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ASHLEY Beech wasn’t too downhearted despite finishing out of the points in the opening round of the National Superstock 1000 Championship at Silverstone. After qualifying...
Date Published 13/04/2016
DOUG Unsworth swapped a football for a golf ball 30 years ago — and he hasn’t looked back. Brookdale’s new captain was a regular on the local league scene for...
GOLF: CROMPTON and Royton reached round three of the Mail on Sunday Knock-out after a sudden-death victory over Castle Hawk. With the match tied, Mike Shaw played off from the...
DESPITE being held to a 3-3 draw by CBC in the Hollands Pies Oldham Amateur Snooker League, Deaf ‘C’ hold a significant five-point lead with just one game...
SQUASH: FOR the first time in the club’s 41-year history, Tame Valley’s first team will be playing in Division One of the North-West Counties Squash League next...
BARNSLEY 2, ATHLETIC 1 SAM Winnall's late penalty denied Athletic a point at Oakwell. Curtis Main had levelled in the 68th minute of an end-to-end clash with a smart finish...
Date Published 12/04/2016
Shadow Work and Pensions secretary Owen Smith heard first-hand in Oldham yesterday the hardship misery of claimants hit by glitches and punitive sanctions in the Universal Credit...
A FURIOUS Saddleworth parish councillor walked out of a key community meeting after a disgraced colleague turned up. Father of three Steve Hewitt made his protest when Mike...
THE mother of an Oldham schoolboy subjected to a sickening campaign of abuse says she thought he had started taking drugs because his character changed so dramatically. The...
A Disney dream came true for a brave Oldham teenager battling bone cancer. Bethan Curran was given the chance to visit the Florida theme parks despite being diagnosed with...
OLDHAM’S new £36.7million cinema complex continues to edge closer to raising the curtain in the summer. The “game-changing” Odeon development will flank...
THE oldest family brewer in Manchester has teamed up with one of the city’s most modern breweries to create a new beer. JW Lees of Middleton Junction, and Cloudwater Brew...
AN enterprising woman behind a scheme to invade the British male’s sacred DIY domain admits she was spurred on by local heroine Annie Kenney. Saddleworth parish...
THE mum of former Latics star Les Chapman has died just months after reaching her 100th birthday. Alice Chapman appeared in the Chronicle with Les - a Chronicle sports...
MUSIC EXTRA: FIVE years on, the three lads of local indie outfit Son Primo are as enthusiastic about the future of their music as ever. The band - guitar/vocalist Robby Edgar,...
MUSIC EXTRA: ARE you clued-up on the Manchester music scene, past or present? If not I strongly advise booking yourself on one of Craig Gill’s popular Manchester Music...
MUSIC EXTRA: A BIG thumbs-up goes to Oldham tribute legend Morgan Fletcher, who has just secured a new weekly residency at Tara Leisure in Shaw. The popular venue is under new...
A TABLE-top sale will be held at St John's Church in Failsworth this Saturday from 10am-noon. Tables cost £5 and refreshments will be available on the day. For more...
ATHLETIC fans will be jubilant if their side avoids relegation — but John Sheridan has promised he WON’T be joining in the party. The 51 year old has had a huge...
SCOTT Naylor will make at least one change to his squad for Saturday’s fifth-round Ladbrokes Challenge Cup tie at Hull KR (2pm kick-off), because prop Joe Burke is...
MORE than 25,000 fans enjoyed their day out as Barnsley won their Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final against Oxford last week. And after winning 3-2 in the Wembley sunshine,...
LOUIS van Gaal admits West Ham striker Andy Carroll could run riot in tomorrow’s FA Cup quarter–final replay if his Manchester United defence does’nt...
MANCHESTER City will hope a sell–out crowd can roar them to victory in their crunch Champions League clash with Paris St Germain. City have sold the last of the 53,000...
JOEL Coleman aims to make it FIVE clean sheets in a row tonight, after being backed by a manager who isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Athletic head to Oakwell with a 20...
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Manchester City’s ex-Latics roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport A FANTASTIC 2-2 draw in France perfectly set up Manchester City for tonight’s...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY will hope to bounce back from consecutive 3-2 defeats in the Evo-Stik League Division One North tonight when they host high-flying Spennymoor Town. The Seel...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers saw their three-game winning streak in the Kingstone Press National Conference League wrecked at Leigh East. Paul Geener’s side, who had started the...
Hawcoat Park 1sts 35, Oldham 1sts 33 OLDHAM RUFC firsts returned from their eighth and final trip to Cumbria nursing an agonising defeat. With the loss the Manor Park men...
DARTS: OLDHAM recovered from a couple of early setbacks to defeat Blackpool 7-3 in the Lancashire Super Eights Elite League. Jordan McAndrew, with a 4-3 win and a three-dart...
