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OLDHAM Athletic could be forced to give nearly 40 per cent of tickets for the fifth-round FA cup home clash against Everton on February 16 to away supporters. Greater...
Date Published 04/02/2013
WATCH OUT FOR 20-PAGE NOSTALGIA SPECIAL Is your school, office or workplace beginning to catch FA Cup fever? Then why not hold a Blue Day for Dr K - show your support for...
ANGLING: DESPITE freezing conditions, the lorry park length of the Rochdale Canal was again the place to be. Victory went to Roger Priestley, of Maver NW. He produced a...
Date Published 01/02/2013
THERE is no doubt that there have been some outstanding talents in local amateur football down the years, some of whom went on to become full-time professionals John Pemberton...
FOOTBALL: THE Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League's representative team will take on Hyde over two legs in the Greater Manchester Inter-League competition. Paddy McGuirk will...
Dog and Duck 5, Abbey Inn 0 DOG and Duck registered a comfortable and expected win at home to Abbey Inn at Crossley playing fields in Division Three of the Midas Plumbing Oldham...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE are on the look-out for a new first-team skipper after Nick Campbell stepped down from the role. The 32 year old, who lifted the Tanner Cup in 2012, is to...
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini will probably answer questions about Mario Balotelli for the last time as he meets the media to preview Sunday's clash with Liverpool....
MICHAEL Carrick believes Manchester United's impressive array of goalscorers makes them a clear and present danger among the league’s elite. After stretching their lead...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro manager Tony Mills has set his sights on qualification for next season’s FA Cup. The top six teams in Vodkat North-West Counties League Division...
BURGLARY and car crimes have risen sharply in Saddleworth. The figures were revealed at the Saddleworth District Partnership meeting by Insp Danny Milovanovich. He said...
PLANS to demolish the current Saddleworth Medical Practice to make way for a new, two-storey health centre will be discussed by parish councillors on Monday. The application...
LATEST figures that suggest a dramatic decrease in local house prices are distorted, says major estate agent Ryder & Dutton. Officially, average house prices fell by 6.3...
ACCESS on two Oldham town centre streets has been changed this morning due to the continuing Metrolink work. Motorists can now drive along Waterloo Street to join Union Street...
CRICKET: CROMPTON has received a double boost in the build-up to the 2013 Lake Garage CLL season. The club has signed South African Michael Pote. West Indian Denis Louis,...
14 years in the job and loving it CHRIS Davies has been an MEP for nearly 14 years - and he loves every minute of his job. The former Littleborough and Saddleworth MP...
SWIMMING: OLDHAM’S Jessica Fullalove defeated the elements and most of her opponents at the Flanders Speedo Cup in Belgium. The 16 year old finished in second place...
BETTING: WOW! I did suggest last week that Athletic might give Liverpool a scare. But did anyone really see a win coming? The bookies certainly didn’t and it is...
Everything about the European Parliament in Strasbourg is big — the building, the number of MEPs (758), the budget, the bureaucracy. Chronicle reporter Martyn Torr spent two...
THE campaign group fighting proposals for a 74-acre business park and up to 380 homes on green land in Foxdenton holds its next meeting at Nimble Nook Social Club, Foxdenton Lane,...
A thief stole charity boxes and petty cash at Shaw’s RSPCA store. The Market Street shop was broken into late on Sunday night and two charity boxes — with an...
OLDHAMERS have helped contribute to a charity scheme that has sent its 100 millionth shoebox to needy children around the world. Operation Christmas Child has reached the...
A SADDLEWORTH schoolgirl is hoping it will be checkmate when she represents England in an international tournament. Phoebe Price (16), from Greenfield, has been selected to...
THIS year’s council tax rise could see Oldham Council lose out next year. The Chronicle reported how the council is proposing to raise the rate by 3.5 per cent - but has...
A COMMUNITY has been stunned by the death of Dobcross artist Angela Tait Angela, due to celebrate her 70th birthday in July with a solo exhibition at Saddleworth Museum, died...
RUGBY: THE curtain goes up on the 2013 Standard Cup this weekend. Fitton Hill Bulldogs and Higginshaw get the knock-out competition underway on Sunday at Fields New Road....
RUGBY: AN exiled Oldhamer who lists his former clubs as Royton Tigers, Saddleworth Rangers, Oldham St Anne’s and Halifax has signed for the new Oxford Rugby League Club....
MATT Smith's second Chronicle Star Man award in the space of five days has lifted the striker to joint-top in the overall table. The 23 year old heads the list alongside Jose...
The Latics striker writes every week for Chron Sport IT IS difficult to put into words what the Liverpool win meant. It was a fantastic day for everyone at the club —...
OLDHAM’S memorable victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup was extra special for Crompton House School as a former pupil helped achieve the win. The school was delighted to...
