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OFFICIALS at Oldham Boro have spoken of their delight after agreement was reached with Mossley FC to ground-share at the Lilywhites’ Seel Park home. North-West Counties...
Date Published 29/07/2014
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THE sister of two children killed after an Oldham woman set fire to their house in a revenge attack almost 17 years ago has said that “justice has finally been done”....
Date Published 28/07/2014
RAINBOW flags and colourful performers lined Old1ham’s streets as the borough celebrated its 10th Pride event on Saturday. With a theme of “Our Heritage, Our Pride,...
ADAM Lockwood has provided Athletic manager Lee Johnson with an injury scare two weeks before the new season kicks off. Though he is suspended for the opening game of the Sky...
THE boy did well . . . and he’ll only get better. That was Scott Naylor’s verdict on the debut of Oldham new boy Gareth Owen in the thrill-a-minute 24-23 win...
IT proved to be an exciting weekend for Oldham’s representatives at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Diggle-based swim star Jessica Lloyd bagged herself a second medal at...
SURPRISED guests thought they had got marching orders when they arrived at a wedding at a Saddleworth church. Because the road and hillside at the church entrance was thronged...
A POLICE car has been written off after being repeatedly rammed by a man driving a stolen Land Rover. Officers from Greater Manchester Police were patrolling in Oldham...
TWO men were rescued from Hollingworth Lake on Saturday afternoon after swimming 260ft from the shore. Fire crews from Rochdale and a specialist water incident unit were sent to...
Barrow 1, Athletic 2 THE FRIENDLY games were taking place 180 miles away in Glasgow and this was anything but a convivial occasion, as Athletic seethed about the awful...
Oldham 24, Hunselt 23 IT was a game that had the lot — good rugby, nine tries, a bit of biff and bash, yellow cards, a frantic finale and a match-winning hero in Josh...
CLL Saturday round-up by SIMON SMEDLEY DERBY-DAY spoils went to Werneth and Crompton in the Lake Garage Central Lancashire League. As the temperatures soared into the high...
OLDHAM slumped to the bottom of the Lake Garage CLL Championship table following a shocker of a performance yesterday at Unsworth, writes SIMON SMEDLEY. Heading to the game on...
Saddleworth and District Cricket League by KEVIN RICHARDSON SADDLEWORTH won’t let leaders Glodwick out of their sights. Brian Lord’s men cut the deficit to...
SEVENTH-WICKET pair Tom Avery and Steven Howard held firm to clinch Saddleworth’s place on Twenty20 Cup finals’ day, writes KEVIN RICHARDSON. They came together...
WOODHOUSES put in a brave effort, but were beaten by Glossop in their Greene King Lancashire County League top-of-the-table clash at Belfields. The fourth-placed hosts took...
RONNIE Heffron is heading off for a long rest after he was comprehensively beaten in his British light-middleweight title eliminator by Welsh tough guy Liam Williams at the...
ATHLETIC’S intrepid youngsters will encounter some familiar accents when they touch down at their first hotel base in the Netherlands today. Tony Philliskirk’s...
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are — BEVERLEY 2.20 Rainford Glory 2.50 Saltarello...
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow are —
Date Published 25/07/2014
THE NEW league structure in 2015 for rugby league’s professional and semi-professional competitions have been outlined. From next season, First Utility Super League and...
SIXTY Royton Road Runners assembled on the start line for the Ian Terry Memorial 5K trail race at Cowm — an event in the Club Championship series. Conditions were muggy...
DAVE Ireland took first place in the latest Monarch AC match on the club water. He used chopped worm and caster to register a 34lb 5oz catch of carp and ide. Dave White...
UPPERMILL Cricket Club are staging Twenty20 match for local league legend Cec Wright on Friday, August 1 (start 6.15pm). A mixed Uppermill and Crompton XI, including Dave and...
A BIG decision to switch trainers is hopefully set to pay off for Ronnie Heffron as the Oldham light-middleweight prospect gears up for what could be a career-defining fight at...
BEN Whitehead’s reintroduction to the game on home shores had the desired effect for Saddleworth Rangers last week. The former Huddersfield Giants half-back (20), who...
LANCASHIRE sealed top spot in the NatWest T20 Blast North Division with a routine victory by 27 runs over out-of-contention Durham Jets at Emirates Old Trafford. The Lightning...
OLDHAM hosts the North-West ping pong world qualifier on Saturday. Dozens of players are set to converge at the Radclyffe Athletics Centre, Hunt Lane, Chadderton (start...
“IT was just one of those days,” reflected Shadley van Schalkwyk after his career-best 222. The Heyside professional took no mercy on the Greenfield attack as he...
