More from Oldham Reporter

• Grimsby Town 0 – 0 Latics: Resilient Latics graft for a point

  Latics are making a habit of doing the hard and dirty work in the first half and profiting from it in the second, but this time came up short in an entertaining no score draw at Blundell Park.

• Loan shark and enforcer jailed after fatal Oldham attack

  A loan shark and her enforcer have been jailed following a brutal assault in Oldham that led to the death of a vulnerable man.

• Royton Man Jailed

  A man who stabbed a doorman after being refused entry to a bar in Royton has been jailed for seven years.

• People who celebrate Christmas on the 24th

  On Christmas Eve, a lot of my friends go out drinking. Others frantically prepare uncountable sides and desserts ahead of the big day, or cajole their kids into bed so they can fill their Christmas stockings unobserved.