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OLDHAM men’s darts team get their new season under way at home to Eccleston on Sunday. They are taking part in the “Super Eights”, which has replaced the...
Date Published 03/09/2009
TRIBUTES have flooded in for much-loved football coach and former publican Billy Grogan, who died on Sunday. Billy (69) of Dalton Street, Failsworth was taken ill on Saturday...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow: KEMPTON 5.45 Coolree Star 6.20 Reach For The Sky 6.50 Musaafer 7.20 Pin Cushion 7.50 Awaseef...
THERE are times when I wonder what language I actually speak. I try to express myself clearly but the other person seems to misunderstand, totally. Years ago, in a previous...
Latics beat the clock to sign winger Colbeck ATHLETIC clinched a deal to sign Bradford City’s Joe Colbeck only three minutes before yesterday’s 5pm transfer...
Date Published 02/09/2009
TONY BENSON’S injury problems appear to have eased, with the majority of players in the Roughyeds squad carrying knocks able to train normally last night. Paul Highton...
Athletic 1, Accrington 2 Second-half show stuns Latics boss ATHLETIC’S home blues continued as they were embarrassingly knocked out of the Johnstone’s Paint...
LIGHTNING WINGER TARGETS FIRST-TEAM COMEBACK ARMY flyer Ben Seru is determined to prove his worth at Oldham. The unlucky 31-year-old suffered a devastating blow only...
THE HUNSLET game on Sunday is our last before the play-offs start and looking back on our season as a whole up to this point, we have had a very tough time for a number of...
JULIAN ROBINSON had a whopping 12-shot victory in the club championship at BLACKLEY. It was the 33-year-old signwriter’s 10th win in the 36-hole scratch event, eclipsing...
IT’S very much a family affair at Blackley where father and son Norman and Gareth Morris (above) are captain and vice-captain respectively. Furthermore, Norman’s...
Jane Fletcher and Gail Rowbotham triumphed in the George and Bessie Nash Greensome at WERNETH with a score of 68.4. They finished just 0.4 of a shot ahead of Lady Captain...
SADDLEWORTH made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Oldham and District Four-Man Team Championship which took place at the Ladcastle Road course. The rearranged event, which...
ROUGHYEDS players curried favour with supporters last week in an informal get-together at Delight Spice. The Chadderton event was organised by head coach Tony Benson and...
BLACKLEY Golf Club members refused to be bunkered when a new motorway sliced through their course. Although the club had to endure a difficult decade after the M60 invaded its...
Sports betting ANDY Murray is safely through to the second round of the US Open following his straight-sets victory over Ernests Gulbis (see page 35), but the bookies have...
THE CLL under-15s suffered a narrow defeat against the Lancashire League in the final of the Michael Roche Inter-League Knock-out Cup at Middleton. Jack Avery (Rochdale) hit...
HEYSIDE JFC under-10s are on a high as they prepare for the start of the new season. The youngsters, who enjoyed a never-to-be-forgotten trip to Wembley Stadium, won the...
HOLDERS Shaw ‘A’ retained the under-15s Leicester Shield with an emphatic eight-wicket win over Austerlands at Thorpe Lane. The damage was done by man-of-the-match...
SPRINGBANK ‘B’ are the early-season pacesetters in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. They lead by three points from Moss Inn ‘C’ and St Paul’s....
PAUL BEAL saluted the Saddleworth and District Cricket League under-13s representative side after they completed their Peak Trophy programme. The team manager was delighted...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow: WOLVERHAMPTON 5.50 Cayman Fox 6.20 Waveband 6.50 Bertie Southstreet 7.20 Saint Sebastian...
Blaze probe as 11 are rescued from flats terror neighbouring families are recovering in hospital after becoming trapped in flats when flames blocked their only escape route....
Punch fractured jaw in three places GREENFIELD actress Hollie-Jay Bowes was forced to save her boyfriend from a baying hoodie who smashed his jaw during a vicious assault....
Trust disputes Tory figures NEW figures show a rapid rise in drink-related hospital admissions — and Oldham is among the worst affected. Pennine Acute Trust, which runs...
THE race is on to scoop the multi-million-pound deal to transform Oldham’s crumbling secondary schools. Balfour Beatty Education and Equity Solutions BSF Ltd are...
A JUDGE has warned Greater Manchester is “top of the tree’’ for armed robbery after hearing how the county was put in the grip of terror by an organised crime...
Rope swing rescue is captured on film JUJITSU black belt Ben Devall will be going back to school on crutches after a dramatic air rescue. The 14-year-old Crompton House...
AN outline planning application to demolish Delta Mill and residential redevelopment has been recommended for approval. Money Controls Ltd has submitted the proposal for a...
COUNCILLORS are set to consider two plans for Primary Care Centres in Oldham tonight (WED). Community 1st Oldham Ltd has lodged plans for the two health facilities in Shaw and...
