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SIR Alex Ferguson is not convinced memories of Moscow 2008 will play any part in tonight’s eagerly–anticipated Champions League encounter between Chelsea and...
Date Published 06/04/2011
OLDHAM RL Club have moved to toughen up their front row with the capture of former Batley and Dewsbury prop Luke Stenchion. The 25-year-old, who has signed for the remainder...
ROBERT Ambrusics gets his first run-out tonight as he bids to win an Athletic contract. The 19-year-old Hungarian goalkeeper has arrived at Boundary Park on a two-week trial...
Youngsters were in fine voice as they took to the stage for the Oldham Primary Schools 27th Choral Speaking Festival. The two-day event, which is the biggest of its kind,...
FORUM VOWS TO KICK OUT DRUGS SHAW HOUSE BLAZE DRAMA WOMAN DIES IN GREENGATE ACCIDENT THIEVING VICAR BACK IN COURT There's more if you click! . . . plus much more...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BEVERLEY 2.10 Opus Maximus 2.40 One Kool Dude 3.10 Midnight Martini...
Date Published 05/04/2011
YOUNG gymnasts from Knowsley Junior School will fly the flag for Oldham in the National Schools gymnastics finals in Stoke next month. The chance to represent the borough came...
TABLE TENNIS: OUR Lady’s ‘A’ are celebrating title success in Division Four of the Oldham Table Tennis League. The team clinched top honours thanks to a 6-4...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY’S youngsters go for glory on Thursday when they face New Mills in the Manchester FA Youth Cup final at Salford City (7pm kick-off). Rob...
BOWLS: ENTRIES continue to be accepted for this year’s Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap. For the first time since the competition was reduced to a field of 64,...
BOWLS: SPRINGBANK’S Alan Hodson is the undisputed king of the Chadderton Cot “carpet”. Hodson, whose Inbev Winter Bowling League performances earned him the...
CRICKET: OLDHAM have signed locally-based Pakistani Kamran Hussein as their professional for the 2011 Lake Garage CLL season, which gets under way on Sunday, April 17. The...
RUGBY LEAGUE: PLAY-OFF talk is little louder than a whisper at present... but another win for Saddleworth Rangers has again increased their chances of being involved in the...
THE life of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is anything but dull. In charge of the nation’s most successful football team, you would think Ferguson has...
The City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport I KNOW it is an action taken in the heat of the moment and that he has had more than the usual...
MOTOR RACING: ALEX Walker secured two podium finishes on his debut for Fortect Motorsport in the InterSteps Championship, at Silverstone. The 16-year-old, from Shaw, was...
TOM Wood-Hulme, Oldham RL Club’s young prop, will be out for a few weeks after breaking a thumb in an accident at his home in St Helens. This is the second setback to...
ATHLETIC will have to make do with around £200,000 less per season from 2012-13, as a result of a new television deal with Sky. The broadcasting giant has agreed a fresh...
SUMMER rugby will take place at Oldham’s three premier amateur rugby league grounds from next year. Last night’s historic vote of National Conference League clubs...
Hitman wants boxing back in Oldham professional boxing’s return to Oldham has moved a step closer. Hatton Promotions, headed by former world champion Ricky Hatton,...
THE future of Oldham is up to you as 64 candidates prepare to do battle in the May 5 local elections. A third of the 60 council seats are up for grabs — one in each ward...
TONIGHT: Kylie — Arena; Thousands — Castle Hotel; Kyuss Lives — Academy; Kit Downes Sextet — Band on the Wall; The Airbourne Toxic Event — Academy 2;...
HIP hop rock reggae outfit Big Audio Dynamite are hitting the road after a 25 year hiatus. The original line up — formed by Mick Jones in the wake of The Clash —...
Scouting for Girls, Manchester Arena, Saturday THE bouncy pop trio are heading out on their first arena tour following the success of second album Everybody Wants To Be On TV....
CORRIE!, Palace, Manchester CORRIE! embarks on its third week — or should that be episode — in Manchester and this time the Palace theatre was pretty full for the...
IT was a proud day to remember for a pair of Oldham soldiers who got the royal seal of approval from the Duke of Kent. Sgt George Richardson (35) and Sgt Lee Metcalfe (32)...
LABOUR MP Debbie Abrahams swopped the corridors of power for a day in a delivery van when she helped out with Age Concern. She took a look at the home shopping service...
ANOTHER week of intense training awaits one caring fund-raiser from Royton who is gearing up to tackle the challenge of a lifetime. Keen runner Chris Maylor can often been...
Following our story of March 30, we have been asked to point out that while the cost of cremation in Oldham has risen by 20 per cent, from £460 in December to £550...
A DAD-of-three who stole a computer from a car, learned he was part of a sting by Oldham Police. Anthony Gary Holt (30), of Trough Gate, Hollins, pleaded guilty to stealing...
