united in the premiership to non league with the likes of Bromley weadlestone raiders 😢

[@seckinaydin9799]

I am from Turkey amazing classics match

[@aronroyle1523]

Was at this game. 3 things, it was not 84 years (as he said twice, needs a new Rothmans!) it was 68 since we were in the top division and secondly the crowd was over 15k, also the pitch does not and never had a slope!!!

[@wobblybobengland]

it does have a slope, it was reduced by half when the plastic pitch was installed in 1986. It was over 6' before then. If you don't believe me then drop a marble outside the ticket office on Furtherwood Rd. If it rolls toward the Rochdale Road end I owe you £50

[@andyfanning4826]

It definitely slopes.

[@afshinjanani]

Le Tissier is just another level...

[@accountuser5588]

I know this was uploaded almost 5 years ago but more of these classic matches please

[@martynmcnulty782]

great memories ! 😊

[@1990-t1j]

Epic!

[@markkenworthy2269]

I got married on this day .4 one up before speeches 4-3 after them . Stressful day mark kenworthy

[@R.E.HILL_]

King Halle!

[@ianmorris3998]

Since when have Saints played with a Sunderland crest on their shirts

[@KeithAKing-lu1om]

Never

[@IOUNUTHIN]

24.40 Sunderland logo... What an utter error.

[@michaelstockton7041]

I was there!.

[@jamesburke2094]

blatant penalty on Le Tissier at 2 minutes

[@wobblybobengland]

not in the early nineties