We are delighted to announce that the club has been awarded both Premiership and UEFA Licences for the 2019/20 season. Sincere thanks to all those volunteers who worked so tirelessly to complete the successful applications.
Information on play off dates will be posted here if we successfully qualify on Saturday. Although Institute have not applied for a UEFA license, the play off place does not extend beyond seventh place.
Glentoran Women continued their great start to the season with a 7-0 win over Derry City in the Danske Banky Women's Premiership at the Brandywell tonight. The Glens goals came from Aimee-Lee Peachey, Nadene Caldwell, Kelly Bailie (2), Rachel Rogan (2) and Demi Vance.
This means the Glens have scored an incredible 33 goals without reply in their opening three League and Cup games.
A full report will appear here
Glentoran require 1 point from their final fixture to clinch a Europa League play-off spot following a 2-2 draw at the Oval on Tuesday evening.
The team failed to reproduce their fine second half performance against Newry City last Friday evening but showed enough charachter to twice come from behind and earn a draw.
Tuesday 23 April 2019. Kick off 7.45pm
On Easter Tuesday evening we return to the Oval for the first time in over six weeks to welcome ninth placed Warrenpoint Town in a match that could see us clinch a place in the UEFA League play offs.
A reminder that discounted early sale Season Tickets for 2019/2020 will be on sale in the Glentoran Superstore at our final two home matches of the season - v Warrenpoint Town tomorrow night and v Institute on Saturday.
The prices - unchanged from this season - are as per below table:
Two first half goals from Curtis Allen gave Glentoran a deserved victory at the Newry Showgrounds in this evenings Danske Bank Premiership fixture. Mick McDermott made two changes to the starting line up for this game with Nathan Kerr returning in place of Willie Garrett (ill) and Robbie McDaid replacing Paul O'Neill.
Friday 19 April 2019 kick off 7.45pm.
On Friday evening we travel to South Down to the Showgrounds, where we will face Newry City for the third time in 2019 and the fourth time this season.
Glentoran Under 20 players Mal Smith, Lewis McGarvey and Sean Og Gallagher all figured prominently at the Dub tonight as the Northern Ireland Under 18 Schoolboy team had a comfortable 3-1 win over the Republic of Ireland to win the Centenary Shield outright.
The boys are joined in the photograph by Glens team mates Paul McLaughlin and Jamie Glover, who both played prominent roles for Northern Ireland in the erlier stages of the tournament. Paul and Jamie missed tonight's game as they are needed for the Glentoran first team squad at Newry tomorrow night.
Glentoran Women followed last week's double figure win in the County Antrim Cup with a 6-0 home win over newly promoted Comber Rec in tonight's opening game in the 2019 Danske Bank Women's Premiership.
Kelly Bailie scored an excellent hat trick supported by two goals from the prolific Rachel Rogan and one from Demi Vance.
Full match report here .
Everyone at Glentoran was saddened to hear of the passing of Eamon Byrne on Monday evening. He was 78.
We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife, Mary and his sister, Dympna. Also to Eamon's children, Lorraine, Colm, Mark, Neal, Paul,Alan and Jason.
As a tribute to Eamon we have reproduced below an article published in the Glentoran Gazette in January 2017. It was written by Roy Downes.
