History

How It All Began

The Club was established in June 1992 and its first full season was the 1992 / 1993 season. The establishment of 3D Dynamos was instigated by Dave and Val Broadbent and Allison and Wayne Holroyd who, at the time had boys playing with local club Saddleworth Park Rangers, but towards the end of the 1991 /1992 season it was clear that there were many more boys available for selection in certain age groups than there were places on the team. As there seemed to be a nucleus of boys based in and around Delph who were not playing regularly, Dave, Val, Wayne and Allison decided to gauge the local reaction to the establishment of a new club and called a meeting of any interested parties at the Delph Club in mid 1992.

To the delight (and surprise!) of all concerned, the response was overwhelming - not only in physical numbers but also with offers of financial help with cash and new football kits being donated.

It was then all systems go in learning how to establish and run a junior football club which involved seeking guidance from the Local Authority in terms of identifying suitable Leagues to join, investigating pitch availability, attending first aid courses, raising funds, etc. After some weeks of hard work, the Club had three teams accepted into the Tameside and District Junior Football League in the age groups under 8, under 10 and under 12. Pitches were allocated for the first season at Delph School for the under 8's and Wibsey at Denshaw for the under 10's and the under 12's. The original team managers were Alan Morris and Bernard Preston for the under 8's, Tony Jones for the under 10's and Tony Middleton for the under 12's. Dave Broadbent was appointed Chairman, Val slipped effortlessly into the Secretary's role and Allison picked up the Treasurer's duties. 3D Dynamos was born taking its name from the villages supplying the bulk of players at the time i.e. Delph, Dobcross and Denshaw.

Over each of the subsequent thirteen seasons the Club has been fortunate enough to have attracted sufficient children to establish a new Under 8's team and perhaps equally importantly has been able to attract one or more volunteers to manage the team. Whilst we have lost five teams during the course of the last 13 years the Club has now grown to its current level of 15 teams. Although the Club has lost two teams at the higher end of the age groups (under 17's and under 18's) for the coming season, it has expanded within the younger age groups with additional teams at under 7's and under 9's team (for the second season running).

Other developments during the first few years of the Club's history have been the establishment of a "mini's" section which was started in 1995 by Dave Driver to encourage children as young as 6 to learn footballing skills even before organised matches took place. This group, reformed as the "Football School" feeds the under 7/8's team each season and provides the life blood for the Club.

Although the Club was established as a Junior Football Club, we now have three adult teams, firstly through the establishment of an over 35's team started by a number of the dads of the junior players. The team plays a number of organised friendlies during the season with the aim of raising funds for the Club and helping to encourage the notion that some of these ageing stars can still play football!

Secondly, for the 1999/00 season we entered our first open age team into the Oldham Sunday League and we are 'proud of the fact that nucleus of this team was the founding under 12's team back in 1992 with the team having progressed through the age groups to its current format - we are hopeful that this will continue in years to come. In season 2003/04 we entered our second open age team also into the Oldham Sunday League.

The Club's junior teams have generally joined the Tameside & District Junior Football League playing on Saturday mornings given that they organise football from under 8's upwards - there is currently no Oldham Junior Football League. For the season 2003/04, an under 7's team was entered in the Manchester Youth League, as the Tameside & District Junior Football League do not offer football at this age level.

Some teams have found that once they reach the under 12's age group with boys attending senior schools, school football affects squad numbers and a move to Sundays is the only option. In the past teams have competed in the Rochdale and Oldham League (now the Rochdale Youth League) although under 16's/under 17's have, in the past, also participated in the now defunct Tameside and North Manchester League

Since 2006/7 season, Dynamos teams playing on Sunday have joined the Huddersfield and District Junior Football League and the more recently formed Tameside Sunday League.