Thank You Kieran
First Team Coach Kieran Harding has left Glentoran after four and a half years at the Bet McLean Oval.
Kieran joined the club in February 2018 as Assistant Manager to Ronnie McFall, a role he filled during a long, highly successful period with Ronnie at Portadown FC. He remained in post following the arrival of Mick McDermott and Paul Millar in March 2019 and has been a key member of the coaching team since then.
The June 200 Club Draw has been made. Congratulations to all our winners.
1st £300 - Chris Nesbitt (128)
2nd £150 - David Hogg (201)
3rd £60 - Rennie Hamilton (72)
4th £30 - Wilbur Graham (59)
5th £30 - Raymond Parkes (48)
6th £30 - Terry Flanigan (199)
Glentoran FC is proud to announce that in the 2022-2023 season the teams’ shirts will have a single gold star above the club crest. This is in honour of the Glentoran team that won the Vienna Cup – the first European trophy – in 1914.
In 1914 Glentoran Football Club won the Irish Cup for the first time, defeating Linfield in the Final. As a result they received an invite from the Austro-Hungarian FA to travel to the region along with the winners of the Scottish Cup (Celtic) and the FA Cup (Burnley)
Current Northern Ireland Under-21 goalkeeper Ollie Webber has re-joined the club after six years in English football.
Ollie (22) is a successful graduate of the Glentoran Academy, having been with the club from the ages of 12 to 16 years before leaving for Crystal Palace. He spent five years with Palace and was a regular starter in the Premiership club’s Under 23 side, before joining Portsmouth in the 2021-2022 season.
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce that our central defender Patrick McClean has signed an extension to his contract. This means that Paddy has now committed himself to Glentoran until at least the end of the 2024/25 season.
Since joining the club from Derry City in July 2019, Paddy has made 119 first team appearances for the club, scoring 6 goals. He has been a regular throughout that time, was captain for much of the 2021-22 season while Marcus Kane was injured and has been a major fan favourite from the very early stages of his career at the Met McLean Oval.
Glentoran Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of James Singleton from Glenavon.
James (26) has spent his entire career to date at Mourneview Park, having formed a very youthful and effective partnership with Rhys Marshall as they came through the ranks together. He won an Irish Cup winner’s medal in 2014 as an 18-year-old, has played in Europe for Glenavon on a number of occasions and was captain last season
The Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters Club proudly presented the 2021-2022 CGSC Awards at the Castlereagh Clubrooms on Saturday evening. A welcome return to the event following two years missed due to the Covid pandemic,
Above, Castlereagh GSC Chairman David O'Sullivan and Honorary Vice President Bobby Carlisle present Conor McMenamin with the Glentoran Player Of The Year Award as voted for by Glentoran supporters at the penultimate home game of the season.
Congratulations to our four players named today in the Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming European Championship finals games in England.
Lauren Wade, Chloe McCarron, Joely Andrews and Nadene Caldwell and their former Glens teammates Demi Vance and Jackie Burns will join up with the rest of the squad early next month.
Glentoran’s summer transfer activity has moved on further with the return to the Bet McLean Oval of Danny Purkis after six years away.
The following players will be leaving Glentoran on the expiry of their contracts next week:
Mick McDermott said of the three departing players:
“Bigi has been a top professional during his time at Glentoran. His personality is infectious, and I can say that he had a positive impact within our squad. Bigi now is considering options as far as Asia, Middle East and Africa. We wish him every success in his next step.
