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VETERAN Oldham rockers Barclay James Harvest will reunite to play for 50,000 fans at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Founder-members John Lees and Stuart Wolstenholme...
Date Published 30/09/2009
A PIONEERING programme to get more disabled Oldhamers into sport will kick off at Latics. Oldham Athletic Community Trust has teamed up with the Football League Trust and...
OLDHAM Schools under-14s recovered from a first-day reverse in the Greater Manchester Schools’ League with a comfortable 3-0 win against Macclesfield. The town team were...
West Oldham police officers visited Tesco’s Featherstall Road store to hand out crime-prevention advice and promote an anti-burglary campaign. The Bang Up Burglars van...
MATTY GREEN refused to be beaten as Failsworth Dynamos under-15s overcame West End Boys on penalties in the Manchester County Cup. The ace shot-stopper kept West End at bay as...
A FORMER airman who served in the Far East has been presented with a special medallion. Jack Taylor has been president of Oldham Royal Air Force Association (RAFA) for six...
A TOTAL of 16 jobs have been created after a new fish and chip shop opened in Shaw. Mark Armstrong, his wife Victoria and son Ben have invested some £400,000 to convert...
ABY BENNETT was the star of the show as R.O.C.S FC under-13s claimed derby-day spoils in the North Manchester Girls League. The young hot-shot bagged a hat-trick in a 3-2...
AN all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza raised £1,500 for the Christie at Oldham Appeal. Motown band Stax of Soul entertained revellers at Envy in Waterloo Street while...
COUNCIL chiefs have met with stall-holders from Oldham, Royton and Shaw to plan the future of the borough’s markets. Oldham Council has submitted a planning application...
SHOLVER residents showed just how much they love their district during the Love Sholver festival. Visitors turned out in force to enjoy the second ever festival, which aims to...
AN Oldham businessman ran a multimillion–pound company cheating customers by selling supposed high–quality kitchens made of chipboard and MDF, a court heard today....
Date Published 29/09/2009
A sex offender who absconded to Mexico after breaching the terms of his licence was jailed yesterday for 16 months. Andrew Eden (51) was recalled to prison when he admitted...
A FATHER has spoken of his outrage after a taxi driver ran his son down for not paying a fare. Vincent Wood (42), of Richmond Avenue, Chadderton, said his son was lucky to be...
PLANS for futuristic housing in Werneth have been scrapped — but a housing association has stepped in to offer more traditional designs. The Spencer Street development...
A MUCH-LOVED former Oldham landlord, who also had strong links with local golf and rugby, has died aged 83. Leslie Eyre, who ran the Star Inn, King Street, from 1975 to 1990,...
TWO men have been remanded in custody following a police shooting which left one man in hospital. Richard Walsh (25), of Mill View Court, Heron Street, Werneth, and his...
ATHLETIC look set to recall on-loan Alex Marrow to their midfield for tonight’s Coca-Cola League One fixture against MK Dons at Boundary Park. Though Dave Penney...
LAW-breaking motorists were yesterday targeted by a mini crime-fighting machine. Greater Manchester Police’s CCTV Smart car was stationed at Mumps yesterday on the...
BRISK ticket sales have been reported at Roughyeds HQ ahead of the promotion-deciding play-off final against Keighley this weekend. Exact figures are unknown, but the feeling...
Manchester City 3, West Ham United 1 CARLOS TEVEZ was a somewhat reluctant hero for Manchester City in last night’s emphatic victory against West Ham at Eastlands....
THE effect of the recession is biting hard at Boundary Park where Athletic’s home attendances are down by almost 15-per-cent. Club officials are not commenting...
THE way in which goalkeeper Dean Brill has handled adversity has impressed his team-mate, Pawel Abbott. The Athletic striker has watched in admiration as Brill, a summer...
ATHLETIC may have lost only once in seven visits to Southend, but they are not alone in finding it a lucky ground. Dave Penney has revealed that Roots Hall has been a happy...
A CHANGE of direction helped Pawel Abbott to become Athletic’s matchwinner at Southend United on Saturday. The penalty scored by striker Abbott secured three valuable...
A ROADSHOW tackling discrimination against people with mental-health problems will be in Oldham on Sunday. And residents are invited to add their support to the campaign by...
CHADDERTON manager Paul Buckley believes Vodkat North West Counties League officials have to take some of the blame for the trouble at Saturday’s game against Irlam. The...
BAE A beat their B team 8-2 in the Oldham Table Tennis League first division with three wins from Tony Bates and two apiece from Tom Lang and Pete Bradford. Mick Hill replied with...
ANDREW BUCKLEY and Darren Griffiths teamed up to beat their Nimble Nook team-mates Jimmy Derby and Matt Gillies in the final of the inaugural two-man team competition at...
IT IS a different sport, but professional tennis misery-guts Andy Murray’s persistent cramping at the start of his career illustrated the point that such a condition can be...
