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FARMERS in Saddleworth are being alerted about potential sheep rustlers targeting vulnerable new lambs in fields around the villages. Police were informed of several cars...
Date Published 22/04/2010
LATICS ROUND UP: ATHLETIC’S class of 1990 are set for a reunion when the club holds its celebration dinner at the Queen Elizabeth Hall next week. But, 20 years on from...
And so I say farewell... FITTINGLY for the final council meeting of the municipal year it turned into something of an away day; away with three councillors, away with Labour...
LATICS ROUND UP: ATHLETIC fans are being urged to vote for Danny Whitaker in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy goal of the season competition. The organisers unveiled their...
BAMFORD Fieldhouse are gunning for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District League title when the 2010 season gets under way on...
PAV’S PATCH: WHEN Michael Foot died a few weeks ago it made me rather sad. I know a lot of people liked to call him Wurzel Gummidge because of his crumpled appearance...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH RANGERS are concentrating on a simple equation on Saturday: Win at Myton Warriors to celebrate gaining promotion to the National Conference League premier...
RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW did like to be beside the seaside as they ran in seven tries to seal a third place finish in the Kukri North-West Counties League division four. They made it...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s are in pole position to claim Rugby Oldham Amateur Club Challenge honours for season 2009-2010. Saints, who are clear of Saddleworth Rangers and...
OLDHAM’S darts team stayed in contention for GMC Super Eights honours with a 9-3 victory in a superb match at Bury. Second-placed Oldham and Bury, in third, traded great...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Latics may be safe on Saturday ATHLETIC could be safe from relegation on Saturday night – regardless of the result of their home game against Southend. Dave...
Date Published 21/04/2010
OLDHAM Rugby League Club have forged a new business partnership with AMP Wire of Chadderton. As part of the link-up, the company are supplying and fitting several gates at the...
MANCHESTER City defender Micah Richards is aiming to return to the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Arsenal. Richards has missed the last four games with a...
Southampton 0, Athletic 0 Point is just reward for show of spirit AN HEROIC, steadfast defensive effort bought another away point as Athletic hung on — somehow...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: Mike Fish hit a hat-trick as Mossley swept aside Garforth Town 5-2 in UniBond League division one north last night. Ben Richardson and Matty Kay were also...
NETBALL: NORTHERN Thunder beat Hertfordshire Mavericks 41-21 and in doing so moved into third place in the Co-operative Netball Superleague. Thunder were missing Karen Grieg...
Lake Garage CLL . . . CRICKET: DESPITE pre-season pessimism – at least in some quarters – Crompton made a superb start to their Lake Garage CLL campaign with an...
SNOOKER: Blue Club ‘B’ and Moss Inn ‘A’ were both held to a 3–3 draw, meaning Stanley Road’s 6-0 whitewash of St Paul’s has put them top...
SPORT and GENERAL BETTING: THIS is a tricky one. Sport betting is about prices, value and, most of all, opinions. But when it comes to politics and the forthcoming General...
FATHER and son David and Jordan Taylor ruled the roost in a competition at SADDLEWORTH. They broke their duck as a partnership by lifting the Cyril Taylor Trophy. David...
GOLF: OLDHAM’S Scott Leggatt foursomes Stableford competition was won by Lynn Kershaw and Julia Wild with 35 points, just ahead of Joyce Beech and Marjorie Bray with 34....
OLDHAM’S troubled Old Mess House will reopen next week, with a new name and a new licensee. The Yorkshire Street pub was closed more than three weeks ago after a...
TWO Oldham men have been charged after a woman was raped and burgled in her own home. Obrian Macsoni (28), of Lees Road, has been charged with one count of rape, one count of...
TWO neighbours who ran a drug-dealing business from their terrace homes in Limeside, have been jailed. John Clarke (43) has been sentenced to 21 months and Carl Broome (37) to...
The funeral will take place next week of war hero James Wrigley who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his service with Bomber Command. Mr Wrigley (89), of...
K Coroner Simon Nelson is trying to identify a man whose body was found at a flat in Travis Court, Royton, earlier this month. Police were called when neighbours became...
WORK to demolish the iconic Knoll Mill in Greenfield is well under way, with over half of what was once the towering structure now reduced to rubble. One of the most...
CRICKET: OLDHAM began the season with high hopes, so it was disappointing that they were readily brushed aside by Rochdale. The Pollards men continue to await the arrival from...
ELECTION 2010 OLDHAM is a key battleground for political parties looking to snatch seats from Labour in the General Election. Voters will have 17 candidates to choose from...
