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Stalybridge Celtic’s Scott Wara to embark on Fiji Football Journey 

When Stalybridge defender Scott Wara told his teammates he was off the play for Fiji, he recalls their tongue-in-cheek response: “Oh, you’re going to play for the rugby team, are you?!”  Fiji-born, Stoke-raised Wara, however, is very much a football man and is proudly returning to the tiny Pacific island to represent the 168th FIFA […]

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Altrincham Women coach funds ACL surgery for rising star 

Altrincham Women’s assistant coach, Duncan Jones, has coughed up thousands of pounds of his own money for three of his players to get private treatment after they all suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries.   The Division One South side have been hit with a slew of ACL injuries, which can keep a player sidelined for […]

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Curzon Ashton hit new heights under player-manager Craig Mahon

Curzon Ashton have entered a purple patch under the management of Craig Mahon this season – eyeing up promotion to step 5 football, for the first time in their history.

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Coach hails success of ParaNetball club at Manchester Thunder

It’s been two years since Katie Thompson, 30, from Manchester set up the first ParaNetball team in the North West, Dominoes Netball Club. But she didn’t stop there. Just one year later, she founded the first ParaNetball club at Manchester Thunder. Her passion for Netball started in primary school. Now after 10 years in the […]

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Salford fans hope new “investment opportunities” change Manchester United ‘sister club’ image

Photographs taken by Joseph Hillier Days after Salford City cited new investment possibilities, Ammies fans tell Quays News they hope to see a shift beyond the Class of ‘92 connections.  It’s been ten years since the club was bought by former Manchester United stars Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, and […]

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Manchester City fans deterred from new bus service by ‘steep’ prices and ‘confusing’ departure times

Manchester City fans have welcomed new match-day buses but say price and timing tweaks must be made to make the service a long-term success. The club, in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM), is trialing 17 new bus routes to travel to and from the Etihad Stadium on match days from areas on the […]

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Oldham Athletic fans call for ‘incredible’ Chairman to be knighted

Oldham fans are calling for their Chairman, Frank Rothwell, to be honoured after completing his second transatlantic row in three years to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

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Visa conditions ‘restrict’ students as many struggle to find suitable work

While many overseas students are able to work up to 20 hours per term on their visas, some are still struggling to find a job that fits their studies. Navigating the UK job market may already be challenging and very competitive, but Manchester students are finding the busy nature of the city a further obstacle. […]

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Bounding back: the dawn of a new era at Oldham Athletic

Whisper it, but there’s a buzz around Boundary Park. Oldham Athletic are on their way back.  A year and a half after dropping out of the Football League, with talk of extinction, the club currently sit sixth in the National League and promotion is on every fan’s lips. It’s been eighteen months since Frank Rothwell […]

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Debilitating pain, infertility and ‘years of dismissal’ – The hidden health crisis affecting one in 10 women

Crippling and debilitating cramps, nausea, fainting, leg and back pain, brain fog, severe and heavy bleeding, chronic fatigue, chronic pelvic pain, pain during sex, loss of appetite, weight loss, hair loss, depression, anxiety and infertility. If you wince when reading that, it’s because you should: It’s uncomfortable. It’s also the reality for 1 in 10 […]

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