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Non-league football: PETER Band and Lloyd Morrison are set to move into the transfer market in a bid to revitalise their ailing Mossley squad. Joint-manager Band promised...
Date Published 05/09/2014
Latics ‘keeper Paul Rachubka’s exclusive weekly column for Chron Sport THE TWEAKS we put in place last week had the desired effect - and two wins inside four days...
MOTORSPORT: MOORSIDE racer Ashley Beech bettered his lap record and took his first National Superstock Championship points of the season at Silverstone. Beech (26)...
FRIENDS of Crompton Moor are looking for volunteers to help maintain the moor and the surrounding area. To get involved call 07792-156 295 or email...
CRICKET: FINAL preparations are being made for the visit of Lashings All Stars to Shaw’s Mark Lane ground tomorrow. Pakistani stars Saqlain Mustaq, Yasir Arafat...
FORMER Oldham councillor John Anchor has become a professor. The 55 year old lecturer, who lives in Ripponden Road, Moorside, has been made professor of international strategy...
More than 700 children will take part in the Saddleworth Village Olympics from Saturday. Now in its 29th year, the event caters solely for young people from local communities....
CRICKET: EVERYTHING is rosy in Rehan Rafiq’s garden. His club Glodwick is riding the crest of a wave in the Saddleworth League; he notched his highest score for...
A LIB-DEM councillor has hit out at Oldham’s Labour Cabinet over its recent criticism of the Government’s ending of the wage-incentive element of the youth...
A Saddleworth landlady has claimed a prestigious accolade in a nationwide pub guide. Christine Taylor, who runs the Church Inn, Uppermill, has been chosen as Own Brew Pub of...
CRICKET: A FEW weeks ago Royton were in danger of relegation from the Lake Garage CLL’s Premier Division. Losing matches regularly, the side was dragged into a...
TRUST in the manager’s plans, says the Latics chairman. Watching from the directors’ box as his former managerial choice Paul Dickov saw his men crumble to a 2-0...
OLDHAM RL is helping a local family to raise money for their four-year-old boy with severe disabilities. Joseph Atherton - known as Joe Joe - will be mascot for the day as...
ATHLETIC fans will have to wait longer to buy replica home shirts. Manufacturers Sondico blame technical issues for the long delay. The absence of the new blue strip...
CHADDERTON school pupils returned from their summer holidays this week by going green on a new environmentally-friendly yellow bus. Children at Newman College are among the...
ATHLETIC’S stand-out performer Carl Winchester was almost thrown on to the football scrap heap for the sake of a summer holiday, it has been revealed. The 21-year-old...
POLICE are turning the screw on large-scale cannabis growers with another week of action to disrupt criminals and educate communities. Greater Manchester Police are continuing...
DARTS: OLDHAM women’s town team enjoyed a 6-2 victory over Darwen in the latest Super League Premier Division fixture at the Rifle Range. Registering for...
GOLF: THE Rowbothams produced a 1-2-3 clean sweep in the 36-hole Werneth Club Championship — the 11th successive year a member of the family has lifted the...
CHADDERTON Park FC Juniors are looking for new players for the new season. For more information visit www.chaddertonfcjuniors.co.uk. The club also runs coaching for children...
AN Oldham business has bought a century-old Bury mill for almost £1 million and intends to create 100 jobs. The downside for the Oldham business community is that 30 jobs in...
GOLF: TWO Oldham Golf League clubs are chasing the league and cup double. Dukinfield ‘A’ won the ‘A’ Cup 3.5-1.5 against Brookdale at Ashton....
WORK to transform the former Oldham town hall into a seven-screen cinema complex has entered a new phase. Engineers have now almost finished drying out the building, securing...
Golf: MATTY Hampson fired a magnificent gross 64 to equal the course record at Brookdale and win the Johnson Cup. Hampson was nine up in the bogey competition, finishing...
TEACHERS gearing up for the new school year have been given a motivational speech by Falkland war veteran Simon Weston. Mr Weston, a former member of the Welsh Guards, suffered...
ARSONISTS wrecked a speed camera in Oldham Road, Hollinwood last night. Firefighters were called to a spot near Housing Units at 11pm. Anyone with information should contact...
A SPECTACULAR twist on the global celebrity “ice-bucket challenge” has been dreamed up by a Saddleworth man John Williamson, a marketing manager from Dobcross,...
GOLF: BROOKDALE’S Joe Brice, fresh from his triumph in the Spencer Trophy at Fleetwood, was a member of the Lancashire team that retained the Daily Telegraph...
RETIRED Manchester City kit manager and former Latics star Les Chapman has a new job - reporting for the City website. Here’s what he’s been up to this week I...
MORE councils are being urged to follow Oldham’s example and increase the wages of their lowest-paid workers. Around 2,800 Oldham Council staff will get a boost in their...
