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The stadium known as
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174:England
167:Swinton
158:History
149:Origins
97:Tenants
1554:
1478:Oldham
1437:Oldham
1398:Oldham
1359:Oldham
1320:Oldham
1286:10,333
1281:Oldham
1247:11,773
1242:Oldham
1190:Oldham
1165:17,621
1160:Oldham
1112:Oldham
1087:14,700
1082:Oldham
1048:19,620
1043:Oldham
1036:drew.
1009:15,174
995:Oldham
970:14,798
965:Oldham
931:17,239
926:Oldham
892:12,265
887:Oldham
848:Oldham
814:19,284
809:Oldham
775:16,000
761:Oldham
744:6,000
730:Oldham
705:15,344
700:Oldham
666:10,000
652:Oldham
627:15,000
613:Oldham
556:15,000
542:Oldham
525:Notes
519:Result
495:8,500
460:8,500
425:7,000
390:7,000
355:9,059
317:Result
267:France
251:8,000
247:Oldham
120:Oldham
89:Closed
81:Opened
63:28,000
43:Oldham
1483:5,678
1480:22–16
1471:def.
1452:tour
1442:3,675
1439:20–10
1430:def.
1403:2,770
1400:44–10
1391:def.
1364:1,872
1361:24–13
1352:def.
1325:3,329
1313:def.
1274:def.
1235:def.
1208:8,795
1162:25–14
1153:def.
1126:8,956
1114:def.
1084:15-13
1075:def.
1006:21–18
997:def.
958:def.
919:def.
880:def.
853:5,000
841:def.
811:18–10
802:def.
772:15–10
763:def.
732:def.
693:def.
654:def.
615:def.
585:def.
544:def.
481:def.
446:def.
422:11–10
411:def.
376:def.
341:def.
206:Venue
200:Score
197:Teams
186:Wigan
73:Built
55:9,000
1673:1997
1668:1996
1648:Club
1598:2023
1552:ISBN
1487:1986
1446:1975
1407:1973
1368:1971
1322:18-8
1290:1965
1244:12–4
1212:1961
1205:10–8
1123:21–2
967:27–7
928:18–8
889:10–6
850:38–6
741:15–5
702:16–5
663:14–8
624:11–5
594:20–4
516:Date
513:Game
492:14–5
457:17–7
314:Date
311:Game
265:and
229:37–3
203:Team
194:year
176:and
136:A672
92:1997
84:1889
76:1889
1283:5–2
1045:7–7
553:8–7
387:7–3
352:8–0
285:'s
122:in
1723::
1588:.
1506:^
1457:25
1416:24
1377:23
1338:22
1299:21
1260:20
1221:19
1192:/
1178:18
1139:17
1100:16
1061:15
1022:14
983:13
944:12
905:11
866:10
269:.
245:,
184:,
169:.
1631:e
1624:t
1617:v
1560:.
827:9
788:8
749:7
718:6
679:5
640:4
601:3
569:2
530:1
465:5
430:4
395:3
360:2
325:1
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