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The art of SHARING: If you’ve got brothers and sisters then you’ll know all about sharing. If you’re an only one, you will be gobsmacked by what you’re...
Date Published 30/11/2009
ATHLETIC have boosted their front-line options by snapping up Paul Heffernan from Doncaster Rovers on an initial one-month loan deal. The Irish striker, out of favour at the...
Date Published 27/11/2009
NEIL RODEN has put pen to paper on a new one-year deal to play for the Roughyeds in 2010. The 29-year-old is the new club’s record try scorer with 93 in a total of 217...
SIR Alex Ferguson will pick a much stronger team to face Portsmouth tomorrow than for the midweek Champions League defeat by Besiktas. Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs,...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: A PLACE in round three of the Vodkat First Division Trophy is at stake for Oldham Boro and Chadderton tomorrow. They can put the pursuit of much-needed...
ICE HOCKEY: Manchester Phoenix face two mid-table teams this weekend who are looking to take a shot at the English Premier League’s top team. Phoenix travel to...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: THE TOP pairing in National Conference League division two come face-to-face for the second time this season when Oldham St Anne’s travel to play...
AMATEUR CRICKET: LAKE Garage CLL officials will tonight vote on a proposal to split the cricket league into two divisions for 2010. Norden CC, runners-up this summer, came up...
Failsworth Dynamos 0, Chew Moor Brook 2 AMATEUR FOOTBALL: THE visit of table-topping Chew Moor Brook to Brierley Avenue was always going to be a daunting prospect for...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: ROYTON Town once again proved they can mix it with the best on their day as they defeated title hopefuls East Manchester 4-1. Chris Mackay put Town ahead...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Hulmeians let a two-goal lead slip as they lost 3-2 at Radcliffe Boys in division two of the Lancashire Amateur League. The visitors went 2-0 up in...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: GOLDEN Buck, from the Ashton Sunday League, are through to the next stage of the FA Sunday County Cup. Brooks (two), Siddall and Yates got the goals in a 4-2...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: AVRO are sitting pretty in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League premier division. The Failsworth high-flyers dislodged Walshaw Sports at the top...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: LIMESIDE Athletic ‘A’ produced a stunning comeback against Urmston in the Manchester FA Sunday County Cup. All seemed lost as Athletic, from the...
AMATEUR RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM RU face a tough trip to Heaton Moor tomorrow (2.15 kick-off) in the Lancs/Cumbria Division. Heaton Moor currently stand third in the table, having...
PETE MOLLOY took first place in the latest of the Monarch Lodge winter league matches with carp and roach falling to his swimfeeder and maggot tactics weighing in 7lb 10oz....
Jobs and services under threat as council seeks massive savings OLDHAM Council faces three years of cuts totalling £45 million. Liberal Democrats are keeping to...
DRIVERS across Oldham paid out more than £750,000 in parking fines last year, it has been revealed. Pressure group the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) said parking fines...
OLDHAM Council is sending two senior representatives to meet campaigners against Oldham Athletic’s £20 million stadium plans. Councillor Mohib Uddin, Cabinet...
POLICE were called as passengers swamped a packed train from Manchester Victoria after a concert at the adjoining Arena last night. They ordered the crowds back from the...
CROSS-COUNTRY: OLDHAM and Royton Harriers were in sparkling form in the third race of the Red Rose Cross-Country League at Leverhulme Park, Bolton. Christopher Brown produced...
A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a collision that killed a motorcyclist in Green Lane, Failsworth. Stuart Halliday (20) of Tennyson Road,...
A day of fun kick-starts the Christmas countdown in Chadderton, courtesy of the District Partnership. The entertainment started today at noon at Chadderton precinct with a...
BOWLS: WATERLOO and Taunton and Hopwood, two sides with hopes of catching Inbev Winter Bowling League ‘A’ Division pacesetters Springbank, clash on Sunday (2.15pm) on...
OLDHAM Council has vowed to get tough on Travellers by lobbying for extra powers. Council chiefs are talking to other members of the Association of Greater Manchester...
OLDHAMERS may find it hard to believe, but their trains are actually breaking records for reliability. For despite massive overcrowding problems caused by the closure of the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
ROYTON was aglow with festivity last night as Santa arrived to turn on the Christmas lights. He was helped by three children — Matthew Bradley, Elise Hopkinson and Freya...
Passengers returning to the UK at Manchester International Airport have been encouraged to use new facial recognition gates by Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas. The...
THE father of David Foulkes, the Oldham man who died in the 7/7 terror bombings in London, has condemned plans to hold his son’s inquest at the same time as the bombers....