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Ice hockey Tony Hand has signed the majority of his squad for Manchester Phoenix’ first foray into the English Premier League (EPL). Returning will be Luke...
Date Published 05/05/2009
Rugby Union GARETH BARBER has created a piece of history for Oldham RUFC by becoming their first person to win back-to-back player-of-the-year awards. Stand-off Barber...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: CHESTER 1.45 Star Rover 2.15 Roses For The Lady 2.45 Daraahem (nap)...
DAVE PENNEY is relishing the challenge of trying to revive the fortunes of Athletic. The 44-year-old has signed a two-year contract having quit crisis-club Darlington hours...
Date Published 01/05/2009
FORMER London Skolars coach Tony Benson heads back to his old club tomorrow for a game in which the focus will be on the Roughyeds’ defence. Having conceded over 30...
SIR Alex Ferguson is debating whether to hand Federico Macheda his first Premier League start at Middlesbrough tomorrow. The Italian teenager has enjoyed an explosive...
WAYNE KERR feels that the intense competition for places in the Oldham squad is driving him to becoming a better player. The 25-year-old was dropped from Tony Benson’s...
PENNEY CLOCKS IN AS ROYLE STARTS TO WIND DOWN ONE-TIME bricklayer Dave Penney is looking to lay the foundations for a successful new era at Boundary Park. Athletic’s...
JOE ROYLE admits that tomorrow’s match at Walsall is likely to be his last in management. But the 60-year-old Latics legend could bow out by helping to launch the career...
JOE ROYLE will give new Athletic manager Dave Penney an indication as to what is required to bring success to Boundary Park. Royle has compiled a report on the playing staff...
::Elderly cyclist collapse :: Hero walkers praised A pair of walkers were praised today for saving an injured cyclist on a lonely moorland track. Alan Gerrard and...
I did all I could to avoid him — lorry driver A lorry-driver described the horrifying moment when a man ran in front of him on the M60. Glen Skinner told how he swerved...
CHANGE is as good as a rest. I just want commitment, grit and determination — win or lose, happy to fork out for that. If we happen to play attractive footy along...
A motorist kept a 2ft-long metal tube in his car to defend himself from road-rage drivers, Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, was told. Gregory Torrington (40), of...
THE number of pensioners being admitted to hospital for booze-related problems in Oldham has soared by a quarter. According to the latest figures from the Department of...
AN OLDHAM councillor is among a 19-strong team set the task of improving the environment in Greater Manchester. Councillor Mark Alcock, Oldham’s cabinet member for...
CHADDERTON can have an important say in the Vodkat North-West Counties League division one promotion battle, even though they are destined to finish mid-table. The Broadway...
AN RAF policeman from Shaw has only one regret about his deployment in Iraq — that his job in the Middle East is coming to an end. Sgt Will Barrow (42) is currently in...
OLDHAM St Anne’s coach Mick Cashin has been delighted with the response his side have made since relegation to National Conference League division two was confirmed....
OLDHAM’S former top cop will be soaking in the sun after swapping the rainy North-West for the Caribbean. David Baines is leaving his post as Cheshire’s Assistant...
BAMFORD Fieldhouse and Heyside, the reigning champions and last season’s runners-up, go head to head at Little Hey Street tomorrow (1.45pm). It’s the stand-out...
FREEHOLD Primary School will double in size with a £3.4 million building project — almost £1 million more than first estimated — if plans are approved next...
CROMPTON got off the mark for the season with a convincing defeat of Ashton on Sunday and skipper Glenn Dawson will be demanding more of the same in the first double-fixture...
Manchester Phoenix' intermittent stay in ice hockey's top flight is over after they opted to drop into the English Premier League. The club's owner, Neil Morris, took the...
GREATER Manchester begin the defence of their Endsleigh County Championship against Derbyshire on Sunday (2pm). The home leg will be held at Springhead where the two stand-out...
Beer walkers are set for June 6 trek THE dedicated organisers of the popular Saddleworth beer walk are proving they have been there, done that — and got the T-shirt. To...
MONARCH AC held their first match in 12 months on the club water where Andrew Chadwick fished maggot shallow to catch ide and roach to 2lb in a winning 12lb 2oz net. Dave...
A FUND-RAISING hospice-to-hospice walk attracted a record 155 participants to raise much-needed cash for Dr Kershaw’s. The annual event involves a synchronised start by...
A QUIET village, once viewed as an insignificant backwater, is to make its mark on the community map. But newly-formed Greenfield Street Scene, a nine-strong committee of...
OLDHAM Euro-MP Chis Davies has called for the country’s political parties to work together to develop new “clean coal” technology. Mr Davies told a major...
