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HOCKEY: OLDHAM firsts are on track to achieve their goal of finishing third in North Division Two South-West. In an excellent weekend they scored two wins, both 1-0....
Date Published 27/02/2015
A SPRING fair takes place at Mind and Body fitness studio on March 29, at noon. There will be a bouncy castle, face painting, food and craft stalls. BURLESQUE classes take...
RUGBY: AFTER again struggling to raise a side for the trip to Doncaster, Hollinwood were hammered 62-8 by lowly Moorends Thorne Marauders. The visitors, with...
RUGBY: TWO tries from Rob Kivlin and Ben Whitehead’s perfect kicking game helped Saddleworth Rangers to a 21-8 success against Oldham St Anne’s in the first...
A SPECIAL pilgrimage will be a spiritual highlight of a year-long celebration to mark the 800th anniversary of Saddleworth parish church, St Chad’s. A series of...
Oldham Chronicle readers had a great evening on Wednesday at Madison’s Restaurant in Rochdale. The latest Come Dine With Us event saw guests enjoying a mouth-watering meal in a...
Armed thugs tied up a 13-year-old girl and threatened to cut off her fingers before ransacking the family home. The schoolgirl, alone in the house on Croft Brow, Hollinwood,...
A CHADDERTON pair has pleaded not guilty to trafficking Hungarian nationals into the UK as slaves Krisztina Horvath (33) and Zsolt Kolompar (37), of Devon Street, denied nine...
ONE of Oldham’s newest secondary secondary schools is slashing the number of pupils it admits each year from 300 to 240. Oasis Academy Oldham says the move reflects its...
OPINION was divided as residents shared their ideas to help create a new linear park as a part of the controversial Foxdenton development plans. The 20-acre park will provide a...
A barber from Shaw is being groomed for superstardom after being selected as a member of the Mens Hairdressing Federation (MHF) artistic team. Danny Robinson of Danny and Co...
ON your marks... staff at Hathershaw College will mark the school’s diamond jubilee by entering 60 staff in this year’s Great Manchester Run. The school, which was...
AN Oldham netball mascot double act has been watched well over 7,000 times online. Under the dance costumes are Tom Nokes from Royton, and Anna Kirkpatrick from Shaw. Tom, a...
DEAN Holden is urging his team to “run through brick walls” against Preston tomorrow as he bids to make the most of his chance to steer the club back into a play-off...
LEE Johnson has detailed his regret at the level of anger his departure to Barnsley has caused in some quarters of Athletic’s support and says it feels like a marriage...
FOUR straight clean sheets in the league and a shut-out of a £43million-rated striker serve to emphasise the sheer scale of the task Athletic’s goal-shy side faces...
SCOTT Naylor believes Oldham fans could play a significant role in what he believes will be a “terrific” season at Whitebank. Anticipating lots of games that will...
FROM team-mate to boss to simply ‘Lee’, it’s all part of the game for Athletic’s unrelenting captain Liam Kelly. The departure of Kelly’s former...
TWO footballing giants who suffered European setbacks this week clash on Sunday in one of the most eagerly-anticipated Premier League matches of the season. Manchester City,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 1.50 Melbourne Shuffle 2.20 Salvado 2.55 Spiritual Star 3.30...
MONEY to spend, personal and club ambitions and bigger crowds were the factors that persuaded Lee Johnson to move to Barnsley. The deal is understood to be worth around...
Date Published 26/02/2015
OUTRAGED residents have hit out at vandals who have wrecked playing fields in Moorside by racing vans and motorised buggies there. Football pitches at White Hall Lane now have...
PAUL Scholes was the name on everyone’s lips as speculation began over who will step into the managerial breach at Athletic. The Manchester United legend is well-known to...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon issued a chilling warning last night after council tax was frozen for a second year. After the approval of a budget containing...
JOSE Baxter’s tame chipped penalty was gobbled up by Bournemouth ’keeper Ryan Allsop — and it summed up Athletic’s struggles. Caretaker boss Tony...
AN Oldham man has been given a five month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a child under seven and being drunk in charge of a child under...
DEAN Holden won’t impose wholesale changes as he gets his feet under the management table. Holden, appointed to run team affairs short-term with assistant Adam Lockwood,...
OLDHAMERS will be able to have their say on the new Prince’s Gate development at Mumps from tomorrow. A “game changing” regeneration scheme unveiled last...
ATHLETIC’S new manager will step into a role that has considerably more going for it than in pre-Lee Johnson days. Plans for the new North Stand were still being drawn up...
LEWIS Palfrey is touch and go for Oldham’s first game of the season at Whitebank on Sunday. The Roughyeds’ half-back and captain had a hernia operation six weeks...