Congratulations to the five Glentoran players who played for Northern Ireland U18 Schoolboys in the final of this year’s Centenary Shield as the unbeaten NI side defeated Wales 2-1 at Blanchflower Stadium to secure the title on Thursday night.
Glentoran Women start the 2024 domestic season on Monday next (15th April) when Derry City visit in the Quarter Final of the NIFL Women’s Premiership League Cup (KO 8.00pm).
Saturday 13th April
Kick Off 3.00pm
Four Sports Direct Premiership games to go before the playoffs as we travel to the Coleraine Showgrounds on Saturday.
Coleraine come into this fixture on a run of 1 defeat in their last 8 league matches, though they have drawn the last 4 in a row. The most recent was last Saturday’s 2-2 home deadlock with Cliftonville in which they overturned a 2-goal half time deficit.
Congratulations to our striker Rachel McIntyre who scored a hat trick in the first half of Northern Ireland Under 19s 5-0 win over Georgia in Tiblisi in the WU19 Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Rachel’s Glens team mate Kascie Weir scored Northern Ireland’s fourth in the comprehensive win. Our new signings Sofie Keenan and Aimee Kerr were also in the starting lineup.
All four girls also started in the side’s 0-0 draw with Kazakhstan in the same round of qualifiers. Two more Glentoran players – Sarah Tweedie and Megan Neill – joined the starting lineup with Sarah captaining the side.
A fiercely contested Big Two derby at the Bet McClean Oval finished scoreless this evening. After the disappointment of last week’s Irish Cup semi-final defeat, the team deserve credit for producing a battling performance full of desire across the pitch.
Recent debutant Theo McToal is Beth Stafford’s Gazette cover star for tomorrow’s second meeting with Big Two rivals Linfield within eight days. Manager Declan Devine calls for a much more positive approach this time out and welcomes David Fisher and Seanan Clucas back to the squad. Appropriately for this Big Two clash Roy Downes recalls a trip across the city on the 60th anniversary of one of our most stunning victories while Henry Muldrew has a look at derbies worldwide. In fact it’s double Muldrew this week as he also takes us back to the Seventies and his teenage obsession
Tickets for our Sports Direct Premiership away match with Coleraine at the Showgrounds on Saturday 13th April are now on sale HERE.
Saturday 6th April
Kick Off 5.30pm
A second consecutive home Big Two game on Saturday gives us an immediate chance to bounce back from last week’s defeat in the Clearer Water Irish Cup.
Season Tickets for the Glentoran Women 2024 season are now on sale. For the first time we will be playing all home matches at the Blanchflower Stadium.
This team are currently holders of the league and cup double, having won the Premiership on 3 of the past 4 seasons and having won the Cup for the past 5 seasons! Packed with international players at various levels, we went through last season’s Premiership campaign undefeated. So there is every reason to get behind the girls this season and a season ticket is by far the best way to do so.
NIFL has now announced the final five Sports Direct Premiership fixtures following the split.
Our remaining games will be as follows:
