At this evening's meeting of the IFA Appeals Committee, John Herron's appeal against his recent red card v Glenavon was rejected. That means John is now suspended for our next 3 matches - against Ballymena United, Crusaders and Coleraine.
Despite a very thorough appeal by the club, referee Keith Kennedy and assessor John Ferry maintained their original position and this was supported by the committee.
For the third time in two weeks, Glentoran supporters, manager, players, officials and the media left a match talking not about the football but about yet another match changing decision by a referee. This time referee Ian McNabb chose not to blow up for a clear foul on Robbie McDaid in a last minute incident that led directly to a winner from Joe Gormley.
Each month we conduct a poll for the fans player of the month. The poll will appear following the last game of each calendar month,
October poll will close at 11.30pm on Tuesday 6th November, With the winner announced shortly after
The PSNI have issued the following advice to Glentoran supporters travelling to Solitude on Saturday for our Danske Premiership game.
Glentoran Fans travelling by private car to Cliftonville Football Club for the Danske Premiership match (kick-off 3pm) on Saturday 3rd November 2018 are requested to park in the residential areas above Solitude off the Cliftonville Road- ie Cardigan Drive and Knutsford Drive etc etc. Motorists should consider local resident and emergency vehicle access when deciding where and how to park.
Saturday 3rd November 2018, Kick Off 3pm
On Saturday we make our first visit of the season to Solitude.
Glentoran have waited 7 years to win a penalty shoot-out at the Oval....but we finally did it again last night.
The last time was back on 7th July 2011 when we defeated Macedonian side, FK Renova on penalties in a Europa League qualifying game.
Aaron Hogg was the goalkeeping hero that night, Elliott Morris having been red carded in the away leg when we lost 2-1 in Skopje.
Glentoran won the return game 2-1 thanks to a couple of spectacular goals from Richard Clarke and Martin Murray.
Glentoran beat Coleraine on penalties to reach the Quarter Finals of the Bet McLean League Cup after a 3-3 draw on Tuesday night at The Oval. Joe Crowe netted the decisive spot kick following a back and forth game in which both sides had periods of dominance.
Tuesday 30th October 2018, Kick Off 7.45pm
Our League Cup campaign continues on Tuesday night with the visit of Coleraine in the BetMcLean League Cup..
Coleraine have had a very mixed couple of weeks – a 1-0 win over Crusaders followed by a 2-1 loss to Cliftonville on Saturday, both matches at home – so they will come to the Oval looking to get back on track.
Sirocco Works 3-1 Glentoran
Goalscorer Ben Cushnie
Glentoran II exited the Steel and sons cup on Saturday with a below par performance at Sirocco.
Curtis Allen set the Glens on their way to 3 points with his 100th goal for the club in today's Danske Bank Premiership fixture against Ards at the Oval. Allen was on target again in the second half with Robbie McDaid and Marcus Kane getting the other goals.
