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JAMES Dayton is primed to return as a creative force as Athletic aim to hit the goals trail against Shrewsbury tomorrow. The tricky winger suffered a minor setback before the...
Date Published 31/12/2013
A CARING couple have been named on the New Year honours list for their services to children and families. Harold and Glenys Cockcroft, of Waterhead, are set to receive MBEs in...
Sports betting FA CUP third-round weekend beckons and with it the potential for giant-killing acts. Athletic certainly fall under that category, but the bookies make them a...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport THE Christmas and New Year fixture schedule is getting a bit crazy, and certainly at City some of the...
WAYNE Rooney is set to return from a groin injury for Manchester United’s crunch Old Trafford clash against rejuvenated Spurs tomorrow. The Reds have won their last six...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
CLUB skipper Vincent Kompany is convinced Manchester City are on the brink of something special as they gear up to start the New Year with a tough trip to Swansea City. Manuel...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY will try to arrest a worrying run of seven straight Evo-Stik Division One North defeats tomorrow when they travel to Tameside neighbours Curzon Ashton. The...
TOM Eaves is set to feature against his former club tomorrow for the first time since leaving Boundary Park. Shrewsbury are familiar visitors for the New Year’s Day...
ATHLETIC have raised their original contract offer in a bid to tempt Matteo Lanzoni to stay at Boundary Park, but the chances of the defender signing remain very much in the...
BATTLING two-year-old Millie Moran and her family had a joyous Christmas — their first together at home. The toddler’s unique set of medical conditions kept her in...
Date Published 30/12/2013
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Alex Vaughan moved guests to tears with a moving speech at his parents’ wedding - to tell them how much he loved them. The youngster has fought a tough...
A GRANDMOTHER badly burned when her clothes caught fire was saved when her granddaughter snapped into action with techniques she learned in school. The 13-year-old girl...
A TERRIFIED taxi driver feared for his life after three men stoned his car after refusing to pay a £2 fare. Five cabbies from Premier Cars in Shaw Road went on strike on...
A SERIES of close shaves and blunders has prompted an urgent warning from Metrolink chiefs. With only five weeks until trams start using the town centre line, there are fears...
Roads minister Robert Goodwill chose Oldham to find out more about a new smartphone potholes app developed by national bike charity the Cycling Touring Club. Using Google maps...
JCH becoming such a threat – boss ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson praised goalscorer Jonson Clarke-Harris after his side took a deserved point against Coventry. The...
ATHLETIC are facing a battle with one Championship outfit and rivals in Sky Bet League One to secure the services of Matteo Lanzoni. The short-term deal for the Italian...
Coventry 1, Athletic 1 ATHLETIC came close to nicking three points after a barnstorming contest at Sixfields. For the second time in four days, an opening goal from Jonson...
Sheffield Utd 1, Athletic 1 JOSE Baxter netted a superb equaliser as Sheffield United denied Athletic three points at Bramall Lane. Athletic’s former talisman, who...
DESPITE Christmas, Athletic fans have been gripped by FA Cup fever ahead of next weekend’s mouth-watering third-round clash at Liverpool. After roughly 4,000 Anfield...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 12.00 Hillbilly Boy 12.30 Outbacker 1.00 Sweet Alibi 1.30 Aqua...
SHEFF UTD 1 ATHLETIC 1 ATHLETIC earned a useful point at Bramall Lane, holding off a second-half revival by a Blades side inspired by a brilliant equaliser from former favourite...
Date Published 26/12/2013
A VICTORIAN fun fair brought extra cheer to Christmas shoppers on Saturday. An old-fashioned carousel, stalls and games including hook-a-duck and hoop-a-Santa, hot roast...
Date Published 24/12/2013
SHAW teacher Steve Hill likes nothing better than to flex his muscles and test his stamina. Since September he has travelled the country to take part in four taxing...
TABLE TENNIS: BROTHER and sister Adam and Sophie Newton went head to head in the last round of fixtures before the Christmas break in the Oldham and District Table Tennis League....
FOOTBALL: ROYTON Town have leapfrogged local rivals Springhead in the FBT Manchester League Premier Division. The two mid-table sides locked horns at Ashfield Crescent, and...
FOOTBALL: CARRION Crow, inspired by Callum Beckett’s hat-trick, emerged victorious in the battle of the top two teams in the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League...
CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING: CHRIS Brown has proved in a class of his own in the Oldham Schools Cross-Country Championships. Victory in the Years 10-11 race at Chadderton Hall Park...
MARTYN MEETS... Steve Marsden, the Oldham CERN scientist who isn’t Brian Cox... HOW does a 25-year-old lad from Chaddy know so much about so many things? I mean, the...
