The striker's 10th goal of the season rescued a draw after his initial shot was handled by Alan Bennett.

The club have had to play ‘home’ games at Sedgley Park this season while work is carried out at their new home.

Eight different players crossed the whitewash for Tony Benson’s side as they prevailed in what was a typical no-win scenario for the Championship One side.

The 28-year-old, who figured for Oldham in the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 campaigns has signed a deal until the end of November.

Brookdale have two top stars in the frame and their professional Tony Cuppello has home advantage as he takes on in-form Denton assistant pro James Tipper.

Division four is the closest where current leaders Deaf Club B lead by just four points from Werneth E after 10-0 and 9-1 victories respectively over their lower teams.

The home side took a ninth minute lead when Simon Briggs intercepted a stray pass to send Danny Lygoe under the posts, Johnny Dunn converting.

Last weekend’s defeat to Norwich City kept Athletic in the bottom four going into the most pivotal month of the campaign.

The ex-Rochdale striker netted the winner eight minutes into the second half to heap more pressure on Oldham boss Dave Penney.

But the match ended with a free for all as tempers flared with both Swinton’s Ian Watson and Oldham’s Wayne Kerr red-carded after a brawl.

The new lady captain, Jackie Banham, was installed into office a few weeks ago and she has now been joined by her husband Keith – making them only the second husband and wife pair to be captain and lady captain the same year following on from Lynn and John Truelove.

Skipper Darryl Meredith was unbeaten throughout the campaign with support coming from Tristram Swan and Paul Cicchelli.

One of the original four-man board when the new club formed in 1997, Mr Whitehead stayed with the club until 2008 before stepping down through a combination of business and family issues.

The Argentine netted his ninth and 10th goals of the season to settle the nerves of what had been an increasingly restless home crowd.

John Coleman’s late penalty gave Sheffield Eagles a narrow victory in Monday’s Northern Rail Cup tie at Sedgley Park.

Having trailed 14-0 in the first half, Saints led 18-14 at the break as David Cookson (two) and Kiel Lancashire crossed, the latter with three conversions.

They had trailed 2-0 after 12 minutes but Jeff Whittaker and Chris Moore ensured it was level at half-time.

James enjoyed taking similar lessons when he was the assistant pro at Ashton Golf Club and had a good response in 2009.

Speculation linking Roughyeds with a move to White Bank has been rife for weeks, and the rugby league club has now confirmed the football ground off Hollins Road is where it is hoping to realise its long-term hopes and ambitions.

Athletic’s board of directors have come up with a scheme where season-ticket holders will receive a 100 per cent refund on the cost of their ticket in the event of the national team triumphing in South Africa.

The club is one of 37 nationwide to have been awarded ‘The Football League Family Excellence Award’ for 2010 – the second year in a row Latics have won it.

With the March brothers to the fore and the Roughyeds consistently losing possession, the visitors had far too much tackling to do and this became apparent in the last quarter when Tommy Haughey trundled over for two tries, denying the visitors a bonus point.

The England 2018 World Cup bid team has been reviewing Candidate Host City bid submissions and believe there is an opportunity to strengthen the Manchester offer and enhance the overall England 2018 technical bid by including Latics’ proposed new stadium as a venue ideal as a specific training site.  

And Rangers scored four tries though good team work.

The club professional and the six top amateurs comprise the club team, who will be aiming to make finals day at Dunham Forest Golf Club in September along with nearly 100 clubs in the region.

The 23-year-old had a 90 per cent conversion, netting 36 from 40 attempts as the local side beat Team Northumbria 60-51 a record only bettered by the home side’s Alex Wood who had a 95 per cent conversion. While the home side saw a couple of decisions turned down, it was the switching of Northern’s two internationals that finally put the result beyond doubt.

The emergency loan window reopened this week with Oldham boss Dave Penney trying to attract new players despite the bulk of his first-team squad returning from injury.

Benson’s announcement of the squad numbers for 2010 has seen 10 youngsters – including Michael Ward, Ben Marsden, Jacob Kinney and Jack Graves – fail to make the cut but Benson has left room for more to be promoted.

From the off, Dewsbury official Jamie Leahy was in fastidious mood – handing out 33 penalties in total – and on the back of two, Dave Ellison opened the scoring for Oldham from close range. Matty Ashe converted.

Last year, John and Lynn Truelove became the first husband and wife team to be captain and lady captain in the same year.

Werneth C faced Grotton A while Hyde YMCA B entertained Honeywell B in two matches which featured four teams all hoping to beat the drop.

Having been out of action for two months, Diggle’s rustiness showed as they fell two goals behind inside the first five minutes.

Although not entirely happy, Hornets had reluctantly agreed to play on Wednesday, March 3 because Oldham were not yet in a position to stage a game at their proposed new home in the borough. Late on Tuesday though, Roughyeds chairman Chris Hamilton received a text from the RFL to say the club's request had been turned down.

It takes place from 3pm-8pm in the sponsors suite at Boundary Park and allows supporters the opportunity to drop in and examine the site plan and footprint of the new stadium, as well as visuals of the initial designs.

The BABA has also announced a 21-man podium squad with 32 boxers receiving funding and training at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport under performance director Rob McCracken alongside his coaching and support team.

While expressing his pride at how well Oldham had played, Benson was anxious to keep his feet planted on terra firma.

With Leigh having put together an impressive squad on paper and Ian Millward back in charge, Oldham appeared to have it all to do with a largely untried squad.

The company’s logo was worn by the Oldham players in a creditable 24-12 defeat at Leigh Centurions.

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In the race for the Alliance’s coveted Order of Merit title, Hamerton, a former player on the European Tour, is handily placed in the top five with plenty of points to play for in the rest of the season.

Penney has come under fire from a section of Oldham fans for the club’s drop down the League One table with the club’s lack of goals the main cause.

Millwall were given the decisive spot kick 12 minutes into the second half when referee’s assistant David Storrie alerted ref Andy Haines to an off-the-ball incident involving Latics’ skipper Sean Gregan and visiting striker Steve Morison.

A pre-season blighted by the cold snap has seen the club’s players frustrated in their bid to train outside and become accustomed to their new team-mates.

He began his career as a junior at Dean Wood and began his professional career at Mere then Haydock Park before making the move to Crompton and Royton where he succeeded Bob Longworth.

Lee Williams led the way with a brilliant 11-darter via scores of 137, 137, 117 and 110 game shot via treble 20 and the bull.

The striker finally completed his move to Rochdale last week for a fee thought to be in the region of £85,000.