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ATHLETIC may be five points clear of the bottom four with only two weekends of the season remaining — but Lee Johnson is taking nothing for granted ahead of Saturday’s...
Date Published 22/04/2014
David Moyes' short–lived reign at Manchester United is over. The club confirmed today Sir Alex Ferguson's successor had “left the club” after less than a...
Athletic 0, Coventry 0 NEARLY . . . but not quite. It was a close thing. Jonson Clarke-Harris rattled a post with a superb curling free-kick from long range, James Dayton...
BOXING: BIG-time promoter Eddie Hearn admitted Anthony 'Million Dollar' Crolla is now set to surge into world title contention after winning an epic Battle of Manchester on...
COLCHESTER 0 ATHLETIC 1 CONNOR Brown struck his first-ever goal as Athletic claimed three points from the long trip to Colchester on Good Friday. Or did he? The right-back's...
OLDHAM did not play Adam Files at Hunslet because he suffered a setback in training after keyhole surgery on a damaged knee. His rehabilitation had been going well - so much...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards
COLCHESTER 0 ATHLETIC 1 - LEAGUE officials may have a tricky job next week on deciding whether or not to award Connor Brown with his first ever Football League goal, but what is...
Date Published 18/04/2014
Angling: THE first of the Medlock Bridge AC Saturday Open matches on the Park Lake was won by another in-form angler, Billy Brierley, with his waggler and maggot fished three rods...
“CARPET” specialists Waterloo and Taunton swept up another big prize at Chadderton Cot on Sunday. The ‘A’ Division title winners made light of the...
RUGBY: MICK Fogerty’s record as a player in the Standard Cup reads no wins from three games. As a coach it is one played, one won. On Easter Monday, he is hoping to make...
LIMESIDE King George stormed into the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League Challenge Cup final thanks to a 6-0 last-four victory against stunned Royton Athletic....
SAM Molineux, a former player and past president of Oldham Rugby Union Football Club, has died at the age of 87. He was an ever-present at the club for more than 70 years,...
Diggle 5, Shepley 1 NATHAN Boote bagged a hat-trick as Diggle maintained their ultra-slim hopes of winning the Huddersfield and District League Division One title. This was...
The Latics striker writes every week for Chron Sport IT has been a strange couple of weeks for Athletic. Having had no game for 13 days, it was unusual to be training with...
CRICKET: FOR the first time in CLL history, our four local clubs will not all be playing in the same division this season. Sunday’s start of the new season will feature...
CRICKET: TWO of the three new clubs in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League have home advantage on the opening day of the 2014 season tomorrow. Whalley Range, winners...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: A HECTIC Easter spell is in store for Mossley, Chadderton and Oldham Boro, who all play twice during the penultimate weekend of the non-league season. All...
COVENTRY hot-shot Callum Wilson will be desperate to hit the goal trail when the Sky Blues arrive at Boundary Park on Easter Monday. The home-grown 22 year old is involved in...
THE FRIDAY THING: ...And when is a deal that has not been done little more than on the wish list of those who want it to be done for reasons the majority of us simply cannot...
NOMINATE people who give time and effort to charity work or to help others in need, for a Saddleworth Parish Council Volunteer of the Year or Young Volunteer of the Year award....
COMMUNITY stalwart Judith Haughton beamed with pride as she received her British Empire Medal for years of dedication to Oldham. Judith (66) of Scarr Lane, Shaw, received the...
Oldham Planning Committee A CARAVAN site in Saddleworth is an “eyesore”, say residents who don’t want vans and tents there all year round. Camp site owner...
A NEW £8million leisure centre in Royton will provide a lasting Olympic legacy, say Oldham Planning Committee members who approved the project this week. The centre will...
A care home nurse accused of watching a frail pensioner having a fit on the floor for 15 minutes could lose her career. Juliet Monk claimed the elderly woman was...
SNOOKER: THE Oldham Amateur Snooker League title will go right to the wire. With one week to go, only four points separate the leading five sides. North Chadd...
SPORTS BETTING: IT SEEMS ridiculous that, at 38, Ronnie O’Sullivan is by some distance the best snooker player on the planet. In age terms, the player continues to buck...
GOLF: THE Oldham and District Golf League heads into a 32nd season with new handicap limits after an annual meeting night of reform. The clubs unanimously decided to...
GOLF: SADDLEWORTH captain Andy Dunster is keen to cultivate a healthy club spirit in 2014. Like other golf clubs, Saddleworth are fighting to maintain membership levels....
WITH 16 clubs, including South-West Manchester, Whalley Range and Wythenshawe for the first time, the 2014 Saddleworth and District Cricket League season promises to be of the...
