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ATHLETIC’S victory over Rochdale in the Manchester Senior Cup came at a cost, as two players were taken to hospital as a result of injuries. Goalkeeper Luke Simpson...
Date Published 19/10/2011
NEIL Roden will end his playing days at Oldham after signing a new two-year contract. He will be 33 by the time his new deal has finished and, fittingly for a player who has...
OLDHAM Roughyeds are gunning for one of four promotion spots next year. The winners of next year’s Co-operative Championship One, both play-off finalists and the other...
WEAPONS SEIZED IN ROYTON RAID NATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR 'EVERY LIFE' CAMPAIGN CHRISTINE SCOOPS CARE AWARD click for details
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney proved at the weekend there is no need to leave him on the bench again in Romania tonight. Rooney was left out of the Manchester United...
Date Published 18/10/2011
DAVID Silva is convinced Manchester City will still make their mark in the Champions League - despite making life difficult for themselves. After collecting only one point...
BIG prop David Ellison, fully fit now after a serious elbow dislocation which ended his 2011 season last July, will be back with Oldham RL Club next year. The 29-year-old...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NEWMARKET 1.30 Jellicle 2.00 Opera Flute (n.b) 2.30 Leqqaa 3.05 Silent...
TABLE TENNIS: JEFF CRAIGHILL displayed excellent powers of recovery to help earn Glodwick ‘B’ a 5-5 draw against BAE ‘A’ in Division One of the Oldham...
DARTS: OLDHAM darts team broke their duck in the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League with a 6-4 win at home to St Helens. Andy Pearson was the star of the show at...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM’S away-day hoodoo continued with a 29-18 defeat at Birchfield in North Lancashire Division One. Guy Lovegreen’s side are still awaiting their...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers cantered to a 44-10 home win over nearby rivals Rochdale Mayfield, with prop forward Anthony Morrison taking the man-of-the-match plaudits. The...
MANCHESTER City go into Sunday’s derby clash with United two points clear of the Reds at the top of the Barclays Premier League after our 4-1 victory over Aston Villa....
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON suffered a 7-1 hammering at Curzon Ashton in the Manchester Premier Cup first round — despite taking the lead. In-form Matthew Chadwick broke the...
ATHLETIC are poised for new bids for David Mellor, after confirming that an offer has already been turned down for the versatile teenager. Premier League side Fulham are...
A TRAILBLAZING Oldham teacher has become the latest local to see his Olympic dream come closer to reality. Grateful pupils and parents nominated Steve Hill, deputy head at St...
RISING profits for Warburton’s has revealed the bread-makers are more profitable than Manchester United. Despite 174 jobs facing the slice with the proposed closure of the...
A POLICE raid on a house following a tip-off uncovered 53 packs of bangers and six packets of rockets. A 15-year-old boy was cautioned for possession of the illegal fireworks...
A BRIGHT idea to help those in need through pensioners who don’t require their winter fuel allowance has been sparked in Oldham. Greenacres Congregational Church is...
PARK Cake Bakeries staff have voted to take industrial action. About 500 union members at its Ashton Road base in Hathershaw, as well as 200 at its Bolton site, were balloted...
BUS drivers are failing to stop along a diverted route — leaving fuming passengers miles from their destination. Commuters have been left fed-up following the closure of...
THE artistic director of a theatre company took centre stage to kick off University Campus Oldham’s Employability Challenge programme. Jim Johnson, from Oldham-based...
THE big freeze didn’t stop the bell from ringing at Royton and Crompton School earlier this year. Head teacher Desmond Herlihy kept the school open throughout the severe...
MARTYN MEETS... caring social club leader GWEN POSTLETHWAITE MANY moons ago, while travelling on a package holiday flight to Majorca, I found myself sitting alongside two young...
OFFENDERS have come up smelling of roses after working to revamp a garden for stroke survivors to enjoy. The land, off Coldhurst Street, was donated to The Stroke Association...
GOOD, Royal Exchange, Manchester I SUPPOSE the ultimate praise for first-time Exchange director Polly Findlay is that she manages to make C P Taylor’s drama so entertaining we...
BROWSE for bargains at a fundraising autumn fFair on Sunday at The Pavilion, Green Lane, Garden Suburbs, 1pm. It includes a tombola, home bake, bric-a-brac, raffle, refreshments...
Me and My Girl, Dukinfield AODS, George Lawton Hall, Mossley COR blimey Guvnor, Dukinfield Operatics have put on a belter to warm the cockles on a cold evening. Popular...
A CAR boot sales organiser has started a petition to ensure his events don’t get the permanent boot. Steve Jackson (56) bought the old Hawthorn Pub and car park in...
AN award-winning Oldham dance troupe which blew away the competition at a national championship still faces an uncertain future. Hollinwood based Colletes Dance Troupe, which...
