FORMER Oldham Athletic stalwart Gordon Lawton, who lived in Shaw, has been honoured with a posthumously presented prize at the Leesa NorthWest Football Awards. Gordon,…
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True Gritt: Jarrod and Sophie shine for Runners in Lakes
By Elliot Stone THE last race of the Royton Road Runners’ championship took place in Keswick. The annual trip for the Derwent Water 10 miler…
View More True Gritt: Jarrod and Sophie shine for Runners in LakesNew football academy for Crompton FC
CROMPTON FC has set up its own football academy called Roary’s Cubs’ Club on Monday nights between 6 and 7pm. The new Academy is available…
View More New football academy for Crompton FCFA Cup fairytale for Richie helping to knock out former side Oldham Athletic
FORMER Heyside Juniors’ footballer Richie Bennett provided another fairytale story in the Emirates FA Cup by helping to knock out Oldham Athletic, the team he…
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Banton hopes to shake Zacharias Cup curse at Crompton and Royton
A 28-YEAR wait is finally over as Dave Banton has finally won a golfing major at Crompton and Royton. The 67-year-old from Shaw lifted the…
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Oldham Athletic star Peter Clarke in line for top award
Oldham Athletic’s Peter Clarke has made the shortlist for a prestigious prize at next month’s North West Football Awards. The 35-year-old defender is chasing the…
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Royton keep on running at Oldham half-marathon
THE Oldham half-marathon provided the setting for Royton Road Runners’ penultimate championship run. RRR hold an annual championship consisting of a set number of races…
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Sophie on road to success with half-marathon title win for the Runners
ROYTON Road Runners’ Sophie Wood shrugged off her rivals and a gruelling course to win the ladies’ prize at the Oldham Half Marathon. One of…
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League of their own: Crompton girls aiming for more
A CROMPTON based football club has become of the fastest growing in the North West. In only four months, more than 120 players have signed…
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Heyside beat Norden to lift the Tanner Cup
HEYSIDE lifted the Tanner Cup, but first-team captain Ryan Barnes says they “under-performed” in the JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League. The club finished 10th…
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