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CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards are - SOUTHWELL 1.50 Dorfman 2.20 Stand Guard 2.50 Corn Maiden 3.25...
Date Published 18/02/2013
YOUR Chronicle is up for the Cup! We’ll be producing a FIRST in our 159-year history to coincide with Athletic’s big FA Cup fifth-round tie with Everton on Saturday. For the...
Date Published 16/02/2013
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD, who have so often struggled this season to name a full contingent of players for away trips, were matched by Meltham All Blacks’ squad of 14 for this...
Date Published 15/02/2013
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s bowed out of the Oldham Amateur League Standard Cup at the first round stage — but Saddleworth Rangers progressed with a comfortable victory....
The Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport THE EVERTON game is an occasion absolutely everyone at the club wants to be part of. There is a huge buzz around Boundary...
Presenter Alan “Big Al” Nield of 96.2 The Revolution writes for the Chron IF there’s one thing this horse meat fiasco has brought to mind, it is the total...
TICKETS are on sale for a concert by Mid Life Crisis, to raise cash for the Royal Rover. The event takes place at Tara Leisure, Shaw, from 8pm on Saturday, March 16. Tickets...
OLDHAM Council is planning to build statues of famous Oldhamers along Union Street for the arrival of Metrolink. Here’s another potential candidate for the list......
COUNCILLOR Diane Williams has lost her push for speed cameras in Oldham Road. The road between Heyside and the Big Lamp roundabout in Shaw has an above average accident rate...
Karen Doherty meets the new head of Oldham Police CATHERINE Hankinson has risen from a PC in Leigh to the head of Oldham police in only 17 years. But the drive of the...
OLDHAMER Chris Brown will be supporting Latics Gangnam style on Saturday. Chris (26), from Springhead, will be cheering on his home team from his new home in the Gangnam...
GREATER Manchester Waste Disposal Authority is increasing its charges by 14.5 per cent — adding 2.6 per cent to council tax bills. The authority, which recycles or...
THUG Andy Kemp smirked as he denied any knowledge of a late-night attack on his partner. But minutes earlier a police officer had seen him standing over the terrified woman....
THE FRIDAY THING: IF the Government had given any indication that it had a sense of humour, we might be able to laugh out loud at the idea council tenants will have to move out of...
ST CHAD’S Parish Centre hosts a series of lunches that will take place during Lent, with the first starting on Wednesday from noon-1pm and every Wednesday there after until...
TRAM travellers will be accompanied by some familiar voices on Metrolink’s newest route. To mark the start of the East Manchester line — which stops at the Etihad...
EXPAT John Flanagan is so proud of his team he’s set up an OAFC supporters club in his adopted country — the Philippines. After rallying support among the locals...
GROUNDWORK’S headquarters could be in line for a £7,500 makeover. The environmental organisation has made the final of the Keeping it Local competition run by...
A juror has been discharged from serving in the Dale Cregan murder trial for legal reasons. The development came on day six of proceedings at Preston Crown Court — two days...
Angling: SHAUN Cooke’s match-winning bag of 72lb 7oz was almost double that of the next man in the Partridge Fisheries Open on Covey Lakes one, two, three and four. He...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM firsts look set to resume their North Lancashire Division One fixture programme at home to Bolton tomorrow (kick-off 2.15pm). Guy Lovgreen’s side...
FOOTBALL: UPPERMILL roared to a 5-2 home win at the expense of Moldgreen in Huddersfield and District League Division One. Second-placed Uppermill piled the pressure on their...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD suffered their first defeat in 14 games after losing 3-2 at high-flying Walshaw Sports in Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division....
AFC Oldham 2005 11, Bedians 2 FOOTBALL: FREE-SCORING AFC Oldham 2005 responded to the previous week’s 5-0 defeat at Cheadle Villa by smashing 11 goals past Bedians at the...
FOOTBALL: NEW Mossley striker Danny Broadbent is pushing for a second successive start following his switch from Hyde FC. The forward played for 88 minutes in the...
AN Oldham manufacturer with his own brand of clothing accessories is keen to expand — with a range made from sustainable materials such as bamboo. Denshaw’s David...
NOMINATIONS are starting to arrive for the 2013 One Oldham Business Awards - which this year feature two new categories. A new-look website is open and the volunteer steering...
DAVID COPPERFIELD, Oldham Coliseum (to February 23). A NEW season and an old favourite: Dickens is about tortured lives with feelgood resolutions, and Copperfield pretty much...
SNOOKER: MARTIN Kennedy’s break of 54 was his third 50-plus break in as many weeks in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. His win over Martin Merrington helped North...
NETBALL: OLDHAM’S Premier League One team stayed unbeaten and top of the division with a hard-fought 56-52 victory over a tough Downs outfit. The Surrey-based team...