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Crompton House Old Boys 10, Famous King George ‘A’ 2 FOOTBALL: BRIAN Lord scored five first-half goals as Crompton House Old Boys routed relegation-haunted Famous...
Date Published 05/04/2013
FOOTBALL: PLAYER-boss Steve Halford is happy Mossley’s destiny remains in their own hands as the race for the Evo-Stik League Division One North play-offs gathers pace....
TWO days off from training may not be the obvious way to prepare for a no-holds-barred relegation scrap, but Athletic manager Lee Johnson believes it will do his players a world...
TAKEN as a whole, Athletic's form across the season has been as cold as the recent weather. Only 41 points from 39 games in the league is a poor record in stark contrast to...
WIN or lose at Hunslet on Sunday, Scott Naylor is looking to his young Oldham RL side to play with pride and passion in the wake of last week’s league defeat by Rochdale....
A MOTORIST has won his David and Goliath battle to have an illegal no-parking sign removed — more than a year after it was declared unlawful. The sign, in Court Street,...
CIVIL servants in Oldham were due to stage a strike today to protest against cuts to pay, pensions and jobs. More than 400 members of the Public and Commercial Services union...
DRIVERS can take advantage of another free car parking offer in Oldham town centre this weekend. From tomorrow, cars can be parked free for three hours in all town-centre car...
A woman believed to be Oldham’s oldest resident celebrates her 108th birthday on Sunday. Eunice Lunn, who has lived at Ashbourne residential home, Holts, since 2000, was...
Athletic’s manager used a day off from training this week to travel to Scotland to see a reserves match in the afternoon and former club Kilmarnock against St Mirren, as...
Oldham’s young back-row man Michael Ward will be back in a Roughyeds jersey tonight after a month off to study for exams. The 22-year-old trainee teacher hasn’t...
MANAGER Sir Alex Ferguson has no doubt rivals City will be trying their utmost to upset Manchester United's title ambitions in their game on Monday. United will head into the...
GRAND NATIONAL: IRELAND hasn’t won the Grand National since Silver Birch’s triumph in 2007. But tomorrow the Irish launch a huge assault on the big race in a bid to...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A new Oldham centre will help to transform the lives of vulnerable local women. The Oldham Women’s Centre will tackle drug and alcohol addiction, prevent offending and...
Date Published 04/04/2013
A SHOCKED businessman was attacked with a stun gun and bundled into the back of his car. The terrified, 35-year-old victim only escaped by leaping out as his attackers drove...
Baxter among top 25 of Football League’s finest JOSE Baxter has been named one of the top talents in the Football League. Athletic’s attacking talisman, whose...
OLDHAM RL coach Scott Naylor has confirmed Liam Thompson’s Roughyeds’ career will start in the under-20s side against Rochdale at Whitebank tomorrow night. The...
Summer switch can wait as striker targets survival MATT Smith says he has made no decision where he will play next season. The imposing striker has been in and out of the...
THE former Diggle pallet works site is back on the agenda as a new home for Saddleworth School. Oldham Council has confirmed it is talking to the consortium which owns the...
Date Published 03/04/2013
A row of terrace houses awaiting demolition was deliberately set alight last night, leaving firefighters facing a gruelling nine-hour task to extinguish the flames. Crews...
Oldham Coliseum has scooped a brace of prizes at the reborn Manchester Theatre Awards - the biggest of their kind outside London. The Fairbottom Street venue won trophies for...
Smith’s comeback goal is timely reminder for boss MATT Smith looked sharp on a scoring return to action for Athletic’s reserves, giving manager Lee Johnson food for...
PROP Liam Gilchrist is expected to be fit for Oldham’s big test at Hunslet Hawks on Sunday in the third round of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. The 24-year-old former...
RUGBY: THREE tries in the last 16 minutes saw Emmerson Jackman’s Saddleworth Rangers side beat local rivals Waterhead 18-16 in Division One of the National Conference...
Date Published 02/04/2013
Non-league football: MOSSLEY remain in third place in the Evo-Stik League Division One North table after winning four points from two Easter fixtures. Yesterday Steve...
MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini feels his squad has lacked the depth to cover for absence this season. Mancini failed to secure any of his prime targets in last summer's...
SIR Alex Ferguson has challenged Manchester United to bounce back from their FA Cup exit by sealing the league title with a strong win against City at Old Trafford next week. A...
