Congratulations to Conor McMenamin on being selected for the Northern Ireland senior squad for a four-day training camp this week. This is amazingly the first time Conor - who scored an exceptional 22 goals in 42 appearances on the left wing this season - has been called up at any level for his country. The training camp is part of Northern Ireland Manager Ian Baraclough's preparations for his side's four Nations League games in June.
It is with great sadness today that Bangor Glenmen and the wider Glentoran family today learned of the passing of David Montgomery. Known to his friends and around the Oval as Monty, David was a lifelong Glenman who travelled with the club all round Europe and of course home and away week in week out. He will be sadly missed by all fellow Bangor Glenmen and everyone else who knew him.
Congratulations to our striker Jay Donnelly on winning the Golden Boot award after scoring 30 goals for the Glens this season. Jay is the first player at the club to hit the 30 goal mark since Gary Hamilton in 2006-2007.
Jay finished with with six goals more than his former Cliftonville team mate Joe Gormley and seven more than his Glens team mate Conor McMenamin.
Glentoran's dream of European football ended at the Bet McLean Oval tonight. In a way the game itself summed up our season - getting into a really good position but then being unable to see it through to the end.
The Glentoran Gazette team and Chris McAllister of MCAprint have worked overtime to rush out a final issue for this season. Defender Darren Cole is the choice of Joe Burns and Beth Stafford as the cover star of a 32-page Gazette which highlights the importance of the Danske Bank Premiership’s richest game, a cup final in all but name with so much at stake. Mick McDermott praises Tuesday’s match winners Conor McMenamin and Jay Donnelly and says he expects a tough game against Larne, while our writers profile Tiernan Lynch’s side and highlight some of the Inver Park side’s dangermen.
Tomorrow evening we finish the 2021-2022 season with the visit of Larne to the Bet McLean Oval in the Final of the UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs.
Unchanged Glens ran up another convincing win at Ashfield this evening with this triumph over Crusaders to continue their 100 percent winning start to the 2022 Danske Bank Women’s Premiership
Player of the Match Lauren Wade netted twice for Billy Clarke’s Glens side, either side of a remarkable run of scoring three goals within the space of four first-half minutes.
Glentoran's top two marksmen, Jay Donnelly and Conor McMenamin, were both on target as we won through to Friday night's European play-off final following a 2-nil win against Glenavon at the Oval on Tuesday evening.
Programme publishers, the 1923 Committee, emphasise the need to qualify for European competition in another 40-page Glentoran Gazette for tomorrow night’s crucial play-off game. Mick McDermott stresses the importance of the backing of a big crowd while our writers profile Glenavon and the Lurgan team’s dangermen.
Tuesday 10th May
7.45pm Kick Off
Tomorrow evening we welcome Glenavon to the Bet McLean Oval for the semi-final of the UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs.
In the one previous meeting between Glentoran and Glenavon in the European Play-Offs, the two sides went into the game in reverse order to tonight’s fixture; the seventh place Glens travelling to Mourneview Park to face Gary Hamilton’s 3rd placed Lurgan Blues.
