The earliest records of Oakengates Town are from Season 1923/24 when they entered the Birmingham and District League and a cup win was soon to follow in the 1926/27 season where they lifted the Shropshire Senior Cup. The reserve team was also successful in these times with a win in the Junior Cup in 1928/29. The first team won the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1929/30 beating Kidderminster Harriers 3-1 and nearly won the Birmingham and District League in 1930/31 only to lose the title on goal difference. However, they were to lift the Shropshire Senior Cup again in season 1930/31 and retain it in 1931/32.

Oakengates won the Shropshire County league in the 1978/79 season and also the County Cup was won in 1992/93. In the 1995/96 season Oakengates Town won the Shropshire County League and Cup double which remains the last success to date.

At the start of the 2005/6 season the club was in serious debt, clubhouse was derelict through vandalism and neglect and Oakengates Town was near extinction. Thankfully a few local’s decided to retain the history of the club and save it. The club was renamed Oakengates Athletic and moved away from its old ground in Oakengates (School Grove) to a new ground at Hadley via a short stay at Oakengates Athletic Stadium.

Future plans for the club are to find a ground that they can call home once again and to bring success to a club which for too long now has gone without.

Club Colours:

Home - All Burgundy.

Away - All White.

Ground:

Hadley Learning Community Centre, Hadley

Directions:

At M54 Exit 6, continue (West) on Ramp

At roundabout, take the THIRD exit 0.4 km

Exit roundabout onto A518 [Whitchurch Drive] 0.4 km

At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 70 m

Exit roundabout onto A518 [Whitchurch Drive] 0.3 km

At roundabout, take the THIRD exit 0.3 km

Exit roundabout onto A518 [Holyhead Road] 0.7 km

Turn LEFT onto Waterloo Road, Left into Crescent Road 0.5 km

Turn LEFT into HADLEY LEARNING COMMUNITY (HLC)