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Off track — technical hitches push Metrolink arrival back to March 2012 OLDHAMERS will have to wait until March next year to catch a tram to Manchester after delays in...
Date Published 23/06/2011
CRICKET: FRIENDS won their top-of-the-table clash with Foresters in the Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance. Batting first, they posted 212 for seven thanks in no small...
CRICKET: FAILSWORTH Macedonia and Springhead suffered double defeats in the Site Electrical North Manchester Cricket League Division One. In their first encounter, the...
FORMER Athletic player Bill Naylor, who made over 100 appearances for the club between 1948 and 1959, has died at the age of 86. A six-foot full-back who also turned out at...
CRICKET: YOU never know what to expect from Friarmere in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Dismissed for 86 against Uppermill on...
CRICKET: OLDHAM are determined to pick themselves up following Sunday’s depressing John Willie Lees Wood Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Walsden. The...
ASTON Villa winger Ashley Young is on the brink of becoming Manchester United's second signing of the close season after undergoing a medical with the Barclays Premier League...
FANS watching Oldham RL Club's new under-18s team for the first time at Whitebank on Saturday (2.30pm) will see the Breheny boys in double vision. Look-alike twins Jack and...
ATHLETIC have plenty of work to do to build up their squad for the coming season. At present, only 16 players — including two second-year scholars — are on the...
ROUGHYEDS new boys Callum Casey and Bruce Johnson, who both starred in the reserves' big win against Sheffield last Saturday, are not included in the second team's party to travel...
ATHLETIC have confirmed they have turned down bids for star midfielder Dale Stephens. The club's valuation of the 22-year-old has not yet been met, meaning he could — as...
OLDHAM METRO ARRIVAL DELAYED SCHOOL SELECTION: IT'S TOUGH AT APPEAL NOTHING FOR STEPHENS WITH SAINTS ...there's more (click story)
NEWCASTLE 2.10 Parc De Launay 2.45 Captivity 3.20 Extraterrestrial 3.55 Shifting Gold 4.30 Ay Tay Tate 5.05 Philharmonic Hall 5.40...
Date Published 22/06/2011
NETBALL: OLDHAM under-14s dominated the Ribble Valley tournament and showed composure in a tight final. They beat hosts Ribble Valley ‘A’ 9-6 to clinch the...
FOOTBALL: AVRO under-14s have been reflecting on a memorable season. The talented youngsters won the Tameside Sunday League title in dramatic fashion, and followed it up with...
FOOTBALL: CHEERED on by a large contingent of their classmates, hosts Hulme Grammar School defeated Crompton House 4-1 in the under-15s final of the Oldham Schools Knock-out...
Cricket: HEYSIDE under-15s’ Lewis Bardsley claimed four wickets from five deliveries — including a hat-trick — as his side earned a Saddleworth and District...
GOLF: DEDICATED Liam Loughlin-Wright is the latest youngster to put Stamford Golf Club in lights. The 14-year landed the Lancashire Under-15s Schools’ Championship at...
GOLF: WERNETH ‘A’ have opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Oldham Golf League’s ‘A’ East Division. They did so by inflicting an 8-0...
GOLF: KAYE Orme had net rounds of 69 and 72 for a 36-hole total of 141 and victory in the Lady Captain’s Trophy at Saddleworth. Pam Taylor was runner-up with 71-74-145,...
GOLF: STEVE Taylor came out on top in the inaugural running of Eddie Hopkinson Memorial Trophy at Crompton and Royton with a 41-point haul. The former Athletic striker of the...
GOLF: ALAN Squires has scooped another Lancashire Seniors Championship — his fourth. The Oldham member claimed top honours in devastating fashion at Haydock...
SNOOKER: LEADERS the Moss Inn continued their rich vein of form in the Manchester Three-man Summer Snooker League with an emphatic 5-1 victory at Denton Liberals. Mick...
Sports Betting: RORY McIlroy’s awesome performance in winning the US Open has sent the bookmakers running for cover. The Northern Ireland sensation was simply...
GOLF: GRANT Hamerton heads to Kent next week as he attempts to book his place at the Open Championship. He has never qualified for the third major of the season, which this...
TRAINER Anthony Farnell insists his exciting young charge Ronnie Heffron is not fazed by the prospect of fighting twice in a week — and reckons a double victory can lead to...
PAUL Dickov is still hoping to persuade Jean-Yves Mvoto that his future should lie at Boundary Park. The importance of the Athletic manager netting his primary centre-back...
PAUL Dickov is on the verge of landing a new goalkeeper. With pre-season training starting next week, Athletic are currently without a number one between the posts — a...
LAST-MINUTE work is under way at the Royal Oldham Hospital in preparation for extended children’s, neonatal and inpatient maternity services which open on Monday. The...
A LEADING academic gave the seal of approval to Oldham’s Sixth-Form College’s new regional science centre. Prof Marcus du Sautoy, from Oxford University, toured...
