Following Tuesday's AGM at The Oval the Glentoran Board of Directors have elected two new members.  Stephen Henderson and Maura Muldoon were elected on Tuesday, the Board of Directors welcome both Stephen and Maura to their new positions and they have their best wishes for success.

Both of the new Directors bring particular skills to the Boardroom and their contribution will be significant. They are deserving of the full support of the supporters of the club.

Alan McDonald has today secured the services of highly rated Dundela striker Mattie Burrows.  Burrows has signed a pre-contract agreement that will see him join the Glens at the beginning of next season.

The 22 year-old striker has received interest from a few Premier League clubs having scored and incredible 44 goals this season so far.

The Glentoran Legends team left the Dundonald International Ice Bowl as winners of the inaugural Podium 4 Sport Irish League Legends Soccer Sixes tournament.

The team of 10 Glentoran Legends featured Alan Gough, George Neill, Darren Parker, Gary Hillis, Gary McCartney, John Devine, Barney Bowers, Billy Caskey, Raymond Morrison and Liam Coyle.  This elite team of legends overcame stiff opposition in Group B from Linfield and Portadown, to remain unbeaten.

The Glens first game was against Portadown where the teams were separated only by a single goal.  The second game of the group stage against Linfield saw the Glens 3-1 victors.  Group A saw Crusaders go through to the final after a penalty shoot-out with the Ards Legends only to be comprehensively beaten by 4 goals to nil in the final.

The Glens were crowned champions by the competition patron Dr Malcolm Brodie MBE and the team celebrated in true cup-winning style.  It was a fitting result to a great night of family entertainment all in aid of Paul Leeman's testimonial season.

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The Official Glentoran Shop at The Oval will be having a huge sale this Friday 1st February at the next home game!  There will be a whopping 25% off all UMBRO Stock, for one night only.  Get yourself down to the game, but before you take your seat call into the shop for a bargain on some top quality official Glentoran Umbro merchandise.   Once again, that is 25% off all Umbro stock including replica jerseys, training gear, leisure wear and more!

The sale will begin at 6:00pm and finish 30 minutes after the final whistle!

Friday's game will be against Donegal Celtic and kicks off at 7:45pm.

Following December's visit to Sunnylands Community Centre in Carrickfergus, which saw Glentoran Goalkeeping coach David McClelland bring a number of players along to take a training session for some people with special needs, it was the return leg yesterday as Sunnylands re-paid the gesture making an appearance at The Oval.

The group of football fans arrived at the Oval as special gusts and had the opportunity to met some of the players, get some autographs and also parade on the pitch prior to the game.

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Glentoran and Lisburn Distillery faced off at The Oval today for the seventh and final time this season, and played out a 2-2 draw that gave neither team the result they needed.

The Glens needed three points to keep in touch with the league leaders, while Distillery's pursuit of forth place took a slight knock, but they are still strongly placed behind Ballymena United.

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After the weeks of anticipation the Paul Leeman Testimonial event of the season, the Irish League Legends Soccer Sixes Tournament, kicks off this coming Monday at 7:15pm in the Dundonald International Ice Bowl.

Tickets are still available and will be available at The Oval tomorrow priced at £10/£12 for adults and £6 concession.  Tickets will remain on sale at the usual Glentoran outlets and at the Ice Bowl directly.

It will be a great night for all involved as the Irish League Legends teams, all of which read like a "Who's Who" of Irish League football in the past few decades.

The Glentoran team will be as follows:  Alan Gough, George Neill, Darren Parker, Barney Bowers, John Devine, Jim Cleary, Raymond Morrison, Billy Caskey, Gary McCartney and Liam Coyle.  A team bursting at the seams with raw talent, natural goal scorers and East Belfast pride!

Come along and give this team as well as Paul Leeman your support for this great night of friendly six-a-side competition.

The other teams involved are Cliftonville, Ards, Portadown, Linfield and Crusaders.  These teams will features such Irish League legends as Wes Lamont, Pat McCallister, Trevor Smith, Tommy Leeman and Roy Walker.

For such an occasion it is only fitting to also represent the Legendary referees of Irish League.  The two referees for the evening will be the legendary Alan Snoddy and Frankie Hiles.

This is sure to be a great night of football for all Irish League fans young and old, so get your tickets at The Oval tomorrow and show your support for the Glens Legends!

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The Glens traveled to Dungannon today only to see no goals scored for the second Saturday running.  Finishing a scoreless draw, the game's talking points were few.  Michael Halliday came close for the Glens with a spectacular long range effort that was tipped wide by the outstretched Dungannon goalkeeper.  Daryl Fordyce also cam close finding the goal untended with a high lobbed shot over the defence only for the ball to land on the roof of the net.  The first half saw a penalty claim for Michael Halliday as he passed the ball in front of an empty net only to be brought down by the goalkeeper and the resulting pass being cleared by the Dungannon defence.  Shae Campbell came close for the home side in the first half, firing wide past Elliot Morris.  Morris himself, was substituted later in the game after he sustained an injury to his right hand while defending a Dungannon corner kick.

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The draw for the 2008 Setanta Cup has been made and once again will see Glentoran, Linfield and Derry City for the 3rd year running!  Also Joining Glentoran in Group 2 is St Patrick's Athletic.  Group 1 will be Cliftonville, Dungannon, Cork City and the current champions Drogheda United.

The first half of games will be played through March and April, while the second half will be played in September with the Final on 18th October.

The Glentoran fixtures are as follows:

Glentoran, tonight strolled past Lisburn Distillery to claim a 6th Round place in the Irish Cup.  After Saturday's tense 0-0 draw, the replay showed nothing similar.  While Distillery had the first opportunity of the game through Andrew Waterworth, producing a 1-on-1 save from Elliot Morris, from then it was all Glentoran.  Daryl Fordyce was the difference in the first half, clocking up 2 goals for the Glens.  The first followed a low cross from Scullion for Fordyce to tap in, while the second came after Gary Hamilton fought off the Distillery defence to slot a short pass into Fordyce's path.  Going into half time at 2-0, the glens had to stretch their lead to prevent any possible comeback.  Colin Nixon sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the penalty spot in the 2nd half, while Wayne Buchanan pulled one back for the home side following a momentary lapse from the Glens defence.

Glentoran now head into the 6th Round being drawn against either Limavady United or Dungannon Swifts, who's replay on Tuesday was postponed.  The 6th Round game will take place on February 9th.

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