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AS Oldham RL club skipper Lewis Palfrey continues his recovery from surgery, he admits he’s... bored! Palfrey (24) had a hernia op 10 days ago - and he is aleady bouncing...
Date Published 27/01/2015
MANCHESTER United have told vice-captain Darren Fletcher he can leave on a free transfer after a 20-year association with the club. Fletcher was a regular in Louis van...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CHELMSFORD 1.40 Twin Turbo 2.10 Westminster 2.40 Flighty Clarets 3.10...
ATHLETIC hope to be in a position to start Jacob Mellis as soon as possible, after the midfield schemer made a positive contribution as a substitute at Gillingham. The...
Date Published 26/01/2015
A MAN who has lived in Oldham for more than 50 years has been stranded for three months in his native Jamaica - because immigration officials won’t allow him to return to...
FAMILY members of murdered Victoria Adams have spoken of their “soul-crushing despair” after Andre Bright was jailed for life on Friday. Bright (30) stabbed...
EARLY mistakes and a lack of second-half nous were the main reasons Athletic manager Lee Johnson felt his men failed to get a positive result at Gillingham. “It was...
A NEW £6.5 million investment in Oldham GPs will make it easier for patients in the borough to see their doctor when needed. NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)...
LOUIS van Gaal complained that all elements of the occasion were stacked against his Manchester United side after they were held 0–0 at Cambridge on Friday. Cambridge,...
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini immediately tried to shift focus to next week’s critical clash with Chelsea follwoing his side’s FA Cup humbling by...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a shopkeeper was grabbed by the throat by intruders who indulged in a “cowardly act of bullying.” Three raiders at the Fatema Store in...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.35 Teajaybe 2.10 Barbs Princess 2.40 Tartan Trip 3.10...
CROMPTON’S Friends of Dunwood Park group is to bid for £100,000 - to restore the park’s historic drinking fountain. Group secretary Carol Hughes is leading...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON’S big day ended in desperate disappointment as they lost 5-0 at home to AFC Mansfield in the FA Carlsberg Vase. The MCA Stadium...
UPDATED Chaos and slapstick Gillingham 3, Athletic 2 CHAOS reigned on and off the pitch as Athletic underlined exactly why the squad in its current shape will not squeeze...
Date Published 24/01/2015
HIGGINSHAW ARLFC have appointed Mark Jewitt as chairman of the youth section. The former Higgy player’s main task is to oversee the development of the club’s young...
Date Published 23/01/2015
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD gave as good as they got before eventually succumbing 30-12 at home to second-placed Keighley Albion in Division Five of the Pennine League. The hosts soon...
GILLINGHAM’S four-strong coaching team will have spent this week pondering how to eke out a second successive win when Athletic comes to town on Saturday. After four...
RUN, run, run — but if you do you’ll end up in the sin-bin! For I’ve been trying my hand at walking football for the over-50s, which is starting to take off...
NEIL Joy has been appointed to the board at Oldham Athletic. The chief executive is now officially a director of the club alongside chairman Simon Corney, Ian Hill, Anthony Gee...
Angling: MARK Derbyshire of Tight Lines, Shaw took first place in the fourth round of the Twingate AC Winter League fished on the club waters. He used six-metre pole and maggot...
FOOTBALL: SOME might label Eddie Aspin as a bit Jekyll and Hyde: when he isn’t officiating as a ref he plays for White House FC in the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham...
FOOTBALL: IN the only local Huddersfield League game to survive the weather, it was a day of doubles in Heyside’s draw at Honley. Geoff Howard’s men made crossed...
FOOTBALL: ONLY two Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League fixtures survived the icy blast - but they produced 19 goals. Both matches came in the Challenge Cup third...
Standard Cup preview: CRAIG Farrimond leads his first game as Saddleworth Rangers coach tomorrow with a selection poser. Prop Ryan Moores, who is recovering from a shoulder...
Non-league: IN-FORM Mossley will tomorrow maintain their push for an Evo-Stik League Division One North play-off place. The Lilywhites host struggling Ossett Town in the first...
The Latics goalkeeper writes every week for Chron Sport YOU could clearly see flashes of exactly why Fleetwood are up there in the top half of the table when we played them...
SIR Winston Churchill often spoke of the “warm hearts and bright eyes” of Oldham folk when he served the borough as an MP. And as the 50th anniversary of the...
STONELEIGH Academy is one of the country’s top 100 schools for the progress made by pupils. Schools Minister David Laws describes the school as “exceptionally...
JOBLESSNESS continued to fall last month as the number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance fell by 175, reducing the overall borough figure from 2,628 in November to...
