title: Olympic City Giants
text: # Olympic City Giants
  
  Olympic City Giants were a professional basketball team based in Oldham, England. Previously based in Bolton and Bury, the team were known as Bolton & Bury Hawks and then Bolton & Bury Giants, the team were founder members of the British Basketball League in 1986.
  
  After an eighth-place finish in the 1987–88 Carlsberg League campaign, Giants qualified for their first and only BBL-era Play-off. They drew top seed Glasgow Rangers, and were soundly beaten in both games of the bet-of-three series by the regular season Champions.
  
  In 1988 after encountering several financial difficulties, Olympic City Giants formally merged with Manchester Eagles (formerly Manchester United) to become Manchester Giants, marking a return of the famous name after a three-year absence, following a merger between the original Manchester Giants and Manchester United in 1985.
  
  ## Season-by-season records
  
  | Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Post-Season | Trophy | Cup | Head Coach |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Season | Division | Tier | Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Points | Win % | Post-Season | Trophy | Cup | Head Coach |
  | Bolton & Bury Giants |||||||||||||
  | 1987–1988 | BBL | I | 10th | 28 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 0.428 | Did not qualify | Quarter-final | - | - |
  | Olympic City Giants |||||||||||||
  | 1988–1989 | BBL | I | 8th | 20 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0.200 | Lost in Quarter-finals to Glasgow Rangers, 0–2 | Quarter-final | - | - |
  
  ## Notable former players
  
  * Ed Bona
  * Jimmy Brandon
  * Terry Crosby
  * Steve Nelson
  * Robbie Peers
  * Kenny Scott
  * Cleveland Woods
  * Lee Martin
  