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ATHLETIC pair Josh Parker and DJ Bembo made comebacks for the second string as the squad approaches a clean bill of health. Winger Parker (20) played for half an hour as a...
Date Published 16/11/2011
OLDHAM RL have appointed from within to fill the vacancy created by reserve team coach John Hough's move to Huddersfield Giants. Paul Ashton, Hough's No. 2 in the under-23s'...
THE work of Oldham Mountain Rescue Team is the topic for the latest talk by Peter Hyde tomorrow at 7.30pm at the Failsworth and Beyond Women’s Institute (FaB WI), Middleton...
Date Published 15/11/2011
SHAW & Crompton Parish Council is backing shopkeepers’ proposals to relocate a troublesome bus stop. Owners on Market Street, Shaw, say they are struggling with...
A SENIOR consultant microbiologist at the Pennine Acute Trust is holding a free superbug presentation and public information event at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Dr Ivor...
LINGFIELD 12.20 Young Prince 12.50 Norlander 1.20 Shannon Spree 1.50 Lightning Spirit 2.20 Seek the Fair Land 2.50 Podgies Boy 3.20 Shieldmaiden 3.50...
BOWLS: SPRINGBANK won the top clash in the ‘A’ Division of the Inbev Winter Bowling League, overcoming Hopwood 7-4. Leaders Waterloo and Taunton strengthened their...
HOME is where the heart is for kind locals involved in a landmark scheme to make life easier for Oldham’s homeless. The project, Inside Out, has been launched in the...
DARTS: OLDHAM’S hopes of a fourth straight win in the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League were dashed by hosts Rochdale. The town team were beaten 7-3 by their...
The Manchester City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport I WAS pleased to see Manchester City's Joleon Lescott earn such good reviews for his...
MARTYN MEETS... Nick Brown, dynamic former head of Oldham Sixth Form College WHICHEVER way you look at it — objectively, subjectively or simply with genuine admiration...
TABLE TENNIS: TONY Smith held his nerve to help BAE to a nail-biting 6-4 win over Hollinwood ‘A’ in Division One of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League....
LITTLEBOROUGH 22, OLDHAM RUFC 6 RUGBY: COMPROMISED by cry-offs and hindered by their own blunders, Oldham were soundly beaten in this North Lancashire Division One Fixture....
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro will be without three first-team regulars when they entertain Salford City tonight in the Manchester Premier Cup first round (7.45pm kick-off)....
Roman fort set to go XXIst century hi-tech THE ancient Castleshaw Roman fort is moving into the 21st century. Downloadable audio tours, online forums and a website will be a few...
MOTORSPORT: HEARTBROKEN Alex Walker has abandoned plans to race in next season’s Certina Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship due to a lack of funding. The Fortec...
OLDHAM residents can pick up their shovel and join 9,000 people taking part in a major archaeology project across Greater Manchester The University of Salford is set to manage...
A RIDING stable has risen from the ashes of a major fire with the help of neighbours and wellwishers. The owner of Husteads Riding School in Dobcross and her nighbours saved...
RUGBY: ANDY Sands has been handed an eight-match ban by the National Conference League’s disciplinary committee. The Oldham St Anne’s prop forward suffered the...
WHILE Oldhamers wait for Metrolink to arrive next year, fares will increase by around six per cent on average next January. Although individual prices for the Oldham service...
A COUPLE are believed to have returned home from holiday in Barbados over the weekend after a blaze devastated their Greenfield home. They are thought to have flown out to the...
THE LAST time an Athletic side visited Norwich, a silver lining emerged from the darkest of clouds. Not that the team won — or even came away with much credit from an...
INTREPID Kate Puc travelled halfway round the world to raise money for charity — only to discover that wild llamas weren’t quite as friendly as the ones in...
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor believes a reconciliation between Carlos Tevez and Manchester City becomes "more impossible" by the...
A 17-YEAR-old biking enthusiast who died in a head-on smash with another motorcyclist in Denshaw was unlawfully killed, an inquest has found. Oldham College student Joseph...
Manchester United striker Michael Owen is facing up to six weeks on the sidelines with a thigh injury, the reigning Barclays Premier League champions have confirmed. The...
JOSH Parker flew into his reserves comeback today bidding to make up for lost time. In only his second start for Athletic after signing a one-year deal in the summer following...
AN Oldham taxi driver who knocked down a sprightly 80-year-old former teacher on a pedestrian crossing, has been cleared of causing death by careless driving. A jury of six...
A MAN accused of murdering a homeless man in Oldham will face a trial next year. Darren McCann (37), of no fixed address, is accused of killing Matthew Alexander Barrett (38),...
LUCAS Onyango will be hugging the Whitebank touchline again in 2012. The powerful Kenyan winger has fully recovered from a ruptured Achilles tendon and has signed a new...
