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Littleborough Rugby Union Club second and third teams go into their last games of the season watching their opponents celebrate promotion whilst ruing missed opportunities.
Date Published 28/04/2016
A thoroughly unsatisfactory end to the Sartori Sharpening Services Premier Division title race is playing out as a third top flight team has folded within the past month. Sudden...
Date Published 27/04/2016
Littleborough Rugby Union Club Under 14s became the Blackstick Blue Challenge Bowl winners after a comprehensive 30-5 victory over West Park St Helens.
Date Published 26/04/2016
Littleborough thirds triumphed with a convincing 76-19 win over local rivals Oldham thirds in the second of the double header.
Date Published 25/04/2016
Littleborough Rugby Union Club, knowing that they would have to win the final game of the season away at North Manchester with a bonus point win and hope that Trafford MV lost at...
Austerlands Professional: Sachin Rana (India)Overseas: CJ Fereira (SA) Captain: Chris McDonnell, hopefully carry on from a great season last year, with a new pro who looks a...
Date Published 23/04/2016
Tributes have flooded in for Bernard Jackson, a “selfless and dedicated” member of the Littleborough community, after died aged 91. Mr Jackson was a founder of the...
Date Published 21/04/2016
Going into the final game of an enthralling season, Littleborough Rugby Union Club senior men's team need nothing but a bonus point win to give them a realistic chance of being...
Littleborough Rugby Union Club Under 10s more than matched up to some large clubs as they demonstrated some terrific rugby in the 2016 Under 10s Huddersfield festival.
Date Published 18/04/2016
A bitterly disappointing second half from Littleborough gifted an organised Eccles side victory and has added another dent in the Boro promotion hopes.
Littleborough produced a controlled vintage display to take all four points against Oldham in the first of two clashes this week between the third teams of the respective clubs.
A poor second half from Littleborough Rugby Union Club could cost them the league title as Trafford gained a bonus point win to take the title race to the final week.
There is just something special about a sibling double act in sport, whether that be the Murray brothers bringing home the Davis Cup for Great Britain or the Klitschko brothers...
Date Published 16/04/2016
The first midweek games of the Rochdale Online Alliance Football League season saw five first round President’s Cup ties decided.
Date Published 14/04/2016
Littleborough did enough to grind out an important victory at Orrell in their chase for the league title. All 12 of Boro's points came from the boot of the returning Dominic...
Date Published 11/04/2016
Fylde showed exactly why they deserve to be top of the table with a convincing win over our Littleborough Seconds on the East Coast. Three tries in the first hlaf and three in...
Now for most under 16's, the Easter weekend signals an opportunity to enjoy hours of non stop sleep, family get togethers with those relatives you barely get to see and the gives...
Date Published 08/04/2016
Georgia Turner 14, from Littleborough, enjoyed a starring role in her first start for the North of England junior women’s team last weekend.
Littleborough take on Orrell on Saturday; though once a giant club playing in the top flight of rugby competing against the very best, in the last few years Orrell have lost the...
Long term Premier Division leaders Rochdale Sacred Heart suffered only their second league defeat of the season as FC Littleborough’s 3-1 win enabled them to cut Heart’s lead at...
Date Published 07/04/2016
In a potential banana skin game for the league leaders, Littleborough secured a vital victory against toothless Garstang as they comfortably brought home a bonus point win.
Date Published 04/04/2016
Travel agent manager Carole Hallows has returned to the Littleborough branch where she began her managerial career almost 20 years ago. Carole, from Todmorden, started her...
Date Published 01/04/2016
Huge change in the Lancashire North division has left Littleborough RUFC with four games to seal the championship title starting with a big clash away at Garstang.
Date Published 31/03/2016
Private Herbert Cockcroft Herbert was born in Littleborough in late 1876 and in 1881 he lived with his family at 180 Hare Hill Lane (Road?). He attended Littleborough Parish...
Littleborough Arts Festival is now in its 15th year and is being revamped with a new date and new events.
Date Published 29/03/2016
Littleborough did just enough to overcome table toppers Trafford MV in the first of two crucial encounters between the two sides in the race for the league title.
After accumulating an impressive 18 point lead at half time, Littleborough thirds survived a second half collapse to end a three match win-less run. Two tries from Thomas...
On a perfect early afternoon for rugby in the heart of Littleborough both teams were up for the task from the off and Boro wowed a packed out crowd with some scintillating rugby.
Date Published 22/03/2016
Littleborough RUFC thirds title hopes are well and truly gone after a third defeat in a row and another defeat against teams above them in the table.
Seven tries including a brace from Chris Park saw Littleborough RUFC club cruise to an emphatic 44-12 victory over Didsbury Toc H.