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Les Chapman The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport EDIN Dzeko demonstrated how underrated he is by scoring two crucial goals in...
Date Published 23/10/2012
A FED-UP shopkeeper is questioning whether to keep his business open after a sixth armed raid in five years. Five hooded men armed with a carving knife and hammer burst into...
A SCHEME to slash Oldhamers’ energy bills by up to £150 each through bulk buying has received the backing of Energy Minister Ed Davey. Oldham Council and the Local Government...
Elin, 15, beats 150 hopefuls to job RADCLYFFE School pupil Elin Franklin has become a Government adviser on disability and special educational needs (SEN) reform. The 15...
A BLIND teenager who twice tried to take his own life has released a charity single to help fight youth suicide. Richard Howarth (19) suffered severe depression in college and...
Oldhamers got the chance to voice their opinions on council spending at Oldham’s Big Budget Conversation at the Queen Elizabeth Hall yesterday. In the hot seat were...
Youngster rewarded for his community spirit A YOUNGSTER who strives to make Hollinwood a better place has been presented with an award for his “outstanding”...
Oldham Cabinet reports TWO hours of free parking, seven days a week, will by introduced on council-owned town centre car parks in the new year. The three-month trial will...
THE MOUSETRAP Opera House, Manchester, to Saturday. I think it’s safe to say this infamous Agatha Christie thriller has long since become a self-perpetuating myth. With...
ATHLETIC’S attack has shone with the strength of the Jose Baxter-Matt Derbyshire forward axis. And manager Paul Dickov will look for the duo to fire a fourth league win...
JASON Boults hopes to be in seventh heaven next year after re-signing for Oldham RL Club. He has played for the Roughyeds in each of their six seasons in the sport’s...
ROBBIE Simpson has been rolling back the years as a central midfielder in Athletic’s last two matches. It may be the 27 year old will step aside at Brunton Park tonight...
CHRIS Smalling and Phil Jones are both expected back on Manchester United duty within the next fortnight. Sir Alex Ferguson said prior to the recent international break that...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY travel to Wakefield tonight in Evo-Stik League Division One North (7.45pm kick-off). The Lilywhites are hopeful of extending their four-point lead...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NEWMARKET 2.00 Saucy Minx 2.30 Rottingdean 3.05 Hoarding 3.40...
COUNCIL chiefs have launched their strategy to reduce alcohol-related crime and injury. The strategy claims booze is a scourge as detrimental to society as drug taking....
Date Published 22/10/2012
AN OLDHAM businessman who supplied the machine gun used to kill a Salford shopkeeper has been found guilty and jailed, after a re-trial. Arfan Rafiq, of Villa Road,...
POLICE have released a CCTV image of the last known movements of Rochdale pensioner Vincent Kershaw (84), who was found dead at his home. An image of Mr Kershaw shopping at...
MATT Derbyshire wants to stay with Athletic for a further six weeks. After scoring for a fourth time, the 26-year-old Nottingham Forest striker told the Chronicle he is hoping...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will host Athletic in the first round of this season’s FA Cup. The Blue Square Bet Premier side, currently 20th in the division, were the first...
Rugby: OLDHAM RL Club have promoted reserve hooker Kenny Hughes to the senior squad with a one-year contract. Hughes (22), previously at Super League club St Helens, has...
Athletic 2, Orient 0 Jose Baxter conjured up a second goal here that had Orient’s defenders wondering how he did it. Rummaging for possession on the fringe of the penalty...
THE FLUIDITY of recent weeks was lacking at times against opponents who were determined to dig in at Boundary Park. And it is precisely because not everything went according...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards YARMOUTH 1.50 Maid A Million 2.20 Nickels And Dimes (n.b.) 2.50...
JACK Taylor, who scored six tries in 89 appearances for Oldham RL, has died after a short illness. He was 88. He made his debut for the club at the age of 16 against Broughton...
Date Published 19/10/2012
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY player-manager Steve Halford sits out tomorrow’s Evo-Stik League Division One North trip to Salford City after being ruled out for a month with a...
GUEST speaker Freda Millet will give the illustrated talk Scattered Homes at the next meeting of Crompton Historical Society. It takes place at Crompton Library, Shaw, at...
Former Roughyed Terry Bridge has been suspended for four years after being found guilty of anti-doping offences. The player will be barred from the sport until February 2016,...
THE number of people trapped in long-term unemployment continues to rise across Oldham — but the overall number on the dole is falling. People claiming out-of-work...
RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW, fielding a clutch of new signings, were disappointed by a 42-16 defeat by Irlam Steel in the North-West Counties League. Jordan White, Callum Leigh,...
