THE GROUND
Boundary Park Furtherwood Road Oldham OL1 2PA
Boundary Park was originally opened in 1896 as the Oldham Athletic Ground and was the home of Oldham County FC.
When County folded three years later, Pine Villa FC moved in and changed their name to Oldham Athletic.
The ground currently has only three sides as the Broadway side of the ground, opposite the Pentagon Vauxhall Main Stand, has been demolished for redevelopment.
Boundary Park holds 10,683 supporters in its current guise - excluding press, executive, directors and disabled areas - and away fans are housed in a section of the Leesfield Developments Stand, the Rochdale Road End.
Away supporters are usually given a section with 1,600 seats.
THE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
It is approximately 215 miles from Griffin Park to Boundary Park by road.
The usual route would involve taking the M6 and M62 to junction 20 and then the A627 (M) to junction two and the ground is visible from there.
Drivers can also go via the M60, leave at junction 22 and then take the A62 and A627 to Boundary Park.
There is a large car park at Boundary Park.
The nearest station to Boundary Park was Oldham Werneth, but that has been closed as part of redevelopment work to the Manchester railway network and will not reopen.
The nearest station currently in operation is Castleton, which is more than three miles from Boundary Park.
Castleton is served by Northern services and involves changing twice in Manchester - at Piccadilly, after taking a Virgin Trains service from Euston or a CrossCountry service from Reading, and then Victoria.
Supporters can also get to Castleton from Leeds, which involves travelling from King's Cross on an East Coast service.
The Supporters' Association will be running coaches to every game this season - details of times and prices will be announced in due course.
THE FIXTURES
Brentford will welcome Oldham Athletic to Griffin Park on Saturday September 22.
The Bees will travel to Boundary Park on Saturday January 12.
THE RECENT HISTORY
Oldham Athletic are the longest serving members of the third tier and will begin their 16th successive season at this level.
The Latics have generally been an upper mid-table side since they dropped in to the third tier in 1997 following more than two decade in the upper echelons of the English game.
Their most successful period was in the late 1980s and early 1990s under Joe Royle.
They reached the Littlewoods Cup Final and FA Cup Semi-Final in 1990 and were promoted to the top flight a year later.
They spent three years in Division One and the Premier League, reaching another FA Cup Semi-Final in 1994 - losing to Manchester United on both occasions, before relegation in 1994 and then again in 1997.
They have had six top ten finishes since relegation and reached the play-offs twice.
THE MANAGER
Paul Dickov took over as Oldham Athletic manager in 2010, initially as player-boss, but retired to concentrate on his new role.
The 39-year-old started his playing career at Arsenal, and was part of the squad that won the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup, but is probably best remembered for his time at Manchester City.
In two spells with City, which included a spell playing with Brentford manager Uwe Rösler, Dickov played more than 200 games and scored more than 40 goals.
He also played for Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers before ending his playing days at Leeds United.
THE TOP SCORER
Shefki Kuqi finished as The Latics' top scorer with eleven league goals despite entering his thirty-sixth year at the season's end.
The former Finnish international arrived at Boundary Park last summer from Newcastle United, where he was a surprise stop gap signing from Swansea City.
His is best known for his spell at Ipswich Town, scoring 30 goals in seventy-nine league games.
THE KEY MEN
This summer Paul Dickov released Ryan Brooke, Djeny Bembo-Leta, Matt Carr, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Phil McGrath, Josh Parker and Reuben Reid, with Kieran Lee and Chris Taylor sold to Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall respectively.
The manager's only signing so far is Daniel Taylor from Newcastle United.
The 18-year-old attracted interest from Preston North End but chose Oldham instead and signed a one-year contract.
Midfielder Chris Taylor continues to be one of League One's most consistent performers.
He is approaching 260 league games for Oldham since making his debut for The Latics' in 2005.
Defender Jean-Yves Mvoto enters the final year of his contract following his move from Sunderland last summer.
He made 36 league appearances in 2011/12, adding to the 26 in two previous loan spells at Boundary Park.
THE FIRST MEETING
January 1 1927, FA Cup Third Round - Oldham Athletic 2 Brentford 4
Brentford line-up: Ferguson; Donnelly, Butler; Beacham, Rae, Dearn; Hendren, Lane, Watkins, Allen, Douglas
Brentford goal scorers: Allen (3), Watkins
Brentford reached the FA Cup Fourth Round for the first time ever with a win after the first tie had been abandoned due to mist with them trailing 2-1.
THE LAST MEETING
April 3 2012, npower League One - Brentford 2 Oldham Athletic 0
Brentford line-up: Lee; Logan, Osborne, Dean, Bidwell; Bean (sub Thompson), Douglas, Diagouraga; Saunders (sub Forrester); Donaldson, Morrison (sub McGinn)
Subs (not used): Moore, Legge
Brentford goal scorer: Bean, McGinn
Brentford registered a fourth successive league victory with a comfortable win over Oldham Athletic.
Click here for a full match report
THE MEMORABLE DAY
December 15 1998, FA Cup Second Round Replay - Brentford 2 Oldham Athletic 2 (Oldham win 4-2 on penalties)
Brentford line-up: Dearden; Boxall (sub Aspinall), Bates, Hreidarsson, Folan; Rowlands, Quinn, Oatway, Hebel (sub Anderson); Freeman (sub Fortune-West), Owusu
Subs (not used): Bryan, Watson
Brentford goal scorers: Freeman, Owusu
Brentford missed out on a chance to take on Chelsea in the FA Cup Third Round with a penalty shoot-out defeat.
THE ODDS
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