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BOBBY Reid is straight into the first-team equation as Athletic prepare for the difficult trip to the County Ground tomorrow. The diminutive, quick midfield man, on youth loan...
Date Published 28/03/2013
ANDY Johnson will not be troubling Athletic's defence with his pace, cleverness and finishing ability tomorrow. The QPR striker had been linked with a shock loan move to the...
OLDHAM College will open one of the country’s new wave of technical schools for 14 to 19-year-olds in September next year. It will eventually have up to 600 pupils who...
HE may have uttered similar words in the past, but this time Oldham RL club chairman Chris Hamilton is truly relishing the prospect of a new era under highly-rated head coach...
POLICE have made a number of arrests as part of an operation to tackle suspected traffickers and drug dealers in Oldham. Officers from the Oldham Organised Crime Unit joined...
NEW Roughyeds skipper Lewis Palfrey believes his side will ruffle more than a few feathers in Kingstone Press Championship One this season. A new-look Oldham squad, with head...
MOSSLEY retained the Manchester County FA Premier Cup in the most dramatic of fashions last night. Taking on fellow Evo-Stik League Division One North outfit Salford City at...
FEARS are growing for the welfare of a missing 13-year-old boy who has family in Oldham. Police in Shrewsbury are appealing for help from the public as they attempt to trace...
ASHWELL PRINCE has rejoined Lancashire County Cricket Club for a fourth spell at Emirates Old Trafford. The 35-year-old left-hander has penned a two-year deal subject to...
TERRIFIED staff were threatened with a hammer in a violent armed robbery at a Shaw off-licence. Three masked men entered Top Shop on Fraser Street and threatened a man behind...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson is racing against time to pin down a further arrival before the loan window shuts at 5pm tomorrow, with left-back the priority area. First-choice...
Date Published 27/03/2013
OLDHAM'S try-scoring young forwards Josh Crowley and Danny Langtree each has a point to prove in the Good Friday derby clash with Rochdale Hornets at Whitebank (3pm). As...
MOSSLEY boss Steve Halford has urged his in-form side to win the Manchester Premier Cup in style tonight. The Lilywhites are the current holders of the famous old Manchester...
SNOOKER MICHAEL Wild and Reece Kershaw will clash in the quarter-finals of the Manchester Snooker Open at the Moor Club, Heaton Moor, Stockport, tonight (7.30pm). The two...
NETBALL OLDHAM Netball Club had plenty to cheer in their Northern League clash at home to Leeds Athletic. Not only did the game finish in a one-sided 63-35 victory for the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh's selections for tomorrow's meetings are:
RESIDENTS have raised an amazing £41,000 in little over a year to save open space for future generations. They are on the brink of owning Plumpton Clough in North...
ONE of the beating hearts of Chadderton’s footballing community has been kicked where it hurts by heartless thugs. Chadderton FC treasurer Glynn Mellor was confronted by...
TOP chef Paul Heathcote MBE will run a rooftop dining restaurant at the new £30 million Hotel Future in Oldham. The 120-bedroom town-centre hotel is a world first as it...
AN investigation has been launched after claims it took too long for an ambulance to reach an eight-year-old boy, who later died. Clayton Barker from Hathershaw, died on March...
A sweet-toothed criminal who helped himself to boxes of lollies during one raid was jailed for a total of four years. Aaron Ainsley (26) also broke into two houses and stole a...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a retired Oldham Council chief who was tragically killed alongside a friend while on holiday in Thailand. Father-of-two Derek Gent (69) was on the...
RUGBY UNION OLDHAM’S first team shrugged off horrendous conditions as they won their fourth straight North Lancashire Division One game against Hutton. Following...
Date Published 26/03/2013
ROUGHYEDS chairman Chris Hamilton believes more calm rather than the storm will prove to be a successful formula for new club skipper Lewis Palfrey. A talented former Salford...
TABLE TENNIS WERNETH ‘B’ reached the final of Oldham and District Table Tennis League’s Division One Handicap Cup after beating Honeywell ‘B’ by...
THE Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League representative team takes on Hyde in the semi-final second leg of the Greater Manchester Inter-League Trophy at Mossley FC on Thursday....
OLDHAM-born midfield ace Andy Driver is enjoying a new lease of life in the sunshine city of Houston in America. After a hugely-successful playing career with Scottish Premier...
FORMER Oldham policeman Ady Raynor will not be taking a-rrest during his forthcoming charity challenge. The 50-year-old who moved from Royton to France eight years ago, is...
A mother-of-three who was shortlisted for a Pride in Oldham award because of her dedication to the elderly, children and those with learning disabilities has died. Jean...
JUDO champion Michelle Vidler has been inspiring pupils to be the best. Michelle, who won a gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008,...