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CHARLIE’S CHAT - by Latics striker Charlier MacDonald IT IS that time of year again, the first round of the greatest cup competition in England, the FA Cup. After...
Date Published 08/11/2013
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL MOSSLEY’S joint-boss Peter Band is hoping this season’s Seel Park goal rush will continue tomorrow when stuttering Cammell Laird roll into...
THE terrified sub-postmistress who faced two armed robbers, one with a gun the other with an axe, said she felt like a hostage. Talking for the first time since her ordeal,...
THE designer of this brightly-coloured Mahdlo Mobile has put her life in the fast lane thanks to the Oldham youth zone project. Bethany Graham (12) won the competition to...
SANTA Claus is coming to Oldham and he’s bringing Rudolph along for the ride. Shoppers can enjoy a real reindeer parade through the town centre tomorrow as Father...
THE next generation of young entrepreneurs in Oldham were given a major boost today with the launch of an innovative fund to help them start their own businesses. The Oldham...
Date Published 07/11/2013
THE ONUS is on Athletic’s current crop of strikers to dig out their shooting boots, after chairman Simon Corney ruled out a new loan signing. Though Lee Johnson’s...
A FRESH series of meetings are to be held across Saddleworth in the wake of the proposal to build a new £15m secondary school at Diggle. Feelings have been running high since...
THE FIRST frost of winter had us hill-dwelling folk scraping car windows and pulling scarves out of storage. Now, this column isn’t going to go down the Daily Express...
FORMER hooligan and drug addict Simon Cooper used to be banned from football grounds. Now, he is responsible for shaping the lives of Athletic’s brightest young stars....
WORK to build a controversial artificial sports pitch at Crompton House School will begin next year despite objections from local residents. The £955,000 all-weather...
LATE drama worked in Athletic’s favour in last season’s FA Cup campaign, but it was a very different tale when Wolves came to visit in the same competition in...
CHRONICLE photographer Darren Robinson was highly commended at the O2 North-West Media Awards 2013 last night. Darren made the shortlist in the Photographer of the Year...
Keith McHugh’s National Hunt meeting selections for tomorrow Musselburgh 12.30 Purple Bay 1.00 Franciscan 1.30 Clondaw Hero 2.00 Princely Player...
ARMED robbers, one wielding an axe and the other hand gun, brought terror to a Saddleworth village yesterday when they raided the post office. The raiders threatened Mandy...
Date Published 06/11/2013
TWO helicopters and a convoy of rescue vehicles raced to save a workman trapped in a 25-ft deep hole. The dramatic incident happened at an isolated water treatment plant down...
THOUSANDS of Oldhamers braved bracing conditions to help the civic bonfire go off with a Big Bang. Pyrotechnics, fire jugglers and Brazilian beats as well as a fairground,...
ANTON Rodgers is hoping for an FA Cup shock at Boundary Park that this time leaves his father in a good mood. Athletic’s midfield man, son of Liverpool manager Brendan...
LIQUID and Envy nightclub were the big winners as Oldham’s nightlife teams celebrated at the third Best Bar None awards. The Waterloo Street venue won the best club category...
MANCHESTER City can look forward to the knock-out stages of the Champions League for the first time after hammering CSKA Moscow at the Etihad Stadium last night. Alvaro...
MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes has defended Ashley Young against accusations he dived to earn his side a penalty against Real Sociedad last night. As it turned out,...
RUGBY UNION: Oldham 1st 38, St Edward’s OB 18 OLDHAM continued their fine form in North Lancashire Division One with victory over one of their bogey teams....
Date Published 05/11/2013
Martyn Meets... Dorothy Shirley-Emerson, part two SO, where were we up to in the life and fascinating times of Oldham’s Olympic silver medal high jumper, Dorothy...
IT SHAPES entire careers, creates memories that last a lifetime and bolsters weakening bank accounts. Anyone suggesting the FA Cup is a diminished competition these days...
WOODHOUSES church’s amateur operatic society is holding auditions tonight, at 7.30pm, for its forthcoming production of “The Pirates of Penzance”. Male...
OLDHAMERS are invited to honour the fallen with services across the borough during Remembrance Week. Services will take place at several venues on Sunday. A roll of honour...
TRACK travel was the order of the day for Oldham’s Mayor, Councillor John Hudson, when he boarded a tram in Oldham to the Shaw and Crompton station. The borough’s...
“SMART” motorways designed to cut congestion are to be introduced in Greater Manchester — the first in the North-West. The technology will be introduced on a...
A FRAUDSTER who stole money from a vulnerable man after striking up a friendship with him has gone to prison for 26 months. Charles Ward (42), was found guilty of six counts...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 38-year-old mother who spent the last months of her life raising money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Allyson Richardson-Smethurst touched hearts...
