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FORMER soldier Danny Fitzsimons has spoken from the Iraq jail where he is serving 20 years for shooting dead two security firm colleagues. Tomorrow will be four years since...
Date Published 09/08/2013
Cycling: MATTHEW Walls admitted he was blown away as hordes of fans roared the Oldham racer down the home straight on The Mall to finish as the third under-16 rider in the...
CRICKET: Heyside captain Ben Holt has had his ban for abuse of an umpire cut. Initially suspended until the end of next, a three-man appeals panel has reduced the...
CRICKET: AUSSIE Ben Dunk arrived late at the Paddock – and is going home early. But despite his curtailed season as Royton professional, Dunk has made an immense...
CRICKET: BAMFORD Fieldhouse are in serious danger of packing up if they can’t quickly find a new league in which to compete. So says Bamford chairman Andy Barton...
STARTING tomorrow, the Chronicle will publish the views of Athletic supporters on the season’s progress . . . And we want YOU to play a part. Every Friday one fan will get the...
IT DOESN’T matter how many we concede... as long as we score one more than the other guys. This philosophy served Newcastle well under Kevin Keegan. Fans of the St...
CRICKET: HEYWOOD skipper Bobby Cross lifted the John Willie Lees Wood Cup last night after his man of the match display in the resumed final against Walsden. Cross hit an...
WALSALL have carried on this season from where they left off last time out: defying the pundits predicting their slump. Dean Smith’s men have won both their games so far...
A 13-year-old boy has been left with shocking injuries after being mauled by a friend’s family pet. Marcus Barnes was at a friend’s house in Limeside, when the...
AS ATHLETIC admit defeat over attempts to bring in one loan defender, manager Lee Johnson said he has struggled to identify realistic targets better than the players he has...
OLDHAM RL Club nipped in ahead of today’s signing deadline to capture Swinton Lions forward Chris Clarke on loan. The 26-year-old former Huddersfield Giants and Bradford...
ROBOTS will be invading Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum - thanks to their Chadderton-based creator David Buckley. David (68) will join over 50 hobbyists,...
KOREY Smith has been praised for his leadership skills after being confirmed as Athletic’s new captain. The former Norwich star (22) has arguably slipped under the radar...
IT might be top v bottom, but Scott Naylor has promised no let up from his side this Sunday Roughyeds will be just as switched-on as they were two weekends ago in their...
Non-league football: CHADDERTON are back in action tomorrow when they face a tough test at Nelson in their second game of the new North-West Counties League First Division...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ASCOT 12.55 Roserrow 1.30 Broxbourne 2.05 Ahtoug (nb) 2.40...
ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson will tinker with his forward line as he bids to get back on the goals trail against Walsall. Charlie MacDonald’s impressive work rate at...
Date Published 08/08/2013
TURN out and cheer us on to promotion say Oldham Rugby’'s coaches and players ahead of Sunday's final home game of the regular season against Gloucester All Golds (3pm)....
THE family of a stroke victim twice discharged from the Royal Oldham Hospital with the wrong pills is demanding to know what went wrong. Muhammad Sajjid was seconds away from...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson admits he is braced for offers for his top performers. The job of building his squad is more or less complete, with only a centre-back still on...
Rugby Union: OLDHAM flyer Kyle Eastmond has been called into England head coach Stuart Lancaster’s 33-man elite player squad. The 24-year-old former Radclyffe School...
FORMER Great Britain star and England captain Steve Molloy is set to inspire the next generation of rugby league wannabes in his home town. Steve is head coach of a new rugby...
YORKSHIRE Street shops have been given the celebrity thumbs up by members of boy band Blue. Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe from the Brit Award-winning group popped into Nosh cafe...
Hockey: OLDHAM’S Nicola White is in the England squad of 18 athletes for the TriFinance EuroHockey Championships in Antwerp, Belgium from August 17. White is among...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAYDOCK 5.50 King Of Paradise 6.20 Hawk High (nb) 6.55 Mawfoor (nap)...
THE grave of Failsworth murder victim Lily Lilley at last bears her name, thanks to the generosity of a group of local residents and Shaw stonemason Christian Hague. A friend...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson wants his team to continue to smarten up their play and pass the ball. In last night’s 1-0 defeat by Derby in the first round of the Capital...
Date Published 07/08/2013
SCOTT Naylor plans to tinker with his promotion-chasing Oldham squad to play Gloucester All Golds at Whitebank on Sunday. Roughyeds’ last home game of the season is one...
A SUSPECT who evaded airport police and fled to Amsterdam has had all charges against him dropped. Anthony Morrison was charged with robbery following a violent £20,000 raid...
