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ALL seven-year-olds in Oldham can claim free tickets to Latics and a replica shirt as part of a pioneering scheme to find new fans. For the first time ever, the Boundary Park...
Date Published 08/10/2009
Oldham-based First, Greater Manchester’s biggest bus company, will be protected from any take-over by local councils if the Tories win the next election, they have pledged....
ALMOST two thirds of Oldham asthma sufferers could be causing themselves extra suffering by failing to control their symptoms properly. A trial by the Co-operative Pharmacy...
FOOTBALL League chairman Lord Mawhinney believes Athletic’s eventual move to a new stadium will be a shot-in-the-arm for both the football club and the town. “New...
ATHLETIC believe they have discovered the cause of on-loan striker Nick Blackman’s foot injury. They have found the trouble is caused by a collapsed arch in his right...
TOMMY GOULDEN has followed Thomas Coyle through the Oldham exit door. The 28-year-old, who was made Roughyeds captain in the latter part of the season, has signed a 12-month...
Rifle Range Royal Blues 5, Famous King George 4 This was a game well worthy of its ‘Match of the Day’ billing, with one hat-trick, two penalty saves and a...
HOT-SHOT Darren Scanlon fired Fitton Hill Rangers to the top of David Giblin division one in the D&J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League. He struck seven times...
AVRO are handily placed in the premier division of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League premier division. Rob Fuller’s side sit third — the leading...
DANNY TATE struck the winner for Oldham Hulmeians as they triumphed 4-3 at Bury GSOB reserves in division two of the Lancashire Amateur League. Hulmeians looked set for a...
SUPER-SUB Chris Moore struck three times in a 20-minute spell as Diggle overcame lowly Wooldale Wanderers 3-0 in division one of the Huddersfield and District League. He had a...
AFC OLDHAM 2005 are riding high in division one of the Lancashire and Cheshire League. They moved to the top of the table courtesy of a 7-3 win over Newton Heath and...
A LATE flurry of goals gave Heyside under-16s a 6-1 home win over Red Star in the Rochdale and Oldham Youth League. They led 2-0 at the break through Matthew Dell and the...
GOLDEN Buck hit the goal trail in the Ashton Sunday League. Rocky Siddall struck four times as they defeated Kippax 8-1, and Warwick United weighed in with six as they...
TWO local teenagers have been promoted to the Salford City Reds’ Super League squad for season 2010. Ben Wood, formerly of Saddleworth Rangers, and ex-Waterhead...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers stretched their lead to seven points in the 2009/10 Rugby Oldham Challenge thanks to a nail-biting 24-22 win over Normanton. Rangers led 18-6 at the...
SADDLEWORTH ‘A’ caused an upset in the Lancashire Cup as they won 22-14 at first-division Bold Miners despite missing several regulars. A youthful Saddleworth...
HOLLINWOOD travelled to Kippax ‘A’ with high hopes of collecting their first points of the season in division four of the Pennine League, but found themselves 32-4...
OLDHAM St Anne’s under-18s came from behind to run out worthy 16-7 winners over Leigh Miners in the premier division of the North-West Counties Youth League. Trailing to...
YOUNG volunteers who have all done their bit to make Oldham a better place were recognised at an awards ceremony to honour their efforts. Eighteen young people who each gave...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for the Flat meeting tomorrow. Carlisle 2.00 McMurrough 2.30 Middleton Dene 3.05 On My Terms 3.40 Some...
A HATHERSHAW courier helped stage a fake raid of blank passports worth up to £2.5 million only two years after hundreds of travel documents went missing while in his care....
Date Published 07/10/2009
ATHLETIC have been told Deane Smalley will not require surgery on a damaged disc in his back as was feared. The results of a new scan has shown a marked improvement and...
THOMAS COYLE signed for Widnes last night after accepting an offer “too good to turn down”. The 21-year-old half-back, who played a pivotal role in Oldham’s...
AFTER cleaning up at the club’s own annual awards dinner, Roughyeds star Chris Baines has also been named as the Chronicle’s player of the season. The 25-year-old...
ROUGHYEDS fans should have seen it coming. After hauling themselves up by the bootstraps in hugely impressive fashion to reach the Co-operative Championship One play-off final,...
I CAN’T speak highly enough of the Oldham fans — they have been superb throughout. When I was at Leigh I thought their supporters were great, but these have left...
GANGLAND-related murders have little place on the sports pages of this newspaper, but please bear with me as this is going somewhere. Ronnie O’Sullivan, the most...
IT WAS a case of too little, too late as Oldham RUFC ‘A’ were beaten 29-17 at home by Sedgley Park. Oldham conceded two tries and a penalty are they trailed 13-0...
LOCAL golf professional Martyn Hamer has by no means given up hope of playing on the European Tour despite deciding to opt out of the Tour School which recently teed off. The...
